| 1.What is the name of the dish, usually served at breakfast, consisting of rice, cooked fish and hard-boiled eggs? |
| 2. What title should be used to address a Duke, Duchess or Archbishop? |
| 3. What is the botanical emblem of Ireland? |
| 4. What is the name of the vast treeless zone lying between the ice cap and the timber line of North America & Eurasia? |
| 5. What name is given to the biography or writing of the lives of venerated people, particularly the Saints? |
| 6. What name is given to a rich stew, highly seasoned with paprika, originating in Hungary? |
| 7. In the TV sitcom ‘Rising Damp’, which actress played the role of Miss Jones? |
| 8. A Dolls House, Peer Gynt & Hedda Gabler are all works written by which Playwright? |
| 9. What is the nickname of the England Ladies National Netball team? |
| 10. In Norse mythology, who is the wife of the greatest & most powerful of all the Gods, Odin? |
| 11. What is the Capital City of Pakistan? |
| 12. Radar O’Reilly, Klinger, Hawkeye Pierce & Hot Lips Houlihan were all characters in which US Comedy Drama of the 1970’s/80’s? |
| 13. John Lennon was shot & fatally wounded by which gunman in the foyer of the Dakota Hotel, New York in December 1980? |
| 14. The ruins of which large Cistercian Monastery, owned by The National Trust, is located 3 miles south west of Ripon? |
| 15. Which 3 UK Mountains must be climbed to achieve the ‘Three Peaks Challenge’? |
| 16. O’Hare Airport serves which US City? |
| 17. The new polymer £50 note will feature which British mathematician & computer scientist on the reverse? |
| 18. Which gemstone, popular with the Victorians for mourning jewellery, was mined at Whitby, Yorkshire? |
| 19. Which current English cricketer & seam bowler is nicknamed ‘The Burnley Express’? |
| 20. Which British Film Director won the Best Picture Oscar in 2014 for ‘12 Years a Slave’ and also won the Turner Prize in 1999? |
ANSWERS BELOW JULIE CLARKE
| 1.What is the name of the dish, usually served at breakfast, consisting of rice, cooked fish and hard-boiled eggs? | KEDGEREE |
| 2. What title should be used to address a Duke, Duchess or Archbishop? | YOUR GRACE |
| 3. What is the botanical emblem of Ireland? | SHAMROCK |
| 4. What is the name of the vast treeless zone lying between the ice cap and the timber line of North America & Eurasia? | TUNDRA |
| 5. What name is given to the biography or writing of the lives of venerated people, particularly the Saints? | HAGIOGRAPHY |
| 6. What name is given to a rich stew, highly seasoned with paprika, originating in Hungary? | GOULASH |
| 7. In the TV sitcom ‘Rising Damp’, which actress played the role of Miss Jones? | FRANCES DE LA TOUR |
| 8. A Dolls House, Peer Gynt & Hedda Gabler are all works written by which Playwright? | HENRIK IBSEN |
| 9. What is the nickname of the England Ladies National Netball team? | THE ROSES |
| 10. In Norse mythology, who is the wife of the greatest & most powerful of all the Gods, Odin? | FRIGG |
| 11. What is the Capital City of Pakistan? | ISLAMABAD |
| 12. Radar O’Reilly, Klinger, Hawkeye Pierce & Hot Lips Houlihan were all characters in which US Comedy Drama of the 1970’s/80’s? | MASH |
| 13. John Lennon was shot & fatally wounded by which gunman in the foyer of the Dakota Hotel, New York in December 1980? | MARK CHAPMAN |
| 14. The ruins of which large Cistercian Monastery, owned by The National Trust, is located 3 miles south west of Ripon? | FOUNTAINS ABBEY |
| 15. Which 3 UK Mountains must be climbed to achieve the ‘Three Peaks Challenge’? | BEN NEVIS, SCAFELL PIKE SNOWDON |
| 16. O’Hare Airport serves which US City? | CHICAGO |
| 17. The new polymer £50 note will feature which British mathematician & computer scientist on the reverse? | ALAN TURING |
| 18. Which gemstone, popular with the Victorians for mourning jewellery, was mined at Whitby, Yorkshire? | JET |
| 19. Which current English cricketer & seam bowler is nicknamed ‘The Burnley Express’? | JAMES ANDERSON |
| 20. Which British Film Director won the Best Picture Oscar in 2014 for ‘12 Years a Slave’ and also won the Turner Prize in 1999? | STEVE McQUEEN |