1. What name is given to a decorative mat of lace or paper laid on or under a plate? | |
2. What is the Capital & largest city of Kenya? | |
3. What is the two-word name of the society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold the Protestant Religion? | |
4. What name is given to a formal speech given at a funeral that is made as a tribute to honour the deceased? | |
5. The Royal Mint is located in which Welsh town? | |
6. Which National Park became the first one to be designated in the UK in 1951? | |
7. In the UK NATO Phonetic Alphabet which is the first word to end with a consonant? | |
8. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, whose arrival heralds the end of the world, appear in which book of the Bible? | |
9. ‘The Day of the Jackal’ a book written by Frederick Forsythe, tells of a professional assassin who is hired to kill which political figure? | |
10. Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh had been married for how many years at the time of his death in April 2021? | |
11. ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ is a popular children’s book written & illustrated by which Author? | |
12. Which Actor has portrayed Superintendent Ted Hastings in every series of the BBC TV Drama ‘Line of Duty’? | |
13. Which Island off the coast of Venice is famous for its production of glassware? | |
14. Konrad Bartelski, Graham Bell & Chemmy Alcott have all represented the UK in which sport? | |
15. Marie Antoinette was married to which French Monarch from 1770 -1793? | |
16. The BBC TV Light Entertainment Show of the 1990’s ‘Noels House Party’ was set in a large country house in which fictional village? | |
17. Olympic Gold Medal winning rower, Helen Glover, is married to which English Naturalist, Writer & TV Presenter? | |
18. What two-word French term describes people who have acquired wealth recently and are regarded as vulgarly ostentatious? | |
19. The hallux is the medical term for which part of the human body? | |
20. Which breed of dog was used in the advertisements for Dulux paint? | |
ANSWERS BELOW, JULIE CLARKE
1. What name is given to a decorative mat of lace or paper laid on or under a plate? | DOILY |
2. What is the Capital & largest city of Kenya? | NAIROBI |
3. What is the two-word name of the society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold the Protestant Religion? | ORANGE ORDER |
4. What name is given to a formal speech given at a funeral that is made as a tribute to honour the deceased? | EULOGY |
5. The Royal Mint is located in which Welsh town? | LLANTRISANT |
6. Which National Park became the first one to be designated in the UK in 1951? | THE PEAK DISTRICT |
7. In the UK NATO Phonetic Alphabet which is the first word to end with a consonant? | FOXTROT |
8. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, whose arrival heralds the end of the world, appear in which book of the Bible? | REVELATION |
9. ‘The Day of the Jackal’ a book written by Frederick Forsythe, tells of a professional assassin who is hired to kill which political figure? | CHARLES DE GAULLE |
10. Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh had been married for how many years at the time of his death in April 2021? | 73 YEARS |
11. ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ is a popular children’s book written & illustrated by which Author? | ERIC CARLE |
12. Which Actor has portrayed Superintendent Ted Hastings in every series of the BBC TV Drama ‘Line of Duty’? | ADRIAN DUNBAR |
13. Which Island off the coast of Venice is famous for its production of glassware? | MURANO |
14. Konrad Bartelski, Graham Bell & Chemmy Alcott have all represented the UK in which sport? | DOWNHILL SKIING |
15. Marie Antoinette was married to which French Monarch from 1770 -1793? | LOUIS XVI |
16. The BBC TV Light Entertainment Show of the 1990’s ‘Noels House Party’ was set in a large country house in which fictional village? | CRINKLY BOTTOM |
17. Olympic Gold Medal winning rower, Helen Glover, is married to which English Naturalist, Writer & TV Presenter? | STEVE BACKSHALL |
18. What two-word French term describes people who have acquired wealth recently and are regarded as vulgarly ostentatious? | NOUVEAU RICHE |
19. The hallux is the medical term for which part of the human body? | BIG TOE |
20. Which breed of dog was used in the advertisements for Dulux paint? | OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG |