Sandbach & District u3a August Quiz Questions

1.What Is the name of the large Plain in northern Tanzania, part of which is a national wildlife sanctuary? 
2. What is the southernmost City of Portugal situated in the Algarve region? 
3. What name was given to supporters of King Charles I during the English Civil War? 
4. What name is given to a type of rock formed through the cooling & solidification of magma or lava? 
5. What name is given to the hard-waxy fat found around the kidneys and loins of sheep & cattle? 
6. Who is the lead vocalist with the band ‘Duran Duran’?   
7. What name is given to a strong solution of salt & water used for preserving food? 
8. What is the name of Prospero’s daughter in ‘The Tempest’ by William Shakespeare? 
9. Which Country in southern Africa has the capital Windhoek?   
10. Which character was played by Gloria Swanson in the 1960 film ‘Sunset Boulevard’? 
11. What is the title of the last novel fully completed by Jane Austen which was published after her death? 
12. Which British Band opened the Live Aid Concert at Wembley Stadium in 1985? 
13. What is the name of the village that is home to Miss Jane Marple in the novels by Agatha Christie? 
14. In the human body, which acid is present in the stomach?   
15. Which US State is the only one to have only one syllable?   
16. What is the common name of the furcula, a bone found in birds?   
17. Brothers, Ashley & Jordan Banjo, are both members of which Dance Group? 
18. Which English Football Team play their home matches at Elland Road Stadium? 
19. Which island situated of the coast of Venice is famous for the production of glassware? 
20.The Hallux is the medical term for which part of the human body?   

ANSWERS WILL BE GIVEN ON THE NEXT U3A NEWSLETTER. GOOD LUCK TO ONE AND ALL

JULIE CLARKE

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