| 1. Which city in Massachusetts was the location of Witch Trials in 1692? | SALEM |
| 2. Which US Actress has, to date, received 21 Academy Award nominations? | MERYL STREEP |
| 3. What name is given to the flesh of a calf when eaten as food? | VEAL |
| 4. What is the first name of ‘Morse’ the fictional Police Detective created by Colin Dexter? | ENDEAVOUR |
| 5.In the UK, which traditional hymn is sung before the kick-off at the Football Cup Final? | ABIDE WITH ME |
| 6. What name is given to a person who posts deliberately inflammatory messages on line? | TROLL |
| 7. Which British Middle-Distance athlete was given the nickname ‘The Jarrow Arrow’? | STEVE CRAM |
| 8. What is the name given to an actor who is temporarily engaged usually to appear in crowd scenes? | EXTRA |
| 9. What was the name of The Pope who served from 1978 until his death in 2005? | POPE JOHN PAUL ii |
| 10. What name is given to the fermented juice of apples? | CIDER |
| 11. What name is given to the process of printing fabric where the parts that are not to be dyed are covered with wax? | BATIK |
| 12. Which veteran singer, the lead vocalist with The Who’ was given a Knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours? | ROGER DALTREY |
| 13. What is the Capital City of Malta? | VALLETTA |
| 14. Which British Sculptor created the statue ‘The Angel of the North’? | ANTHONY GORMLEY |
| 15. What is the name of the Latin American dance usually performed by a line of people behind one another? | CONGA |
| 16. Who founded the Scouting Movement in the UK in 1908? | ROBERT BADEN-POWELL |
| 17. What is the standard unit of currency in Thailand? | BAHT |
| 18. What name is given to the full headdress worn by a nun? | WIMPLE |
| 19. Sternutation is the medical name for which bodily function? | SNEEZING |
| 20. In which city did the ‘Easter Rising’ take place in 1916? | DUBLIN |
ANSWERS WILL BE GIVEN ON NEXT MONTH’S NEWSLETTER. GOOD LUCK TO ALL!
JULIE CLARKE
Thought for the day:
Families are like branches of a tree. We grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one (Anonymous)