Sandbach u3a Online Quiz – October Answers

1.What is the name of the US Composer whose works include the musical comedy ‘Anything Goes’ 1934?COLE PORTER
2. What is the surname of the twin brothers, Norris & Ross who founded the Guinness Book of Records?MCWHIRTER
3. What name is given to a segment of a garlic bulb?  CLOVE
4. What name if given to the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse?  MULE
5. What is the name of the 20th century US Artist who was given the nickname ‘The Mother of American Modernism’?GEORGIA O’KEEFE
6. What is the smallest state of the US which borders the Atlantic Ocean?  RHODE ISLAND
7. Which adjective means relating to the kidneys?  RENAL
8. What is another name for the star ‘Polaris’ in the constellation Ursa Minor?NORTH STAR
9. What name is given to a participant in a sporting event consisting of five different disciplines?PENTATHLETE
10. Which of ‘The Seven Dwarfs’ was the only one to wear spectacles?  DOC
11. ‘Welcome to the Pleasure Dome’ is a best selling 1984 Album by which British band?FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
12.’ Gangsta Granny’ & ‘The Boy in the Dress’ are books by which Author?  DAVID WALLIAMS
13. What name is given to the scientific study of fossils?  PALEONTOLOGY
14. What is the name of the chief port & Capital City of Puerto Rico?  SAN JUAN
15. What name is given to a Christian Cleric administering to a military body?  CHAPLAIN
16. What is the nickname of Norwich City Football Club?  THE CANARIES
17. What name is given to the nest of a squirrel?  DREY
18. Who was the British Prime Minister from 1970 until 1974?  EDWARD HEATH
19. What is the name of the British Synth Pop Duo consisting of Marc Almond & David Ball, whose best-known hit is ‘Tainted Love’SOFT CELL
20. Leonard Di Caprio won his only Best Actor Oscar for which 2015 Film?  THE REVENANT

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