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Each answer in this issue’s quiz contains a family relationship.
- Q. On which Dire Straits album does ‘Money for Nothing’ appear?
- Q. By what name is Dacaena trifasciata also known?
- Q. In which 1970 film did Sarah Miles play the character in the title role?
- Q. What relation sounds like a biscuit and a French city?
- Q. By what name is Rafael Nadal’s first tennis coach affectionately known?
- Q. By what name is a person who is a target for insults or criticism known?
- Q. Elvis Presley starred in a 1964 film. What was it called?
- Q. Which track on the Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers album contains strong references to drugs?
- Q. Which character in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales was married five times?
- Q. What relationship does ex-footballer Frank Lampard have to Harry Redknapp?
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With the Christmas holiday coming up shortly, I hope you will have time to work on this quiz. As a result, the theme for this issue is ‘time’ itself. As you expect, the questions are in roughly chronological order!
- Q. Which are the only two measurements or units of time that are created by nature itself?
- Q. Who was responsible for introducing the leap year?
- Q. In which year will we next skip a leap year?
- Q. Who invented the first ‘marine chronometer’ – a clock sufficiently accurate to navigate at sea?
- Q. For many years each town in the UK set their clocks locally. In 1840 it was decided that all clocks should be synchronised to London time. Why?
- Q. The town hall clock tower in Chester has a clock on three faces. Which face of the tower (North, South, East or West) has no clock face and why is this the case?
- Q. Who wrote ‘The Time Machine’?
- Q. Russia has eleven time zones. How many does China have?
- Q. Which was the first country to introduce daylight saving measures nationwide and in which year?
- Q. On which Pink Floyd album will you find ‘Time’?
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We hope you have been enjoying the holiday season. In this issue the theme of the quiz is about places you might have visited on holiday, or perhaps not!
- Q. What is the largest city on the island of Vancouver
- Q..Mahe and Praslin are the largest islands in which group?
- Q..The ownership of which island is shared between France and the Netherlands
- Q..The government of which island is called Tynwald
- Q..Emperor Napoleon was exiled to which island in 1814?
- Q. The Isaac Newton optical telescope was originally installed in Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex in 1967. To which island was it moved in 1984?
- Q. Which island sold its top-level internet domain name for commercial use and what is this domain name?
- Q. Which island produces 75% of the world’s vanilla”?
- Q. Stanley is the capital of which islands?
- Q. Of which island is Sapporo the capital?
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It was easy to decide on the theme of the quiz this time - coronations, of course!
- Q. Which king authorised the building of Westminster Abbey?
- Q. Where was his coronation held?
- Q. Who was the first king recorded as being crowned at Westminster Abbey?
- Q. On which date did this occur?
- Q. Since then, which two kings never had a coronation?
- Q. Who was the first king to be crowned seated in the Coronation Chair?
- Q. Zadok the Priest was composed by Handel for whose coronation in 1727?
- Q. This piece has been performed at every coronation since, however it has been adapted and is now used regularly as an anthem for which events?
- Q. What was the name of the archbishop who crowned Queen Elizabeth II?
- Q. Including King Charles III, how many monarchs have been crowned at Westminster Abbey?
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