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By what name are the following better known:
- Q. Robert Zimmerman
- Q. Marion Morrison
- Q. Stefani Germanvotta
- Q. Norma Jean Mortensen
- Q. Farrokh Bulsara
- Q. Mary Ann Evans
- Q. Reginald Dwight
- Q. Caryn Johnson
- Q. Stevland Judkin
- Q. Gordon Summer
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Recently the planets have been in alignment across the sky so this time the quiz is loosely about the night sky - the planets and their moons.
- Q. Which planet has two moons?
- Q. Who wrote a suite of music about the planets
- Q. Who discovered Uranus in his back garden in Bath in 1781?
- Q. What do the rock band Queen and thermometers have in common?
- Q. Who discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter?
- Q. By combining the letters of a planet with one extra letter what word means scarcity?
- Q. Which planet or moon has the fewest letters?
- Q Which album, released in 1973, is one of only four to have sold over 45 million copies?
- Q. Which planet has a day that is longer than its year?
- Q. Which planet has a connection with Slough
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This year there have been a large number of general elections around the world. Most importantly for us, the UK general election and the US presidential election. Here are a few questions to test your knowledge of facts loosely related to them.
- Q. In the UK general election which constituency had the smallest majority?
- Q. In the UK general election, the Reform party had the third-highest vote share across the country. How many seats did they win?
- Q, Drawing amusing comparisons in the media, at which location did Rishi Sunak make one of his first speeches/rallies of the general election campaign.
- Q. When was the last time that there were two UK general elections in one year?
- Q. Who is the only person to have served as British prime minister in four non-consecutive terms?
- Q. Donald Trump is the second US president to be elected in two non-consecutive elections. Who was the first?
- Q. Who was Kamala Harris’ Democratic Party running mate?
- Q. The minimum age to vote in a UK general election is 18. What is it in the USA?
- Q. Which president was elected unanimously, i.e. won every electoral college vote?
- Q. There are seven swing states in the USA. Six of them are Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, North Carolina, Nevada and Georgia. What is the seventh?
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Since last time, we have enjoyed the Euros and the Olympics, and we have endured a general election, Some of my questions are inspired by these topics.
- Q. Who was the first ever labour prime minister?
- Q. How many labour prime ministers have there been?
- Q. Which constituency had the smallest majority in the recent general election?
- Q. For which country was the fastest ever goal scored in the Euros football tournament?
- Q. Which country received the most red cards at the Euros?
- Q. Which non-hosting country won the Euros and in which year, despite not qualifying in the first place?
- Q. What is the connection between the final of the Euros this year and the 1936 Summer Olympic Games?
- Q. Who sang the song L'Hymne à l'amour at the opening ceremony for the Olympics in Paris
- Q. Who won the first ever Gold for his country in the men’s 200m?
- Q. On the same theme who won the first Gold for her country in the women’s 100m
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