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In the hope that we will soon have some warm dry weather with clear skies, the theme for this issue is the Night Sky, but note that not every answer is visible to the naked eye! This time there is a bonus question, a particularly difficult one, perhaps!
- Q. By what name is the constellation Ursa Major better known?
- Q. Which planetary object, visible in the night sky using binoculars, has the shortest name?
- Q. Who wrote the music to the famous song, Moon River, and who originally performed it and in which film?
- Q. Which planet is sometimes known as the Evening Star?
- Q. Which planet did William Herschel discover in 1781?
- Q. Who composed The Planets orchestral suite?
- Q. By what name are the Pleiades better known?
- Q. Who played Jim Collins in the movie Apollo 13?
- Q. Which is the brightest star in the night sky?
- Q. When do we have a ‘blue moon’?
- Q. Who entitled his autobiography Failure is not an option, referring to his experiences on the Apollo 13 mission to the moon?
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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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