Daily Cuppa and Quiz: April 24, 2023

#OnThisDay - in 1916, members of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army seized strategic points in Dublin during the Easter Rising

1. Often seen in the 17th and 18th centuries, what was peruke?
2. In the Jewish religion, what name is given to scrolls which contain the text of the Pentateuch?
3. What nationality was the first pilot to be saved by an ejector seat?
4. Born in Scotland, who was Canada's first Prime Minister?
5. In the story of Peter Pan, Peter has to return to the Darling's house because on his first visit he left without what?
6. Which two bodies of water are connected by the Straits of Florida?
7. What name is given to the first six books of the Bible?
8. What nationality is motor racer Mario Andretti?
9. Who famously sailed in HMS Beagle?
10. Which star of a popular sitcom made a fitness video called Let's Dance?

Answers for April 23:
Questions: 1.How is the letter S formed in Morse Code? 2.Who is the patron Saint of television? 3.Which public figure was shot dead by John Bellingham? 4.Bandleader Quincy Jones chiefly plays which instrument? 5.Changed in 1868 what was the former name of Tokyo? 6.What is Michael Crawford's real name? 7.Which company sponsored snooker's British Gold Cup from 1981-1984? 8.Who directed the three hour silent movie epic The Birth Of A Nation? 9.Who designed the Westminster building to provide MP's with more office space from 2000 onwards? 10.When Fawlty Towers was shown in Spain, Manuel became what nationality in order to avoid offence to the Spaniards?
Answers: 1.Dot, dot, dot 2.St Clare 3.Spencer Perceval (British PM) 4.Trumpet 5.Edo 6.Michael Dumble-Smith 7.Yamaha 8.D W Griffith 9.Sir Michael Hopkins 10.Italian

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