Daily Cuppa and Quiz: April 28, 2023

#OnThisDay - in 1442, King Edward IV of England was born in Rouen, France.

1. The SI unit of force is named after which scientist?
2. Who is the patron saint of Russia?
3. Which cricketer, knighted in 1953, was a famous opening batsman with his partner Herbert Sutcliffe?
4. From which Spanish soccer league team was Emmanuel Petit transferred to Chelsea for £7.5 million in 2001?
5. Tralee is the administrative centre for which Irish county?
6. Which hit song came to Tommy James while he was sitting in a hotel room watching the flashing neon sign of the Mutual of New York building?
7. Which band had a 'Perfect Skin' in 1984?
8. Which Sixties band's compilation album was called '25 Thumping Great Hits'?
9. Peter Cetera was the singer with which band named after a US city?
10. Did Edward I make his son the first Prince of Scotland, Prince of England or Prince of Wales?

Answers for April 27:
Questions: 1.Which star of Barbara was mayoress of her home town Blackburn? 2.Who wrote the music for the Threepenny Opera? 3.By what name is the blowfly commonly known as? 4.Who tries to save the world from virtual reality in The Matrix? 5.Who played Soames Forsyte in the classic 1960s TV saga? 6.Who was the actress who had an affair with Britain's Heritage Secretary David Mellor in 1992? 7.Which one of Britain's notorious gangster Kray twins died first in 1995? 8.A zander is a type of which creature? 9.In which country is Sebastopol? 10.What is the name of the fluid portion of white blood in which blood cells are suspended?
Answers: 1.Madge Hindle - Doreen 2.Kurt Weill 3.Bluebottle 4.Keanu Reeves 5.Eric Porter 6.Antonia de Sanchez 7.Ronnie 8.Fish 9.Ukraine 10.Plasma

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