Daily Cuppa and Quiz: January 27, 2023

#OnThisDay - In 1832, Mathematician and novelist Lewis Carroll, especially remembered for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass (1871), was born in Daresbury, Cheshire, England.

1. Which animals' legs did the Griffin have?
2. Which magazine was famous for its nude centrefold?
3. Who was the head of state in Japan during the second world war?
4. How many tournaments make up tennis's Grand Slam?
5. Which football club plays its home games at Loftus Road?
6. In which country was Hitler born?
7. What is a puck made from in Ice Hockey?
8. On which three metals would you see a hallmark?
9. In modern UK currency how much is a guinea?
10. How many human players are there on each side in a polo match?

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Answers for January 26:
Questions: 1.Which Latin phrase means 'in place of a parent'? 2.Dun Laoghaire is a port and suburb of where? 3.Gerald Durrell was a director of which zoo? 4.Michael Balcon was head of which influential studios? 5.Who wrote a Shropshire Lad? 6.What is the oldest university in the USA? 7.Who was the volt named after? 8.How many of Henry VIII’s wives were called Catherine? 9.Who wrote the novels Gone Girl and Sharp Objects? 10.In Scandinavian myth what is Gotterdammerung?
Answers: 1.In loco parentis 2.Dublin 3.Jersey 4.Ealing 5.A.E. Housman 6.Harvard 7.Alessandro Volta 8.3 9.Gillian Flynn 10.The end of the world.