Daily Cuppa and Quiz: January 29, 2023

#OnThisDay - In 1964, The British film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, a landmark Cold War farce directed by Stanley Kubrick, was released in theatres.

1. What is the capital of New Zealand?
2. Which musical featured the song When I Marry Mr Snow?
3. In TV ads Shane Richie knocked doors holding a packet of what?
4. What did the W C stand for in W C Fields' name?
5. Street artist Banksy is originally associated with which British city?
6. Who first sang the theme music to Heartbeat?
7. Who was Queen Elizabeth II's paternal grandfather?
8. In which city was Sean Connery born?
9. Where would you see the Dow Jones index?
10. What was the Turkish city of Istanbul called before 1930?

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Answers for January 28:
Questions: 1.Where in London was the Great Exhibition of 1851? 2.What is HRT? 3.Which canal is also called the gut? 4.Who had sidekicks called Eric and Tinker? 5.Which physicist was involved in the development of nuclear weapons in the USSR but became a dissident under Communist rule? 6.What type of plays did Georges Feydeau specialise in writing? 7.Which French brothers invented the first films? 8.What does A stand for in GATT? 9.Who had an 80s No 1 with Rock Me Amadeus? 10.Who was boxing's heavyweight champion throughout the 40s?
Answers: 1.Hyde Park 2.Hormone Replacement Therapy 3.Alimentary Canal 4.Lovejoy 5.Andrei Sakharov 6.Farce 7.Lumiere Brothers 8.Agreement 9.Falco 10.Joe Louis