Daily Cuppa and Quiz: June 13, 2023

#OnThisDay - In 1865, Irish poet, dramatist, and prose writer William Butler Yeats—one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century and the winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature—was born.

1. Which English port in the county of Kent is the only one which has the right to call itself a Royal Harbour?
2. How many English kings feature in the titles of Shakespeare plays? 7, 8, 9 or 10
3. Who wrote the 1936 novel 'Jamaica Inn'?
4. George Cowling presented the first what on British television in 1954?
5. Chionophobia is an irrational fear of which type of weather condition?
6. Which famous actor voiced John Smith in the 1995 version of "Pocahontas"? Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise, Eddie Murphy
7. What is the name of the Japanese sliding door or partition, made of a latticed screen covered with white paper?
8. A pompano is what type of creature?
9. What is the name of the pet dog in the UK children's television series 'The Woodentops'?
10. Professor Henry Higgins is a character in which 1964 film?

Answers for June 12:
Questions: 1.What is the name of Jafar's parrot in "Aladdin"? Vizier, Iago, Poppy, Henry 2.Henrietta Maria was the wife of which British monarch? 3.In the book 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe' by C.S. Lewis, what type of creature is Maugrim? 4.Basildon and Harlow are towns in which English county? 5.How many players are in a Gaelic football team? 6."In time we hate that which we often fear" comes from which Shakespeare play? As You Like It, Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra, Two Gentlemen of Verona 7.British actor Maurice Micklewhite is better known by what name? 8.Gelotology is the study of the effect of what on the human body? 9.Who became British Prime Minister in October 1922? 10.Who played Bodie and Doyle's boss, George Cowley, in the UK television series 'The Professionals'?
Answers: 1.Iago 2.King Charles I 3.Wolf 4.Essex 5.15 6.Antony and Cleopatra 7.Michael Caine 8.Laughter and humour 9.Andrew Bonar Law 10.Gordon Jackson

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