Daily Cuppa and Quiz: June 5, 2023

#OnThisDay - In 1883, English economist, journalist, and financier John Maynard Keynes, best known for his revolutionary economic theories (Keynesian economics) on the causes of prolonged unemployment, was born.

1. How many centimetres are there in 3.5 metres?
2. What band's lead singer is known as "Suggs"?
3. What body of water surrounds the Seychelles?
4. What is the term for someone who wants to be with you only when you are doing well?
5. Where is Dan Brown's book "Angels and Demons" mainly set?
6. What is the national anthem of Vanuatu? God of Nations, Yumi, Umi, Yumi, Sea, Sea, Sea or Happy, Happy, Happy
7. A group of which fish is known as an army?
8. The Piazza Navona is in which European city?
9. What is the name of Captain Hook's boat in the children's novel 'Peter Pan'?
10. Josiah Tulkinghorn is Sir Lester Dedlock's lawyer in which novel by Charles Dickens?

Answers for June 4 (guest host Nel Johnson):
Questions: 1.A convocation is the collective noun for which group of birds? 2.How many different Girls names are sung in Lou Bega’s UK 1999 No1 Mambo No5? 3.Epistaxiophobia is the fear of what? 4.In Morse Code how many dashes represent the letter O? 5.If a dish is served A la Crecy which Vegetable will it contain? 6.What was the name of the Policeman in Enid Blyton's Noddy Books? 7.Banquo was a character in which Shakespeare play? 8.The E. M. Forster's novel 'A Room With A View' is set in which City? 9.Which classic novel & 1956 film ends with the words "I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee." ? 10.Avalanche, Edzell Blue and Skerry Champion are all varieties of what?
Answers: 1.Eagles 2.Nine (Angela, Pamela, Sandra, Rita, Monica, Erica, Tina, Mary, Jessica ) 3.Nosebleeds 4.Three 5.Carrots 6.PC Plod 7.Macbeth 8.Florence 9.Moby Dick 10.Potato

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