Daily Cuppa and Quiz: June 7, 2023

#OnThisDay - In 1576, English navigator Martin Frobisher, seeking a Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean, departed England, and weeks later he reached Labrador and Baffin Island and discovered the bay that now bears his name.

1. Who played the title role in the UK television series 'Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman'?
2. A third wedding anniversary is traditionally represented by which material?
3. Which city provides the setting for Romeo and Juliet?
4. Which of these foods were 16th Century women forbidden to eat due them being thought aphrodisiac? Artichoke, Apple, Peach, Persimmon
5. What was the only UK number one hit single for rock band Foreigner?
6. The British brewery Abbey Ales is based in which city?
7. Josephine Cochrane made which first practical mechanical household appliance in 1886?
8. Who wrote the 1881 novel 'The Prince and the Pauper'?
9. What type of creature is a Smooth Hound?
10. Disc jockey John Ravenscroft was better known by what name?

Answers for June 6:
Questions: 1.What is the name of the famous Austrian composer who wrote works such as Symphony No. 9 and Ode to Joy? 2.What is the name of the American author who wrote the novel Moby-Dick? 3.In what body of water would you fine the island of Montserrat? 4.In Greek mythology, who was the father of Achilles? 5.In the television show 'The Simpsons', what colour shoes does Bart wear? 6.In UK pre-decimal coinage, how many farthings were in one penny? 7.What C is a type of 'love' is feigned purely in order to gain a reward? 8.Marie Antoinette was married to which French King? 9.Vestiphobia is the irrational fear of what? 10.'Prithee' is an ancient word which means what today?
Answers: 1.Ludwig van Beethoven 2.Herman Melville 3.Caribbean Sea 4.Peleus 5.Blue 6.Four 7.Cupboard 8.Louis XVI 9.Clothing 10.Please

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