Daily Cuppa and Quiz: March 15, 2022

#OnThisDay - In 1972, The Godfather premiered; the Academy Award-winning film was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starred Al Pacino and Marlon Brando.

1. Which four letter word beginning with ‘E’ is a British historical term for one of the four officers who command the Yeomen of the Guard?
2. In King Arthur’s ‘Camelot’, what is Excalibur?
3. English statesman Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, was executed during the reign of which English monarch?
4. Which English Rugby Union team play their home games at Adams Park?
5. Quomotion is a tribute band to which British band?
6. Which Scottish football team is nicknamed ‘The Hoops’?
7. What did English naturalist Charles Darwin study at Edinburgh University?
8. According to British superstition, ‘Marry in ‘when’ and you’ll live to rue the day’?
9. Which English county is known as ‘The Red Rose County’?
10. What are the first names of the two dancing instructors in the UK television series ‘Hi De Hi’?

Answers for March 14:
Questions: 1.What is the collective name for a group of toads? 2.What type of food dish is a ‘London Particular’? 3.Bara Brith is a fruit bread originating in which country? 4.Who became governor of The Bank of England in July 2003? 5.What is a young swan called? 6.What was British Empire Day renamed in 1958? 7.George Michael first hit No.1 in the 1990s with which song? Praying for Time, Fast Love, Lucky, Jesus to a Child 8.What is Adele’s real surname? Atkinson, Adkins, Addison, Arnison 9.Used in church advent services, a Christingle is made using which fruit? 10.What is the name of the fictional club in the James Bond novel ‘Moonraker’?
Answers: 1.Knot 2.Soup 3.Wales 4.Sir Mervyn King 5.Cygnet 6.Commonwealth Day 7.Praying for Time 8.Adkins 9.Orange 10.Blades Club

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