Daily Cuppa and Quiz: October 4, 2022

#OnThisDay - In 1190, Richard I (the Lionheart), on his way to Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, invaded a hostile Sicily and took the key city of Messina.

1. In what year was the first LASER built? 1960, 1962 or 1964
2. Who was the President of the USA between the years 1977 and 1981?
3. The molecular structure of DNA was identified in 1953 by which two people?
4. Regarded as the first English Prime Minister, a role he had from 1721 to 1742. Who was he?
5. Who was the first Pope to enter a mosque during his visit to Syria in 2001?
6. In the human eye what are the Cone cells responsible for?
7. What is the collective name for a group of Dolphins?
8. Ecclesiophobia is the fear of what?
9. Which island did the mutineers from HMS Bounty settle on?
10. In the Thunderbirds television series which character piloted Thunderbird 4?

Answers for October 3:
Questions: 1.'Relentless: 12 Rounds to Success' is the title of which English sports promoter's autobiography released in 2020? 2.'It Takes a Village' is a 1996 book published by which US politician? 3.Which author, known for his book Fahrenheit 451 said 'Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.'? 4.Who succeeded Boris Yeltsin as Russian President in May 2000? 5.What is the family relationship between actors Sissy Spacek and Rip Torn? 6.Which sports film sees teen Danny Noonan employed as a caddy at the snob-infested Bushwood Country Club? 7.What does the 'J' in Mary J Blige stand for? 8.Which English city appears in the Lancashire Inquisitions of 1226 as "Sainford"? 9.Which film won a 2020 Razzie for Worst Picture? 10.Which former British Prime Minister was born in with the forenames Anthony Charles Lynton?
Answers: 1.Eddie Hearn 2.Hillary Rodham Clinton 3.Ray Bradbury 4.Vladimir Putin 5.Cousins 6.Caddyshack 7.Jane 8.Salford 9.Cats 10.Tony Blair

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