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Nel's quiz: X Factor, ABBA and and a candle in the wind

Grab a cuppa and see if you can answer the questions for January 13

Jayne Middlebrook

Jayne Middlebrook

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Nel's quiz: X Factor, ABBA and and a candle in the wind

ELTON JOHN:In the year Elton John topped the charts, who was second? (Image: Peter Dazeley/Getty)

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Thanks again to Nel for today's quiz. If you'd like to guest host like Nel, drop me 10 questions (and answers) to info@inyourarea.co.uk and don’t forget to leave them a comment if you enjoyed it

  1. As of 2023 how many times has Roger Federer played Rafael Nadal in a Grand Slam final?
  2. What does the “c2” stand for in the Formula E=mc2?
  3. If you have Sphenopalatine Ganglioneuralgia what are you suffering from?
  4. Preston North End was the first English Football Club to have played 5,000 or more League games. Which Club was the second to complete this feat on February 8, 2022?
  5. In the Harry Potter books and movies who is the Ravenclaw House Master?
  6. Which X Factor act has had the best-selling single in the UK?
  7. What was the name of the BBC1 children's series on which S Club 7 began their musical career?
  8. In what decade did The Royal Navy withdraw the cutlass, a short, wide-bladed sword used since the early 18th century?
  9. To within three years, in what year were provisional licences brought in for HGV drivers in the UK?
  10. Which female represented the UK in the 1974 Euro-vision song contest, the year ABBA won with "Waterloo"?
  11. Elton John’s iconic Candle in the Wind was the UKs best-selling single of the 1990s, but which was the second best-selling single?
  12. According to the Highway Code from what time is it prohibited to sound your horn in a built-up area?
  13. Victoria became Queen of the United Kingdom after which Monarch died on June 20, 1837?
  14. Shrewsbury Road,  Rathmines Road  and  Abbey Street all feature on which city’s version of Monopoly?
  15. Which English footballer was voted second for The Ballon d'Or winner or European Footballer of the Year title in 1986?

What do you think of today's questions? Let us know in the comments below.

Answers for January 12:
Questions: 1.Name the five brothers that made up The Jackson Five 2.How is the Greek island of KERKIRA better known to holiday makers? 3.What is the medical name for the children's disease chickenpox? 4.What name is given to the wife of an Earl? 5.Name the songs with "Yellow" in the title that were hits for the following (i) Elton John (1973), (ii) Mitch Mitchell (1955), (iii) Coldplay (2000), (iv) Christie (1970) and (v) Bombalurina (1990) 6.Misogyny is the hatred or contempt of women and girls, but what is the hatred or contempt of men and boys? 7.Who was Henry VIII's second wife? 8.Which country won the first ever football World Cup? 9.Name the actors that played The Magnificent Seven in the film of the same name 10.How would you write the number 847 in Roman numerals?
Answers: 1.Jackie, Tito, Marlon, Jermaine and Michael Jackson 2.Corfu 3.Varicella 4.Countess. 5.(i) "Good-Bye Yellow Brick Road", (ii) "Yellow Rose of Texas", (iii) "Yellow", (iv) "Yellow River" and (v) "Itsy Bitsy Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” 6.Misandry 7.Anne Bolelyn 8.Uruguay 9.Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaugh, Brad Dexter, James Coburn and Horst Buchholz 10.DCCCXLVII

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