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Quiz: Composers, queens and emperors

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

Sara Tilley

Sara Tilley

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Quiz: Composers, queens and emperors

#OnThisDay - October 13, 1925 - Margaret Thatcher was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire

  1. The 1999 film Topsy Turvy by Mike Leigh is about which playwright and composer duo?
  2. Which Queen of England, born this day in 1553, was monarch for just nine days?
  3. What type of foodstuff is halloumi?
  4. Roman Emperor Claudius died on this day, in 54AD, from eating what?
  5. What is a female zebra called?
  6. Which 2008 musical film is set on the fictional Greek island of Kalokairi?
  7. In which mountain range did a Uruguay to Chile plane crash, on this day in 1972, leading its passengers to resort to desperate measures to survive?
  8. A left-handed boxer is called a 'what'...paw?
  9. Who won the Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom in 1967?
  10. 'Simba' is the word for 'lion' in what language?

Answers for October 12:
Questions: 1. Which of 'The Three Tenors' was born on this day in Modena, Italy in 1935? 2. Which is the third planet from the Sun? 3. Guess the year: The Poseidon Adventure was a huge hit at the cinema; Nilsson had a UK No.1 hit with Without You; Cameron Diaz was born. 4. Which electronics company released the world's first all-electric compact calculator in 1957? 5. Whaam! is a work by which artist? a) Damian Hirst, b) Roy Lichtenstein, or c) Andy Warhol 6. Name the American songwriter and country singer (Annie's Song; Leaving On A Jet Plane), who died in a plane crash on this day, in 1997. 7. Scottish Blackface is a breed of which animal? 8. Name the British occultist, once called the 'wickedest man in the world', born in Royal Leamington Spa on this day in 1875. 9. In which country did avocados originate? a) Mexico, b) Brazil, or c) Spain? 10. How many triple-word squares are there on a standard Scrabble board?
Answers: Answers: 1. Luciano Pavarotti 2. Earth 3. 1972 4. Casio 5. b) Roy Lichtenstein 6. John Denver 7. Sheep 8. Aleister Crowley 9. a) Mexico 10. Eight

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