Quiz: Litmus test and Hiawatha's wife
Grab a cuppa and see if you can answer the questions for June 12
ALCOHOLIC SPIRIT: Which berry is used to give gin its flavour? (Image: Westend61/Getty Images)
#OnThisDay - In 1991, Boris Yeltsin was easily elected president of Russia (then part of the Soviet Union) in the republic's first direct, popular elections, and he was president of independent Russia until the eve of 2000.
- What is a young pilchard called?
- Which sport do the Pittsburgh Pirates play?
- What was the occupation of "Lady Chatterley's Lover"
- Which planet is named after the Roman goddess of love?
- What colour does litmus turn in an acid solution?
- Which film star has a statue in London's Leicester Square?
- The berry of which bush is used to flavour Gin?
- What is the name of Sherlock Holmes' housekeeper?
- How many spots are there in total on a pair of dice?
- Who was married to Hiawatha?
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Answers for June 11:
Questions: 1. What was the name of Tin-Tin's dog? 2. In which city is the Headquarters of the European Central Bank? 3. What type of animal is a Kerry Blue? 4. According to the Bible, where was Cain sent after killing Abel? 5. What colour is a sapphire? 6. In which town did the gunfight at the OK corral take place? 7. What is the name of the watery by-product of cheese making? 8. What is the line on a weather map connecting points of equal pressure called? 9. What name is given to the art of paper folding? 10. Who wrote books about Noddy and Big Ears?
Answers: 1. Snowy. 2. Frankfurt 3.Dog 4. Land of Nod 5. Blue 6. Tombstone 7. Whey 8. Isobar 9. Origami 10. Enid Blyton
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