THE ACCUMULATOR QUIZ
Each question has four possible answers and is worth from one to 15 points. Circle your chosen answers and keep a record of your points total. Maximum total points 120.
QUESTION 1 – for 1 point: According to the rhyme, who met a pieman going to the fair?
A Silly Billy
B Tommy Tucker
C Simple Simon
D Jack Horner
QUESTION 2 – for 2 points: Which superhero called himself Clark Kent?
A Spiderman
B Batman
C The Incredible Hulk
D Superman
QUESTION 3 – for 3 points:
Which creature featured in the title of one of
Elton John’s songs in 1972?
A Ostrich
B Walrus
C Crocodile
D Great white shark
QUESTION 4 – for 4 points: What is the surname of Florence, as in the indie rock band Florence + the Machine?
A Welch
B Scott
C French
D English
QUESTION 5 – for 5 points: Bucharest is the capital of which European country?
A Romania
B Slovakia
C Moldova
D Hungary
QUESTION 6 – for 6 points: In which children’s novel does the country of Narnia appear?
A The Borrowers
B The Hobbit
C Watership Down
D The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
QUESTION 7 – for 7 points: What is the Indian snack made in the form of a savoury stuffed triangular pasty?
A Lady’s finger
B Samosa
C Bhaji
D Bombay duck
QUESTION 8 – for 8 points: Which cat was played by Elaine Paige in the original stage production of the musical Cats?
A Victoria
B Grizabella
C Bombalurina
D Jemima
QUESTION 9 – for 9 points: Which car manufacturer produces the Venga model?
A Kia
B Vauxhall
C Proton
D Nissan
QUESTION 10 – for 10 points: Bank of England Governor Mark Carney held the same position in which other country before?
A Ireland
B South Africa
C Australia
D Canada
QUESTION 11 – for 11 points: In which county is Blenheim Palace?
A Lincolnshire
B Oxfordshire
C Lancashire
D Sussex
QUESTION 12 – for 12 points: How many old pennies were there to the crown?
A Twenty-four
B Thirty
C Forty
D Sixty
QUESTION 13 – for 13 points: Labour MP Jack Dromey is married to which prominent fellow Labour MP?
A Gloria de Piero
B Liz Kendall
C Harriet Harman
D Margaret Hodge
QUESTION 14 – for 14 points: What is treated by vulcanization to increase its strength?
A Steel
B Rubber
C Glass
D Concrete
QUESTION 15 – for 15 points: Vera Menchik and Hou Yifan are first and latest women’s world champions in which sport?
A Golf
B Chess
C Bridge
D Archery