While you’re stuck indoors, why not pit your wits against our quiz? Bridgend Quiz League general secretary Steve Kingscott has put together these posers for fun – can you get them all right? For more information about the league, which is suspended during
1. Which political figure has been married to Gráinne Hayes and Kirsten Mehr?
2. US magazine editor Sarah Hale wrote which nursery rhyme in 1830?
3. The International Hall of Fame for which sport is in Newport, Rhode Island?
4. The Rhythm of the Saints was the follow-up to which 1986 Paul Simon album?
5. Which Welsh born TV presenter who died in 2000 published a book of photos taken by her, called Rock Stars In Their Underpants?
6. Where was cyclist Bradley Wiggins born?
7. Which creatures produce the largest offspring relative to the size of their bodies?
8. Granadilla is another name for which fruit?
9. Who played Jack Ryan in the film The Hunt for Red October?
10. The Man vs Horse marathon takes place annually in which Welsh town?
11. Which planet has a day lasting 9 hours and 55 minutes?
12. What liqueur bearing the letters DOM on the bottle label was developed at Fecamp, France, in the 16th century?
13. The Sam Maguire Trophy is the major championship in which sport?
14. Which animal has a Spanish name which when translated into English means “little armoured one”?
15. Who wrote the book Of Mice and Men?
16. What Scottish city has a nickname of the Silver City with the Golden Sands?
17. In Roman mythology, who was the god of the sun?
18. What UK dependency are Barren Island, Beaver Island and Lively Island a part of?
19. Which organisation has a panda as its emblem?
20. What is the national mapping agency for Great Britain?
21. Which Liverpool group were the first to reach number one in the US charts?
22. Betz cells are found in which part of the body?
23. Which US actress was born Betty Jean Perske?
24. How many counters are on a backgammon board at start of play?
25. Muriel is the middle name of which Friends character?
26. When on a visit to the Gambia what was once given to the Queen as a present for then baby Prince Andrew?
27. Whose ghost appears in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar?
28. Omphalitis is an infection of which part of the body?
29. What world famous tourist attraction is located next to India’s Yamuna river?
30. What allegedly, do the Welsh words “popty ping” mean in English?