QUICK QUIZ

1 What colour are the broad-brimmed hats worn by cardinals?

2 Which British intelligence officer and Soviet agent warned Burgess and Maclean that they were under suspicion?

3 Which figure personifying England first appeared in pamphlets written by John Arbuthnot?

4 Of which country was Henry Pu Yi the last emperor?

5 Which political party’s name means ‘Party of Wales’?

6 Which slow-moving mammal, native to Central and South America, hangs upside down from branches feeding on leaves and fruit?

7 Who wrote Paradise Lost?

8 Which Turkish-born British designer created the Mini and the Morris Minor?

9 In which English county is the resort of Exmouth?

10 Which horny material is also known as baleen?

11 Of which Christian movement was John Wesley the founder?

12 Which green-blue coating forms on copper, bronze and brass?

13 In which country is the Yamuna River?

14 Which well-known Spanish artist had a Blue Period and a Rose Period?

15 Of what is depilation the removal?

16 What might a phlebotomist take from you?

17 Which actor and kung fu expert starred in the lead role in the film Enter the Dragon?

18 In which English county is Ascot Racecourse?

19 Which nomadic people were ruled by Attila? 20 Which Scottish playwright and novelist wrote Peter Pan?

21 Which autonomous region is known by China as Xizang?

22 In which US city were the 1984 Olympics held?

23 Which simple board game derives its name from the Latin for ‘I play’?

24 From what cereal grass is the Japanese drink sake made?

25 Which American golfer won his fifth British Open championship in 1983?

26 In what year was the Princess Royal born?

27 What is the name for a male duck?

28 Which spice is also known as pimento?

29 What type of star explodes and increases in brightness by a million times or more?

30 Which foodstuff is named after the French word for ‘crescent’?