Test your knowledge with our new weekly quiz – just for fun!
If you’re stuck indoors, why not pit your wits against our quiz? Bridgend Quiz League general secretary Steve Kingscott has put together these posers – can you get them all right? For more information about the league, which is currently suspended during
1. What football team were British baseball champions in 1906 and 1908?
2. Which British athlete was known as the Jarrow Arrow?
3. What company makes the most tyres in the world?
4. Lincoln is the capital of which US state?
5. At which cricket ground is the Old Father Time weather vane?
6. How many furlongs are there in a mile?
7. By what name is rock singer Paul Hewson better known?
8, In The Wizard of Oz, what is Dorothy’s surname?
9, Which Scottish football team play at Fir Park?
10. What are the young of alpacas and llamas called?
11. In which sport did Shirley Muldowney become the first female champion in 1977?
12. Who sang One Step Out Of Time for the UK in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest?
13. What type of creature is a tanager?
14. How old was Queen Elizabeth II when she ascended the throne?
15. How many wicked stepsisters did Cinderella have?
16. Approximately how long in miles is the Great Wall of Chi na?
17. On TV, what is the surname of Martin Clunes’ Doc Martin?
18. What is the Spanish word for the number five?
19. What bird is also known as a halcyon?
20. Aldergrove was the old name of which UK city’s airport?
21. Which country is the smallest in area to win the Fifa World Cup?
22. By what name is singer Christopher Hamill better kno wn?
23. Which comedy duo made 106 films together?
24. 62 of the 97 passengers and crew survived what disaster in 1937?
25. Sidesaddle and Roulette were number one hits in 1959 for which pianist?
26. In which modern day country is the ancient site of Car thage?
27. What is the stage name of Janet and Ian Tough?
28. In the human body, what do lacrymal glands produce?
29. In adverts, which drink could be taken “Anytime, any place, anywhere”?
30. Which Apollo 11 astronaut did not set foot on the moon?
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