Quiz challenge

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:

Which character in the Bible wore a coat of many colours?

QUESTION 2 – for 2 points:

What name is given to a serve in tennis that the opponent cannot return?

QUESTION 3 – for 3 points:

Which cartoon character used the phrase “What’s up, Doc”?

QUESTION 4 – for 4 points:

Which of the four home nations did not qualify for the finals of the Euro 2016 football championships?

QUESTION 5 – for 5 points:

What type of walker is a funambulist?

QUESTION 6 – for 6 points:

Which of these rivers flows through New York City?

QUESTION 7 – for 7 points:

Which Oscar-winning actress is British actor Paul Bettany married to?

QUESTION 8 – for 8 points:

What type of musical instrument is a spinet?

QUESTION 9 – for 9 points:

What surname is shared by an American president and a British prime minister?

QUESTION 10 – for 10 points:

A B C D Jacob Joseph Joshua Jonathan Which artist cut off part of his ear in a fit of depression? A B C D Vincent van Gogh Henri Toulouse-Lautrec Edvard Munch Francisco Goya

QUESTION 11 – for 11 points:

What is measured in dynes? A B C D Humidity Gravity Force Cloud cover A B C D Jack Queen King Ace

QUESTION 12 – for 12 points:

What is the main ingredient of the Latin American dish ceviche? A Raw fish B Cactus pulp C Pickled pork D Horse meat A B C D Bugs Bunny Tweety Pie Sylvester Top Cat Actor Paul Bettany. See Question 7

QUESTION 13 – for 13 points:

What colour is produced by sodium when used in fireworks? A Yellow B Green C Red D Blue A B C D Anne Hathaway Penelope Cruz Jennifer Connelly Patricia Arquette A B C D England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland

QUESTION 14 – for 14 points:

A B C D Woodwind Brass Keyboard Percussion What does the musical term ‘da capo’ stand for? A B C D Heavy, ponderous In the style of a march Repeat from the beginning Stressed, accented A Sleepwalker B Dog walker C Stilt-walker D Tightrope walker

QUESTION 15 – for 15 points:

A Major B Wilson C Gladstone D Adams Which French town, on the river Scarpe, gave its name to a type of tapestry? A B C D Avignon Arles Angers Arras A B C D Delaware Potomac Hudson Charles