Eight pages of puzzles for you
1 Who played Joey in TV’s Friends?
A Mathew Perry
B Matt LeBlanc
C David Schwimmer D George Clooney
2 Who wrote the novel Dr Zhivago?
A Boris Kamenev
B Boris Zinoviev
C Boris Pasternak
D Boris Tolstoy
3 What sort of creature is a taipan?
A Monkey
B Salamander
C Cobra
D Spider
4 Which poet and artist wrote The Book of Nonsense and popularised the limerick? A C.S. Lewis
B Rudyard Kipling
C Dylan Thomas
D Edward Lear
5 Which great Greek dramatist wrote the plays Medea; Electra and The Trojan Women? A Homer
B Aeschylus
C Euripides
D Sophocles
6 Andrea Riseborough and Gabriel Byrne are among the stars of which drug-trafficking drama on Sky Atlantic? A TenTenTen
B ZeroZeroZero C ThreeThreeThree D OneOneOne 7 Which Neighbours character was played by Eliza Szonert? A Lucy Robinson
B Libby Kennedy
C Hannah Martin
D Danni Stark
8 Which breed of dog has border and bearded varieties? A Alsatian
B Terrier
C Collie
D Spaniel
9 What was the title of the last album released by the Australian rock band INXS before the death of their lead singer Michael Hutchence? A Beautifully Wilted B Delicately Falling C Elegantly Wasted
D Finely Balanced 10 Who painted the Rokeby Venus?
A Hals
B Lebrun
C Mantegna
D Velazquez
11 In Greek mythology which nymph was in love with the shepherd Acis?
A Vesta
B Tithonus
C Galatea
D Eurus
12 Which British composer wrote The Midsummer Marriage and The Knot Garden?
A Sir William Schwenck Gilbert B Sir Michael Tippett
C Sir Arthur Sullivan
D Andrew Lloyd-Webber
13 What is the name of Mario’s green brother in Nintendo’s popular computer game? A Wario
B Ricardo
C Pablo
D Luigi
14 What is the general name for a fungus that forms a thin white coating on plants? A Fairy Mist
B Cuckoo spit
C Mildew
D Ragwort
15 Who wrote the wartime elegy For the Fallen? A Laurence Mignon B Laurence Lee C Laurence Binyon D Laurence Blake