MINI QUIZ

1. Which Buckinghamshire country house has been the official country residence of British prime ministers since 1921? 2. What is the capital of Canada?

3. What fruit did actress and royal mistress

Nell Gwyn sell in Drury Lane?

4. Which American Beat novelist wrote On

the Road and Big Sur?

5. On which island off the coast of Kent is

the port of Sheerness?

6. Which stock character of the commedia dell'arte and lover of Columbine was known as Arlecchino in Renaissance Italy?

7. Of which US state is Richmond the capital?

8. In what year did Margaret Thatcher succeed Edward Heath as leader of the Conservative Party?

9. Of which Asian country, formerly known

as Ceylon, is Colombo the capital?

10. What was the name of the dog carried into

space by Sputnik 2?