The Bro ons family quiz

Can you rise to Horace’s challenge?

1. Gonarthritis is the inflammation of which joint in the human body?

2. Jackson Heights is a neighbourhood in which New York borough?

3. Which word is said to be used by actors to simulate conversation?

4. Which breed of bird was used in mines to detect dangerous gases?

5. How many pairs of ribs does an adult human have?

6. Introduced in the UK in 1978 and ran until 1983, what did YOP stand for?

7. Which W is a sudden sharp twist or jerk causing injury, and also the name of a tool?

8. Actor Michel Demitri Chalhoub was better known by which name?

9. In which direction can a bishop move on the board during a game of chess?

10. The icing on a tompouce cake is traditionally which colour?

11. Holly Golightly is the heroine of which novel?

12. A percheron is what type of animal?

13. Innsbruck is a city in which European country?

14. Which two words are inscribed on the Victoria Cross?

15. Who invented the mercury thermometer in 1714?

16. The Ishihara Test is used for testing for what in humans?

17. Fakt is the biggest-selling daily newspaper in which European country?

18. In which English city was Guy Fawkes born?

19. Which four-letter word beginning with D is oneeighth of a fluid ounce?

20. In what year was Beethoven born – 1750, 1770 or 1790?