THE SUNDAY QUIZ

Have you been paying attention to this week’s news? Test yourself…

1 Who smelled primarily of roses, with notes of musk, ambergris and bergamot?

(a) Queen Victoria

(b) Cleopatra

(c) Elizabeth I

2 According to Andrew Davies, the adaptor of Jane Austen’s works for television, it should be “illegal” to watch his productions… (a) Unless wearing a bonnet

(b) On a smartphone (c) Dubbed into a foreign language

3 Engineers at Harvard University have developed a hi-tech mobility aid designed to assist the frail, the elderly and the military. What is it?

(a) Mechanical socks

(b) Electric knees

(c) Robo-shorts

4 “Concerns” have been reported in the Disney hierarchy about JoJo Rabbit, a film due to be released by the company early next year about a German boy and his imaginary friend. Who is the friend? (a) A rabbit (b) Adolf Hitler (c) A puppy

5 When combined together, potholes in England are…

(a) 15 times deeper than the Grand Canyon (b) Longer than the Channel Tunnel

(c) Big enough to hold Windermere

6 Which of these pastimes is to be a sport at the next Olympic Games? (a) Dog sledding

(b) Orienteering

(c) Rock climbing

7 British triathletes Jess Learmonth and Georgia TaylorBrown have been disqualified from an international event in Tokyo after crossing the finish line...

(a) Backwards

(b) Hand in hand

(c) On their knees

8 August’s full moon occurred last week. What name was bestowed upon it hundreds of years ago by native American tribes? (a) Sturgeon moon

(b) Trout moon

(c) Salmon moon 9 Stanford University plans to use chips to treat obese patients. How will this work?

(a) Aversion therapy by excessive chip consumption

(b) Chip implanted in the brain

(c) Low calorie chips made of fibre

10

Crossvallia waiparensis was the size of an adult human and was found in New Zealand millions of years ago. It was a giant version of which modern animal? (a) Mouse

(b) Penguin

(c) Rabbit 11

Sherm Poppen invented a device that evolved into the snowboard. But what did he call it?

(a) Snurfer

(b) Skiboard

(c) Snowaverider

12

A bus driver has been suspended after refusing to drive the 501 to Thickthorn from Norwich. For what apparent reason? (a) He didn’t know the way (b) It was raining

(c) The bus had a multicoloured number which the driver said “promotes homosexuality”