THE SUNDAY QUIZ
Have you been paying attention to this week’s news? Test yourself…
1 Ginger Baker was drummer with the rock supergroup Cream, and a man of wide-ranging interests. According to his Telegraph obituary, these encompassed…
(a) Heroin, polo and olive-growing
(b) Crack cocaine, chess and sheepdog trials
(c) Methamphetamine, croquet and orchid breeding
2 While staying at the Royal Garden Hotel in London in 1987, what did the actress Diahann Carroll have delivered daily to her suite for her bath?
(a) Six jeroboams of Moët & Chandon champagne (b) 22 quarts of milk
(c) Four pounds of royal jelly
3 Under what name did tech entrepreneur Jennifer Arcuri store Boris Johnson’s details on her mobile phone?
(a) Winston Churchill
(b) Napoleon
(c) Alexander the Great
4 In Digby, Lincolnshire, it was believed well into the 20th century that once you have seen a white dog, you should not speak until you have subsequently seen…
(a) A white horse
(b) A brown cow
(c) A black cat
5 How does Elie Seidman, the chief executive officer of dating app Tinder, like to spend his evenings?
(a) Scanning his app for hot strangers
(b) At home with a good book and his family
(c) Alone. Always alone
6 Retired art teacher Dorothy Claxton, from Birmingham, asked dozens of celebrities, including David Bowie, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Andy Murray, to draw the same thing and sign their sketch. What subject did she specify?
(a) A heart
(b) A star
(c) A dove
7 Lord Redesdale, father of the celebrated Mitford sisters, was briefly employed by The Lady magazine in Covent Garden in the early 20th century. What was his most notable role there?
(a) Testing the credentials of would-be butlers
(b) Killing rats with a mongoose in the basement
(c) Shooting pigeons from the roof
8 What now has a glass cover that “enhances transparency thanks to the latest anti-reflective technology while improving security”?
(a) The new iPhone 11
(b) The latest Popemobile
(c) The Mona Lisa
9 Which three elements were required to authorise a nuclear response by Britain at the height of the Cold War?
(a) The AA, a telephone box and four pennies
(b) Assent from the sovereign, the Prime minister and the chief of the defence staff
(c) Clarification, Verification and Confirmation
10 Which animal is the result of genetic modification by scientists to improve farm safety?
(a) Non-flatulent sheep
(b) Hornless bulls
(c) Friendlier boars
11 In order to cut costs, the King of Sweden has authorised the removal of five…
(a) Grandchildren from the Royal family
(b) Judges from the Supreme Court
(c) Chamberlains from the Royal household
12 The population of which global city declined by almost two thirds between the years 200 and 1100, from around 50,000 people to just 18,000?
(a) Rome
(b) Paris
(c) London