Five fun quizzes
1
WHO . . . directed the epic 1915 silent film The Birth Of A Nation? WHAT . . . type of bird is a condor? WHERE . . . does the annual Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race usually start? WHEN . . . did the Australian parliament first sit in Canberra?
2
WHO . . . was the first member of the Royal Family to visit Argentina after the Falklands conflict? WHAT . . . is the largest fish of the mackerel family? WHERE . . . in the US is Carson City the state capital? WHEN . . . did Idi Amin depose Milton Obote in Uganda?
3
WHO . . . wrote the novel Whisky Galore? WHAT . . . instrument was the shawm an early version of? WHERE . . . did the dance the mazurka originate? WHEN . . . was the Cato Street Conspiracy?
4
WHO . . . was Charles Sherwood Stratton better known as? WHAT . . . do the letters UHT stand for? WHERE . . . is the city of Mosul, from which the cotton fabric muslin got its name? WHEN . . . was the Regency period in Britain?
5
WHO . . . wrote the musical Oliver!? WHAT . . . group of vitamins does niacin belong to? WHERE . . . is the Northwest Passage? WHEN . . . did Prince Albert complete the purchase of Balmoral Castle?
6
WHO . . . became famous for the covers he painted for the US magazine Saturday Evening Post? WHAT . . . does the Mohs scale measure? WHERE . . . in the British Isles is the thistle the national symbol? WHEN . . . did Peter the Great of Russia die?