Super quiz

BEGINNER (1pt each)

➊ In the traditional nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons, how much was owed to the bells of St Martin’s?

➋ What was the former name of the Indian city of Mumbai?

➌ Which event in December 1941 is regarded as the trigger for the United States’ entry into World War 2?

INTERMEDIATE (2pt each)

➍ Which river is the outflow from Otago’s Lake Mahinerangi?

➎ Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of President John F. Kennedy, married which billionaire shipping magnate in 1968?

➏ According to Coleridge’s poem, who decreed that a stately pleasure dome be built in Xanadu?

➐ Which team became the only Irish provincial rugby side ever to beat the All Blacks, in October

1978, with a 120 win?

EXPERT (3pt each)

➑ Which muchcovered song was written by British folk singer Ralph McTell, who had his biggest hit when it was released as a single in 1974?

➒ Whose first film screen test reputedly gained the response ‘‘Can't act, can't sing, balding — can dance a little’’?

➓ Which Italian snack consists of grilled garlic bread topped with olive oil, salt, pepper, and occasionally savouries such as tomato?