& QUIZ
In which country did the UN climate summit take place this week?
The first underground rail service in the southern hemisphere was opened in 1913 in which Latin American city?
In 1941 who was the Japanese emperor who gave approval for the start of their war against the USA?
Which undersea tunnel was completed in December 1990 and opened to traffic in 1994?
Which car company introduced the moving assembly line in December 1913?
French-born sculptor Marie Tussaud who founded Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum was born in December in which century? a) 17th b) 18th c) 19th
In December 1939, LaGuardia airport opened to service which city?
In 1942 a team led by Enrico Fermi initiated the first artificial, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. What was the project called?
Formed in 1971, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Quwain and which other Emirate formed the United Arab Emirates?
In 1976 who became Cuban president, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado?
NASA launched the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair which telescope in 1993?
Who became the first female minister of the state in British parliamentary history in 1965?
In Crown Green Bowls, which ‘B’ is the weighted offset which causes the bowl’s run to curve?
What is the name of Don Corleone’s daughter who gets married in the opening scene of the Godfather movie?
Which ‘JR’ is both a UFC commentator and host of one of the most popular podcasts on iTunes?
Name the BBC sitcom starring Kathy Burke and James Dreyfuss which ran between 1999 and 2001, and took its name from an ABBA song?
On average, which animal is faster, a kangaroo or a zebra?
Which 2001 Baz Luhrman film sees Ewan McGregor fall in love with a cabaret actress played by Nicole Kidman?
Llyn Llydaw and Glaslyn are lakes on which UK mountain?
In hospitals, nephrology departments generally treat medical issues related to which organs of the body?
In August 1962, Jamaica declared independence from which country?
What was the name of the BBC1 drama which concluded this week, in which actress Ruth Wilson plays her own grandmother? Which country changed its constitution this year to remove time limits for its leaders thereby making the incumbent ‘President for Life’?
One of the biggest selling UK albums of 2018 was Staying at Tamara’s by which singer songwriter? In May a constitutional referendum was held on whether to repeal a ban on abortion in which country? The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the first world cup to use what system? The torch relay for the 2018 Winter Olympic games ended in South Korea, but in which country did it start its journey? Which company became the first public company to achieve a market capitalisation of $1 trillion? Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, but which American newspaper did he work for? The most intense hurricane to hit the mainland United States since Camille in 1969 struck Florida in October. What name did they give to the hurricane?