The Scotsman

MINIQUIZ MINI QUIZ

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1. What name is given to a word or sentence that reads the same backward and forward?

2. How many points is the yellow ball worth in snooker?

3. Who succeeded Margaret Thatcher as leader of the Conservati­ve Party?

4. Which Christian organisati­on was founded by William Booth in 1865?

5. What sort of a creature is a jerboa?

6. Which Massachuse­tts city is famous for its witchcraft trials of 1692?

7. Which is the largest of the Balearic Islands?

8. Which drink takes its name from the Spanish city Jerez de la Frontera?

9. Which Italian city is famous for its Palio horse race, first held in 1482?

10. Of which country was António de Oliveira Salazar prime minister from 1932 to 1968?

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