THE SUNDAY QUIZ
Have you been paying attention to this week’s news? Test yourself… by Andrew Baker
1
The Astronomer Royal, Prof Lord Martin Rees, has warned that particle accelerator experiments could…
(a) Reverse time
(b) Shrink the earth to a diameter of 330ft (100m)
(c) Evaporate the oceans
2
According to Stuart Murphy, chief executive of English National Opera, how are some audience members “ruining the experience” for others?
(a) Smuggling in vodka in water bottles
(b) Singing along
(c) Eating crisps
3
Mrs Gerron, a woman who inspired a classic song, g, has died at the age of 78. How was she celebrated elebrated in music?
(a) Tom Jones’s s’s Delilah
(b) Buddy Holly’s olly’s Peggy Sue
(c) Dolly Parton’s ton’s Jolene
4
The Royal Ballet’s in-house dietitian ian accepts pts that dancers may grab what between scenes nes to get them through ha a performance? e?
(a) A Big Mac c
(b) A Krispy Kreme doughnut
(c) Jelly Babies es
5
... but according to the Russian an prima ballerina Diana Vishneva, young dancers ers are being “ruined” by what?
(a) Big Macs
(b) Jelly Babies
(c) Instagram
6
What was the title of the rock band Jefferson Airplane’s 1967 platinum-selling album?
(a) Mystic Mattress
(b) Surrealistic Pillow
(c) Transcendent Duvet
7
Archaeologists in Wiltshire have unearthed the real…
(a) Camelot
(b) Wolf Hall
(c) Bleak House
8
A strange attack was filmed by kayakers off New Zealand. How were they ambushed?
(a) A seal hit them with an octopus
(b) A dolphin hit them with a seal
(c) An orca hit them with a dolphin
9
What is Quinter Quintero One, unveiled recentl recently in Puerto de Santa Maria, S Spain?
(a) Prototype hyperloop hyp pod
(b) Europe’s first Mars Mars-bound spaceship
(c) Spain’s first Ameri America’s Cup yach yacht regatta en entry
10
Following a malaria outbreak, s staff at the Exotic Zoo in Telford have had to fill their most expensive enclosure with plast plastic what?
(a) Meerkats
(b) Cheetahs
(c) Penguins
c. 10, a; 9, a; 8, b; 7, b; 6, c; 5, c; 4, b; 3, a; 2, b; 1, ANSWERS: