Puzzles
1. Which race did legendary ruler Hengist command?
A Goths B Jutes C Saxons D Picts
2. Who in Roman mythology was the father of Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto?
A Mars B Mercury C Saturn D Cupid
3. To what sort of animal does the adjective vulpine relate?
A Cat B Vulture C Fox D Snake
4. Which French mathematician is famous for his last theorem?
A Marie Henri Boyle B Pierre de Fermat C Pierre Jospeh Proudhon D Victor Hugo
5. In which village did Jesus reputedly turn water into wine?
A Bethlehem B Kaf C Ma’an D Cana
6. Whose secretary was the original eminence grise?
A Louis XVI B Marie Antoinette C Catherine de Medici D Cardinal Richelieu
7. Daniel Kaluuya won the Rising Star BAFTA for his role in which acclaimed 2017 horror film?
A Give Up B Get Out C Go Away D Get In
8. Which American author wrote The Devil’s Dictionary and Can Such Things Be?
A Mark Twain B John Steinbeck C Edgar Allan Poe D Ambrose Bierce
9. Which Apache Indian chief surrendered to federal troops in 1886 and dictated his life story?
A Sitting Bull B Big Foot C Standing Bear D Geronimo
10. Which Scottish group released an album entitled 10 in 1997?
A Garbage B Travis C Rod Stewart D Wet Wet Wet
11. Who wrote the Palliser novels?
A E.M. Forster B Thomas Hardy C Anthony Trollope D Henry James
12. To which country did Sergeant Nick Rowan and his family emigrate in TV’s Heartbeat?
A Australia B U.S.A C France D Canada
13. Which British novelist, editor and critic wrote The Good Soldier and founded The English Review?
A Frank May Flux B Ford Madox Ford C Fred Max Ford D Phillip Madox Foster
14. Which comedienne stars as Edie in Last of the Summer Wine?
A Thora Bird B Thora Nerd C Thora Curd D Thora Hird
15. Which new film starring Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena is based on the popular Transformers character of the same name?
A Megatron B Bumblebee C Optimus Prime D Ironhide