MAY Quiz
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MAY is the surname of a former UK Prime Minister so for our MAY FUN QUIZ, compiled and presented by Stotfold’s very own Brain of Britain, David Stedman, the theme is the names of UK PRIME MINISTERS, either contained as clues in the question or in the answers. (ANSWERS on page 32)
1 What is the common name of the woodland flower Primula vulgaris, its cheerful pale yellow blossoms being a welcome precursor of spring? 2 What is the two-word name of black tea flavoured with bergamot oil? 3 Name the British super group (pictured) whose 1967 album is entitled “Disraeli Gears”? 4 Ian Callaghan MBE holds the record for the total number of appearances for which top level English football club? 5 Name the character played by actor Johnny Briggs in “Coronation Street”? 6 In a standard electrical plug in the UK, what is the colour of the live wire? 7 The Lord _____ of the Household is the most senior officer in the royal household of the UK. What word, as indicated, completes the full title of this ancient and powerful position? 8 Give the stage name of the actress (pictured right) who played Emma Peel on television in “The Avengers” and Countess Tracy di Vicenzo in a 1960s Bond film? 9 Kings Heath, Balsall Heath and Small Heath are areas of which major English city? 10 Named after its inventor, what is the famous ‘Law’ or adage that ‘work expands to fill the time available for its completion’? 11 Name the American male film star whose children are named Maddox Chivan, Pax Thien, Zahara Marley, Shiloh Nouvel, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline? 12 Name the Scottish darts player who won the world championship in 1982 and 1989? 13 What was the name of the Hollywood actress and sex symbol whose films included “The Outlaw”, “Paleface” and “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”? 14 The chain of forts and fortifications around Britain and Ireland built as a result of an 1860 * General Garden Royal Commission report on the defence of the realm are informally named after Victorian maintenance/regular visits Prime Minister Henry John Temple’s aristocratic title. What title? * Hedge cutting/reductions 15 In the British Army, which rank is above Captain and below Lieutenant Colonel? * Garden clearances * Trees 16 Sir Henry (pictured) was British champion racehorse trainer 10 times, won 25 classic * Weed spraying races, including the Epsom Derby four times, and trained the great Frankel, arguably the * Turfing best British racehorse of all time. What was Sir Henry’s surname? Fully Insured with over 8 years 17 David Balfour is the central character in “Kidnapped” and “Catriona”, experience of commercial and two historical novels written by which 19th century Scottish author? residential gardening 18 What is the name of the laboratory, founded in 1874, which is the Loved Gardens Garden Maintenance * Trees * Weeds Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, where such 07981 275663 discoveries as the electron, neutron and structure of DNA were made and whose E:lovedgardens@gmail.com researchers have won 30 Nobel Prizes since its foundation? 19 Nicknamed Supermac, he was a prolific goal scorer for Luton Town, Newcastle United and Arsenal and, in 1975, he scored five goals for England in a full international match, a feat not equalled since by any England international. Who is he? 20 What type of skilled, but increasingly unneeded, tradesperson uses the following tools or equipment: set pin; leggett; stitching needle and gutter; wire twister; spar hook; kneelers?
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