Fun Trivia

Hello there my crafty friends!  The weeks feel like they are flying by, don't you think?  I have your twenty questions for today ready and raring to go:

1. Which animal's name comes from an Afrikaans word meaning “earth pig”?

2. What is the largest species of penguin?

3. Which composer wrote The Four Seasons?

4. Which actress played Miss Marple in the long-running television series beginning in 1984?

5. Which element gives rubies their red colour?

6. Which country has more lakes than any other country in Europe

7. Which children's author created the character The Gruffalo?

8. Which actress played Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers?

9. Which famous fictional character has the middle name Hamish?

10. Which organ of the human body contains the islets of Langerhans?

11. What is the anatomical name for the shinbone?

12. Which famous children's book features a rat called Templeton?

14. Which Balkan country has coastlines on both the Adriatic and Ionian Seas?

14. Which author invented the word “nerd” in a children's book published in 1950?

15. What type of animal is a dik-dik?

16. Which English king was the father of Elizabeth I?

17. Which novel introduced the character of Long John Silver?

18. Which British actor provided the voice of Scar in the original 1994 film The Lion King?

19. What natural substance was traditionally used inside early golf balls before rubber became common?

20. Which creature can taste with its feet?

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Answers:

1. Aardvark

2. Emperor Penguin

3. Antoni Vivaldi

4. Joan Hickson

5. Chromium

6. Finland

7. Julia Donaldson

8. Prunella Scales

9. Dr. John Watson

10. Pancreas

11. Tibia

12. Charlotte's Web

13. Albania

14. Dr. Seuss

15. Dwarf Antelope

16. Henry VIII

17. Treasure Island

18. Jeremy Irons

19. Feathers

20. Butterflies

Should I say congratulations?  How did you do with today's questions, any better than last week?  Let me know in the comments.  All for now, Sue x