Hello to my fellow trivia players! I have a nice mix of questions but they may be a bit challenging too, we shall see! I hope you like them and learn some new stuff at least. Here are your twenty questions for Saturday:
1. Which country celebrates Diwali?
2. Which European country was officially called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes before taking a much shorter name in 1929?
3. Which part of the Statue of Liberty was damaged in 1916 and wasn't repaired until 1985?
4. Which British television programme began in 1963 under the working title The Troubleshooters before receiving its famous final title?
5. Before becoming the modern country of Zimbabwe in 1980, by what name was it widely known for much of the 20th century?
6. Which well-known search engine was originally called BackRub?
7. Which famous London landmark was originally intended to be dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere after the 1851 Great Exhibition?
8. Which fruit is used to make the spirit kirsch?
9. Ian Anderson is famous for playing which instrument in the rock band Jethro Tull?
10. Which British rock group took its name from a character in Charles Dickens's David Copperfield?
11. What is unusual about the pupils of a cuttlefish's eyes?
12. Which rock band took its name from a slang term used by British airmen for an unidentified flying object?
13. Which food takes its name from the Italian for “bone with a hole”?
14. Which British scientific tradition, founded by Michael Faraday, began in 1825 and continues to be broadcast during the festive season?
15. Scientists recently named a newly described snake after which Guns N' Roses guitarist?
16. Which English monarch was the first to be buried in Westminster Abbey?
17. Which British prime minister escaped from a prisoner-of-war camp during the Boer War?
18. During the Great Fire of London in 1666, what valuable food did diarist Samuel Pepys bury in his garden to keep it safe?
19. Which creature, presumed dead and glued to a specimen card at the British Museum, surprised everyone four years later when it was discovered to still be alive?
20. Which famous scientist was once appointed Warden of the Royal Mint and personally pursued counterfeiters?
1. India
2. Yugoslavia
3. The Torch
4. Dr. Who
5. Rhodesia
6. Google
7. Crystal Palace
8. Cherries
9. Flute
10. Uriah Heep
11. They are W-shaped in bright light
12. Foo Fighters
13. Ossobuco
14. The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
15. Slash
16. Edward the Confessor
17. Winston Churchill
18. Parmesan Cheese
19. A Snail
20. Isaac Newton
I really thought these were interesting questions, I hope that you did too! Drop me a comment and let me know how you did and what you thought of the questions too! All for now, Sue x
1 comment:
Hi Sue
7 for me today. I’m no good at questions about rock bands, but remember reading a book of short stories when I was at school that included an account of Winston Churchill in the Boer War!
B xx
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