More Fun Trivia

 Good Sunday morning all!  I hope everyone had a nice relaxing lie in this morning and are raring to go now!  These may be a bit easier than yesterday's questions, but you will have to be the judge of that for me.  Here are your twenty questions for Sunday:

 

1. Which everyday kitchen utensil was originally called a “spurtle” in Scotland

2. What name is given to words such as “buzz,” “hiss” and “clang” that imitate the sounds they describe?

3. What is the name for the tiny bumps on the surface of the tongue that contain many of its taste buds?

4.  What is the collective noun for a group of jellyfish?

5. Which musical features the song "Defying Gravity"?

6. What is the name of the line that longitude is measured from?

7. Which UK TV quiz show uses the phrase "I've started so I'll finish."

8. Which part of a church is traditionally the area around the altar, reserved for the clergy and choir?

9. Which European city is home to the world's oldest continuously operating university, founded in 1088?

10. The Croatian city of Dubrovnik was historically known by which name?

11. What was the country now called Ghana known as while it was a British colony?

12. What is the name of the small groove running around the edge of many coins?

13. Which common kitchen vegetable is actually the unopened flower bud of a species of thistle?

14. What type of food is a Welsh laverbread actually made from?

15. Which European country has a tradition of hiding brooms on Christmas Eve to stop witches stealing them?

16. Which animal is unable to walk backwards easily because of the structure of its legs and large tail?

17. In Britain, what traditionally happens according to legend if the ravens at the Tower of London ever leave permanently?

18. Which fruit's name comes from a word meaning “apple with many seeds”?

19. What food is traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday in Britain?

20. Which bird's name is also used for a person who greedily collects or hoards attractive objects?

1. Wooden stirring stick

2. Onomatopoeia

3. Papillae

4. A Smack

5. Wicked

6. Prime Meridien

7. Mastermind

8. The Chancel

9. Bologna, Italy (1088)

10. Ragusa

11. Gold Coast

12. Reeding

13. Artichoke

14. An edible algal red seaweed

15. Norway

16. Kangaroo

17. Both the Tower of London and the Kingdom will fail

18. Pomegranate

19. Pancakes

20. Magpie

Let me know how you did today in the comments.  I would love to know if you think today's trivia was easier or harder than yesterday's trivia too.  Back to cards tomorrow for you.  All for now, Sue x