More Fun Trivia

Good Sunday morning all!  It's that time of the week again for more trivia!  I hope you are ready, as I have some good questions for you today.  Here are your twenty questions for Sunday:

1. Who taught Helen Keller to read and write?

2. Which style of hat is especially associated with Sherlock Holmes?

3. Which rock band was named after an 18th century English inventor?

4. What abbreviation can be traced back to a letter to Winston Churchill in 1917?

5. What is the only non Royal Palace in England?

6. Which painting is considered to be the "Mona Lisa of the North"?

7. The idea that expectations shape performance is named after which mythological king?

8. Which film brought Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny together onscreen for the first time?

9. The song "1999"  was written by Prince after watching a documentary about which famous historic person?

10. Which country is home to the colourful island of Burano?

11. How many grams are there in one ounce?

12. Which famous London landmark was originally intended to be temporary when it opened in 2000?

13. Which country has a postal service that once issued stamps made from embroidered fabric rather than ordinary printed paper?

14. Which large African mammal can close its nostrils underwater using special muscles?

15. Which famous British author worked as an assistant editor for the Oxford English Dictionary before becoming famous for his novels?

16. Which familiar musical instrument was once referred to as a sackbut?

17.  Which European country has a Christmas tradition in which a giant straw goat is erected in a town square every December?

18.  In 1915, which famous British prehistoric monument was purchased at auction by a man named Cecil Chubb?

19. Which insects use taste receptors in their feet to help identify suitable plants on which to lay their eggs?

20. Which famous British writer invented the fictional word "quark," later adopted by physicists to name a subatomic particle?

1. Anne Sullivan

2. A Deerstalker hat

3. Jethro Tull

4. OMG

5. Blenheim Palace

6. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johanne Vermeer

7. Pygmalion

8. Who Framed Roger Rabbit

9. Nostradamus

10. Italy

11. 28 grams (or more specifically 28. 3495 grams)

12. The London Eye

13. Switzerland

14. Hippopotamus

15. J.R.R. Tolkien

16. Trombone

17. Sweden

18. Stonehenge

19. Butterflies

20. James Joyce

I hope you have learned some new and interesting things today!  How did everyone do, let me know in the comments.  We are back to cards tomorrow.  All for now, Sue x