Branch Online Quiz 29 April 2021
QUESTIONS
1) Ye Olde Man & Scythe pub, first mentioned in a charter of 1251, is in which northwest town?
2) What name is given to the young of a whale?
3) Which British Queen Consort was the most married?
4) What were the names of the three Brontë Sisters
5} What was the surname of Bruno and Sergio, brothers who founded a UK coffee house chain in 1971
6) Imagine that you are trapped inside a windowless building with nothing but a box of matches, 3 candles and a ceramic mug. The flood waters are rising and are currently up to your neck. The door is hopelessly locked and there is no one within 500 miles of you. How can you get out of this situation?
7) What dairy product is known in America as "heavy cream"?
8) Which Protestant evangelical minister founded the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in 1971?
9) The comedian John Eric Bartholomew, born in 1926 in a northwest seaside resort is better known as who?
10) Who was the last British king to sign himself Rex Imperator?
11) Which US-born London department store founder was known as the Earl of Oxford Street?
12) Where in the body would you find an occlusal cavity?
13) Which American puppeteer created the Muppets?
14) Which company manufactures the 501 jeans brand?
15) Which musical features the songs I Could Have Danced All Night and On The Street Where You Live?
16) Who penned the line Don't put your daughter on the stage, Mrs Worthington?
17) Which palace is the Queen's official residence in Scotland?
18) Which trade in the building industry would use a tool called a hawk?
19) In which decade was the BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs first broadcast?
20) What is sabrage?
21) John Middleton, born in the north west in 1578, reached the height of 9 feet 3 inches and was know as …what... from the name of his birthplace?
22) Which 95-storey skyscraper is (currently) the tallest building in London?
23) Which female artist's work My Bed was exhibited at the Tate in 1999?
24) Which capital's metro system includes the stations Congress Heights, Foggy Bottom-GWU and Potomac Avenue?
25) What is a blue footed booby?
QUESTIONS
1) Ye Olde Man & Scythe pub, first mentioned in a charter of 1251, is in which northwest town?
2) What name is given to the young of a whale?
3) Which British Queen Consort was the most married?
4) What were the names of the three Brontë Sisters
5} What was the surname of Bruno and Sergio, brothers who founded a UK coffee house chain in 1971
6) Imagine that you are trapped inside a windowless building with nothing but a box of matches, 3 candles and a ceramic mug. The flood waters are rising and are currently up to your neck. The door is hopelessly locked and there is no one within 500 miles of you. How can you get out of this situation?
7) What dairy product is known in America as "heavy cream"?
8) Which Protestant evangelical minister founded the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in 1971?
9) The comedian John Eric Bartholomew, born in 1926 in a northwest seaside resort is better known as who?
10) Who was the last British king to sign himself Rex Imperator?
11) Which US-born London department store founder was known as the Earl of Oxford Street?
12) Where in the body would you find an occlusal cavity?
13) Which American puppeteer created the Muppets?
14) Which company manufactures the 501 jeans brand?
15) Which musical features the songs I Could Have Danced All Night and On The Street Where You Live?
16) Who penned the line Don't put your daughter on the stage, Mrs Worthington?
17) Which palace is the Queen's official residence in Scotland?
18) Which trade in the building industry would use a tool called a hawk?
19) In which decade was the BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs first broadcast?
20) What is sabrage?
21) John Middleton, born in the north west in 1578, reached the height of 9 feet 3 inches and was know as …what... from the name of his birthplace?
22) Which 95-storey skyscraper is (currently) the tallest building in London?
23) Which female artist's work My Bed was exhibited at the Tate in 1999?
24) Which capital's metro system includes the stations Congress Heights, Foggy Bottom-GWU and Potomac Avenue?
25) What is a blue footed booby?
