LFHHS - CHORLEY BRANCH Quiz - March 05 2021
QUESTIONS
1 Which former Strictly Come Dancing judge was the choreographer for the dance troupe Hot Gossip?
2 What is Chorley Council's heraldic motto?
3 A 16th century sumptuary law, still followed today, requires Venetian gondolas to be painted which colour?
4 Which former World War II British Army Officer wrote Tomorrow will be a Good Day: My Autobiography, published in
2020
5 Who played James Bond in the film Quantum of Solace?
6 Who invented Coco-Cola?
7 Arthur's Seat is an extinct volcano in which British city?
8 In Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism, what follows Fools rush in where?
9 Which 2015 musical is about an USA politician?
10 What is the body part connection between a pig and tying a parcel?
11 Who was the last Anglo-Saxon King of England?
12 Which Bury-based sports-fashion retail company derives is name from founders John Wardle and David Makin?
13 Which 2019 Martin Scorsese film, starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci, received ten Oscar nominations?
14 In 1997, which prominent politician married his second wife, Jill Tracy Jacobs, a teacher
15 What is the connection between St Walburge's church, Preston and a form of horse drawn vehicle?
16 Which de facto Queen of England was beheaded at the Tower of London on 12 February 1554?
17 According to the 1955 song, recorded by Frank Sinatra, what go together like a horse and carriage?
18 Which of Manchester or Liverpool was the first to gain city status?
19 Which Old Testament figure promulgated the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai?
20 Between 1957 and 1959 which two forms of public transport in Liverpool were closed?
21 Who did John Bellingham assassinate in the lobby of the House of Commons?
22 What major catastrophe befell London in 1666?
23 "The other place" is a term used by MPs to refer to where?
24 A network of biological processes that protect the body against disease is known as what?
25 How many USA presidents have been impeached?
