Branch Online Quiz 25 March 2021
QUESTIONS
1. Named after a local merchant and MP, the William Brown Library and Museum opened in 1860 in which city?
2. Epcot is a theme park at which resort complex near Orlando, Florida?
3. How long a period of time is a Lustrum
4. "Scarface" was one of the nicknames of which Chicago mob boss?
5. Captain Matthew Webb, the first person to swim the English Channel unassisted, was said to have been sustained by beer, brandy and what?
6. Ben Elton's 2001 novel Dead Famous is based on which TV reality show?
7. A two-million-year-old cave, known as Poole's Cavern, is on the outskirts of which Derbyshire town?
8. What is the oldest surviving public library in England
9. Containing the name of a common animal what term refers to close combat between two or more military aircraft?
10. Battle Abbey and Pevensey Castle are in which county?
11. The manufacture of which two lozenges originated in Lancashire?
12. Built from 1968 to 1986, which fastback coupe was named after a Mediterranean island?
13. According to Rudyard Kipling, who is more deadly than the male?
14. Button House is the haunted setting for which BBC sitcom, first broadcast in 2019?
15. In 1918 which ruler went into exile in the Netherlands, after a 30-year reign?
16. In 1966 the last Bond Minicar left the Berry Lane factory in which Lancashire town?
17. Based at Explorer House, Southampton, what is Great Britain's national mapping agency?
18. Formally instituted in 1608, what is the oldest golf club in England?
19. In 1215 King John agreed the Magna Carta at which water-meadow near Old Windsor?
20. During the first lockdown in 2020 which type of alcoholic drink saw the biggest increase in sales?
21. In which northern town, part of Lancashire until 1889, are pubs with both the longest and shortest names in Britain.
22. Antarctica has only two seasons. What are they?
23. Demolished in 1789 which Paris prison was originally a fortified gate?
24. Edward Fox played the assassin in the 1973 film adaptation of which Fredrick Forsyth novel?
25. Harold Wilson's 1976 Resignation Honours List is sometimes referred to as what?
26. Deborah, the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, died in 2014 as the last surviving of which famous sisters?
27. Helium derives its name from the Greek word for which heavenly body?
28. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
29. Alphabetically, what is the last sign of the zodiac?
30. In 1476, who established the first printing press in England?
QUESTIONS
1. Named after a local merchant and MP, the William Brown Library and Museum opened in 1860 in which city?
2. Epcot is a theme park at which resort complex near Orlando, Florida?
3. How long a period of time is a Lustrum
4. "Scarface" was one of the nicknames of which Chicago mob boss?
5. Captain Matthew Webb, the first person to swim the English Channel unassisted, was said to have been sustained by beer, brandy and what?
6. Ben Elton's 2001 novel Dead Famous is based on which TV reality show?
7. A two-million-year-old cave, known as Poole's Cavern, is on the outskirts of which Derbyshire town?
8. What is the oldest surviving public library in England
9. Containing the name of a common animal what term refers to close combat between two or more military aircraft?
10. Battle Abbey and Pevensey Castle are in which county?
11. The manufacture of which two lozenges originated in Lancashire?
12. Built from 1968 to 1986, which fastback coupe was named after a Mediterranean island?
13. According to Rudyard Kipling, who is more deadly than the male?
14. Button House is the haunted setting for which BBC sitcom, first broadcast in 2019?
15. In 1918 which ruler went into exile in the Netherlands, after a 30-year reign?
16. In 1966 the last Bond Minicar left the Berry Lane factory in which Lancashire town?
17. Based at Explorer House, Southampton, what is Great Britain's national mapping agency?
18. Formally instituted in 1608, what is the oldest golf club in England?
19. In 1215 King John agreed the Magna Carta at which water-meadow near Old Windsor?
20. During the first lockdown in 2020 which type of alcoholic drink saw the biggest increase in sales?
21. In which northern town, part of Lancashire until 1889, are pubs with both the longest and shortest names in Britain.
22. Antarctica has only two seasons. What are they?
23. Demolished in 1789 which Paris prison was originally a fortified gate?
24. Edward Fox played the assassin in the 1973 film adaptation of which Fredrick Forsyth novel?
25. Harold Wilson's 1976 Resignation Honours List is sometimes referred to as what?
26. Deborah, the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, died in 2014 as the last surviving of which famous sisters?
27. Helium derives its name from the Greek word for which heavenly body?
28. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
29. Alphabetically, what is the last sign of the zodiac?
30. In 1476, who established the first printing press in England?
