Easy Quiz 1

Questions

1. Which English county is known as the Garden of England?

2. Which perfume house launched its Dune perfume in 1991?

3. Who wrote Wind In The Willows?

4. Where was the Magna Carta signed?

5. Who wrote the opera Porgy and Bess?

6. The Haywain is the work of which artist?

7. What is the collective term for a group of geese?

8. Who was the first prime minister to live in No10 Downing Street?

9. Which country has the international car registration 'D'?

10. Early Rivers, Morello and Napoleon are types of which fruit?

11. What does a philatelist collect?

12. A nicker was slang for which British pre-decimal currency unit?

13. What is a supposed straight line connecting three or more ancient sites called?

14. What type of animal is an Ibex?

15. The spice saffron is made from the dried stigmas of which flower?

16. Which animal lives in a holt?

17. Which was the last of the seven 'Road' films starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby?

18. In which month is St George's Day?

19. Which anniversary is celebrated upon 25 years of marriage?

20. In which sport is an epée used?

21. In which war was the Battle of the Somme?

22. In which European city would you have found Checkpoint Charlie?

23. Which car manufacturer makes the Jazz model?

24. Which vegetables are hash browns made from?

25. Jack Bauer is the main character in which TV series?

26. The statue on the top of London's Old Bailey building is holding what in her right hand?

27. What is the sign of the Zodiac represented by a crab?

28. What does the F stand for in John F Kennedy?

29. Which is the largest city in the USA?

30. What is a camel with two humps called?

31. Who wrote the novel Cider With Rosie?

32. Marie McLaughlin Lawrie is the real name of which singer?

33. What was the name of the character played by Eddie Murphy in the 1984 film Beverley Hills Cop?

34. What is the common name for nitrous oxide?

35. What is the Roman numeral for 50?

36. In the English National Lottery how many red thunderballs are there (as at 2006)?

37. Which British Royal Wedding was the first to be broadcast in colour?

38. Which country is Red Stripe lager originally from?

39. In which year was the Falklands War?

40. What is the name of the space station first launched by the Soviet Union in 1986?

41. When are pancakes traditionally eaten?

42. Who is the Roman God of Love?

43. Who was Henry VIII's first wife?

44. What type of domestic cat has no tail?

45. What is the medical term for the breastbone?