Saturday Quiz

15 questions to have a crack at today! Hope you enjoy and as usual answers in the comment box.

1. Which sport was Henry VIII alleged to have been playing when he was informed about he execution of Anne Boleyn?

2. “At the Piano” and “The White Girl” were paintings by which artist?

3. Bud Flanagan famously sang the theme song of which 60’s/70’s BBC sitcom?

4. In the late 1860’s Wimbledon, now best known as a Tennis venue, was first used as a venue for which sport?

5. In The Dictator, currently showing at UK cinemas, Sacha Baron Coen plays the role of the leader of which fictional African state?

6. James Figg is often Credited with setting up the first club for what sport?

7. What Sport has the nickname of “The Roaring Game”?

8. Who invented the vulcanisation of rubber process?

9. Polly James and Nerys Hughes starred in which Carla Line Sitcom?

10. In 1907, Brooklands was the first purpose built type of what sports venue?

11. Which famous brother of a member of the Beatles was in the band The Scaffold?

12. Name the fictional law enforcement agency in the TV sho wThe Professionals?

13. Mollie King is a singer in which girl group?

14. Who was the first team to win the football European Championships on two occasions?

15. A Poll by the UN this week named where as the wettest country in the world based on annual rainfall?