Quiz Questions

A Few teasers for you this afternoon. Some old chestnuts, some that hopefully will get you thinking....Answers as usual in the comment box



1. Launched by the Chinese in 2012, Kuafa is the first space mission dedicated to the study of what?

2. Which planet has the greatest “escape velocity” (force needed to break through gravitational pull)?

3. What element on the surface of Mars gives it the red appearance?

4. The Olduvai Gorge, site of the first stone tools to be used by humans as discovered by Louis Leaky in the 1930’s, lies in which Country?

5. Which club drew 2-2 with Rangers Newco in their first game since demotion to the Scottish Third Division?

6. The Vridi Canal links the former capital of what country to the sea?

7. What is the second largest city in Denmark?

8. If the Russians call it a “Schoty” and the Japanese call it a “Sorobon”, what do the British call it?

9. What was the real first names of Abbott and Costello?

10. In what year was the Matrimonial Clauses Act passed in Britian which transferred the rights for dissolution of marriage from the church to the Kings Courts? Was it 1557, 1657, 1757 or 1857?

11. Who were the second league club in English football to lay artificial turf?

12. Who wrote the poem “St. Simeon Stylites”?

13. Which Danish Novelist wrote titles which in English are “Sons of the Rye” and “Children of Wrath”?

14. In which English County would you find Longholme Island?

15. What was the name of the BBC’s follow up series to A for Andromeda?

16. In what year was the Aberfan mining disaster?

17. Who won the 2012 Eurovision song contest with the song “Eurphoria” by Loreen?

18. What was the northern most stadium in England to host Olympic football at the 2012 games?

19. “Mid Morning Matters”, a comedy show set entirely with a Radio station at North Norfolk Digital Radio station, is the latest series to star which comic creation?

20. At the 2012 Olympic Games Close Ceremony, which female singer performed a duet with Queen?