A few weeks ago it was my turn to set the questions for the Sunderland Echo Quiz League. Something I always enjoy doing!
Over the next few days Ill post up the content of the sets of you to have a read through and hopefully enjoy. The quiz itself runs on a team basis so all these questions will have had six brains working on them so there had to be some degree of challenge.
This is the first half of Set A
Round
1 Answers
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1.
The title of which Beach Boys song is also the
title of the autobiography of Jacqueline Gold, the founder of Ann Summers?
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Good Vibrations
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2. Which Government
organisation is housed in a building known as the “Doughnut”?
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GCHQ (Government
Communications Headquarters)
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3. Lady Isobel Barnett,
considered one of the first TV celebrities, became a household
name on which show?
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What’s My Line?
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4. Which landlocked
country lies between Ukraine to the North and Romania to the South?
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Moldova
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Round 2
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1. Which daily
newspaper was launched in 1986 by Andreas Whittam Smith?
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The Independent
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2. When Walter Raleigh
introduced tobacco to England in the early 1600s, which King wrote a pamphlet
arguing against its use?
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James I
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3. There are only two British
Female Solo Artists to have 5 number 1 hit singles in the UK. Name either?
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Jess Glynn
OR
Cheryl Fernandez Versini
(Accept Cheryl on its own, Cheryl Cole or Cheryl Tweedy)
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4. Flowing through
France, Germany and Luxembourg which river joins the Rhine at Koblenz?
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Moselle
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Set A - Round 3
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1. In 1982, who went
missing for 6 days during the Paris/Dakar rally?
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Mark Thatcher
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2. Much in the news in
January 2016, which famous model and actress appeared on the cover of Roxy
Music’s album “Sirens” dressed as a mermaid?
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Jerry Hall
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3. Since the addition
of Italy, which team have won the 6 nations title on the most occasions?
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France
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Which current
Labour MP is married to the former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thronging
Schmidt? |
Stephen Kinnock
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