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Day 8 : Flags of the world

Ireland Sweden North Macedonia Brazil

Croatia Greece China India

Switzerland Namibia Belgium South Africa

Australia Portugal Jamaica Spain The PT Ski Quiz - Answers

Austria Nepal Canada Iceland

Day 9 : History

1. What were the names of Henry VIII’s wives? Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymore, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr 2. Of which tribe was Boadicea the head? The Iceni 3. What famous document was signed at Runnymede on 15 June 1215? The Magna Carta 4. In what year was the battle of Agincourt? 1415 5. What was the name of Lord Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar? HMS Victory 6. Which royal house ruled England between 1603 and 1714? The Stuarts 7. The Monument in The City of London Is a monument to which event? The great fire of London 8. What was the name of the ship upon which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed to the Americas in 1620? The Mayflower 9. In which war was the Charge of the Light Brigade? Crimean War 10. In which city was John F Kennedy assassinated? Dallas 11. Which type of British fighter plane shot down 1,294 enemy aircraft In World War One? The Sopwith Camel 12. Who was nicknamed The Desert Fox? Field Marshall Rommel 13. What was the First Reich? The Holy Roman Empire 14. Has there ever been an English Pope? Yes, Adrian IV 15. Which English King was known as Coeur de Lion? Richard I 16. Who was the Captain of the Bounty, whose crew staged a mutiny? Captain William Bligh 17. Who was the mother of James I of England (James VI of )? Mary Queen of Scots 18. Where did Napoleon Bonaparte die in exile? St Helena 19. Where was Thomas Beckett Murdered? Canterbury Cathedral 20. Who played bowls before engaging the Spanish Armada? Sir Francis Drake

The PT Ski Quiz - Answers Day 10 : Logos

National Lottery WWF Guinness North Face

BP Swiss Great Ormand Street Starbucks

Wilson Dreamworks Oakley Nestle

Gucci Pepsi Atomic Skis Volkswagen

Gotschnasport (in National Trust British Airways Toblerone Klosters)

The PT Ski Quiz - Answers Day 11 : Tube Stations

1. An irate monarch Kings Cross 2. Napoleon’s downfall Waterloo 3. Tusks on the battlements Elephant and Castle 4. Dark monks Blackfriars 5. The opposite of she catch Heathrow 6. Marmalade Bear! Paddington 7. Apostle’s Forest St John’s Wood 8. Jouster’s crossing Knightsbridge 9. Vicar’s envy Parson’s Green 10. Gabriel is a fine example! Angel 11. Completely mad! Barking 12. Grieving heavy type of moon Mornington Crescent 13. Dutch open space Holland Park 14. A long line to see flowers Kew Gardens 15. Four minute finish Mile End 16. A full armoury Arsenal 17. New Testament letter writer! St Paul’s 18. Regal tree Royal Oak 19. Sheep carer’s shrub Shepherd’s Bush 20. Leave the North and find these meadows Southfields

Day 12: Music

1. How many movements are there in a Classical symphony? 4 2. Which famous singer was known as France’s ‘Little Sparrow’? Edith Piaf 3. Which country is the musical Evita set in? Argentina 4. In 1975 Queen produced a number one hit with which song? Bohemian Rhapsody 5. What play is the musical West Side Story based on? Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet 6. How many children does Captain von Trapp in the Sound of Music have? 7 7. Complete this song lyric (from a musical) - ______is the word! Greece! 8. Name the of the rugby Six Nations teams. England – , Scotland – Flower of Scotland, Ireland – Ireland’s Call, Wales – Hen Wald Fy Nhadau (Land of My Fathers), France – , Italy – . 9. What year was Ziggy Stardust released? 1972 10. Name 3 opera venues in England beginning with G. Glyndebourne, The Grange & Garsington. 11. Which television talent show formed One Direction? X Factor 12. Who won Eurovision in 1974? ABBA 13. Which public school did Chris Martin of Coldplay go to? Sherborne 14. Name 2 of the 4 pieces which make up a set of bagpipes? Bag, chanter, mouthpiece, (bass & tenor) drones. 15. Which Scottish artist released the album ‘Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent’ in 2019? Lewis Capaldi 16. The West End musical ‘Wicked’ is the prequel to which film? The Wizard of Oz 17. Which band had a hit with ‘I’ve got a brand new combine harvester’? The Wurzels (in 1976) 18. The song ‘I am the very model of a modern Major General’ is from which Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta? Pirates of Penzance The PT Ski Quiz - Answers 19. How many different types of instruments make up a classical string quartet? 3! Two Violins, 1 Viola & 1 Cello. 20. Which artist originally rose to fame in the 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny’s child? Beyonce.

Day 13 : Dogs

German Shepard Pug Whippet Beagle

Norfolk Terrier Chihuahua Husky Afghan Hound

Pembroke Welsh Corgi Pomeranian Dalmatian Border Collie

Working Cocker Spaniel Labrador Old English Sheepdog Border Terrier The PT Ski Quiz - Answers

Saint Bernard Westie Standard Poodle Boston Terrier

Day 14 : Science

1. When developing the process of vaccination to protect against smallpox, Edward Jenner used the pus from blisters of someone suffering from which disease? Cowpox 2. What is the name of the French microbiologist who invented pasteurization, the process of treating wine and milk to stop bacterial contamination? Louis Pasteur 3. What is the name of the green pigmentation in the leaves of plants which allow them to photosynthesise? Chlorophyll 4. What is deoxyribonucleic acid most commonly known as? DNA 5. Which female scientist is the only person ever to win two Nobel prizes in two different scientific fields (for Physics in 1903 and for Chemistry in 1911)? Marie Curie 6. Who reputedly yelled ‘Eureka’ and leapt out of his bath? Archimedes 7. NaCl is the chemical symbol for what? Salt (sodium chloride) 8. Which Greek mathematician gave his name to the theorem that a²+b²=c²? Pythagoras 9. What is this series of numbers called 1,1,2,3,5,8,… (i.e each number is the sum of the two previous numbers)? Fibonacci sequence 10. What is the name of the red protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood of vertebrates? Haemoglobin 11. Where in your body would you find a metacarpal? The hand 12. Which famous English 17th Century physicist gave his name to the unit of force? Sir Isaac Newton 13. Entomology is the study of what? Insects 14. What is the name of the type of trees and bushes which shed their leaves seasonally? Deciduous 15. What is 212° Fahrenheit in Celsius? 100° 16. Where in your body might you find the gel-like substance called vitreous humour? The eye 17. Antibiotics were discovered in 1928 by which Scottish scientist? Alexander Fleming 18. What does the atomic number indicate on the periodic table? The number of protons 19. A thermometer measures temperature, what does a barometer measure? Air pressure 20. What element is a diamond made of? Carbon