U3A CORONAVIRUS QUIZ 1
Here we have a quiz divided into 6 sections, each with 10 questions. See how good you are at answering them. I suggest that you try initially without recourse to the internet or looking at the answers. General Knowledge
1. What was the title of the first album to be released on the Virgin record label?
2. Cheddar cheese is named after a village in which county?
3. Which modern country was formerly called Persia?
4. In a standard pack of cards, which King is the only one not to have a moustache?
5. Which Oxford scholar wrote Sylvie & Bruno – published 1889?
6. A Moon Shaped Pool is a 2016 album by which band?
7. Which 20th Century Prime Minister once played cricket for Middlesex and the MCC?
8. Only 1 British Prime Minister has been assassinated. Who was it?
9. By what name is the former Bechuanaland now known?
10.What name is given to a clay tobacco pipe with a long, curved stem? Popular Culture
1. Who wrote and illustrated the comic strip ‘Peanuts’?
2. In the film ‘The Wizard of Oz’, what is the name of Dorothy’s dog?
3. Where can you find Mae West standing next to Karlheinz Stockhausen, Lenny Bruce, WC Fields and Carl Jung?
4. In what film did Irving Berlin’s song “White Christmas” make its debut?
5. Where will you find an archetypal Italian clown musically linked to a 17th century Italian astronomer, the main character in operas by Rossini and Mozart and the first word in the Koran. Half a point for each clue and a point for the link.
6. Invented in 1974 by a Hungarian Professor of Architecture, this 3D combination puzzle became all the rage during the 80s. What was it called?
7. Who painted the 1963 pop art painting, ‘Whaam’ ?
8. Which iconic 60s film features supporting roles for Noel Coward and Benny Hill? Song Lyrics
Give the Song and the Singer or Band. The songs are in decade order, starting in the 1920s and ending in the 2010s
1. No one to talk with, all by myself. No one to walk with, but I'm happy on the shelf
2. So, will you please say Hello, to the folks that I know; tell them I won't be long They'll be happy to know, that as you saw me go I was singing this song
3. Where the treetops glisten and children listen to hear sleigh bells in the snow
4. Although it's always crowded, you still can find some room For broken-hearted lovers to cry there in the gloom
5. You know I work all day to get you money to buy you things And it's worth it just to hear you say you're going to give me everything
6. Said I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Trenchtown, observing the hypocrites as they would mingle with the good people we meet
7. I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark; we're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks. I really need you tonight
8. When your day is long and the night, the night is yours alone When you're sure you've had enough of this life Well hang on; don't let yourself go
9. If I lay here, if I just lay here, would you lie with me and just forget the world?
10.The scars of your love remind me of us They keep me thinking that we almost had it all Yorkshire
1. In what year did Harrogate host the Eurovision Song Contest?
2. Which is the County Town of North Yorkshire?
3. To which old hymn tune is Yorkshire anthem “On Ilkla Moor Baht ’at” sung?
4. What was the most famous invention of Percy Shaw of Halifax?
5. Frederick Belmont, a Swiss baker and confectioner, opened his first Café Tea Room in Harrogate in 1919 and named it what?
6. To which saint is York Minster dedicated?
7. What was the Roman name for York?
8. In which Yorkshire city would you find the Ferens Art Gallery?
9. When is Yorkshire Day celebrated?
10. The Roman’s called it Danum, what do we call it? Numbers
1. What is the square root of 256?
2. How many pounds are there in a hundredweight?
3. If X=10 and L=50, what is D+M?
4. Moving anti-clockwise on a dartboard, which number is next to 9?
5. An emerald wedding anniversary celebrates how many years of marriage?
6. How many acres are there in a square mile?
7. How many number slots (including 0) are there on a UK roulette wheel?
8. In geometry, how many minutes are there in one degree of arc?
9. A regular tetrahedron has how many faces?
10.What are the next two numbers in the following sequence: 987, 610, 377, 233, 144, 89, 55? US State Capitals
Match the US State with its State Capital
1. Alabama …………………………
2. Georgia ………………………….
3. Kentucky ………………………….
4. Maine …….…………………….
5. New York ………………………….
6. Massachusetts ……..…………………….
7. North Carolina ……..…………………….
8. Nevada …………………………..
9. Utah ……..…………………….
10.Texas ……………………………
Salt Lake City Boston Raleigh Frankfort Austin
Carson City Albany Atlanta Augusta Montgomery