Post by Lonely on Nov 20, 2020 11:29:35 GMT
The questions:
1 Which song might have been inspired by a gravestone in Woolton?
2 Abigail in November 2015 was the first of what?
3 Which animal has the largest brain?
4 Who did Lord Halifax mistake for a footman in 1937?
5 What is manufactured using the float process?
6 What line roughly follows the 180° line of longitude?
7 Vaduz is the only capital on what major river?
8 Which opera is set in Sri Lanka?
What links…
9 Cerberus; Orthrus; Ladon; Chimera; Hydra?
10 Tragic (4); Little (6); Unfinished (8); Great (9)?
11 Virginia Woolf; EM Forster; Lynne Reid Banks; Rachel Kushner?
12 Plain Bob; Grandsire; Stedman; Reverse Canterbury?
13 Hg (1961-63); Castor and Pollux (1965-66); Delphi patron (1968-72)?
14 Cave bear; dire wolf; mastodon; ground sloth; smilodon?
15 Wallace Beery; Robert De Niro; Hilary Swank?
Answers:
1 Eleanor Rigby.
2 Storm given a name by the Met Office.
3 Sperm whale.
4 Adolf Hitler.
5 Glass.
6 International Date Line.
7 Rhine (Liechtenstein).
8 The Pearl Fishers (Bizet).
9 Multi-headed creatures in Greek mythology.
10 Bynames of Schubert symphonies.
11 Wrote novels with a Room: Jacob’s Room; A Room With A View; The L-Shaped Room; The Mars Room.
12 Methods of bell-ringing.
13 Nasa human spaceflight programmes (manned missions flown): Mercury (chemical symbol); Gemini (mythological twins); Apollo (patron god of oracle).
14 Prehistoric mammals.
15 Won acting Oscars playing a boxer: The Champ; Raging Bull; Million Dollar Baby.
1 Which song might have been inspired by a gravestone in Woolton?
2 Abigail in November 2015 was the first of what?
3 Which animal has the largest brain?
4 Who did Lord Halifax mistake for a footman in 1937?
5 What is manufactured using the float process?
6 What line roughly follows the 180° line of longitude?
7 Vaduz is the only capital on what major river?
8 Which opera is set in Sri Lanka?
What links…
9 Cerberus; Orthrus; Ladon; Chimera; Hydra?
10 Tragic (4); Little (6); Unfinished (8); Great (9)?
11 Virginia Woolf; EM Forster; Lynne Reid Banks; Rachel Kushner?
12 Plain Bob; Grandsire; Stedman; Reverse Canterbury?
13 Hg (1961-63); Castor and Pollux (1965-66); Delphi patron (1968-72)?
14 Cave bear; dire wolf; mastodon; ground sloth; smilodon?
15 Wallace Beery; Robert De Niro; Hilary Swank?
Answers:
1 Eleanor Rigby.
2 Storm given a name by the Met Office.
3 Sperm whale.
4 Adolf Hitler.
5 Glass.
6 International Date Line.
7 Rhine (Liechtenstein).
8 The Pearl Fishers (Bizet).
9 Multi-headed creatures in Greek mythology.
10 Bynames of Schubert symphonies.
11 Wrote novels with a Room: Jacob’s Room; A Room With A View; The L-Shaped Room; The Mars Room.
12 Methods of bell-ringing.
13 Nasa human spaceflight programmes (manned missions flown): Mercury (chemical symbol); Gemini (mythological twins); Apollo (patron god of oracle).
14 Prehistoric mammals.
15 Won acting Oscars playing a boxer: The Champ; Raging Bull; Million Dollar Baby.