Questions
(1) Richard Darbyshire, who died in November 2025, was lead singer with which band in the 1980s?
(2) Who wrote the novel “The Sound and the Fury”?
(3) How many US states start with the letter T?
(4) Mt. Saint Helens and Mt. Vesuvius are examples of which geographical feature?
(5) Which element has the chemical symbol Cd?
(6) The Halle Orchestra is based in which English city?
(7) Katherina Minola is the character referred to in the title of which Shakespeare play?
(8) What is the main alcoholic ingredient in a classic Margherita cocktail?
(9) What is the French word for kiss?
(10) Which US state capital was originally known as Waterloo?
(11) What nickname is given to Haydn’s symphony number 94 in G major?
(12) Which hardware store, purchased in 1999 by Kingfisher, was founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company?
(13) In the initialism DED, where the first D stands for Dutch and the second D stands for disease, what tree does the letter E refer to?
(14) What word, used in computing, describes a security system that monitors incoming & outgoing network traffic, it’s a barrier between that network and untrusted external networks?
(15) Where was British politician, and former deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner born?
(16) What colour goes before the word ‘belt’ to describe areas of undeveloped, wild or agricultural land outside urban areas?
(17) What name is given to the corrosive liquids that are numbers 1-6 on the pH scale, they turn litmus paper red?
(18) The battles of Yorktown and Fort Sumter were part of which military engagement?
(19) Who wrote the novel “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s nest?
(20) Iva Davies is best known for singing with which Australian pop/rock band prominent in the 1980s?
Answers
(1) Living in a Box (2) William Faulkner (3) Two (Tennessee & Texas) (4) Volcanoes (5) Cadmium (6) Manchester (7) The Taming of the Shrew (8) Tequila (9) Baiser (10) Austin, Texas (11) Surprise Symphony (12) Screwfix (13) Elm (14) Firewall (15) Stockport, Gtr. Manchester, England (16) Green (17) Acids (18) American Civil War (19) Ken Kasey (20) Icehouse