Quiz February 2011

It is acceptable to use google if you are stuck ~ its all a learning process !!!

Numptyz

1 When was the first race meeting at Royal Ascot ?

2 How many times did Ian Botham captain England in test matches ?

3 What was Alicia Markova's real name ?

4 Who wrote The Turn of the Screw ?

5 Which explorer founded Quebec ?

6 Who invented the pendulum clock ?

7 What does the word Utopia mean ?

8 Where is the Marsh of Sleep located ?

9 What is the opposite of occidental ?

10 Batrachophobia is the fear of what ?

11 Who were Anita Dels and Ray Slinjgaard ?

12 In which school was Whack-O set ?

13 Who invented the cannon ?

14 From which language does the word "floe" originate ?

15 Where did the 1997 Tour de France start ?


Answers at the weekend