Answers to belated August Quiz

1) Who did Maxwell Drummey marry a year ago ?
Peaches Geldof

2) The Titanic had 2 sister ships. One was called the Britannic - what was the other called?
Olympic

3) By what other name is the Feast of Stephen known ?
Boxing Day

4) In the sport of baseball, by what name is the marked playing area known ?
The Diamond

5) What is the connection between your last three answers ?
Rings

6) Which country has the words There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet in arabic script on its flag ?
Saudi Arabia

7) In which city did the Assassination of Martin Luther King take place ?
Memphis Tennessee

8) Which term in italian cookery literally means 'before the meal' ?
Antipasto

9) Which group, with a name taken from a novel by Hermann Hesse, had the 1969 hit Born to Be Wild ?
Steppenwolf

10) What was the name of Renee's wife in Allo Allo ?
Madame Edith

11) Name the South African winner of the women's 800m at the World Athletic Championships whose gender was called into question ?
Caster Semanya

12) Which architect designed Coventry Cathedral ?
Sir Basil Spence

13) Which politician was the Labour Government's first home secretary in 1997 ?
Jack Straw

14) Which father of a famous TV presenter daughter, himself used to present programmes on childrens' TV such as Play School and Think of a Number ?
Johnny Ball

15) Lou Grant, the newspaper editor who had his own spin off series actually first appeared as a character on whose show ?
Mary Tyler Moore

16) What is the connection between your last three answers ?
Leaders of the Peasants' Revolt

17) An old fashioned clock which loses 5 minutes every hour is put right at 12 noon. When it points to 11pm, what was the actual time ?
12pm

18) Which tiny form of sea life provides the main food for some of the large species of whale like the blue whale ?
Krill

19) What is the common name for the disease tetanus ?
lockjaw

20) In which sport are colour coded balls used to denote how fast they go?
Squash

21) Who was the last Australian batsman to be out in the Ashes series ?
Hussey

22) Which hill was the historic seat of the ancient kings of Ireland ?
Tara

23) What do the Scots Guards have in threes, the Irish Guards in fours, and the Welsh Guards have in fives ?
Buttons on their sleeves

24) What was the name of Leonardo di Caprio's character in Titanic ?
Jack Dawson

25) The novel Tom Brown's Schooldays is set in which public school ?
Rugby

26) Isambard Kingdon Brunel was the original chief engineer on which railway company ?
Great Western Railway

27) What is the connection between your last three answers ?
Union

28) Jack and Meg White are the members of which band ?
White Stripes

29) If you had an elephant, a tiger or a carpet , what type of insect would you have ?
A Moth

30) Name the scottish justice minister who took the decision to free the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, Mohammad al-Megrahi ?
Kenny MacAskill