Answers to September Quiz

1) Who is Michael Shields, who was in the news last week ?
The Liverpool football fan pardoned for a murder whose original conviction seems a clear miscarriage of justice

2) Which murderous regime began their reign of terror with what they called year Zero in 1975 ?
The Khmer Rouge

3) The New York Borough of Queens contains two Airports. Name them.
JFK and La Guardia

4) What was the christian name of the artist sister of Augustus John ?
Gwen

5) Joy Adamson's first book about Elsa the lion was called "Born Free " and the second "Living Free. " What was her third one called ?
Forever Free

6) The bark of which tree is used to obtain quinine ?
Cinchona

7) Where in your body would you find the malleus and the incus ?
In the ear - along with the stapes

8) Which Ira Gershwin song starts with these lyrics - The Way you wear your hat - the way you sip your tea. The memory of all that - "
They Can't Take That Away From Me (altogether now ! )

9) Which actress played Sabrina Duncan in the original line up of Charlie's Angels ?
Kate Jackson

10) Which sporting first was achieved by Susan Brown in 1981 ?
First lady cox in the University Boat Race - and she won

11) Name the South African 800m world champion whose gender is apparently still a matter of debate
Caster Semanya

12) Did Queen Victoria have more sons, more daughters, or the same number of each ?
Daughters - 5 and 4 sons

13) Name the straits seperating Corsica and Sardinia ?
The Straits of Bonifaccio

14) How many strings are there on a balalaika ?
3

15) What type of food is dunlop ?
Scottish variety of cheese

16) The use of which substance in hat - making in the 18th and 19th centuries is believed to have led to the phrase - as mad as a hatter "
Mercury

17) What common name is given to the excresence caused by the grubs of the gall wasp, which lays its eggs in oak trees ?
Oak Apples

18) Senator Edward Kennedy died a few weeks ago. Edward Kennedy were the first two names of which celebrated american musician and band leader ?
Duke Ellington

19) Which veteran british film and stage actor, star of two early Carry On films, actually played the role of a hat in the first two Harry Potter films ?
Leslie Phillips

20) Since 1980, the oldest man to win a golf major was Jack Nicklaus, who was 46 years old when he won the 1986 US Masters. If Tom Watson had won the play off in this year's Open, he would have become the oldest by how many years ?
13 years

21) A Malaysian restaurant finally lost its legal dispute with McDonalds last week. What was it called - McDonalds - McSatay - McRonalds - McCurry ?
McCurry

22) What was Rasputin's christian name ?
Grigory

23) Hissarlik in Turkey is believed to be the site of which ancient city ?
Troy

24) In literature, what links Pantagruel - Despair - Comorant - Paul Bunyan and the BFG
They are Giants

25) The Bible - which surprisingly british name belonged to King herod's first wife -
Doris - Gladys - Cissy - Ada - Ruby
Doris

26) In the northern hemisphere, apart from the Sun, which is the brightest star in the sky - please note this does not include Venus which is a planet not a star .
Sirius

27) What is the symbol of the National Trust ?
Oak leaves and acorn

28) Stadler and Waldorf were the two old hecklers in the Muppet Show. But which of the other muppets did they spend most of their time heckling ?
Fozzie Bear

29) After Take That reformed in 2006, which song provided their first number 1 single ?
Patience

30) Name the player who knocked Andy Murray out of this year's US Open ?
Marin Cilic

31) Last week, Derren brown successfully predicted the midweek lottery numbers. What were - a) the lowest number of the six, and b) the highest number of the 6.
2 and 39

32) The United Nations. In a list of nationalities of Secretary Generals - which two nationalities are missing - Norwegian - Swedish - Burmese - Austrian - Ghanaian - South Korean
Peruvian and Egyptian

33) Which isolated island in the pacific is also known as Rapa Nui ?
Easter Island

34) Gustav Holst's Egdon Heath was inspired by the work of which 19th century novelist ?
Thomas Hardy

35) In English law, if all 12 jurors are present, what is the minimum number that must agree to reach a majority verdict ?
10 people

36) Which 2 word phrase is used to describe the shape of the DNA molecule ?
Double Helix

37) What sort of creature is a fer - de - lance ?
Snake

38) Who had her first big TV break playing Violet Elizabeth Bott in the 1970s version of Just William ?
Bonnie Langford

39) In the film "Finding Nemo" what species of fish is Nemo ?
Clown Fish

40) Who was the first ever spin bowler in cricket to take 300 test wickets ?
Lance Gibbs