After reading each question, allow your curser to rest on the sky-blue panels to reveal the respective answers.

 

1. What is the capital of East Timor ?


2. Which Irish-born British playwright created an egocentric cockney womaniser by the name of Alfie (Elkins) ?


3. The holder of which important post wears a white zucchetto on his head ?


4. Which astrological sign governs the period May 21-June 21 ?


5. The name of which Alaskan island is associated with the world's largest living land carnivore ?


6. In which country will you find the Laurentian Mountains ?


7. The name of which style of singing translates into English - from the original Italian - as "in the Church style" ?


8. What sort of creature is a skink ?


9. What name was formerly given to a thick slice of bread, used as a primitive form of plate for eating and for slicing meat ?


10. How old is footballer Michael Owen


11. Who was The Sunday Times outspoken film critic from 1939-79, and from 1976-95 was the same paper's reviewer for movies shown on British TV ?


12. Which socialist pop star is nick-named The Bard of Barking ?


13. For the last six years which NFL team has topped a Harris poll to establish the USA's most popular football team ?


14. What is the nickname of jockey Robert Thornton ?


15. In Shakespeare's play, The Tempest, what is the name of Prospero's daughter ?


16. Who is the USA's Secretary of State ?


17 Which is the only darts player to have been honoured by the Queen ?


18. Which former Glasgow Rangers footballer is now a noted chef & restaurateur known for his volatility ?


19. By what name is a 2nd full moon in a single calendar month known ?


20. According to her book entitled My Life as a Healer, whose spirit guide is an ancient Egyptian by the name of Zyphos ?


21. The Yaffle is another name for which native British bird ?


22. Who played the title role in the 1954 film 'The Barefoot Contessa' ?


23. What is the name of the US & Canadian Mennonite sect which trace their origin back to one Jakob Amman ?


24. Who wrote 'The Maid of Buttermere' ?


25. Which public figure has been linked romantically with Sarah Macauley ?


26. Which European leader has a wife called Miryana - known to many of their mutual enemies as The Red Witch ?


27. Which woman is Vice President of Britain's Rambler's Association ?


28. What is the name of Britain's official map-making body ?


29. Which new town in central Lancashire was created in 1961 to help relieve overcrowding in Merseyside ?


30. Which famous work by Voltaire features the philosopher Dr Pangloss ?


 

 

 

 

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