Top Ten Trivia quiz #11
I've come across a list of 50 really testing questions, so here we go for the next 5 days, or maybe more.
1. Which American blues singer, who died in 1939, was portrayed by Viola Davis in a 2020 film adaptation of a play by August Wilson?
2. What is the name of the British astronaut whose 2017 autobiography is entitled, Ask an Astronout: My Guide to Life in Space?
3. In a traditional pack of English playing cards, the King of Diamonds holds what weapon in his right hand?
4. Kadeena Cox, who was made an MBE for services to athletics in 2017, won two gold medals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in which other sport?
5. Which author wrote the novel, The Invisible Man, first publised in 1897, about a scientist who stumbles across the secret of invisibilty with dire consequences?
6. In which cathedral in Eastern England were Catherine of Aragon and Mary, Queen of Scots buried, although Mary's body was later moved to Westminster Abbey?
7. What corrosive acid was formerly known as Oil of Vitriol?
8. What name is given to a parallelogram where all four sides are of equal length but do not meet at right angles?
9. What military disaster of 1854 was commanded by James Brudenell, the 7th Earl of Cardigan?
10. The "Great Spotted" the "Lesser Spotted" and the "Green" are species of what bird that is resident in the British Isles and is noted for probing for insects in tree bark?
1. Which American blues singer, who died in 1939, was portrayed by Viola Davis in a 2020 film adaptation of a play by August Wilson?
2. What is the name of the British astronaut whose 2017 autobiography is entitled, Ask an Astronout: My Guide to Life in Space?
3. In a traditional pack of English playing cards, the King of Diamonds holds what weapon in his right hand?
4. Kadeena Cox, who was made an MBE for services to athletics in 2017, won two gold medals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in which other sport?
5. Which author wrote the novel, The Invisible Man, first publised in 1897, about a scientist who stumbles across the secret of invisibilty with dire consequences?
6. In which cathedral in Eastern England were Catherine of Aragon and Mary, Queen of Scots buried, although Mary's body was later moved to Westminster Abbey?
7. What corrosive acid was formerly known as Oil of Vitriol?
8. What name is given to a parallelogram where all four sides are of equal length but do not meet at right angles?
9. What military disaster of 1854 was commanded by James Brudenell, the 7th Earl of Cardigan?
10. The "Great Spotted" the "Lesser Spotted" and the "Green" are species of what bird that is resident in the British Isles and is noted for probing for insects in tree bark?
