30 Quiz Questions
1. Which country produced Gruyere cheese?
2. Who was invested as Prince of Wales in 1969?
3. Francis Drake’s ship Pelican was renamed what?
4. Which opera by Gilbert and Sullivan is set in Venice?
5. Did John Le Carre write thrillers or romantic fiction?
6. Which London Street was home to several British newspapers?
7. Which country has Ipswich as its county town?
8. What shape are the teeth on Pinking Shears?
9. Which Saint is commemorated on the 17th of March?
10. Which Zodiac sign is normally associated with Two fishes?
11. What kind of food is Borscht?
12. What is the minimum age for leaving school in England?
13. In snooker, how many points is the Brown ball worth?
14. Which TV programme has the logo QS?
15. What kind of animal were Cupid, Donner and Blitzen?
16. In which sport would you use a Caddie?
17. Which science looks at the planets and the stars?
18. According to the proverb, which Italian city wasn’t built in a day?
19. What is the first letter of the Greek alphabet?
20. What is a Shih-tzu?
21. Which country does the wine Claret come from?
22. In Tennis, what does the initial L in LTA stand for?
23. What kind of Plants are Sage, Lovage and Basil?
24. Which London park was named after a colour?
25. Who were the UK’s first Eurovision winners after Bucks Fizz?
26. If you bought Le Figaro in France what would you be buying?
27. An Elver is a young what?
28. What is Kelp?
29. Which Film featured the Von Trapp Family?
30. What is the county town of Dorset?
Quiz Answers
1. Switzerland
2. Charles
3. Golden Hind
4. The Gondoliers
5. Thrillers
6. Fleet Street
7. Suffolk
8. V-shaped
9. St Patrick
10. Pisces
11. Beetroot soup
12. 16 years
13. 4
14. A Question of Sport
15. Reindeer
16. Golf
17. Astronomy
18. Rome
19. Alpha
20. A dog
21. France
22. Lawn
23. Herbs
24. Green
25. Katrina and the Waves
26. A newspaper
27. Eel
28. Seaweed
29. The Sound of Music
30. Dorchester