Today's quiz. Please note I am on a half day today so official answers won't be until Monday.
1. Who followed Claudinha out of the ball?
2. Which footballer at the World Cup finals has the highest weekly wage?
3. What is the name of the headland at the northwest extremity of Scotland, one of the few British place names with the prefix ‘Cape’?
4. Name the game.
5. In music, what is the general term for a song by a solo performer with instrumental accompaniment, such as one in an opera or oratorio?
6. Which material, similar in composition to bone, but perforated by tiny canals for nerve fibres and blood capillaries, forms the bulk of a tooth?
7. What name is given to the representations, also known as ‘smileys’, used in emails to indicate the writer’s feelings or intended tone?
8. The dish made from fillet steak topped with truffles, mushrooms or pate and enclosed in a puff pastry case is named after which soldier and statesman?
9. What links these pictures?
10. Where is this extreme place?
11. Which places of popular entertainment were closed by the Puritan Parliament in the 1640s?
12. Which Indian religion, founded in the 6th century BC, lays particular stress on non-violence to any living things?
13. Who is this?
14. In Greek mythology, what was the name of the king who fell in love with an ivory statue of his ideal woman, which was subsequently brought to life?
15. Which Asian island was historically known by a name that means ‘beautiful’ in Portuguese?
16. Which fragrant white spring flower is used in France as a symbol of May Day?
17. A herd of reindeer was reintroduced into Britain in the 1950s in which Scottish mountain range?
18. In Kirkland, the currency is the Topi, which is made up of 100 Tupis. On my last trip I went into a bank and asked to withdraw a specific number of Topis and Tupis. X Topis and Y Tupis. The bank teller misheard me and accidentally gave me Y Topis and X Tupis. I didn’t realise the mistake until I spent 20 Tupis on a large portion of chips. After spending the 20 Tupis, I counted my money and found I had exactly twice the amount of money I had initially asked to withdraw. Find X and Y.
19. What links these pictures:
20. Unscramble the two words: A A D G H L N O S S T V
