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1. Which of these is not a Roman god: Cupid; Hermes; Hercules; Jupiter; Vulcan ?
2. Which country's use of energy overtook the USA in 2010 to become the world's biggest consumer of power (from oil, coal, water, wind, etc): India; China; Brazil; Russia; or Mexico ?
3. What is the name of the small hammer with a circular rubber head used by doctors to test body reflexes, particularly at the knee ?
4. In what year was England ruled (technically) by kings called Edward, Harold, Edgar and William, in that order ?
5. Ligneous relates to which natural substance ?
6. The auto-biographical poem 'The Story of Suicide Sal' was written by which 1930s female outlaw ?
7. Who was the US Secretary of State 1973-1977 ?
8. The Edgbaston Test Cricket Ground is in which English city ?
9. The song 'San Quentin', about the California state prison, was written, and subsequently performed there, by which artist, recorded on a live album and British TV documentary ?
10. Established 1845, during British colonial rule, the top-selling Straits Times newspaper, and a similarly named stock market index (STI) belongs to which country ?
11. What word, which is a type of protective helmet and part of citrus fruit, originally referred to the stem marrow of plants, and now refers figuratively to the core of a subject or argument ?
12. The Scandinavian raw dish gravlax is made from which creature: Reindeer; Otter; Seal; or Salmon ?
13. The historic Paddy's Market, supposedly named after or by early 1800s Irish immigrants, and which was closed in May 2009, was situated in which city: Glasgow; New York; Milan or Paris ?
14. Said to refer erroneously to the temperature at which book paper catches fire, the title of Ray Bradbury's 1953 novel about a futuristic society in which reading books is illegal, is called 'Fahrenheit...' what ?
15. Irish born missionary Saint Aidan founded a monastery in 653 on which English island, which is also the name of a 1970s UK folk-rock band ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
1. Which of these is not a Roman god: Cupid; Hermes; Hercules; Jupiter; Vulcan ? Hermes
2. Which country's use of energy overtook the USA in 2010 to become the world's biggest consumer of power (from oil, coal, water, wind, etc): India; China; Brazil; Russia; or Mexico ? China
3. What is the name of the small hammer with a circular rubber head used by doctors to test body reflexes, particularly at the knee ? Plexor
4. In what year was England ruled (technically) by kings called Edward, Harold, Edgar and William, in that order ? 1066
5. Ligneous relates to which natural substance ? Wood
6. The auto-biographical poem 'The Story of Suicide Sal' was written by which 1930s female outlaw ? Bonnie Parker
7. Who was the US Secretary of State 1973-1977 ? Henry Kissinger
8. The Edgbaston Test Cricket Ground is in which English city ? Birmingham
9. The song 'San Quentin', about the California state prison, was written, and subsequently performed there, by which artist, recorded on a live album and British TV documentary ? Johnny Cash
10. Established 1845, during British colonial rule, the top-selling Straits Times newspaper, and a similarly named stock market index (STI) belongs to which country ? Singapore
11. What word, which is a type of protective helmet and part of citrus fruit, originally referred to the stem marrow of plants, and now refers figuratively to the core of a subject or argument ? Pith
12. The Scandinavian raw dish gravlax is made from which creature: Reindeer; Otter; Seal; or Salmon ? Salmon
13. The historic Paddy's Market, supposedly named after or by early 1800s Irish immigrants, and which was closed in May 2009, was situated in which city: Glasgow; New York; Milan or Paris ? Glasgow
14. Said to refer erroneously to the temperature at which book paper catches fire, the title of Ray Bradbury's 1953 novel about a futuristic society in which reading books is illegal, is called 'Fahrenheit...' what ? 451
15. Irish born missionary Saint Aidan founded a monastery in 653 on which English island, which is also the name of a 1970s UK folk-rock band ? Lindisfarne
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