Quiz Number 104

Published: Thursday 12th May 2016
  1. In which US city is the baseball stadium Fenway Park located?
  2. For what is the Spanish town of Toledo famous for manufacturing?
  3. What is the best known and most successful of the operettas composed by Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehar?
  4. Who was the first and only King of Libya until being overthrown by Colonel Gaddafi in 1969?
  5. What songs with "Seven" in the title were UK top ten hits for the following artists, [a] The Avons (1959), [b] Artful Dodger (featuring Melanie Blatt) (2001), [c] Queen (1974), [d] Goombay Dance Band (1982) and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1991)?
  6. Which fictional continent is the main setting for TV's "Game of Thrones"?
  7. What name is given to the Sunday prior to Easter Sunday?
  8. In which English county would you find the National Memorial Arboretum?
  9. As at May 2016 which five nations make up the permanent members of the UN Security Council?
  10. Who played Bond girl Anya Amasova in the 1977 movie "The Spy Who Loved Me"?
  11. The chemical compound tocopherol, found in nuts and grains is a form of which vitamin?
  12. Which US State has the orange blossom as its state flower?
  13. Who were the four stars of BBC radio's "The Goon Show"?
  14. What is the capital of the South-East Asian country of Laos?
  15. Who in 1969 became the first winner of the Booker prize for his novel "Something to Answer For"?
  16. Who provided the voice of the title character in the 2009 animation "Fantastic Mr Fox"?
  17. The term that a French President can serve was reduced to five years in 2000, what was it previously?
  18. Which British heavyweight boxing champion was born in Hungary in 1950?
  19. Who in 1154 became the first Plantagenet King of England?
  20. Who in 1965 became the first British female artist to top the Billboard Hot 100?
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