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1 According to the nursery rhyme, what was the queen eating when the blackbird pie was ‘opened’?
A Bread and honey (Sing a Song of Sixpence)
2 What made its first trip in 1883, from Paris to Constantinople?
A The Orient Express (Istanbul was named Constantinople until 1930)
3 Which music festival did dairy farmer Michael Eavis found in 1970?
A Glastonbury
4 Who was the Roman god of war?
A Mars – Mars was a very important god to the Romans, second only to Jupiter.
5 What is the cube root of 27?
A 3 (3 × 3 × 3)
6 Which language originated the words rabbi and kosher?
A Hebrew – Mishnaic Hebrew
7 What acronym describes the period of sleep associated with dreaming?
A REM (Rapid Eye Movement) – the stage of sleep where most dreams happen. Its name comes from how your eyes move behind your eyelids while you’re dreaming
8 Who is the current king of Spain?
A Felipe VI of Spain (Since 2014)
9 Of all the letters in the standard NATO phonetic alphabet, how many are boys’ names?
A 5 (Charlie, Mike, Oscar, Romeo, Victor)
10 What shade of colour is vermilion?
A Red (The first recorded use of vermilion as a colour name in English was in 1289)