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The questions and answers within this quiz were verified and updated in July 2020.

 

Which female singer released the album 'Born to Die' in 2012?

Lana Del Rey

 

What was the name of the ship on which Charles Darwin crossed the Atlantic Ocean, led by captain Robert FitzRoy?

HMS Beagle

 

Bannock, Chapati and Panettone are types of what?

Bread

 

Sue Johnston and Ricky Tomlinson played mother and father to Caroline Aherne and Ralf Little in which BBC comedy series?

The Royle Family

 

A kelvin is a unit of what? Luminous intensity or thermodynamic termperature?

Thermodynamic termperature

 

Which is the heaviest of the following elements from the periodic table?

a) Uranium b) Sodium c) Selenium

a) Uranium

 

Which 'B' is a North American cat which preys on rabbits and hares?

Bobcat

 

In Ancient Greek literature, who wrote the poems Iliad and Odyssey?

Homer

 

Robert Smith has been a constant member of which English band formed in Crawley in 1976?

The Cure

 

Formed in 1650, what is the name of the oldest regiment in the British Army which remains in continuous active service?

a) Coldstream Guards b) King's Royal Hussars c) The Royal Gurkha Rifles

a) Coldstream Guards