Focus Quiz - Grey Matter Test (February)
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Q1: What is the US term for a fairground Big Wheel?
A1: Ferris Wheel

Q2: Who was the author of the novel, The Thirty Nine Steps?
A2: John Buchan

Q3: What are the three primary colours?
A3: Red, Yellow & Blue

Q4: The actress Norma Jean Baker was better known as who?
A4: Marilyn Monroe

Q5: Who plays Wanda in the film, A Fish Called Wanda?
A5: Jamie Lee Curtis

Q6: What name is given to a male swan?
A6: Cob

Q7: If you had a holiday in Valletta, which country would you be in?
A7: Malta

Q8: What is the name of the six pointed star, frequently used as a Jewish symbol?
A8: Star of David

Q9: Which wedding anniversary would you celebrate with something wooden?
A9: Fifth

Q10: What is dendrochronology?
A10: Tree Dating (The study of tree rings)

Q11: If you were at Edgbaston, which sport would you be playing?
A11: Cricket

Q12: Florence Nightingale was a nurse during which war?
A12: The Crimean War

Q13: What does ‘pen and ink’ mean in Cockney rhyming slang?
A13: Stink

Q14: Who was Dick Dastardly’s canine sidekick?
A14: Muttley

Q15: Which country did Paddington Bear come from?
A15: Peru

Q16: St Michael is the patron saint of whom (and it’s not Marks & Spencer)?
A16: Soldiers

Q17: What is measured by the quire?
A17: Paper

Q18: What is another name for the pumpkin?
A18: Squash

Q19: What colour is The Strand on a Monopoly board?
A19: Red

Q20: Where is Britain’s unknown soldier buried?
A20: Westminster Abbey