QUESTIONS
- Soldiers of the United Nations peacekeeping forces wear berets of what colour?
- The award-winning Swiss Re building in the City of London, designed by Norman Foster, is commonly known by what name?
- Which Legendary Irish Hero is said to have built the Giant’s Causeway and lived in a cave on the island of Staffa?
- In the SI system of units, which prefix is used to denote one thousand millionth of one unit?
- Which Actor plays Withnail’s Uncle Monty in the cult 1987 film comedy ‘Withnail and I’?
- Which City lies on the River Usk, a few miles above its entry into the Severn Estuary?
- Which Author based his stories about the Spy Ashendenon his experiences in the British Secret Service during the First World War?
- The dried leaves of which plant that is the only member of the genus Lawsonia produce a red-orange dye that has been used since ancient times for body art and hair dye?
- At the Grammy’s in 2012, which British Singer won all six awards for which she was nominated?
- Which Country’s ‘perpetual neutrality’ was recognised at the congress of Vienna, in 1815?
ANSWERS
- Blue
- The Gherkin
- Finn Mac Cool or Fingal
- Nano
- Richard Griffiths
- Newport
- (William) Somerset Maugham
- Henna
- Adele (Adkins)
- Switzerland (accept Swiss Confederate – its name at the time)