Trivia Quiz - 72

[Hughie]

Just for fun - perhaps even educational.

1. Apart from a hearse, what other form of transport was used for the coffin of Queen Elizabeth?

Spoiler

A gun carriage

2. Which Scottish train station is said to be named after a novel by Sir Walter Scott?

Spoiler

Waverley in Edinburgh

3. In what US city did the St. Valentine's day massacre occur in the 1920s?

Spoiler

Chicago

4. What was the name of the first Bond film with Sean Connery playing 007?

Spoiler

Dr No - released in 1962

5. Who was the first Labour prime minster of the UK?

Spoiler

Ramsay MacDonald

6. What American pop group created the ‘surfin sound’ back in the 1960s?

Spoiler

Beach Boys

7. What is the capital of Portugal?

Spoiler

Lisbon

8. Which actor won the best actor Oscar for the film Forrest Gump?

Spoiler

Tom Hanks

9. In what year did the Second World War end?

Spoiler

1945

Three towns related:
10. In what street within the three towns would you find this?

Spoiler

Countess Street in Saltcoats - it's the Ardrossan / Stevenston Parish boundary marker. More information HERE

Previous Quiz.

[meekan]

Missed Labour prime minister and scored a 9

[gnyaff]

8 for me this time. Missed out on 2 and 10.

Wee Boney

[bonzo]

8, missed 4(ragin) and 10.

[brian f]

Happy to escape with a 5.

[Meg]

9 - missed the first Labour PM.

In Q10 is that the boundary line for Ardrossan and Stevenston parishes?

M

[meekan]

Yes Meg
there is/was a corresponding one elsewhere in the town either in Dockhead Street or behind it I can’t remember exactly where. I think it was around Home and hardware ( Fullerton’s)

[MANBEAR]

6 for me

[Meg]

Yes Meg
there is/was a corresponding one elsewhere in the town either in Dockhead Street or behind it I can’t remember exactly where. I think it was around Home and hardware ( Fullerton’s)

Need to have another visit and explore - thanks Angus

M

[bobnetau]

7 for me this time.
3, 4 and 10 beat me