Trivia Quiz - 83

[Hughie]

Trivia Quiz - 00 Template

Just for fun - perhaps even educational.

1. What do you call the white ball in the game of lawn bowls?

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The Jack

2. What relationship did Mary, Queen of Scots have to Queen Elizabeth the first?

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Mary was Elizabeth's cousin and an heir to the English throne through her Tudor grandmother, Margaret, Henry VIII's older sister.

3. Which is the largest of the Canary Islands?

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Tenerife.

4. How many stripes are there on the US flag?

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13

5. In which sport would you perform the Fosbury Flop?

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The High Jump

6. What month is the first month of Spring in Australia and New Zealand?

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September

7. Which artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome?

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Michelangelo

8. In a game of netball how many players on a team are allowed to score?

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Two

9. Not counting jokers, how many cards are there in a standard deck of playing cards?

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52 cards

Three towns related:
10. Whose soldiers are reputed to have partially demolished Ardrossan Castle in the 17th century and used the stones to help construct the Ayr Citadel?

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Oliver Cromwell's soldiers - More details on Ayr Citadel in this link posted earlier by Meg.

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[bonzo]

8 today, missed 4 and 8 also 10 was a guess.

[Meg]

9 for me today - missed number 3

Meg

[meekan]

Only seven for me ……. need to go back to school I think

[brian f]

Only seven for me ……. need to go back to school I think

Can you pick me up meekan I also need to go..
5/10