Ushuaia
in Argentina, not Punta Arenas in Chile, is the world's
most southerly city (14th September) James
Bond attended Fettes College as well as Eton
Dihydrogen Monoxide rather than Hydrogen Dioxide
is an alternative name for water - the latter would be one hydrogen atom and two
oxugen! (21st September) Since
the Law Reform Act (1996), the charge of murder no longer applies with regard
to the victim dying within a year and a day of the offence. (4th
October) In
the absence of a date Hardy Amies as well as Norman
Hartnell is as equally a good answer to the question about which designer was
appointed royal dressmaker. Jim Caviezel not
Calziel olayed the title role in the remake of the cult TV programme The Prisoner
Lynn Redgrave took the title role in the film 'Georgy Girl', not
Gregory's Girl'. Although the Superbowl Final was played for many years in
January it is currently played on the first Sunday in February. (5th
October) There
are or have been 'Gordon Bennett' trophies in ballooning and air races as
well as motor racing (15th November and
14th December) The
death penalty for murder in the UK was abolished in 1969 not 1996. Whereas
Rod Stewart may have had the most UK album number hits by a British (not in the
question!) solo artist, Madonna has had one more. Guildford is a town not
a city. Helen Mirren, not Cate Blanchett has
played Elizabeth I on TV and Elizabeth in a movie in the last decade(16th
November) The
name Noah Kaminsky was once considered by Neil Diamonf as a possible stage name.
It was not his birth name - he was born Neil Leslie
Diamond. (30th November) In
Niagara Falls, Goat Iisland separates Bridal Veil Falls from the Horseshoe Falls
not the American Falls (December
13th)
It is incorrect to say that Edmund Halley invented the divng bell. Although in
1691 he completed plans for a diving bell capable of remaining submerged for extended
periods of time, its use was first described by Aristotle in the 4th century BC.
Guglielmo de Lorena created and used what is considered to be the first modern
diving bell in 1535. Herd, lamentation, eyrar are other collective nouns for
swans as well as bevy. Grand Marnier, Cyaracao
and indeed any orange flavoured liqueur as well as Cointreau can be added to vodka
and cranberry juice to make a Cosmopolitan cocktail (December
14th) Wealthy
peasants is a better answer than farmers for the kulaks who were eradicated by
Stalin. Rotherham United no longer play at Millmoor, their current home whilst
a new stadium is being built is the Don Valley Stadium The holocene is an epoch
not a period. Frisian is not
the second official language of the Netherlands - along with Low Saxon and Limburgish
it is a recognised regional language. Polar explorers Amundsen, Sverdrup and
Wisting as well as Nansen used the Fram as their
ship. (January 11th) Pittsburg
stands at the confluence of three rivers -
Allegheny River and Monongahela River which form the Ohio River, Leonard Cheshire
had two wives - American actress Constance Binney as well as Sue Ryder Thomas
Edison was known as The Wizard on Menlo Park - not
Wenlo Park Guayaquil is the chief port of Ecuador not
Peru Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard both held the post of PM of Australia in
June 2010 (the date the quiz purports to be correct) (January
18th) The
nuclear power station on Anglesey is Wylfa not Wilfra. Andy
Murray does not come from Lockerbie - he was born in Glasgow and brought up in
Dunblane Alfred Wainwright
brought out books about other parts of the country as well
as about the Lake District. Angevin as well as
Plantagenet is an equally acceptable answer for which royal house followed the
Normans. Apart from Siena, there are many other palios that are held throughout
the various regions of Italy. Sea monster should have been the answer to what
is the kraken - the myth may have been inspired by sightings of a giant squid
but that is only one theory. Steve Jobs as well as
Ronald Wayne and Steve Wozniak was a founder of Apple. (January
25th)
Whereas he was the youngest male winner, Martin Luther King
was not the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
- that distinction goes to Mairead Maguire (nee Corrigan) the Northern Ireland
peace activist. He was 35 and she was 32 (1st February) Gillespie
Road tube station was renamed Arsenal not Highbury
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