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PUZZLE 8

Each question has four possible answers and is worth from one to 15 points. Circle your chosen answers and keep a record of your points total. Maximum total points 120. QUESTION 1 – for 1 point: When is St David’s Day, feast day of Wales’s patron saint? A 30th November B 23rd April QUESTION 10 – for 10 points: What is the heaviest breed of domestic dog? THE ACCUMULATOR QUIZ

A St Bernard B Great Dane C Bull-mastiff D Newfoundland

C 17th March D 1st March

QUESTION 11 – for 11 points: What is represented by ‘c’ in Einstein’s formula E = mc 2 ? A The speed of light B Acceleration C Gravity D Centrifugal force QUESTION 12 – for 12 points: In Holst’s suite The Planets, which planet is the bringer of jollity?

QUESTION 2 – for 2 points: What is the right-hand side of a ship known as? A Fore B Aft C Port D Starboard QUESTION 3 – for 3 points: Which book has sold the greatest number of copies in human history? A The Koran B The Chambers Dictionary C The Bible D Chairman Mao’s Red Book QUESTION 4 – for 4 points: Which plant is grown in a paddy field? A Potatoes B Wheat C Cabbages D Rice QUESTION 5 – for 5 points: Which metal is used to galvanize steel? A Zinc B Mercury C Lead D Chromium QUESTION 6 – for 6 points: In which year was singer Tom Jones knighted for his ‘services to music’?

Singer Tom Jones. See Question 6

A Saturn B Jupiter C Neptune D Mercury

QUESTION 7 – for 7 points: In which country did people known as the Aztecs live? A Peru B Brazil C Mexico D Chile QUESTION 8 – for 8 points: Which fruit is only suitable for use as a food after it has been ‘sweated’ and dried?

QUESTION 13 – for 13 points: Which city hosted football’s first World Cup tournament in 1930? A Paris B Rio de Janeiro C Berlin D Montevideo QUESTION 14 – for 14 points: Which is the densest naturally occurring element?

A Radium B Osmium C Lead D Platinum

A Coffee bean B Vanilla pod C Cocoa bean D Olive

QUESTION 15 – for 15 points: What is the common name for drosophila, a creature commonly used in the study of genetics? A Fruit fly B Spider mite C Water flea D Bloodworm

QUESTION 9 – for 9 points: Which footballer was voted UEFA Best Player of the Year for the 2012/2013 season?

A Lionel Messi B Franck Ribéry C Arjen Robben D Cristiano Ronaldo

A 1996 B 2001 C 2006 D 2011

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