September Quiz Answers

This month’s Not In The Ballroom Quiz set by Helen Fellows was twenty tantalising trivia teasers. How did you get on? We reckon anything over 15 would have been a very good score.  

Here are the answers

  1. What is the least used letter in the English language?   The letter Q
  2. Stratus, Cirrus and Cumulus are all types of what?   Clouds
  3. What colour is a Welsh Poppy?  Yellow
  4. What do we call a chicken when it is under one year old?   A pullet
  5. What are bactrians and dromedaries?  Camels
  6. What is a John Dory?  A fish
  7. Excluding all native languages and dialects, what is the most spoken language in the UK?  Polish
  8. In which American state is Fort Knox?  Kentucky
  9. Only one American state has a name beginning with ‘L’. Can you name it?  Louisiana
  10. True of false? Every US president with a beard has been a Democrat!  False (all Republicans)
  11. If you bought Le Figaro in France, what would you be buying? A newspaper
  12. King Zog ruled which country from 1922 to 1939?  Albania
  13. If you dug a hole through the centre of the Earth starting from Wellington in New Zealand, which European country would you end up in?  Spain
  14. What is the name of Dennis the Menace’s dog?  Gnasher
  15. On the TV show, ‘Flipper’, what kind of animal was Flipper?  A dolphin
  16. Paul McCartney has always used his middle name; what is his first name?   James
  17. In snooker, how many points is the brown ball worth?   Four points
  18. Cricket bats are traditionally made from which wood?  Willow
  19. They may be complex, vulgar or mixed. What are they?  Fractions
  20. Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of what?  The number thirteen

How did you get on? 

While our popular monthly social In The Ballroom is suspended because of the coronavirus crisis, the quiz will continue online. Check the Unlocking Warwick website at the beginning of October for the next 20-question quiz.