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Recently the planets have been in alignment across the sky so this time the quiz is loosely about the night sky - the planets and their moons.
- Q. Which planet has two moons?
- Q. Who wrote a suite of music about the planets
- Q. Who discovered Uranus in his back garden in Bath in 1781?
- Q. What do the rock band Queen and thermometers have in common?
- Q. Who discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter?
- Q. By combining the letters of a planet with one extra letter what word means scarcity?
- Q. Which planet or moon has the fewest letters?
- Q Which album, released in 1973, is one of only four to have sold over 45 million copies?
- Q. Which planet has a day that is longer than its year?
- Q. Which planet has a connection with Slough
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This year there have been a large number of general elections around the world. Most importantly for us, the UK general election and the US presidential election. Here are a few questions to test your knowledge of facts loosely related to them.
- Q. In the UK general election which constituency had the smallest majority?
- Q. In the UK general election, the Reform party had the third-highest vote share across the country. How many seats did they win?
- Q, Drawing amusing comparisons in the media, at which location did Rishi Sunak make one of his first speeches/rallies of the general election campaign.
- Q. When was the last time that there were two UK general elections in one year?
- Q. Who is the only person to have served as British prime minister in four non-consecutive terms?
- Q. Donald Trump is the second US president to be elected in two non-consecutive elections. Who was the first?
- Q. Who was Kamala Harris’ Democratic Party running mate?
- Q. The minimum age to vote in a UK general election is 18. What is it in the USA?
- Q. Which president was elected unanimously, i.e. won every electoral college vote?
- Q. There are seven swing states in the USA. Six of them are Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, North Carolina, Nevada and Georgia. What is the seventh?
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Since last time, we have enjoyed the Euros and the Olympics, and we have endured a general election, Some of my questions are inspired by these topics.
- Q. Who was the first ever labour prime minister?
- Q. How many labour prime ministers have there been?
- Q. Which constituency had the smallest majority in the recent general election?
- Q. For which country was the fastest ever goal scored in the Euros football tournament?
- Q. Which country received the most red cards at the Euros?
- Q. Which non-hosting country won the Euros and in which year, despite not qualifying in the first place?
- Q. What is the connection between the final of the Euros this year and the 1936 Summer Olympic Games?
- Q. Who sang the song L'Hymne à l'amour at the opening ceremony for the Olympics in Paris
- Q. Who won the first ever Gold for his country in the men’s 200m?
- Q. On the same theme who won the first Gold for her country in the women’s 100m
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In the hope that we will soon have some warm dry weather with clear skies, the theme for this issue is the Night Sky, but note that not every answer is visible to the naked eye! This time there is a bonus question, a particularly difficult one, perhaps!
- Q. By what name is the constellation Ursa Major better known?
- Q. Which planetary object, visible in the night sky using binoculars, has the shortest name?
- Q. Who wrote the music to the famous song, Moon River, and who originally performed it and in which film?
- Q. Which planet is sometimes known as the Evening Star?
- Q. Which planet did William Herschel discover in 1781?
- Q. Who composed The Planets orchestral suite?
- Q. By what name are the Pleiades better known?
- Q. Who played Jim Collins in the movie Apollo 13?
- Q. Which is the brightest star in the night sky?
- Q. When do we have a ‘blue moon’?
- Q. Who entitled his autobiography Failure is not an option, referring to his experiences on the Apollo 13 mission to the moon?
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