1. The Victoria Cross was first awarded on 26 June 1857 for acts of valour during which conflict?
2. António Guterres is the head of which intergovernmental organisation?
3. Which Welsh-born children’s author wrote the screenplay for the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice?
4. Which team were the first winners of the men’s Cricket World Cup in 1975?
5. Which choral group featured on Paul Simon’s 1986 album Graceland?
6. Which cocktail is made with cognac, orange liqueur and lemon juice, and is named after a motorcycle attachment?
7. Innervisions, Hotter Than July and Talking Book are all albums by which Motown artist?
8. Who created the fictional detective Philip Marlowe?
9. What economic term can be defined as the profit lost when one alternative is selected over another?
10. Myopia affects which organ in the human body?

QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Crimean War 2. United Nations 3. Roald Dahl 4. West Indies 5. Ladysmith Black Mambazo 6. Sidecar 7. Stevie Wonder 8. Raymond Chandler 9. Opportunity cost 10. Eye

Questions set by John Cunnane