1. What is the name of the book by Lucy Maud Montgomery which details the adventures of an 11-year-old orphan girl?
2. Who won the PDC World Darts Championship on New Year’s Day 2020?
3. What song was a Top 10 hit single for Chaka Khan in 1978 and for Whitney Houston in 1993?
4. Who was the English Catholic conspirator who was executed on 31 January 1606 for the crime of high treason?
5. Montevideo is the capital of which country?
6. Which film studio is responsible for distributing the Avengers series of films?
7. Which Roman god gave his name to a planet in our solar system and is also known as Jove?
8. What is the main ingredient of the Italian dish arancini?
9. What animal is one of the largest in the weasel family and also gives its name to an X-Men character?
10. In music, what term means “becoming louder”?

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QUIZ ANSWERS

1. Anne of Green Gables
2. Peter Wright
3. I’m Every Woman
4. Guy Fawkes
5. Uruguay
6. Disney (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
7. Jupiter
8. Rice
9. Wolverine
10. Crescendo

Questions set by John Cunnane