1. From which country did Singapore gain independence on 9 August 1965?
2. Which character did Brendan Gleeson play in the Harry Potter series of films?
3. Spa-Francorchamps is the venue for which country’s Grand Prix on the Formula 1 calendar?
4. The French commune of Épernay is the main producer of which drink?
5. “Now is the winter of our discontent, Made glorious summer by this sun of York” is a line from which of Shakespeare’s plays?
6. The pituitary gland is connected to which organ in the human body?
7. What would you find in an arboretum?
8. The words schmooze, glitch and klutz all originate from which language?
9. Another Suitcase in Another Hall is a song taken from which musical?
10. In Greek mythology, who fell from the sky by flying too close to the sun, causing the wax in his wings to melt?

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QUIZ ANSWERS

1. Malaysia
2. Alastor ‘Mad Eye’ Moody
3. Belgium
4. Champagne
5. Richard III
6. Brain
7. Trees and woody plants
8. Yiddish
9. Evita
10. Icarus

Questions set by John Cunnane