1. In Western Christianity, All Saints’ Day falls on which date?

2. What flavouring is derived from an orchid plant?

3. Who is the only member of the Spice Girls not to have had a number one single since the band split?

4. The drink sherry takes its name from which Spanish city?

5. Who was the animator for Monty Python’s Flying Circus?

6. Which Frenchman wrote the epic novel À la recherche du temps perdu?

7. In which city was the liner Titanic built?

8. Clowder, glaring and pounce are all collective names for which domestic animal?

9. Who, in 1903, became the first woman to win a Nobel prize?

10. Which two countries administer the South American archipelago Tierra del Fuego?

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QUIZ ANSWERS

1. 1 November

2. Vanilla

3. Victoria Beckham

4. Jerez

5. Terry Gilliam

6. Marcel Proust

7. Belfast

8. Cat

9. Marie Curie

10. Argentina and Chile

Questions set by John Cunnane