1. On 11 June 1959, postmaster general Arthur Summerfield banned which DH Lawrence novel from the US mail?

2. Is the difference between the men’s and women’s 100 metres athletics world record 0.91 seconds, 1.21 seconds or 1.51 seconds?

3. The island of Cuba is in which body of water?

4. Which actor, who died on 11 June 1979, was born Marion Robert Morrison?

5. Which brand of whiskey is produced in Clermont, Kentucky?

6. What colour dye is derived from the insect cochineal?

7. The rapper Flo Rida featured alongside Senhit in representing which country at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest?

8. Which European conflict began in July 1936 and ended in April 1939?

9. In which section of an orchestra would you find a cor anglais?

10. Which planet in our solar system has the shortest year in Earth days?

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QUIZ ANSWERS

1. Lady Chatterley’s Lover

2. 0.91 seconds - 9.58 for men and 10.49 for women

3. Caribbean Sea

4. John Wayne

5. Jim Beam

6. Red 7

. San Marino

8. Spanish Civil War

9. Woodwind

10. Mercury (88 days)

Questions set by John Cunnane