1. What term can mean to fry quickly in a little hot fat, and in ballet is a jump off both feet, landing in the same position?

2. The remains of the ancient city of Babylon can be found in which modern-day country?

3. Born 22 February 1857, what was the first name of Lord Baden-Powell (who founded the modern scouting movement)?

4. Which alcoholic digestif is made up of 56 herbs and spices and originates from Wolfenbüttel, Germany?

5. Who had a 1964 top ten hit with the song Dancing In The Street?

6. Taken from his poem Marmion, which Scottish novelist and poet wrote the lines “Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive!”?

7. How long is the cycling leg in an Olympic triathlon?

8. What is the longest running Broadway musical of all time?

9. The flying fox is a name given to the largest species of which mammal?

10. What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?

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QUIZ ANSWERS

1. Sauté
2. Iraq
3. Robert
4. Jaegermeister
5. Martha and The Vandellas
6. Sir Walter Scott
7. 40km
8. The Phantom of the Opera
9. Bat
10. Sicily
 

Questions set by John Cunnane