1. In what sport do participants try to get a stone into the house?

2. “We know Major Tom’s a junkie” is a line from which David Bowie single?

3. Patented in 1899, which modelling material is made from calcium salts, petroleum jelly and aliphatic acids?

4. Born 25 June 1852, which Spanish architect designed the Basílica de la Sagrada Família in Barcelona?

5. Crème de cassis is a liqueur made from which fruit?

6. By what name is the author Eric Arthur Blair, born 25 June 1903, better known?

7. Which film was awarded the Best Picture Oscar at the 2021 Academy Awards?

8. Victoria is the capital of which Canadian province?

9. Salt is a compound of sodium and the ions of which other element?

10. What word can mean close fitting; firm; and drunk?

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QUIZ ANSWERS

1. Curling

2. Ashes To Ashes

3. Plasticine

4. Antoni Gaudí

5. Blackcurrant

6. George Orwell

7. Nomadland

8. British Columbia

9. Chlorine

10. Tight

Questions set by John Cunnane