1. Which is the only one of North America’s Great Lakes that sits entirely within the United States?
2. SS is an abbreviation of what position in baseball?
3. The spice cinnamon comes from which part of the tree?
4. What word can mean to break at the edge or on the surface, a short lofted shot in sport, and a potato snack?
5. Which composer, who died on 6 November 1893, was responsible for the works 1812 Overture and Swan Lake?
6. Which company manufactures the Aygo motor car?
7. Originating in Russia and Ukraine, what are the small canapé pancakes made from buckwheat flour, milk and eggs?
8. In which film did John Wayne first play the character Rooster Cogburn, which won him his only Best Actor Oscar?
9. Brass is an alloy of copper and which other metal?
10. What is the name of Dashiell Hammett’s private detective in the book The Maltese Falcon?

QUIZ ANSWERS
1. Lake Michigan 2. Short Stop 3. The bark 4. Chip 5. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 6. Toyota 7. Blinis 8. True Grit 9. Zinc 10. Sam Spade

Questions set by John Cunnane