1. Born 8 February 1931, who is the only actor to have been nominated posthumously for two acting Academy Awards (East of Eden and Giant)?

2/. Which country is the largest on the continent of Africa? It begins and ends with the same letter.

3. Imran Tahir has played test cricket for which country?

4. Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite?

5. By what name is Motown singer Stevland Hardaway Judkins better known?

6. What flavour is the triple sec liqueur Cointreau?

7. CX, CS and DS are all ranges of cars made by which company?

8. “Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble” are lines from which Shakespeare play?

9. The chemical symbols for krypton, oxygen and sodium combined give the name of which currency?

10. Hannibal was the general commander-in-chief of which ancient army?

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QUIZ ANSWERS

1. James Dean

2. Algeria

3. South Africa

4. Venus

5. Stevie Wonder

6. Orange

7. Citroën

8. Macbeth

9. Krona (Kr + O + Na)

10. Carthaginian

Questions set by John Cunnane