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➤ Daily Quiz August. Won by Wightlady.
Question: 1: What is the name of the man who patented shredded wheat 131 years ago today ?
Answer: Mr Perky
Question: 2: A 1797 cartoon gave us a nickname for which London landmark ?
Answer: The Bank of England
Question: 3: The lady pictured above won an Olympic gold medal yesterday. She graduated in 2015 from the University of Sheffield with a first class degree. What was the subject of her dissertation ?
Answer: Dinosaurs
Question: 4: Which Paris Olympic Gold medallist has announced that they are taking part in this year's Strictly Come Dancing ?
Answer: Tom Dean
Question: 5: The Liberty Bell march, composed in 1893, is associated with which TV comedy programme ?
Answer: Monty Python's Flying Circus
Question: 6: What is the first name of the poet who won the Rhondda Cynon Taf National Eisteddfod Crown yesterday ?
Answer: Gwynfor
Question: 7: What do you get if you deduct Baker's Bun from Torquay in Devon ?
Answer: Pick and mix
Question: 8: Which of these celebrities will not be taking part in an upcoming BBC Celebrity Special of Gladiators, recently announced ?
Answer: Joe Swash
Question: 9: Which of these novels was not first published in the 20th century ?
Answer: The Day of the Pelican
Question: 10: In whose memory did the Dutch marathon swimmer who won the Gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics dedicate her gold medal to ?
Answer: Her dog
Question: 11: Great Britain finished the Paris 2024 Olympics with how many medals in Athletics ?
Answer: 10
Question: 12: The actor who played the person who is seen killed in the film pictured above was born in which country ?
Answer: Scotland
Question: 13: 55 years ago today where did three men named Buzz, Neil and Michael receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom ?
Answer: Los Angeles
Question: 14: Which of these fast-food chains was founded in the UK ?
Answer: Greggs
Question: 15: It has been discovered that The Altar Stone at the centre of Stonehenge came from which part of the United Kingdom ?
Answer: North of Scotland
Question: 16: The stunt performer pictured above sadly died last year aged 60. What is the name of the canyon that his father attempted to jump in 1974 ?
Answer: Snake River Canyon
Question: 17: Which of these records, which reached the top 10 in the UK singles charts in 1974, was recorded by an artist who died in a car crash while driving at over 100 mph ?
Answer: Dance with the Devil
Question: 18: Due to events during the Second World War what name was given to a Sunday 84 years ago ?
Answer: The Hardest Day
Question: 19: Which of these will you not find in the ear ?
Answer: Talus
Question: 20: Who was the man pictured above named after ?
Answer: A composer
Question: 21: A sculpture which is 45 feet tall, made of straw and is to be found in Cheshire, is of which bear ?
Answer: Paddington
Question: 22: Which letter is next in the sequence of A,E,A,P,A,U,U,..... ?
Answer: U (second letters of months of the year)
Question: 23: Which of these dances did not originate in the USA ?
Answer: Lambada
Question: 24: The title of the album pictured above is taken from the title of a song on the album that was originally sung by which artist ?
Answer: Gilbert O'Sullivan
Question: 25: Which one of these British structures was completed in the 20th century ?
Answer: Royal Liver Building
Question: 26: What did Suffolk's Manette Baillie do to celebrate her 100th birthday ?
Answer: Raced at 130mph around Silverstone
Question: 27: Which of these jokes from this year's Edinburgh Fringe was voted the funniest ?
Answer: I was going to sail around the globe in the world’s smallest ship but I bottled it
Question: 28: In the 1990 film Back to the Future Part III what are the first names of the children of Doc and Clara Brown ?
Answer: Verne and Jules
Question: 29: The title and artist of the album pictured above has been coloured over. What is the second word of the title of the album ?
Answer: You
Question: 30: Which politician survived an assassination attempt 106 years ago today ?
Answer: Vladimir Lenin
Question: 31: How many Paralympic gold medals did the lady pictured above win in total during her career ?
