It gets a bit saucy – but there are no melons and no pears in this fruity quiz 

My tongue is hairer than yours.

Quizmaster John James Maloney takes some big bites of the apple this week.

QUESTIONS

1 Which British band formed the Apple record label?

2 Which Swiss folk hero of legend shot an apple on his son’s head?

3 Which city is nicknamed The Big Apple?

4 What first name did Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin call their daughter?

5 Apple Inc’s original 1976 logo, designed by co-founder Ronald Wayne, depicted which famous scientist sitting under a tree with an apple hovering above his head?

6 Which town in Queensland’s Granite Belt region is famous for cold climate fruit production and features a 4.7-metre Big Apple roadside attraction?

7 An apple a day keeps what away, according to an old proverb?

8 What is the Italian word for apple – Bela, Mela or Sela?

9 Apple sauce is a traditional accompaniment to what roast meat?

10 A popular 1930s jazz song was Ida, Sweet As … what?

Hey Doc, forget the antibiotics. Photos: Stock images

ANSWERS

1 The Beatles.

2 William Tell.

3 New York City.

4 Apple – she was named Apple Blythe Alison Martin.

5 Isaac Newton.

6 Thulimbah or Stanthorpe which it is part of.

7 The doctor. 

8 Mela.

9 Roast pork. 

10 Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider.

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