The Quizmaster John James Maloney has 10 new questions for you.
QUESTIONS
1 Which saint’s feast day is on Boxing Day?
2 What was the surname of the scientist Galileo?
3 What does the old phrase to turn the tables mean?
4 Which Northern Rivers town’s main street is Prince Street?
5 In which game are the terms castling and en passant used?
6 Stuart Leslie Goddard is better known as a pop singer and by what name?
7 What was the occupation of a mercer?
8 Who wrote the lyrics to the 1970 hit song The Boxer?
9 How many pounds in a stone?
10 What is spelunking?
ANSWERS
1 St Stephen (mentioned in the English Christmas carol Good King Wenceslas: Good King Wenceslas looked out on the feast of Stephen …)
2 Galilei.
3 To suddenly or surprisingly reverse the situation or conditions completely.
4 Grafton.
5 Chess.
6 Adam Ant.
7 A dealer or trader of textile goods, especially imported textiles such as silk.
8 Paul Simon.
9 14.
10 Caving – more commonly called spelunking in America and Canada and potholing in Britain – is the recreational exploring of wild cave systems.
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