The answers to a no self isolation quiz. If you’ve not done it yet, and want to, head over to that page before reading on.
Twix the dog. Not the one we know and love, though.
1. What first name did just two of Henry VIII’s wives have?
Anne (Boleyn and of Cleves)
2. Often, incorrectly, used to refer to a building, what is actually nicknamed Big Ben?
The (Great) Bell
3. Which actor, New Zealand film producer came to international attention for his role as the Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the historical film Gladiator in 2000?
Russell Crowe
4. In Eastenders, which “dirty” character was played by the Actor Leslie Grantham?
“Dirty” Den Watts
5. What word means the price one pays as remuneration for rights or services?
Fee
6. What are pectoral, pelvic, adipose and dorsal types of?
Fins
7. 70s popular beat combo, X-Ray Spex, had a hit single in 1978 with what song that was also the title of their album from the same year?
Germ Free Adolescents
8. Who were the warlike Asiatic nomadic people who invaded and ravaged Europe in the 4th–5th centuries?
Huns
9. What is the title of the 1983 James Bond film starring Sean Connery, one of only two that were not produced by Eon Productions – the other being the 1967 Casino Royale?
Never Say Never Again
10. During the industrial revolution what item of men’s clothing was designed to be long, thin and easy to knot, without accidentally coming undone?
Necktie
11. Which American animated television series that premiered 2000 centers around a seven-year-old Latina girl, with a love of embarking on quests related to an activity that she wants to partake of or a place that she wants to go to, accompanied by her talking purple backpack and anthropomorphic monkey companion named Boots?
Dora the Explorer
12. What consist of the mucosal tissue that lies over the mandible and maxilla inside the mouth?
Gum
13. Which English rock band formed in London in 1981 and was a supergroup of four members of different progressive rock bands of the 1970s – King Crimson Yes and ELP? The debut single from their eponymously named debut album was “Heat of the Moment”.
Asia
14. Which currency, used by many nations, the most well known being Germany up to 1999 is now only used by Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Mark
15. Which letter is “dash dash dot” in morse code and is in flag semaphore is dispalyed with the right hand flag pointing down and the left hand flag pointing diagonally down to the left?
G
16. Where is the most westerly point of mainland Cornwall and England?
Lands End
17. Which song is generally the beginning and the concluding song of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, sung by the title character of Joseph?
Any Dream Will Do
18. Which international footballer, who sent ost of his career at Leicester City, Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur was famously substituted by England coach Graham Taylor in his last international match, ultimately denying him the chance to equal or better the then record held by Bobby Charlton?
Gary Lineker
19. Which Anglo-Dutch multinational oil and gas company has headquarters in the Netherlands and is incorporated in England? It is one of the oil and gas “supermajors” and the third-largest company in the world measured by 2018 revenues.
Shell
20. Which Ken Kesey novel was made in to a film starring Jack Nicholson as Randle Murphy in 1975 which won 5 oscars?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Joining answers 1-10 with 11-12 gives you 10 countries you currently do not need to self isolate when arriving from them in the UK:
- Andorra
- Belgium
- Croatia
- Denmark
- Fiji
- Finland
- Germany
- Hungary
- Andorra
- Taiwan