Quiz Questions for w/e 20th February

I moved house this week, so am a little disorganised this evening.

Q1. In the 2014 movie Imitation Game what real life character does Benedict Cumberbatch play?

Q2. What year in the 1980’s did the Chernobyl disaster occur?

Q3. Which 1984 song has the following opening verse?

Layin’ in the after glow I only want to learn what you know But now you’re leavin’ How many hearts must you break And how many calls must I make

But now you’re leavin’ In this world all that I choose has come unbearable But love is in your touch Ooh, it’s killing me so much

Q4. What European nation has this flag?

Q5. Which author wrote “American Gods” and “Neverwhere”?

Q6. Abuja is the capital of which country?

Q7. What does the E stand for in OPEC?

Q8. What where the names of the wives of John Lennon?

Q9. Who was the leader of the first successful expedition to the South pole?

Q10. On 20th February 1816 the opera The Barber of Seville premiered in Rome, who wrote the opera?

Answers

Question 1

Alan Turing

Question 2

1986

Question 3

Only When You Leave - Spandau Ballet

Question 4

Netherlands

Question 5

Neil Gaiman

Question 6

Nigeria

Question 7

Exporting

Question 8

Cynthia and Yoko

Question 9

Roald Amundsen

Question 10

Rossini