It's time to put your knowledge to the test with another engaging Sunday quiz. This week's edition spans a delicious range of topics, from culinary curiosities to iconic moments on screen and puzzling general facts.
Food and Drink Conundrums
The first section serves up a feast for the mind, probing your understanding of gastronomy. Do you know what chefs refer to as "The Master Spice"? Could you identify what you'd receive if you ordered Prosciutto in Italy? The quiz also asks you to name the vegetable with varieties called Primo and January King, and to define what Kulfi is in Indian cuisine.
Further questions explore the world of nuts and vegan alternatives, asking what type of nut is used for Marron Glacé and what substance Agar-Agar is. Wine lovers are tested on which European country produces the famously named Bulls Blood wine. Baking enthusiasts must recall which flavour jam the Women's Institute recommends for a classic Victoria Sponge.
The food round finishes with a hybrid fruit question: a Tayberry is a cross between a raspberry and which other berry? Finally, it poses a numerical puzzle about a popular cheese snack: how many triangles are in a standard 125g circular pack of Dairy Lea triangles?
TV, Movies and Entertainment Puzzles
The entertainment section is a nostalgia trip, starting with a question about Jennifer Aniston's age when she first appeared in Friends in 1994. It revisits classic children's TV, asking what kind of creature Ramsbottom was in The Sooty Show and the name of the Postmistress in Postman Pat.
Music features prominently, quizzing on how many times "Jolene" is repeated in Dolly Parton's 1976 hit and the year Westlife's Flying Without Wings made chart history by becoming the first UK number one to include downloads. Television history is further explored with questions on the original host of Stars in Their Eyes and the year David Suchet first portrayed Hercule Poirot on ITV.
Fans of classic TV drama are asked for the address of the sleuth in Murder, She Wrote, while the debut year of the BBC sitcom Bread is also probed. The section concludes with a film question, asking which actress received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for playing Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.
Last Week's Answers Revealed
The article also provides the solutions to the previous week's quiz, which covered general knowledge and a cryptic film round. Last week's correct answers included:
- Linden trees are known as Lime trees in the UK.
- The four magnetic elements at room temperature are Iron, Nickel, Cobalt, and Gadolinium.
- An armadillo can sprint at up to 30 MPH to escape danger.
- Michael Joseph Pennington is better known as comedian Johnny Vegas.
- Glenn Close portrayed Cruella de Vil in the live-action 101 Dalmatians.
- It is true that Paul Gascoigne won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in 1990.
The cryptic film clues led to titles such as Kill Bill, The Wizard of Oz, Some Like It Hot, and Psycho.
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