Are you ready to test your wits? Every Thursday, a new general knowledge quiz offers a brain-teasing challenge covering everything from television history to chemical symbols. Today's edition poses ten new questions to stretch your memory and perhaps teach you something new.
Today's Tricky Questions
The quiz kicks off with a focus on media and regulation, asking which television programme attracted the highest number of viewer complaints to OFCOM in 2017. It then travels to Leicestershire, quizzing you on the town renowned for its delicious pork pies.
Biblical knowledge is required for the third question, which asks for the first book of the New Testament. Science buffs will need to identify the element represented by the chemical symbol Sn.
The challenge then spans the globe, asking which US city had the honour of hosting the 1984 Summer Olympic Games. History returns with a test on Roman numerals: how is twenty-three written? Film and music combine in a question about a pop star who won a Best Actress Oscar for 1987's "Moonstruck".
The final stretch covers patron saints, iconic radio settings, and specialist sports moves. Can you name the patron saint of Scotland? What is the central pub in BBC Radio 4's long-running drama The Archers? And in which sport might you perform an Eskimo Roll?
Looking Back at Previous Answers
To warm up, let's revisit the solutions from the quiz on January 7. The questions ranged from ornithology to corporate history and Olympic glory.
Storm Petrels are the seabirds nicknamed Mother Carey's Chickens. The California Perfume Company underwent a famous rebrand, becoming Avon in 1959. English history was represented by Richard III, the last Plantagenet king.
In sporting triumph, British boxer Nicola Adams secured flyweight gold medals at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. The music round identified five bird-themed hits: Snowy White's "Bird of Paradise", Eminem's "Mockingbird", Frankie Laine's "Humming Bird", Nelly Furtado's "I'm Like a Bird", and Marianne Faithfull's "This Little Bird".
The final answers located the Bank of England on Threadneedle Street, credited the folk song "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" to Pete Seeger, and identified Capricorn as the zodiac sign symbolised by a goat. A Blue Heaven cocktail is based on white rum, and the Hundred Years' War was fought between England and France.
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