Today's Sunday quiz features 20 questions spanning general knowledge and sport, challenging readers on topics from driving regulations to Olympic history. The quiz also marks the birth of English poet William Ernest Henley, born in Gloucester in 1849, who introduced the early work of many great English writers of the 1890s in his journals.
General Knowledge Questions
The general knowledge section begins with a question on driving supervision: what is the minimum number of years you must have held a full driving licence to supervise a provisional driver? Other questions ask about the year the General Post Office launched its Speaking Clock in the UK, the ratings used by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), and the last people executed by hanging in the UK.
Further questions cover Winston Churchill's government post at the start of WWI, the meaning of the word 'nictitate', the year Barbara Edwards became the BBC's first female TV weather forecast presenter, what Degrees Brix measure, the scientific study of potamology, and the medical condition detected by the Schick test.
Sport and Games Questions
The sport section asks about the length in miles of the cycling leg in an Olympic triathlon, the second railway station on a UK Monopoly board, the American city with an ice hockey team called the Kings, and the European national football team known as The Pirate Ships.
Other sports questions include Lella Lombardi's first in 1975, the runners-up to Manchester United in the first Premier League season, the year a solid crossbar became compulsory in the Football League, the Olympic sport with a barrage tie-breaker, the third country to take part in every Summer Olympics since 1896, and the decade Blaise Pascal invented the primitive form of roulette.
Last Week's Answers
For those who missed last week's quiz, the answers are provided. The general knowledge answers included the names of 'The Three Sisters' in the Chekhov play (Irina, Masha & Olga), the eight countries sharing a land border with Serbia, the composer of 'The Planets' (Gustav Holst), the number of sides on a heptagon, and which Beatle married Barbara Bach.
The cryptic section, themed '5 Films 5 Underground stations', revealed answers such as Wizard of Oz, Brief Encounter, Dirty Dancing, Silence of the Lambs, Twins, Waterloo, London Bridge, Arsenal, King's Cross, and Bank. Readers can also explore other regular features on InYourArea, including InYourGarden, InYourPocket, and weekly horoscopes.
