August Bank holiday Friday Quiz

[Angua]

Here goes my first (and probably last) attempt at the Friday Quiz!

Usual rules apply:

1) No before 7:00pm, and that includes using other search engines, or asking other people!

2) No more than three answers per post.

3) If more than 3 answers are posted I will disregard the last even if they are the first correct one (unless of course the system adds it in as no one else has posted in the mean time)!

1) Who was the muse of astronomy?

2) Hydrophobia is an alternative name for which infection?

3) Highest scoring fighter ace of WW2?

4) Preston North End, Bolton Wanderers, Everton, Burnley, Accrington, Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa, Wolverhampton Wanderers, NottsCounty, DerbyCounty and Stoke, were 11 of the 12 teams which started the Football League, which was the 12th?

5) Who won the Whitbread Prize Book of the Year in 2004 (Author and Title)?

6) Who was awarded the VC for climbing out on to the wing of a Lancaster at 22,000 feet with a fire extinguisher to put out an engine fire? 7) Vittorio Cramers original film part was re-done by which Oscar winning actor in the recent remake of War of the Worlds?

8) Which British river has has one vowel and one consonant repeated?

9) What is the modern Greek alternative name for the island of Santorini?

10) Which Roman Emperor is said to have uttered the words †œWoe, I think I'm turning into a godââ‚Âà ‚¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚ÂÂ� on his deathbed? 11) What line of poetry follows †œOf shoes and ships and sealing wax--and cabbages and kingsââ‚ƚ¬Ã‚ÂÂÂ�?

12) Who was the artist and tile of the only drum based single to reach no 1 in the UK?

13) What colour is the Boohbah, Zing Zing Zingbah? 14) Who was it the Athenian hero Theseus went to rescue from the minotaur?

15) Name a country (besides Britain) which joined the Common Market in 1973?

16) Which religion celebrates itâ₠¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s †œNew Yearââ‚ ¬Ã‚ÂÂ� during September or early October.

17) What is †œFactor 8â₠¬ÃƒÆ’‚ÂÂÂ� (not suntan lotion)?

18) Which film featured Bill Haleyââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s †œRock around the Clockââ‚ƚ¬Ã‚ÂÂÂ�?

19) Tumbledown Mountain is on which group of islands?

20) Who did the voice for the Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2?

21) What number did a gross and a half represent?

22) Dodoma is the capital of which country?

23) What did Percy Shaw invent to aid motorists in 1934?

24) Who was the first woman in space?

25) For what is Woomera in Australia famous?

2 Rabies

[Roy MM]

2 fear oif water

[dilli-theclaw]

25 - The radio telescope?

[cookie_365]

15 Ireland?

17 a component of blood

[Angua]

Originally Posted by homealone

2 Rabies

Correct

[cookie_365]

19 Falklands

[Angua]

Originally Posted by cookie_365

15 Ireland?

Correct

[cookie_365]

23 cats eyes?

[marky]

21< 36

[Angua]

Originally Posted by homealone

17 a component of blood

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Originally Posted by cookie_365

19 Falklands
23 cats eyes?

Both correct

[gazzae]

4 West Brom

[Angua]

Originally Posted by marky

21< 36

Sorry no

[marky]

3> barnum