Dr Graham's Sunday Quiz

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  1. This is the first and current persons to hold which government office?

    2. Answer: Secretary of State for International Development. The first is Claire Short, the current is Priti Patel

    Correct answers from: @SmallsLites, @pellivision, @Supervisor1_9_4, @LauraMullan, @BooTicketyBoo

  2. What links the following?

    3. Answer: Fence / fencing

    Correct answers from: @SmallsLites, @pellivision, @Supervisor1_9_4, @LauraMullan, @BooTicketyBoo

  3. What's next in the sequence: Norwegian, Swedish, Burmese, Austrian, ... ?

    4. Answer: Peruvian. The nationalities of the first five UN General Secretaries

    Correct answers from: @Kirstin16o3, @SmallsLites, @BooTicketyBoo, @Supervisor1_9_4

  4. This is the outline of which country?

    5. Answer: Guatemala

    Correct answers from: @SmallsLites, @Supervisor1_9_4, @0x736A

  5. What are Lucy, Thing, and Hactar?

    6. Answer: Computers in fictional works. Lucy = Homewrecker or Hackers; Thing = Terry Pratchett's The Nome Trilogy; Hactar = Douglas Adams's Life, the Universe and Everything

    Correct answers from: @SmallsLites, @BooTicketyBoo

  6. Who designed this train?

    7. Answer: Sir Nigel Gresley. The tran is the Mallard.

    Correct answers from: @Kirstin16o3, @Supervisor1_9_4, @SmallsLites, @BooTicketyBoo

  7. What number is next in this sporting sequence: 22, 101, 58, 16, 101, 65, ... ?

    8. Answer: 19. The medal tally of the host nation in the last six Summer Olympic Games.

    Correct answers (after clues) from: @BooTicketyBoo, @Supervisor1_9_4, @SmallsLites, @Kirstin16o3

  8. What links the following?

    9. Answer: The are all first tracks from albums with gold in the title. Dire Straights, Love Over Gold; James, Gold Mother (original and rerelease); 3OH!3, Streets of Gold

    Correct answers from: @BooTicketyBoo, @Supervisor1_9_4

  9. What's the translation of this text?

    10. Answer: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The opening sentance in the Bible - the graphic is old Hebrew.

    Correct answers from: @mwnciod, @Supervisor1_9_4

  10. Rico, Anderson and Hersey are all what, and in which city?

    11. Correct answers from: @SmallsLites, @Supervisor1_9_4

    Answer: Judges from Mega City One (Judge Dredd)