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Sunday Special – Either / Or





1. Where can you find the city of Cologne ?

a. – Germany

b. – France

2. Who wrote the songs, 'Here Comes The Sun', 'Piggies', and 'Something'?

a. – Lennon / McCartney

b. – George Harrison

3. Who fought whom in the Watermelon War in 1856?

a. - Panama and Costa Rica

b. - Russia and Finland

4. In D.H. Lawrence's classic novel "Lady Chatterley's Lover", what is Lady Chatterley's first name?

a. - Constance

b. - Margery

5. Before adopting the Euro as its standard monetary unit, what did Belgium use?

a. - Guilder

b. - Franc

6. In the Book of Exodus we meet Moses's father-in-law. What is his name?

a. - Jephthah

b. - Jethro

7. Which London Underground line runs from Harrow & Wealdstone in the northwest of London to Elephant & Castle in the southeast?

a. - Bakerloo

b. - Jubilee

8. The most probable place to find a schoenabatist would be in a circus, but what equipment would be the most important in their act?

a. - a Rope

b. - a Squirting Flower

9. Each year, the Mystery Writers of America present awards for the best work in the mystery genre. Which American author, best known for a memorable poem about a bird, are these awards named after?

a. - Agatha Christie

b. - Edgar Allan Poe

10. Is scarlet fever a bacterial or a viral infection?

a. - viral

b. - bacterial

11. The Irish rhyme has it: "Boxty on the griddle. Boxty in the pan. If you can't make boxty. You'll never get man." What is "boxty"?

a. - soda bread

b. - potato pancakes

12. The Egyptian god Sobek had the head of what creature?

a. - Crocodile

b. - Cat

13. Ignoring Juneau, Alaska, which is the northernmost U.S. state capital?

a. - Bismarck, North Dakota

b. - Olympia, Washington

14. In 2013 Andy Murray became the first British male since 1936 to win the Wimbledon men's singles championship. What fashion record came along with his win?

a. - First British male Wimbledon winner finalist to wear shorts

b. - First British male Wimbledon finalist

15. This drug was created to be a substitute for morphine. What's its name?

a. - heroin

b. - opium

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1. – a

2. - b

3. - b

4. - a

5. - b

6. - b

7. - a

8. - a ; a Tightrope to be exact...

9. - b

10. - b

11. - b

12. - a

13. - a

14. - a

15. - a
 

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