Next Quiz Night, 11th September!

1. The source of the River Thames is in which county?

2. Which island is surrounded by the East, Harlem and Hudson Rivers?

3. The Three Gorges Dam spans which river?

4. On which north east river does the town Stockton stand?

5. The West Sussex town of Lancing stands on which river?

6. Which is the longest river in Europe?

7. And Which is the Second longest European River?

8. On which river is Africa’s Victoria Falls?

9. On which river did Chesley Sullenberger famously land a plane in 2009?

10. In which district of West Sussex, named after its river, is Littlehampton?

1. Which two summer months are named after Roman Emperors?

2. What term is used to describe a year with 29 days in February?

3. Who played Edina’s Mother in Absolutely Fabulous?

4. Which “mad” animal is associated with the month of March?

5. Who recorded the 1971 song Maggie May?

6. March is named after which Roman God?

7. Which month represents a consonant in the radio phonetic alphabet?

8. What month did Earth, Wind and Fire sing about in 1978?

9. What was Red October in the title of the 1990 film?

10. In which year did Theresa May become UK Prime Minister?

Click to reveal round 3 Answers

1. What is the name of the clock tower of the houses of Parliament?

2. What luxury watchmaker was founded in London in 1905?

3. Is Uruguay ahead or behind Greenwich Mean time?

4. Which book by George Orwell opens with a clock tolling 13 times?

5. In Doctor Who what do the initials TARDIS stand for?

6. What is the name of the underground-dwelling creatures in the 1895 novel The Time Machine?

7. In which year did the Beautiful south top the charts with A Little Time?

8. Which country has three time zones, eight to ten hours ahead of GMT?

9. Before the adoption of alarm clocks, what profession would be responsible for waking people up in the morning?

10. In which cathedral is the large bell called “Great Tom”?

1. In which year was the first polymer banknote issued by the Bank of England?

2. In which year did the UK introduce decimalisation?

3. Which three initials describe a bank’s “hole in the wall”?

4. A grand refers to how much money?

5. In which year was the £1 coin introduced?

6. What name is given to a situation of increased prices and a fall in the value of money?

7. What pre-decimal coin was commonly known as a tanner?

8. Which decimal coin was last produced in 1984?

9. Who became chancellor of the exchequer in July 2016?

10. What do the letters ISA stand for in a UK financial context?