A Fresh Pot of Stew Trivia Quiz

Answer: Aleksei Leonov

Belyayev and Leonov were aboard the two man Soviet Voskhod 2 spacecraft - an adaptation of Vostok, Russia's first manned capsule -when the latter took his historic, twenty minute,(tethered) walk on March 18, 1965. Ten years later, Leonov was also part of the joint Apollo/Soyuz Test Project.

Answer: Craig Ruddy

Ruddy won with a massive charcoal portrait of the Aboriginal actor, David Gulpilil. Bergstrom's entry in the same category was highly commended. Mitelman won the Sulman Prize for best subject, genre, or mural painting, while McNicol won the Photographic Portrait Prize.
The Archibald Prize was established in accordance with the wishes of J.F. Archibald, who, with John Haynes co-founded "The Bulletin" magazine in 1880. The Prize, first awarded in 1921, is administered by the Trustees of The Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Answer: Edmund Barton

Edmund Barton was born on 18 February 1849 in Glebe, a Sydney suburb. His father ,William, was Sydney's first stockbroker. Barton became Prime Minister upon Federation on 1 January 1901, and served until ill health forced his resignation on 24 September, 1903. He died in 1920.

Answer: Othello

The title is taken from act3, sc. 3: "Pride, pomp and circumstances of glorious war!". Elgar (1857-1934) completed four of the five concert marches which make up the "Pomp and Circumstance" suite between 1901 and 1907. The fifth wasn't completed until 1930. This delay was due mainly to the devastating effect that the First World War - and his wife Alice's death in 1920 - had on the composer.

Answer: Edward G. Robinson

The Academy's Board of Governors voted on 6 January 1973 to honour Robinson with the award, but he died on the 26th of that month. His widow accepted the tribute on his behalf.

Answer: Rouge du Roussillon

The Rouge du Roussillon is an average sized golden-red apricot with black speckles. An excellent reputation as a fruit to be eaten fresh, or preserved, makes this a popular variety of apricot.

Answer: Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor (born Gloria Fowles) was strongly influenced in her formative years by Sarah Vaughan and Nat King Cole. Her first single "Honey Bee" was a popular disco number in 1973, as was "Never Can Say Goodbye" in 1975. But her only number one hit was "I Will Survive", released in 1978.

Answer: Suriname

Suriname lies on South America's northern coastline, with Guyana to the west, French Guiana to the east and Brazil to the south. The former Dutch colony is slightly smaller than Uruguay, followed by Guyana, with Ecuador the largest of the four.

Answer: the ocean

Arrow worms (Phylum Chaetognatha) are generally transparent, and consist of about forty species. These hermaphrodites are among the most numerous of marine plankton. Eighty-five per cent of them inhabit the Indo-West Pacific region, with Sagitta enflata the most common species.

Answer: Barcelona 1992

Baseball had been played as a demonstration sport at eight previous Olympiads - dating back to the St. Louis Games of 1904 - before its elevation to full medal status in 1992. Cuba overwhelmed Taiwan 11-1 in the final that year, with Japan winning the bronze medal.