A Bit Of This, A Bit Of That Trivia Quiz

Answer: Newry

Newry was awarded city status as part of the celebrations of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The city lies on the boundary between Counties Down and Armagh and is six miles from the border with the Republic of Ireland. Among many interesting features Newry boasts the first Roman Catholic cathedral, The Cathedral of St Patrick and St Colman, built in Ireland since the reformation.

It has another great claim to fame, I've lived here for the last 8 years.

Answer: 1887

Glasgow Celtic Football Club, was founded in 1887 by Brother Walfred an Irish monk. It's aims were to raise money to aid the poor, and provide Irishmen living in Glasgow with a sporting and social outlet.

Answer: May 26

St. Augustine was a Bishop and Confessor and was called the 'Apostle of The English'. He was sent by Pope Gregory the Great to bring Christianity to Britain. Augustine and his followers landed in the Isle of Thanet, on the east side of Kent in AD 596. Augustine became the first Archbishop of Canterbury.

He died on May 26th AD 604. May 20 is the feast of St. Bernadine of Sienna, June 11 the feast of St. Barnabas and June 29 the feast of St. Peter.

Answer: The first performance of a ballet

Unlikely as it seems, rioting followed the first performance of, Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring' choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky,(the ballet not the riot), on the 29th May 1913. The riots following the first performance have been described as 'one of the greatest riots in the history of theatre'.

Answer: 1983

William Golding, the son of a Marlborough Grammar School science master, was born in Newquay, Cornwall, on September 19th 1911. He graduated in 1934 from Brasenose College, Oxford, with a second class degree in English Literature . His best known work 'Lord of the Flies' was published in 1954.

In 1980 he won the Booker Prize for his novel 'Rites of Passage'. William Golding died on June 19th 1993. The Nobel Prize was awarded to W.B.Yeats in 1923, T.S.Eliot in 1948 and Ernest Hemingway in 1954.

Answer: Ten pin bowling

A game using equipment similar to that used in bowling was being played by the Egyptians 7000 years ago. A bowling game using pins was played in German churches in the 3rd or 4th century. Martin Luther was a fan of bowling and came up with a set of rules, which among other things set the number of pins as nine.

The American Bowling Congress was formed in 1895 and standardised rules. Britain's governing body, the British Tenpin Bowling Association, was formed in 1961. So far I've managed to get through life without playing any of these games.

Answer: Winston Churchill

What can I say about Churchill without having to writing 10 volumes? Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born on November 11th 1874. He left the British Army in 1899 to enter politics. He was elected Conservative member for Oldham in 1900. In 1904 he joined the Liberal Party. 1910 saw him appointed to the first of the high offices of state he would hold during his long career, that of Home Secretary.

He became Prime Minister on May 10th 1940, a post he held until defeated at the General Election of 1945. Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953, he died on January 24th 1965.

Answer: Panama

Famous for the 40 mile man-made Panama Canal, which joins the Caribbean to the Pacific Ocean, Panama has borders with Costa Rica and Columbia, it's capital is Panama City.

Answer: The Tempest

'Brave New World' took it's title from words spoken by Miranda in the last act.

Answer: Queen Victoria

Felix Mendelssohn's Third Symphony, was inspired by a visit to The Palace of Holyroodhouse and is nicknamed the 'Scottish'. The Palace of Holyroodhouse is the British monarch's official residence in Scotland.