All Sorts, But No Licorice Trivia Quiz

Answer: William Booth

Booth founded The Salvation Army in London with his wife Catherine to further Booth's aim of spreading "the good news of Jesus Christ and his love for all". By the mid 1880s, the organisation had spread to USA, France and Sweden as well as most of the countries that formed the British Empire.

In 2017, it was reported it had over 1.5 million members, surely making it the world's largest army? Booth was also the maiden name of the wife of Tony Blair, Prime Minister of UK 1997-2007.

Answer: Sheffield

Sheffield in South Yorkshire takes its name from the River Sheaf which runs through the city. It is mentioned as a producer of knives in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales", published in 1387, and by the early 17th century it was the second largest manufacturer of cutlery after London.

In the 1740s advances in the steel process and the development of silver plating, known as Sheffield Plate, contributed to its growth. Sheffield was the maiden name of the wife of Prime Minister 2010-16, David Cameron.

Answer: Alec Baldwin

Alec is the eldest and probably best known of the Baldwin brothers, thanks to his roles in the mentioned productions as well as "The Hunt For Red October", "The Cooler" and "The Aviator". He is also well known for playing Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live", a role which won him a Primetime Emmy Award. Baldwin was the maiden name of the wife of Harold Wilson, who was Prime Minister 1964-70 and 1974-76.

Answer: Macaulay Culkin

Culkin was just ten years old when he played Kevin McAllister in "Home Alone", a role he reprised in 1992 in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York". He took a break from acting following "Richie Rich" in 1994 and didn't return until 2003 when he made a guest appearance in "Will and Grace".

He formed a short lived rock band, The Pizza Underground, in 2014 and by 2016 was co-starring with two CGI meerkats in TV commercials for UK price comparison website "comparethemarket.com". Macauley was the premarital name of Gordon Brown's wife, Prime Minister 2007-2010.

Answer: Boris Johnson

During his time as Mayor of London, Johnson introduced a cycle hire scheme, popularly known as "Boris Bikes" to combat traffic congestion, banned the consumption of alcohol on public transport and oversaw the 2012 Olympics. He was born in New York City in 1964 and held dual citizenship until 2016 when he he renounced his US citizenship to prove his loyalty to UK.

The wife of John Major, Prime Minister 1990-97 was Norma Johnson.

Answer: Owen Hargreaves

Hargreaves had the choice of playing internationally for Canada, Wales or England, due to his citizenship and parentage and chose England, making his debut against the Netherlands and eventually winning 42 caps, all but three of which came while at Bayern Munich. Owen was the maiden name of the wife of David Lloyd-George, Prime Minister 1916-22.

Answer: Robert the Bruce

Robert I was King of Scotland 1306-1329. According to legend, whilst on the run from the English and sheltering in a cave, he watched the spider attempt to connect the cave wall to the roof for a web. The spider failed anywhere between three and 13 times depending on who is telling the story, before succeeding and giving Bruce the inspiration to try once more against the English.

This "if at first you don't succeed, try try try again." attitude worked as he eventually defeated the English. Bruce was the maiden name of the wife of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, UK Prime Minister 1905-1908.

Answer: Pink Floyd

Barrett was only with the band for their 1967 debut album, "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn", before mental ill health and increasingly heavy use of psychedelic drugs led to him leaving the band. Although brief, his contribution to the band can not be overstated, as evidenced by the fact that the 2001 compilation "Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd" contained five Barrett compositions.
Floyd was the maiden name of the wife of the 1841-1846 Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel.

Answer: May

May Day, the 1st of May, is an ancient springtime fertility festival in UK, involving dancing around a maypole and morris dancers, and morris dancers can also be seen in Toronto, Canada. May 1st is also International Workers Day for members of socialist and communist political parties as well as being the day of Beltane for practitioners of Wicca. May was also the premarital name of Theresa May's husband Philip.

Answer: Cavendish

Until the 1950s, the Gros Michel was the only variety of banana to have been shipped to North America, but following the outbreak of Panama Disease, exporters started using the Cavendish. The Cavendish is considered one of the less flavourful bananas, but is easier to grow, harvest and pack due to its uniform size.

Unfortunately, it is under threat from a new strain of Panama Disease called Tropical Race 4. Cavendish was also the maiden name of Harold Macmillan's wife, UK Prime Minister 1957-63.