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Goodness Gracious! Trivia Quiz

Grace is the link between the questions in this quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by TabbyTom. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
TabbyTom

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
70,619

Updated
Nov 07 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1099

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. For which English county did W. G. Grace play first-class cricket? Hint

Gloucestershire

Yorkshire

Somerset

Middlesex

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which comedian was married to Gracie Allen? Hint

George Burns

Henny Youngman

Jack Benny

Groucho Marx

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Question 3 of 10

3. In the Church of England, who is addressed formally as 'Your Grace'? Hint

A bishop

An archbishop

A dean

An archdeacon

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was the stage surname of the Lancashire-born singer and comedienne who was affectionately known as 'Our Gracie'?

Answer: (One Word - 6 letters (F*****))

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Question 5 of 10

5. Whose autobiography was called 'Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners'? Hint

John Wesley

Jimmy Swaggart

John Wycliffe

John Bunyan

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was King of England when the Pilgrimage of Grace took place? Hint

James II

Edward the Confessor

Henry VIII

John

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Question 7 of 10

7. Grace Kelly's film roles included the part of the newly married wife of a small-town sheriff in Fred Zinnemann's 'High Noon'. Who played the sheriff? Hint

Gary Cooper

John Wayne

Clark Gable

Burt Lancaster

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Question 8 of 10

8. Whose official residence is Gracie Mansion? Hint

The Mayor of New York City

The Lord Provost of Edinburgh

The Governor-General of Canada

The United States Ambassador to the UK

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Question 9 of 10

9. The regimental band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) had a No 1 hit in the UK in 1972 with a version of which hymn? Hint

God of mercy, God of grace

Grace is flowing like a river

O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace

Amazing Grace

10. John Bradford was a Protestant martyr who was burnt at the stake in the reign of Mary I. It is said that he once saw a group of criminals being led to the gallows. What is he supposed to have said when he saw them? Hint

Grace us in the disgrace of death

Angels and ministers of grace, defend us!

There but for the grace of God goes John Bradford

Ye have fallen from grace

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. For which English county did W. G. Grace play first-class cricket?

Answer: Gloucestershire

Towards the end of his career he played for a club called London County, but that wasn't one of the choices.

2. Which comedian was married to Gracie Allen?

Answer: George Burns

Burns and Allen were married in 1926: Gracie Allen died in 1964.

3. In the Church of England, who is addressed formally as 'Your Grace'?

Answer: An archbishop

4. What was the stage surname of the Lancashire-born singer and comedienne who was affectionately known as 'Our Gracie'?

Answer: Fields

Her surname at birth was Stansfield.

5. Whose autobiography was called 'Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners'?

Answer: John Bunyan

Published in 1666.

6. Who was King of England when the Pilgrimage of Grace took place?

Answer: Henry VIII

The 'Pilgrimage' was a rising in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. The insurgents were protesting mainly against Henry's assumption of supreme power in the English church and against the dissolution of the monasteries. There was also an element of agrarian opposition to the enclosure of common land. The revolt was a failure.

7. Grace Kelly's film roles included the part of the newly married wife of a small-town sheriff in Fred Zinnemann's 'High Noon'. Who played the sheriff?

Answer: Gary Cooper

8. Whose official residence is Gracie Mansion?

Answer: The Mayor of New York City

The building takes its name from Archibald Gracie, a Scottish shipping magnate for whom it was built in 1799. It has been the Mayor's official residence since 1942.

9. The regimental band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) had a No 1 hit in the UK in 1972 with a version of which hymn?

Answer: Amazing Grace

Answer: There but for the grace of God goes John Bradford

The quotation is usually rendered as 'There but for the grace of God go I'. 'Angels and ministers of grace, defend us!' are the words of Hamlet when he sees his father's ghost. 'Grace us in the disgrace of death' is from King Ferdinand's opening speech in 'Love's Labour's Lost'. 'Ye have fallen from grace' is from St Paul's epistle to the Galatians (5:4).

Source: Author TabbyTom

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