How Many? Trivia Quiz

Answer: 3

He won it in 1973, 1974 and 1977. Remarkably, he also came second in 1975 and 1976 as well. He is buried at the finishing line of the Aintree race course.

Answer: 9

There are eight rowers and a cox. The first race was held in 1829. It was the idea of two students, Charles Merivale and Charles Wordsworth who were at Cambridge and Oxford respectively. It is tradition for the loser to challenge the winner for the next year.

Answer: 7

Spitz was confident that he could win six gold medals at the 1968 Mexico Olympics. However, he was disappointed when he only won two golds, one silver and one bronze. He vowed to return for the next Olympics in four years time and achieve his aim. He surpassed this when he won seven and also set a new world record in each event.

Answer: 7

The movies are "Live and Let Die"(1973), "The Man With The Golden Gun"(1974), "The Spy Who Loved Me"(1977), "Moonraker"(1979), "For Your Eyes Only"(1981), "Octopussy"(1983) and "A View To A Kill"(1985). James Bond was the creation of Ian Fleming and he was the subject of twelve novels and two short story collections published from 1953 until 1966. Fleming died in 1964. Since then, the adventures and exploits of James Bond have continued through novels by Kingsley Amis, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks and Charlie Higson. James Bond works as an agent for the British Secret Intelligence Service.

His missions mainly involve defeating a succession of villains who are intent on achieving world power and domination through evil means. Memorable villains include Ernst Blofeld, Auric Goldfinger, Francisco Scaramanga, Max Zorin and Elliot Carver. James Bond is a ladies' man and he has certainly shown that over the years. Who could forget Honey Ryder, Pussy Galore, Solitaire, Mary Goodnight, Holly Goodhead and Wai Lin? The list goes on, as indeed will James Bond, a truly iconic character.

Answer: 2

They were William McKinley (1901) and John F Kennedy(1963)

When Theodore Roosevelt became President following McKinley's assassination in 1901, he was the youngest US President. John F Kennedy was the second youngest when he became President in 1961. However, he was the youngest President to be elected.
William McKinley had been attending a world fair, The Pan-Am Exposition in Buffalo, New York. During the afternoon of September 5 1901, McKinley was greeting the public at one of the exhibitions, The Temple of Music. Everyone formed a queue and each awaited their turn to greet the President. When it was the turn of Leon Czolgosz, he revealed a concealed pistol and shot McKinley twice. The first bullet nearly missed, grazing the President's shoulder but the second bullet was much more successful. It ended up in McKinley's back muscle after travelling through his stomach, colon and kidney. He was taken to the emergency hospital on site and the first bullet was easily removed. However, the second bullet could not be found and, although the brand new X-ray machine was among the exhibits at The Exposition, the doctors chose not to use it to locate the bullet as they were unsure of any side effects that the machine might cause. The President remained in Buffalo while he convalesced and was showing good signs of recovery. But, he took a turn for the worse on September 12 and President McKinley died from gangrene in the early hours of the morning of September 14 1901. Czolgosz was sent to the electric chair on October 29 1901.
John F Kennedy was sworn in as President on January 20 1961 at a time when the Cold War was at its height. He proved to be an extremely popular President with the people. However, he also acquired many enemies through his policies. These included Fidel Castro, the anti-Castro Cuban community, the Mafia, the FBI, the CIA and the Soviet Bloc.
He visited Dallas, Texas on November 22 1963, mainly to gain support for the forthcoming presidential elections in November 1964. The presidential plane landed at Love Field airport and his motorcade began its journey from here passing through downtown Dallas en route to give a speech at the Dallas Trade Mart. As the President's car was travelling along Elm Street, shots were fired and the President was hit. He was rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital but doctors were unable to save him and he was pronounced dead at 1.00pm.
Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the assassination and was taken to Dallas police headquarters. Two days later, while on his way to being transferred to the county jail, Oswald was shot and killed by Jack Ruby.
President Kennedy's assassination has been the subject of numerous conspiracy theories ever since.

Answer: 24

The first and last characters, Alpha and Omega are most famously featured in The Bible in the book of Revelation. "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last." Many people view this as a reference to God and Jesus Christ existing from the very beginnings of time until eternity.

Answer: 8

The first edition of "Desert Island Discs" was heard on January 29th 1942. The programme was created by Roy Plomley and he was its presenter until 1985, when he died. The premise of the show is to imagine that each guest is marooned on a desert island and they are allowed to take eight pieces of music with them.

In addition, they are allowed to take one book but this must not include The Bible (or appropriate religious work according to one's faith) or the Works of Shakespeare. An inanimate luxury item is also chosen, which cannot be valuable for survival.

The most requested piece of music is the last movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

Answer: 1.5

Champagne is normally found in two sizes - Standard(750 millilitres) and Magnum(1.5 litres). Bigger sizes are named after Biblical characters - Jeroboam (3 litres), Rehoboam(4.5 litres), Methuselah (6 litres), Salmanazar(9 litres), Balthazar(12 litres), Nebuchadnezzar(15 litres) It takes its name from the region in France where it originated.

Although wines were produced in the region even before medieval times, Champagne in its sparkling form was introduced around 1700. It has long since been associated with luxury and power after French Kings favoured it as part of their Coronation celebrations.

Answer: 3

Public Bills are introduced by a Government Minister and will be passed to the House three times. In between the second and third reading, the Bill has to go to a Committee stage and a Report stage. The act is finally passed by the Queen at the Royal Assent stage. This stage is really a formality and has not been refused by a monarch since 1707.

Answer: 4

The dance was created by Lev Ivanov in 1895 and he choreographed it so that it appeared like the cygnets were sticking together to protect themselves. At the end of the dance, they separate and are seen trying to fly. They fail, and all finish up on the floor in a heap.