Nine Leading Questions... Trivia Quiz

Answer: Artemis

Artemis and her brother Apollo, the children of Zeus and Leto, were born on the island of Delos. Orion, the hunter, was the only man she loved.

Answer: David Schwimmer

In 'Run Fatboy Run', Simon Pegg played a feckless character who ran away from his wedding and ended up running a marathon to win back his woman. It also starred Thandie Newton and Hank Azaria.

This was Schwimmer's feature film debut as director, though he had previously directed himself in a 1998 TV movie: 'Since You've Been Gone'.

Answer: 1944

The capture of Leningrad was one of the key goals of Operation Barbarossa. The siege began on 8 September 1941. Up to 1.5 million Russian soldiers and civilians died - mainly due to starvation. The death rate in early 1942 was 100,000 per month. Hundreds of thousands of the 1.4 million civilians who were evacuated died as well. The Germans had over half a million casualties.

Answer: Detroit

Detroit is the major city of Michigan. It is a port on the Detroit River, which is both a river and a strait, between Lake St Clair and Lake Erie.

Detroit became the world's centre for automobile production, with particular importance during World War II. .

Answer: Berry

Bananas originated in South East Asia. They are believed to have been first domesticated in Papua New Guinea and are grown in over 100 countries.

A berry is a fleshy fruit from a single flower containing one ovary.

Hence berries include: watermelons, tomatoes, cucumbers, blueberries and bananas.

Non berries include: raspberries (aggregated drupelets) and strawberries (an accessory fruit, with aggregated achenes).

Answer: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom was established by the Constitutional Reform Act of 2005. It sat in Middlesex Guildhall, on Parliament Square, London.

Answer: Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson was born in 1916 and married Harold Wilson in 1940. Her first volume of poetry was published in 1970. She became one of the best-selling poets in the UK, and acted as a judge for the Man Booker Prize in 1976.

Answer: Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was the professional name of Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959). Her style of singing was influenced by jazz musicians like Louis Armstrong as well as singers like Bessie Smith. She was very influential herself - Frank Sinatra said that she 'was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me'.

Her work includes: 'Lady Sings the Blues', 'Me, Myself, and I' and 'Strange Fruit'.

Answer: USA

Despite the lack of a real football (soccer) culture in the USA, the tournament was a great success, breaking attendance records. The final was heartbreaking for Italy's Roberto Baggio, the player of the tournament, who missed the final kick in the penalty shootout.

Answer: Diana Ross

ARTEMIS's (1) Roman equivalent was DIANA.

DAVID SCHWIMMER (2) played ROSS in the ten seasons of 'Friends' from 1994 to 2004.

Diana Ernestine Earle Ross was born on March 26, 1944 (3) in DETROIT, Michigan (4).

She formed a group called the Primettes with some friends in 1959, and signed to BERRY (5) Gordy's Motown label as The SUPREMES (6) in 1961. The group was made up of Florence Ballard, MARY WILSON (7), Diana Ross and Barbara Martin.

Diana Ross portrayed BILLIE HOLIDAY (8) in the 1972 biopic 'Lady Sings the Blues'.

She performed at the opening ceremony of the USA's 1994 WORLD CUP TOURNAMENT (9) where she famously messed up a penalty kick stunt.