Taking the Biscuit Trivia Quiz

Answer: Albino Luciani

Albino Luciani was born in Forno di Canale, Italy in 1912. He was ordained as priest in 1935 and a couple of years later he started teaching at the Belluno seminary where he was appointed as deputy director. In 1958 he became bishop of Vittorio Veneto, in 1969 archbishop of Venice and in 1973 cardinal of Venice. In 1978 he was elected Pope replacing Paul VI who had died on the 6th of August.

Karol Wojtyla was the name of Pope John Paul II, Shimeon Bar Jona was the name of St. Peter who was the first bishop of Rome and Linus van Pelt is a character from the comic strip "Peanuts".

Answer: Attila

Attila the Hun had created a huge Empire that stretched from Asia to France. The causes of his death are unclear although he did die in 453 AD on his wedding night. Some claim that he was killed by his new wife Ildico, others that he was poisoned and others that he burst a blood vessel. Alaric was the leader of the Visigoths who sacked Rome in 410 AD.

Answer: Broke the speed of sound

Austrian Felix Baumgartner performed the amazing feat over the New Mexico desert. He was in freefall for four minutes and 20 seconds before activating his parachute. He reached a top speed of 1,342 kilometres an hour which is about 1.24 the speed of sound.

He had previously BASE jumped from the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and the Christ Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro and he also skydived across the English Channel.

Answer: London

The disaster was due to gas explosion that destroyed part of the load bearing walls resulting in the collapse of a corner of the building. Four people were killed by the explosion and the subsequent collapse. London Borough of Newham was created by the merger of the ex Sussex counties of West Ham and East Ham.

The site of the Olympic Stadium, venue of the 2012 Olympic games, lies within the boundaries of the Borough of Newham.

Answer: Millennium

The Millennium Footbridge was a suspension bridge with a length of 325 meters and a width of four metres. When the bridge opened the pedestrians felt that the bridge was swaying. This was later attributed to vibrations caused by the pedestrians crossing the bridge. The bridge links the City of London with Bankside. The crossing offers great views of St. Paul's cathedral.

Answer: Emergency appendicitis surgery

The official announcement from the Earl Marshal's Office was as follows: "I have to announce that the Solemnity of the Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra is postponed from the 26th instant to a date hereafter to be determined." The King's coronation took place on August 9, 1902.

The King was in very good spirits and he even assisted the Archbishop of Canterbury when he lost his footing. Edward's record as longest serving heir apparent was broken by Prince Charles in April 2011.

Answer: Devon Loch

Devon Loch was leading by five lengths when he appeared to leap over an imaginary fence, lost his footing and landed belly down. Despite the gallant efforts by jockey Dick Francis the horse couldn't continue. The horse belonged to Elizabeth the Queen Mother and was the firm favourite of the race.

Incitatus was the name of the horse that Caligula made senator, Bucephalus was the horse of Alexander the Great and Copenhagen was the name of the horse of the Duke of Wellington.

Answer: The other finalists fell

Steven Bradbury was trailing the other four finalists in the 1000 meters race when inexplicably one of the four missed the last corner and slid in the fence. This distracted the other three who piled-up into each other thus allowing Bradbury to finish first. Bradbury was very lucky to be in the final because he had finished third in the quarter finals, with only two athletes advancing to the semis, but one of the first two was disqualified for obstruction. Amazingly in the semi-finals three of his competitors crashed and he managed to finish first and qualify for the final.

Answer: Donkey ears

Midas was really desperate to hide the fact and he was always wearing a hood over his head to cover the donkey ears. But, as all of us do from time to time, he had to go to his barber. The barber was really dying to tell the secret but he was afraid of the King's wrath. So he decided to go to the river bank and tell his secret to the reeds that were growing there.

But again as in any story there is always a twist. Whenever the wind blew through the reeds the reads would whisper that "King Midas has donkey ears".

Answer: Terry Kath

Terry Kath was always playing with guns. On January 23, 1978 Terry was again playing with a gun at the house of the group's technician Don Johnson. Don warned him to be very careful. He replied that the clip was not even in the gun and showed Don the clip.

He then inserted the clip in the gun turned it towards his temple and pulled the trigger. Unfortunately there was a round in the clip and Terry was killed instantly.