The B's Knees Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bamboo Harvester

Bamboo Harvester was a palomino American Saddlebred/part-Arabian horse who starred as the titular Mr Ed from 1961 to 1966. As the star of the show, he even had a stunt double, a quarter-horse by the name of Pumpkin.

Black Beauty, apart from being the wrong colour, was the subject of an 1877 novel by Anna Sewell. Bullet was Roy Rogers' dog and there may be a horse out there somewhere called Blondie, but there is a band and a comic strip character of that name.

Answer: Frank Borman

Frank Borman II trained as an Air Force pilot before joining the NASA space program in 1962. His first space flight was the Gemini 7 with Jim Lovell, spending a total of two weeks in space. Later, his Apollo 8 mission with Jim Lovell and Bill Anders was originally slated to be a low-orbit test of the new Lunar Module, however it wasn't ready in time, so Apollo 8 became the first mission to fly to the moon instead, entering lunar orbit on Christmas Eve 1968. Borman was offered the position of Commander of Apollo 11, which would have made him the first person to set foot on the moon, but he opted to retire instead.

Answer: Rainbow toad

The Bornean rainbow toad, aka the Sambas stream toad, is endemic to Borneo and lives in the lowland forests and rivers. The toad hadn't been seen for 87 years until 2011 when a group of scientists found a group of three after eight months of searching.

Answer: Bhutan

The Thunder Dragon of Bhutanese mythology (Druk) is the foreground of the flag and is coloured white to represent purity. The two background colours represent the spiritual and temporal powers of the country. The spiritual culture is symbolised by the orange field and the yellow represents the secular.

Answer: Balboa

The balboa and the US dollar are the two official currencies of Panama and are equal in value. The balboa is divided into 100 centésimos.

Arguably one of Stallone's best known character roles is that of Rocky Balboa. The other incorrect answers are all Stallone characters, so it was kind of him to help me with my quiz!

Answer: Sandro Botticelli

Botticelli was born in Florence around 1445 and spent most of his life in the same neighbourhood. His most famous works are 'The Birth of Venus' and 'Primavera'. Both are on display in the Uffizi in Florence.

Answer: Booker Prize

The Booker prize for literature first began in 1968 under the guise of the Booker-McConnell prize after the then sponsors, Booker, McConnell Ltd. It is now sponsored by the Man Group and is called the Man Booker. Generally the award is referred to simply as 'The Booker Prize' without the need for sponsor's names. The prestigious prize, one of the world's richest, is awarded to the best fiction novel written in English.

Thomas Keneally won the award in 1982 for his historical biographic tale 'Schindler's Ark'. It was made was made into a multi-award winning film under the title 'Schindler's List'.

The Bollingen and Bancroft prizes are awarded in American literature while the Baumgarten Prize is awarded in the category of Hungarian literature.

Answer: Blue

Just over 100 of the world's flags have blue in them, while 148 have red and 140 white. However, in terms of area of flag used, then blue comes second behind red and ahead of white.

Answer: Bonner

Neville Bonner was an elder of the Jagera people of the Chepara tribe who are the original custodians of Brisbane area. Neville Bonner joined politics in 1968 and was asked to fill a vacancy representing Queensland in the senate in 1971. The following year he was elected into the Senate by the people of Australia. In 1979 he was named joint Australian of the Year, sharing the honour with Harry Butler.

The incorrect answers are all Australian, but they are not called Neville. Edmund Barton was Australia's first Prime Minister. Don Burke was a TV personality and gardener and Sir Donald Bradman surely need no introduction.

Answer: Bosworth Field

The War of the Roses was a war between the Houses of York and Lancaster, raging across England in the 15th century. Richard III died in the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, making Henry, the Earl of Lancaster, the first Tudor King. In a bid to definitively put the war to rest, he later married Elizabeth of York, forever merging the two houses.