Tough 1 (25 March)

Post by **merry** » Sat Mar 25, 2023 10:32 am

1 Which Filipino was assassinated at the airport later named after him?

2 Which non-feline has a scientific name meaning “fire-coloured cat”?

3 Sabrage is the technique of doing what with a sword?

4 Which Dickens novel has a female narrator?

5 Which football team has won more European Cups than league titles?

6 In the Bible, who lived to the age of 962?

7 Which dynasty originated in the second marriage of Catherine of Valois?

8 Which national opera company is based in Leeds?

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Sat Mar 25, 2023 11:36 am

4 Which Dickens novel has a female narrator?
Bleak House?

OurCreature · Post by **OurCreature** » Sat Mar 25, 2023 2:02 pm

1 Which Filipino was assassinated at the airport later named after him? Mr Aquino but I can't remember his first name.

6 In the Bible, who lived to the age of 962? If it helps, it isn't Methuselah who lived until he was 969 years old.

8 Which national opera company is based in Leeds? Opera North

Wildrover · Post by **Wildrover** » Mon Mar 27, 2023 12:37 pm

1. He was Benino and his wife (and successor) was Corazon
3. It's where they lop the top off a bottle of champagne
5. Nottingham Forest - won the league for the only time in 1978, won the European Cup in 1979 and as defending champions got automatiic entry to the 1980 European Cup whch they won again.
6. Might be Noah - I remember he was 900 and something.

Patience · Post by **Patience** » Tue Mar 28, 2023 7:43 am

7 Which dynasty originated in the second marriage of Catherine of Valois?
Tudor

Post by **merry** » Sat Apr 01, 2023 10:52 am

well done all, 6/8

1 Ninoy Aquino.
2 Red panda.
3 Opening a champagne bottle.
4 Bleak House (Esther Summerson).
5 Nottingham Forest.
6 Jared (Genesis).
7 Tudor (she married Owen Tudor).
8 Opera North.