10 quiz questions to kick off your week – Scroll to the bottom for the answers
  1. Polaris is more commonly known as the what … star?
  2. Which dessert has a custard base and a burnt caramelised top?
  3. In 1922 Howard Carter discovered the tomb of what Pharaoh?
  4. What country won the 2023 Cricket World Cup?
  5. Honshu is the largest island of which country?
  6. What year did the English Civil War begin – 1642, 1742 or 1842?
  7. The Latin prefix ‘pulmo’­ refers to what organ of the human body?
  8. What type of animal is a Samoyed?
  9. What ‘age’ occurred between the Stone and Iron Ages?
  10. What Stephen King book, later made into a movie features a haunted red Plymouth Fury car as the villain?

Answers:

  1. The North Star
  2. Crème Brûlée
  3. Tutankhamun
  4. Australia
  5. Japan
  6. 1642
  7. Lungs
  8. Dog
  9. Bronze Age
  10. Christine