Who wants to be an egghead?

Writersworld Newsletter - Issue No. 12

Re-printed by kind permission of the Weekend Telegraph. For the latest news visit www.telegraph.co.uk

Pit your wits against £1 million winner Judith Keppel in our fortnightly quiz. No prizes - this one's just for fun! Good Luck!

1. "Some insects feed on rosebuds/And others feed on carrion/Between them they devour the earth/Bugs are totalitarian." In whose opinion?

A: Edward Lear
B: Lewis Carroll
C: Ogden Nash
D: Hilaire Belloc

2. Who was the only motor-racing driver to hold the Formula One world championship and the Indy car championship titles simultaneously?

A: Graham Hill
B: Nigel Mansell
C: Stirling Moss
D: Juan Manuel Fangio

3. The entrance to which harbour is guarded by Pendennis and St. Mawes castles?

A: Milford Haven
B: Aberystwyth
C: Falmouth
D: Oban

4. Which actor starred in the title role of the 1990 film Cyrano de Bergerac?

A: Gerard Depardieu
B: John Malkovich
C: Jeremy Irons
D: Jean Paul Belmondo

5. Which car designer designed the original Volswagon beetle?

A: Gotlieb Wilhelm Daimler
B: Karl Frierich Benz
C: Albert Speer
D: Ferdinand Porche

6. Tarquin Superbus was the king of which race of people?

A: Etruscans
B: Huns
C: Visigoths
D: Samnites

7. Which of these 'isms' is not a twentieth century artistic movement?

A: Cubism
B: Fauvism
C: Dadaism
D: Animism

8. Chinchillas, two nearly extinct species of rodent, inhabit which part of the world.

A: China
B: Russia
C: South America
D: The Arctic

9. Who started life as Margaret Hookham.

A: Margo Fontaine
B: Margaret Becket
C: Margaret Thatcher
D: Meg Matthews

10. Dahomey was the former name of which African state?

A: Burkina Faso
B: Togo
C: Benin
D: Niger

11. Which of these is the correct spelling?

A: Parallellogram
B: Parallelogram
C: Parrallelogram
D: Parallelagram

12. Queen Anne was married to which of these men?

A: The Earl of Clarenden
B: Prince George of Denmark
C: Prince Albert of Saxe, Coburg and Gotha
D: Charles, Duke of Brunswick

13. Which singer so offended his mother that she brought a lawsuit against him?

A: Sid Vicious
B: Liam Gallagher
C: Eminem
D: Puff Daddy

14. The Ross Ice Shelf can be found attached to which land mass?

A: Greenland
B: Ellesmere Island
C: Tierra del Fuego
D: Antarctica

15. Helena Blavatsky founded which Organisation in 1875?

A: Theosophical Society
B: Christian Science Church
C: Womens Franchise League
D: League Against Cruel Sports

16. During the Renaissance, the Montefeltro family were rulers of which Italian city?

A: Mantua
B: Padua
C: Urbino
D: Pisa

17. Who lived at Kelmscott Manor in Oxfordshire?

A: William Morris
B: Desmond Morris
C: Herbert Morrison
D: Lord Nuffield

18. Henry Cotton was renouned for which activity?

A: Big bands
B: Painting
C: Golf
D: Teaching

19. A squirrel's nest is known by what name?

A: A sett
B: Form
C: Eyrie
D: Dray

20. What is the main symptom of a hiatus hernia?

A: Headache
B: Stomach ache
C: Back ache
D: Earache

21. Which of these Old Testament books comes from the Apocrypha

A: Leviticus
B: Ecclesiasticus
C: Ecclesiastes
D: Daniel

22. Iron is coated with which metal to galvanise it?

A: Nickel
B: Tin
C: Lead
D: Zinc

23. What is the name of the scent of the advertisement featuring the naked Sophie Dahl?

A: Allure
B: Opium
C: Obsession
D: Scandale

24. What was the name of the French Lieutenant's Woman?

A: Sue Bridehead
B: Marianne Dashwood
C: Sarah Woodruff
D: Rosamund Vincy

25. Which of these fabrics is a kind of wool?

A: Ticking
B: Calico
C: Challis
D: Georgette

Answers

1.C, 2.B, 3.C, 4.A, 5.D, 6.A, 7.D, 8.C, 9.A, 10.C, 11.B, 12.B, 13.C, 14.D, 15.A, 16.C, 17.A, 18.C, 19.D, 20.B, 21.B, 22.D, 23.B, 24.C, 25.C