QVQL is our lovely Wednesday night quiz competition. It’s an amiable evening where various quizzers gather, and have a couple of hours of fun.  It’s free, and everyone’s welcome. Test your knowledge against the great and the good each week.

There’s a link on our Facebook page.

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Here are ten challenging questions from a recent QVQL quiz. Test your knowledge, but remember, no googling! The answers will be revealed with the next set.

1.        Catherine Morland is the heroine of which novel by Jane Austen?

2.        Arundel Castle is home to which member of the British aristocracy?

3.        In which famous painting does the date 1434 appear on a wall?

4.        The McMahon Line is the name given to a line of demarcation between India and which other country?

5.        In 1895, the first x-ray photograph taken was of which part of Wilhelm Roentgen’s wife’s anatomy?

6.        First spotted erupting on a pass-by from New Horizons in 2007. Which satellite of Jupiter, containing hundreds of volcanoes, is the most active in the solar system? 

7.        Who was the England manager in 1981 on the night when his team and entire country famously ‘took one hell of a beating’, according to the Norwegian commentator?

8.        Which TV comedy series was set in the fictional town of Crimpton-on-Sea?

9.        What beverage flavouring used in several cocktails comes from the old name for Ciudad Bolivar (Bolivar City) in Venezuela?

10.      Which acclaimed London restaurant was founded in 1987 by Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray, winning a Michelin star ten years later?

Allow yourself five minutes or ten to fifteen if you’re not a regular quizzer. How many will you score? I’ll post the answers with the next set.