SUNDAY CHALLENGE

1 He was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon (Cinderella), Le

Chat Botté (Puss in Boots) and La Belle au bois Dormant (The Sleeping Beauty). What is his name?

2 What is the capital of Suriname?

3 What is the name given to the animals that live their lives both in water and on land?

4 True or false; the Caspian Sea borders Iran to the north?

5 What year was the state of California ceded to the US from Mexico, was it?

A) 1748

B) 1848

C) 1948

6 Who wrote the novel The Catcher in the Rye with a bonus point for the year of publication?

7 Off what East African country lies the island of Zanzibar, is it?

A) Kenya

B) Tanzania

C) Somalia

8 Monster is a 2003 crime drama film about serial killer Aileen Wuornos who was executed in Florida in 2002 for killing six men (she was not tried for a seventh murder) in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Wuornos was played by…?

9 What is the literary term for a word that is spelled the same backwards as it is forwards?

10 What tropic passes through Australia; is it Capricorn or Cancer?

11 What human organs are affected by glaucoma?

12 This group scored a number of disco and dance hits, including Macho Man, Go West, You’ve Got Me, In Hollywood, In the Navy, and their greatest hit, YMCA. What was the name of the group?

13 What is the capital of Pakistan?

14 What is the capital of Kuwait?

15 What continent has the highest native population of cheetahs?

16 What “L”-word is the name for the family of plants including the peanut and soy bean? 17 A person who starts fires maliciously is known as a what?

18 What republic is located between Lithuania and Estonia?

A) Slovakia

B) Latvia

C) Denmark

19 In which city is the Taj Mahal?

20 What Stanley Kubrick movie featured gangs of young punks loose in a future Britain?

Gavin Thomson and Dave Gomersall