Answers to HSL’s Weekly Quiz- 17th May 2021
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- What is the plant, spathiphyllum, more commonly known as?
Peace lily
- In the cartoon’ ‘Tom and Jerry’, who is the mouse?
Jerry
- What does BPM stand for?
Beats per minute
- In the novel, ‘Little Women’, by Louisa May Alcott, what is the surname of the family it follows?
March
- Animals that eat both plants and other animals are known as what?
Omnivores
- What is the capital of the US state, Florida?
Tallahassee
- Which fellow American singer starred alongside Jennifer Hudson in the hit film, ‘Dream Girls’?
Beyoncé Knowles
- What is kelvin a unit of measurement for?
Temperature
- In what year did the Act of Supremacy pass to make King Henry VIII head of the church of England and the state?
1534
- In which American city was TV series, ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’, set?
Los Angeles
- What is pop singer Lady Gaga’s real first name?
Stefani
- What is the word for waterfall in French?
Cascade
- On the children’s TV show, ‘Sesame Street’, what colour is Big Bird?
Yellow
- Which Simon & Garfunkel song was used in the 1967 film, ‘The Graduate’?
Mrs Robinson
- On the Apple brand logo, which side of the apple has a bite mark?
Right
- What do clinical oncologists specialise in?
Radiotherapy and chemotherapy to treat and manage patients with cancer
- What does papyrophobia mean?
The extreme, unwarranted and irrational fear of paper
- Which British actress played Professor Sybill Trelawney in the ‘Harry Potter’ films?
Emma Thompson
- Edward Burgess Hudson founded which British lifestyle magazine in 1897?
Country Life
- What was the name of Canadian singer-songwriter, Joni Mitchell’s, 1971 album?
Blue
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