Answers to HSL’s Weekly Quiz- 1st June 2021
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- What is cilantro more commonly known as in Britain?
Coriander
- Which team does professional English footballer, Jamie Vardy, play for?
Leicester City
- What is the word for thank you in Italian?
Grazie
- Which vitamin helps to coagulate (clot) blood in the human body?
Vitamin K
- Until 1995, what was the city of Mumbai known as?
Bombay
- What does someone with dyslexia have trouble doing?
Reading, writing and spelling
- Who is the current presenter of the TV programme, ‘University Challenge’?
Jeremy Paxman
- Which English county is Dorchester located in?
Dorset
- Which park in the North West of England is the RHS Flower Show held at?
Tatton Park
- What is the only US state with a Union Jack on its flag?
Hawaii
- What is the name for sculpting hedges and shrubs into unique, defined shapes?
Topiary
- What is the capital of Malta?
Valletta
- Who directed the hit 1975 film, ‘Jaws’?
Steven Spielberg
- What were the names of the two main characters in the children’s British TV programme, The Flower Pot Men’?
Bill and Ben
- Who is British rock icon, Rod Stewart, currently married to?
Penny Lancaster
- Which brand of beer does Homer Simpson famously drink in ‘The Simpsons’?
Duff
- What character does Johnny Depp play in ‘The Pirates of the Caribbean’ movie series?
Captain Jack Sparrow
- Which rock band sang the theme song to the film, ‘The Breakfast Club’?
Simple Minds
- Notorious gangster, Al Capone, ruled over which American city in the 1920s?
Chicago
- What is the study of dogs called?
Cynology
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