Answers to HSL’s Weekly Quiz- 22nd April 2021

Ready for the answers?

1. Who is considered to be the main author of the Marvel Comics?

Stan Lee

2. What cuisine does panna cotta (a chilled, creamy dessert) come from?

Italian

3. In golf, what does a ‘birdie’ mean?

Scoring one stroke less than the declared par of any given hole

4. What is added to water to make tonic water?

Quinine

5. What kind of dog breed was Marley in the hit film, ‘Marley & Me’?

Labrador Retriever

6. What is a male cat most commonly called?

Tom or tomcat

7. In the human body, what does the endocrine system refer to?

A series of glands that produce hormones

8. In the periodic table of elements, what group do lithium, sodium and potassium all belong to?

Alkali metals

9. What can people with type 1 diabetes not produce or produce very little of?

Insulin

10. What do the ‘M’s’ stand for in the confectionary brand, M&M’s?

Mars & Murrie

11. A Cara Cara navel is a type of what common fruit?

Orange

12. What country does the Vatican City belong to?

Italy

13. Which popstar is the founder of the cosmetics brand, Fenty Beauty?

Rihanna

14. Who was the author of the 1922 novel, ‘Ulysses’?

James Joyce

15. How many points is the letter ‘K’ worth in a game of Scrabble?

Five

16. Sydney is the capital of Australia. True or false?

False (it’s Canberra)

17. Which English rock band released the hit single, ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’?

Joy Division

18. What artist is best known for a painting of his mother?

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

19. What is American rapper, Jay-Z’s, real name?

Shawn Corey Carter

20. What city named its airport after Marco Polo?

Venice

We would LOVE to hear if you got them right, so please share your results with us on Facebook and Instagram – let us know if you did it with a friend and tag them too.