T 132 QUESTIONS AND CO QUIZ

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The answers to the following 25 questions all begin with the letters CO

1 Which country was named after the man who sailed in the Santa Maria?
COLOMBIA
2 What name is given to a halo of white light surrounding the sun?
CORONA
3 Which commemorative day is celebrated on the second Monday in March?
COMMONWEALTH DAY
4 Which musical instrument was invented in 1844 by Charles Wheatstone?
CONCERTINA
5 What is the state capital of North Hampshire?
CONCORD
6 Which theatre has been home to the English National Opera since 1968?
COLISEUM
7 Scotts Emulsion is a well-known brand of what?
COD LIVER OIL
8 What was the fourth tale in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales?
COOK'S TALE
9 Which country has a name that means rich coast?
COSTA RICA
10 Which star of the film Phone Booth once failed an audition for Boyzone?
COLIN FARRELL
11 Which 1978 film earned Jon Voight a Best Actor Oscar?
COMING HOME
12 Which film directed by Ron Howard saw Jessica Tandy energise with youthful vigour by alien powers?
COCOON
13 If canine equals dog what word equates to the crow?
CORVINE
14 What is the medical name for a blackhead?
COMEDO
15 What is added to brandy to make a Sidecar cocktail?
COINTREAU
16 Where in the British Isles could one attend theatres called the Granary Theatre and the Half Moon Theatre?
CORK
17 Primula Veris is the Latin name for which plant?
COWSLIP
18 Where The Boys Are was the signature tune of which singer?
CONNIE FRANCIS
19 In which film did Meg Ryan play a pilot called Captain Karen Walden?
COURAGE UNDER FIRE
20 Which novel by Charles Frazier was adapted into a film starring Nicole Kidman?
COLD MOUNTAIN
21 Who rang a bell and shouted for order at the Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club?
COLIN CROMPTON
22 What name is given to a male swan?
COB
23 Who played the role of Arnie Becker in LA Law?
CORBIN BERNSEN
24 What is the capital of Sri Lanka?
COLOMBO
25 In an orchestra which instrument stands to the right of the double basses and to the left of the flutes?
COR ANGLAIS

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

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