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Spring quiz<br />
Kris P. Baykon’s on a quest to find all you ‘quiz saints’ out there, by George!<br />
1. Upon which day is St George’s Day celebrated in<br />
England?<br />
2. What colour is the cross on the flag of St George?<br />
3. In which year is St George usually said to have died –<br />
303, 903 or 1203?<br />
4. Which of the following countries is St George not the<br />
patron saint – England, Georgia, Canada, Portugal<br />
or Hungary?<br />
5. St George’s Day is a public holiday in England – True<br />
or false?<br />
6. In years gone by, what flower did people wear in their<br />
lapel on St George’s day?<br />
7. Which hymn is often sung in English churches on or<br />
around St George’s Day?<br />
8. The Queen traditionally announces new appointments<br />
to which royal order on St George’s Day?<br />
9. In which army is St George said to have served?<br />
10. Which famous English playwright’s life began and<br />
ended on St George’s Day?<br />
11. Which castle on the Cornish coast is purported to be<br />
the birthplace of King Arthur?<br />
12. Which folkloric hero is supposedly buried at Kirklees<br />
Priory in West Yorkshire?<br />
13. Which English composer is particularly associated<br />
with Malvern, Worcestershire?<br />
14. During WWII, fish and chips were one of the few<br />
foodstuffs not subject to rationing – true or false?<br />
15. How many years passed between the England cricket<br />
team’s victory in the Ashes in 2005 and their previous<br />
victory?<br />
16. The original 6th verse of the English national anthem<br />
begged God for assistance against which enemy?<br />
17. Who is supposed to have dismissed the English as ‘a<br />
nation of shopkeepers’?<br />
18. Who expected to see a non-indigenous species of<br />
bird over English cliffs in 1940?<br />
19. In which play did Shakespeare extol the virtues of<br />
England as ‘this sceptred isle’?<br />
20. According to the song, there will always be an<br />
England while there’s a – what?<br />
21. For how many years has Britain been ruled by a<br />
George?<br />
22. Which George had a notorious conversation with an<br />
oak tree?<br />
23. Which famous George was created by John Le Carre?<br />
24. Which George was a boyhood idol of Diego<br />
Maradona?<br />
25. What was George on Blue Peter?<br />
26. Which George has appeared in television adverts for<br />
Martini?<br />
27. Who starred as George of the Jungle in 1997?<br />
28. By what name did George O’Dowd become better<br />
known?<br />
29. Which George was linked romantically with Alfred<br />
de Musset, Franz Liszt and Frederic Chopin?<br />
30. Which George starred opposite Dustin Hoffman in<br />
the film Straw Dogs?<br />
31. Which George wrote ‘Rhapsody in Blue’?<br />
32. Which country honours St George in its name?<br />
Last month’s quiz answers<br />
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