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1.  Running East-West, where’s each end of Hadrian's Wall to be found ?

 

Wallsend (-on-Tyne) Bowness (-on-Solway)

2.  What are the surnames of the famous Victorian soldiers whose statues Ken Livingstone wants removed from Trafalgar Square ?

 

(Sir Henry) HavelocK
(Sir Charles) Napier

3.  Born in 1819, which US author worked in the cause of antislavery and was a leading activist for women’s rights - and which famous poem (lyric) did she write after a visit to a Union army camp during the Civil War ?

 

(Julia Ward) Howe
Battle Hymn of the Republic

4.  Situated in the Orkney islands, which is Britain’s most northerly Cathedral and over which town does it tower ?

 

St Magnus
Kirkwall

5.  Which N. Zealander made the film The Piano; & what was the title of her 1990 film, based on the biographies of her countrywoman, Janet Frame ?

 

Jane Campion
An Angel at my Table

6.  What name is given in Christian art to a vine tracing the genealogy of Christ, & who is the best known of the sons of the man its named after ?

 

Jesse Tree
David

7.  In Heraldry, what names are given to a lion that is depicted leaping or jumping, and one which is walking with one paw raised ?

 

Salient
Passant

8.  Which poetess of the ancient world (mother of Cleis) was born in the 7th century BC, and with which Agean island is she closely associated ?

 

Sappho
Lesbos

9.  Which two men were most responsible for the appearance and designs (interior and exterior) of the Houses Of Parliament ?

 

(Charles) Barry
(Augustus)  Pugin

10.  In 1993, who became the first ever woman US Attorney General, and which Texas ‘siege’ dominated her early period of office ?

 

(Janet) Reno
Waco

 

 

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