1. Which artist?s late works include a famous series of paintings of water lilies?

2. The chrysanthemum is a national symbol of which country?

3. Fuchsia is the name of the eponymous hero?s sister in which cult novel of 1946?

4. Which film musical of 1955 was developed from the play Green Grow the Lilacs?

5. Who had a Top Ten hit in 1967 with Edelweiss?

6. In which novel is the son of the narrator called Lupin?

7. Which expensive foodstuff is obtained from crocus flowers?

8. In 1943 the engineer Thomas Flowers built a computing machine at Bletchley Park. What was it specifically designed to do?

9. Which flower is associated with the fictional character Sir Percy Blakeney?

10. In which 1990s? TV sitcom does Patricia Routledge play a character called Hyacinth?

11. Which two royal houses fought the Wars of the Roses?

12. Which song was a UK number 2 hit in 1978 for Rose Royce?

13. From what musical does the song Edelweiss come from?

14. What type of building is Roseland in New York City?

ANSWERS  

1. Claude Monet

2. Japan

3. Titus Groan

4. Oklahoma!

5. Vince Hill

6. Diary of a Nobody

7. Saffron

8. Crack codes used by the German military

9. Scarlet pimpernel

10. Keeping Up Appearances

11. York and Lancaster

12. Love Don?t Live Here Any More

13. The Sound of Music

14. A dancehall

• < Famous Animals Quiz 1
• The Environment Quiz 1 >