Quiz of the year 2016: Round 3

A piano sonata by Beethoven has the same name as a symphony by Tchaikovsky – what is it called?

ROUND 3

31. If “NIMBY” means “Not in My Back Yard” then what is the more extreme sentiment denoted by “BANANA”?

32. Milton Keynes has 124 roundabouts but which town claims to be the site of the first one in Britain?

33. Which restaurant chain – with more 1,000 outlets worldwide – began life in a Johannesburg suburb in 1987?

34. The Battle of the Coral Sea took place in which war?

35. Which wine grape variety is said to have been named after a Hungarian peasant who first spread it in France? It’s now more commonly associated with Argentina.

36. The Blue Mosque is a major tourist attraction in which city?

37. A piano sonata by Beethoven and a symphony by Tchaikovsky, both with the same name. Which name?

38. About 50 were manufactured between 1885 and 1917. Two more were planned for 1918 but were not delivered because of the Russian Revolution. What?

39. The Wipers Times or Salient News was a publication that appeared for three years during what period in history?

40. Members of the Religious Society of Friends are better known as what?

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Answers:

31 Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything; 32 Letchworth; 33 Nando’s; 34 The Second World War; 35 Malbec; 36 Istanbul; 37 Pathétique; 38 Fabergé eggs; 39 The First World War; 40 Quakers.