THE 68th QUIZ

Hello, once again. 25 questions for you with a bit of an emphasis on early English history. Due to several requests (or, indeed, constant nagging) I've put the answers directly after the questions.


1. Who was the commander of the Viking force that was defeated by Alfred the Great at the Battle of Edington?
GUTHRUM
2. With 31, who holds the record for winning the most Grammy Awards?
GEORG SALTI
3. What was the name of the English King upon which Shakespeare based his play 'Cymbeline'?
CUNOBELINUS
4. Which famous poet took boxing lessons from the celebrated pugilist John Jackson, better known as Gentleman Jackson?
LORD BYRON
5. What was the name of the brother of Edward the Confessor who was murdered by followers of Harold Harefoot in 1036?
ALFRED
6. Found in South Africa, which is the world's second highest waterfall?
TUGELA
7. What was the name of the husband of Boudicca?
KING PRASUTAGUS
8. Prior to the publication of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', which 1939 novel had been the world's best-selling fictional work of the 20th Century?
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (by AGATHA CHRISTIE)
9. As a child Alfred the Great was sent on a mission to Rome to meet with which Pope?
LEO IV
10. What name did Tacitus give to the unidentified Scottish mountain upon the slopes of which 10,000 Caledonians were slaughtered by the Roman army in 79AD?
MONS GRAUPIUS
11. Who was the first person to win two Academy Awards for Best Actress?
LUISE RAINER
12. In 927AD, who became the first King to be officially crowned as 'King of England'?
AETHELSTAN
13. After Harvard, which is the USA's next oldest university?
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY (in Virginia)
14. What is the literal meaning of the word 'Pict'?
PAINTED ONE
15. Which Australian middle and long distance runner set 17 world records during the 1960s but never won an Olympic gold medal?
RON CLARKE
16. Who was the father of King Cnut?
SWEYN I
17. After Canada, which country has the next longest coastline?
INDONESIA
18. Which English village, then an important city, was known to the Romans as Viriconium?
WROXETER
19. After the USA and Israel, which country has the next largest Jewish population?
FRANCE
20. What name was given to any of the 30 defensive forts built by Alfred the Great in order to keep the Vikings out of Wessex after the Battle of Edington?
BURH
21. Which is Africa's largest landlocked country?
NIGER
22. At which castle is Catherine of Aragon buried?
PETERBOROURGH
23. Which King of East Anglia is thought to have been the king who was laid in the Viking longboat discovered at Sutton Hoo?
RAEDWALD
24. Who won an Oscar in 1944 for her performance as Cary Grant's mother in 'None But the Lonely Heart'?
ETHEL BARRYMORE
25. At 2,190 metres deep, the Voronya or Krubera Cave is the world's deepest. In which country is it found?
GEORGIA