Day12 - 04-Jan-2021 (Last day of the quiz)

Questions

NOTES:

Q116 - I will accept answers that are within 52 years (Shakepeare’s age when he died) of the correct year.
Q116 - I accepted answers between 1301 and 1405.
Q119 - The correct answer is Deepwater Horizon. I did not accept Deep Horizon.
Q112 - Formerly the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Q112 - Refer to: https://www.unicef.org/ about-unicef/frequently-asked-questions#3

Number	Question	Answer
Q111	Yorkers, gullies and silly mid-ons are terms associated with which sport?	Cricket
Q112	Which humanitarian organisation that became a permanent part of the United Nations System in 1953 is known by its original acronym of UNICEF?	United Nations Children’s Fund
Q113	Eid al-Fitr marks the end of what religious festival?	Ramadan
Q114	“New Horizons” is the latest series in which life simulation video game?	Animal Crossing (Nintendo)
Q115	The Maa language is spoken by which African ethnic group?	Maasai people (in Kenya and Tanzania)
Q116	Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well is based on a tale from the book ‘The Decameron’ by Giovanni Boccaccio about social isolation during a pandemic. What year was this book written?	1353
Q117	Which book by J.D. Salinger includes the character Holden Caulfield?	Catcher in the Rye
Q118	Which artist was particularly fond of a water lily pond?	Claude Monet
Q119	What 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion resulted in the largest ever marine oil spill?	Deepwater Horizon
Q120	According to Noël Coward, who goes out in the midday sun?	Mad dogs and Englishmen (from Coward’s 1931 song)