Torrevieja Forum and Discussion Board

• 1. Which U.S. rock band had a 1996 UK No. 1 hit with Don't Speak ?

• 2. Goa is a state of which country ?

• 3. Alan Rickman plays a ghost in which 1991 film directed by Anthony Minghella ?

• 4. What is the stage name of singer Rebecca Lucy Taylor, who released the 2021 album Prioritise Pleasure ?

• 5. Which Coronation Street actor won the 2024 series of Dancing On Ice ?

• 6. Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won gold at the 1984 Winter Olympics skating to which piece of music by Maurice Ravel ?

• 7. Discovered in 1801 and named after a Roman goddess of agriculture, which dwarf planet is the largest object in the asteroid belt ?

• 8. Juveniles of which semi-aquatic creatures are known as efts ?

• 9. What is the colloquial two-word name for the fatty end portion of the tail of a fowl when cooked ?

• 10. Standing at the mouth of the Derwent River, Hobart is the capital of which Australian state ?

• 11. What is the meaning of the word parvenu ?
  A. Upstart
  B. Genius
  C. Dandy

• 12. Craighouse is the main settlement on which Hebridean island, known for its whisky ?

• 13. According to the Chinese zodiacal calendar, which animal represents this year, that commenced on January 29th ?

• 14. Ratified in 1920, the 19th amendment to the US constitution established which right ?

• 15. What name is given to a stock market in which there is a continuing downward movement in prices ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

6. Bolero
9. Parsons nose

2. India
10. Tasmania

3 Truly, madly, deeply
8 Newts

15. Bear

ANSWERS

1. No Doubt
2. India
3. Truly Madly Deeply
4. Self Esteem
5. Ryan Thomas
6. Bolero
7. Ceres
8. Newts
9. Parson's nose
10. Tasmania
11. A. Upstart
12. Jura
13. Snake
14. The right of women to vote
15. Bear market