Q1) Today sees the screening of “Planet of the Dead”; it’s one of whose last appearances as Doctor Who*?
Q2) April 11th, 1960, saw the birth of which “Top Gear” presenter; Jeremy Clarkson, James May, or Richard ‘The Hamster’ Hammond?
Q3) More to the point, exactly how many national governments have complained about about that presenter?
Q4) Moving rapidly along, today is the feast of Saint Gemma of Lucca; she’s the patron Saint of students, pharmacists, and people suffering from which lung disease?
Q5) Today is occasionally called Easter Saturday; what’s it more properly called?
Q6) Back in 1868, Japan abolished what; the Shogunate, the Emperor’s Court, or slavery?
Q7) April 11th saw Albert Einstein publish the Special Theory of Relativity; in 1904,1905, or 1906?
Q8) Which US president made his last public speech, today in 1865?
Q9) Which unlucky Apollo Mission was launched, today in 1970?
Q10) And finally, in 1990, Customs officers found a large gub barrel heading for which Middle Eastern country?
Q1) What kind of bun is traditionally eaten on Good Friday?
A1) The Hot Cross Bun
Q2) The Good Friday Agreement is also known as the what Agreement?
A2) The Belfast Agreement.
Q3) In which film did Bob Hoskins play gangster, Harold Shand?
A3) “The Long Good Friday”
Q4) What name is given to the Thursday immediately before Good Friday? (Thursday, just gone, in other words.)
A4) Maundy Thursday.
Q5) Talking of that particular Thursday, how many pensioners did the Queen give money to, on Thursday?
A5) 166. (83 of each gender.)
Q6) Good Friday is often held at the same time as which Jewish festival?
A6) Passover.
Q7) Reverend Henry Miller, the Bishop of Down and Dromond, asked people to Boycott, this Good Friday?
A7) Television.
Q8) It was Good Friday yesterday — April the 10th — in most Western churches. According to most Eastern Orthodox churches, when in April is it?
A8) April the 17th.
Q9) According to a BBC news report, today, many churches are suffering a shortage of what; organists, gardeners, or roof tiles?
A9) Organists
Q10) 2006 saw the discovery of the Gospel of which Biblical figure?
A10) Judas.
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