Friday Quick Quiz – it’s November!By Quizmaster Caleb / 1 November 2024 We’re kickstarting the month of November with 10 quickfire questions on that very topic! Can you answer all ten? 1. Featuring an epic guitar solo by the top-hatted Slash, which band had a 1991 hit with the almost-9-minute-long single 'November Rain'? 2. Referencing an event from 1605 that is closely associated with the figure Guy Fawkes, an English nursery rhyme begins "Remember, remember, the 5th of November: Gunpowder, treason and…" what four-letter word? 3. In the NATO phoenetic alphabet, the letter N is represented by the word 'November' – True or False? True False None 4. The month of November takes its name from the Latin word for which number? 5. Two zodiac signs (which happen to start with the same letter) cover the month of November in western astrology – name EITHER of these. 6. Since the year 1845, the USA has held their presidential elections during the first 8 days of November, on what day of the week in? 7. The charity campaign 'Movember', in which men do not shave their facial hair for the month of November, started in which country? 8. Which nation-stopping sporting event is held in Australia from 3pm on the first Tuesday in November? 9. Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor was born on 7 November 1996 in Takapuna, New Zealand – by what single name has she been better known since achieving worldwide fame in 2013? 10. November 30th is the birthday of Magnus Carlsen, a Norwegian who is, at the time of writing, the top ranked player of which sport or game, in which he also holds a record of 125 competitive wins in a row? Time’s up
