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The Grimsby and District Quiz League




A Red Quiz



Every question or answer contains the word red, or has a red connection.

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Questions

Answers

1. Which classical composer was known as The Red Priest?

Antonio Vivaldi

2. The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I was nicknamed Barbarossa. Why?

He had a red beard

3. To which bird family do the redstart and the redwing belong?

Chats and thrushes (turdidae)

4. Where was Maria Martin murdered by her lover, William Corder, in 1828?

In The Red Barn

5. Who wrote the Rolling Stones' hit song, Little Red Rooster?

Willie Dixon

6. What is the name of the red giant star in Orion?

Betelgeuse

7. Who wrote The Masque of the Red Death in 1842?

Edgar Allen Poe

8. Which building in Grenada takes its name from the Arabic for 'The Red?'

The Alhambra Palace

9. Who won the Oscar for best director in 1981 for Reds?

Warren Beatty

10. Which red pigment is made by reacting molten sulphur with mercury?

Vermilion



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