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All points North, South, East and West in this month's Royal Mary Quiz ...

On the Compass
1) Where did man first set foot in 1909?
2) Which John Updike novel was turned into a film starring Jack Nicholson?
3) Geoffrey Chaucer was the first person buried in Poets’ Corner – where is it?
4) What was Bangladesh previously called?
5) Natalie Wood played Maria in which film?
6) What was Namibia formerly known as?
7) Which band’s greatest hits album was called ‘Carry on up the Charts’?
8) Which state was ruled by the Volkskammer?
9) What does the Cook Strait separate?
10) In the Wizard of Oz, how is Glinda otherwise know?

Monarchs
11) Which country’s reigning monarch plays the saxophone and was born in US?
12) Glastonbury claims to be the final resting place of which monarch?
13) Which monarch was allegedly murdered in Bohemia in 929AD?
14) In which state would you find the world’s largest sand island?
15) Who was the husband of Queen Noor?
16) Who was Time Magazine’s man of the year in 1952?
17) Previously known as The Stella Artois Championships, it is now called the AEGON Championships. Won this year by Andy Murray, where is this tournament played?
18) Which European country can boast two Twentieth Century kings called Carol?
19) Who wrote A Brief History of Time?
20) What sport did the London Monarchs play from 1991 to 1998?

Mary, Mary
21) Which ship sank in 1545 in the Solent and was recovered in the 1980s?
22) Who wrote the novel Frankenstein?
23) Which fashion designer once said 'A woman is as old as her knees'?
24) The author P L Travers created which famous film, book and stage character?
25) In athletics, who did the runner Zola Budd controversially “trip” up at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984?
26) Mary Ann Nichols was the first victim of which serial killer?
27) Which nickname was given to the Queen of England and Ireland until 1558?
28) What was founded by Mary Baker Eddy?
29) Which well-known Beatle song contains the lyrics 'Mother Mary come to me'?
30) Mary O'Brien changed her name and found fame as which 1960s singer? Her last hit was a duet with The Pet Shop Boys?