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Quiz<br />
Theme:<br />
Land and Sea<br />
1. Which country is sometimes referred to as the<br />
“land of the rising sun”?<br />
2. Who used the stage name “the Sea Monster”<br />
when she first began her career in stand-up<br />
comedy?<br />
on his music, “I just want this to happen, so I’m willing to<br />
put the work in and that means putting the hours in at<br />
the studio. I also like to get out for a walk and I’m looking<br />
forward to being able to go for a drink with friends when<br />
we can.”<br />
Born in lockdown, ‘Believe Me’ became an instant hit and<br />
currently stands at number 27 in the charts, with more<br />
than 16 million streams on music site Spotify. Ross says,<br />
“Lockdown has given me time to focus on my music,<br />
being locked in the house, I got my head down and it<br />
was a way for me to keep myself occupied and doing<br />
something.<br />
“I put aside quite a few hours a day and without that time<br />
I wouldn’t be where I am today. This is the dream and I’ll<br />
keep working hard for it.”<br />
So, what is next for Ross and where would he like to take<br />
his music career? Ross explains, “I would love to go on<br />
tour, have a few top 10’s and to headline Creamfields or<br />
Glastonbury.”<br />
For now, though he intends to enjoy his success, work<br />
hard and continue to keep his feet firmly on the floor, he<br />
says, “My friends always keep me grounded, the banter<br />
is always there and although they like my work they still<br />
treat me the same, I’m still me; my hobby just turned into<br />
my job!”<br />
3. Which act won the 2004 Brit Award for Best<br />
British Album for their debut album, Permission<br />
To Land?<br />
4. Marked by dropping a ring into the sea inscribed<br />
with the Latin for “we wed thee, sea, as a sign of<br />
true and everlasting domination”, the Marriage<br />
of the Sea ceremony is an ancient ceremony<br />
that is still performed today in which European<br />
city?<br />
5. What is the only landlocked country with a<br />
name ending in “land”?<br />
6. The Sea of Marmara separates the European<br />
and Asian parts of which country?<br />
7. The poem The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot begins<br />
by saying that which month of the year “is the<br />
cruellest month”?<br />
8. The Suez canal links which two seas?<br />
9. According to the book of Genesis, which “land”<br />
was Cain exiled to by God after murdering his<br />
brother, Abel?<br />
10. Which famous fictional bar is located directly<br />
below a restaurant called Melville’s Fine Sea<br />
Food?<br />
Quiz solutions can be found on page 55 of this magazine
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