A Swarm of Bees Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bahamas

The Bahamas archipelago is made up of 700 islands and spreads over an area of more than 100,000 square miles. It boasts the clearest waters on Earth. The largest island is North Andros followed by Great Inagua and South Andros. The Andros barrier reef is the third largest in the world.

Bermuda is an island dependency of the UK, Belize lies in Central America and Bolivia in South America.

Answer: Brechin City

In 1906 two local clubs, Brechin Harp and Brechin Heart, merged and Brechin City F.C. was born. The club was admitted in the Scottish Football League in 1923. Brechin City play mostly in the lower Leagues and they have won the League Division 2 in 1982/83, 1989/90 and 2004/05.

The other three options are English League teams.

Answer: Hector Berlioz

French composer Berlioz was born in La Cote-Saint-Andre in 1803 and died in Paris in 1869. Some of his compositions are "Symphonie Fantastique", "Romeo Et Juliette", "La Damnation De Faust" and "Grande Messe Des Morts".

The other three composers were German.

Answer: Badfinger

Badfinger started life as The Iveys in 1961. The founding members were Pete Ham, Ron Griffiths, David Jenkins and Roy Anderson. The band changed their name in 1969 and were signed by Apple. The song was a big hit and was on the soundtrack of the film "The Magic Christian" together with other songs by the band.

The other three options are English bands.

Answer: Budgerigar

The budgerigar is native of Australia and also goes by the name Shell parakeet. They are one of the smallest parrots reaching about 18 cm in length and weighing about 40 grams. They feed on seeds and fruit and they like to be together with other budgerigars.

The scientific name of the bee-eater is Merops apiaster, Tyto alba is the barn owl and Tutdus merula is a blackbird.

Answer: Barouche

The barouche was a large carriage that was drawn by two horses. It had seats for four people and was a very popular mode of transport in the 19th century.

Bargue is a three-masted vessel, barracuda is a voracious fish and barrow is a grave-mound.

Answer: Barbican

A barbican was normally a first line of defence that lay outside the main walls of the city or castle. It used to protect the gate or the drawbridge against attacks. It was normally connected to the main structure by a walled corridor that was called a neck.

Barberry is a bush, a barber is a men's hairdresser and barbel is a fish of the genus Barbus.

Answer: Beagle

Snoopy was the pet beagle of Charlie Brown. Snoopy liked to fantasise about being a WW1 pilot, an author, a college student and an attorney. His best fantasy was that of the pilot of a Sopwith Camel and his fights with the Red Baron that usually ended by being shot down.

Answer: Brewster, David

Sir David Brewster was born in Jedburgh in 1781 and died in Gattonside in 1868. Both places can be found in the Scottish Borders. He was well known for experimenting in the field of optics and is famed for the angle of incidence that bears his name, the stereoscope, a device that allows viewing 3-D images, and the kaleidoscope to name but a few.

Boyle's field of scientific discovery were the gasses, Bequerel in radioactivity and Bethe in nuclear physics.

Answer: Brindle

Brindle is a colour pattern that appears in animals that have a brownish coat overlaid with black stripes or spots. This pattern is referred to as "tiger striping".

Brine is salty water, brink is the edge of a steep place and brisk is active or lively.