Friday Quiz - 22/9/17 - Quiz & Trivia

1. Haggis is traditionally encased in the stomach of which animal?

Cow

Sheep

Pig

Goat

2. What is the Rank and Nationality of the soldier that appears in the title of a famous John Fowles novel (and a film starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons)?

German Lietenant

German General

French Lieutenant

French General

The French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1969 postmodern historical fiction novel by John Fowles.

Explanation

The French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1969 postmodern historical fiction novel by John Fowles.

3. Match the following fictional characters with the films in which you would find them:

Tiger Lilli

Norman Bates

John Coffey

Dorothy Gale

Submit

4. What is "output tax"?

Corporation tax that's charged on the outputs of a business

VAT on electricity over a certain wattage

Tax you put out on the doorstep for HMRC to collect

VAT that a business has charged customers and then pays over to HMRC

When completing a VAT return, you tell HMRC the amount of "output tax" (tax you've charged customers on sales of goods) that you've collected, and the amount of "input tax" (tax you've paid on purchases relating to taxable sales) that you can reclaim. You total these together, and either make a payment to HMRC or reclaim an amount from them, depending on whether you've paid more input tax than you've collected in output tax.

Explanation

When completing a VAT return, you tell HMRC the amount of "output tax" (tax you've charged customers on sales of goods) that you've collected, and the amount of "input tax" (tax you've paid on purchases relating to taxable sales) that you can reclaim. You total these together, and either make a payment to HMRC or reclaim an amount from them, depending on whether you've paid more input tax than you've collected in output tax.

5. Who was the President of the NUM at the time of the strikes in the 1980s?

Sidney Ford

Joe Gormley

Arthur Scargill

Ian Lavery

All those listed are ex presidents of the NUM, with their terms being:
Sidney Ford. - 1960-1971
Joe Gormley 1971-1982
Arthur Scargill 1981-2002 (Honorary President from 2002)
Ian Lavery 2002-2010

Explanation

All those listed are ex presidents of the NUM, with their terms being:
Sidney Ford. - 1960-1971
Joe Gormley 1971-1982
Arthur Scargill 1981-2002 (Honorary President from 2002)
Ian Lavery 2002-2010