Here are the answers to this month’s six quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.

General Knowledge (2)

1. What is a grimoire? A textbook of magic, typically including instructions on creating magical objects, performing spells & divination, and summoning supernatural entities
2. Which British coin was introduced in February 1971 and withdrawn from circulation in December 1984? Half New Penny
3. The wood of a cricket bat is traditionally from which type of tree? Willow
4. In the United States, who is second in presidential line of succession after the Vice President? The Speaker of the House of Representatives
5. Which film concerns the declaration of war by Freedonia against neighbouring Sylvania? Duck Soup
6. The Velocipede was a nineteenth-century prototype of what? The bicycle

Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2024.