The B Round

All the answers begin with the letter B


1What is the name of the sweet pastry associated with the Middle East?
2What links the song lyric “my hidden treasure chest” with a 2014 Wes Anderson film charting the adventures of Gustave H?
3Which river runs through Istanbul?
4The american convict Robert F Stroud collected canaries. What was his nickname?
5Which town was captured by Edward Longshanks in 1296 and changed hands more than a dozen times in 400 years?
6Which actor “lost his head” at the end of the first series of Game Of Thrones, and beheaded the Uruk-hai commander Lurtz in Fellowship of the Ring?
7What is celebrated around the globe on January 25th each year?
8Lt General David Leakey is better known as what?
9Which pop star has a new album called Purpose?
10What plant is named after the Italian for Beautiful Lady?
quiz kindly submitted by Phil on 22nd January 2016