Questions

1) The fashion designer Kath Kidston is the cousin of which property TV presenter?

 

2) What connects Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Pitcairn Islands?

 

3) In what body of water is the Sargasso Sea found?

 

4) In which decade did the Six-Day War take place?

 

5) ‘Dicky bird’ is cockney rhyming slang for what?

 

6) ‘Devil in the Kitchen’ is an autobiography by which chef?

 

 

Questions

1) Raised in Accrington as Margaret Anne Lake, she came to prominence when the National Lottery was televised in 1994. How is she better known?

 

2) Which dancer starred in the 1968 film ‘Finian’s Rainbow’?

 

3) In the term for computer codes representing alphanumeric characters, ASCII, what does the S stand for?

 

4) Which singer born David Robert Jones, died in 2016?

 

Here are a list of 10 UK counties with alternate letters removed. Can you work out which they are?

Clues

1) Bdodhr

 

2) Nrhmeln

 

3) Hrfrsie

 

4) Mresd

 

5) Wrikhr

 

6) Lnahr

 

7) Ntigasie

 

8) Gouetrhr

 

9) Smre

 

10) Wretrhr

 

 

Answers

1) Bdodhr

Bedfordshire

 

2) Nrhmeln

Northumberland

 

3) Hrfrsie

 

Questions

1) The American alligator can grow up to what length. a) 2 m b) 4 m c) 6 m

 

2) Which shark is the second largest and is slow moving and prone to swimming or floating on the surface with its mouth agape?

 

3) Which bird has the longest wingspan?

 

4) What type of fish is a Beluga?

 

5) Is a Bobcat a type of a) Puma b) Lynx c) Jaguar

 

6) Which bird is the deepest diving?

 

7) What type of animal is a Bonito? a) small rodent b) a small chaffinch c) a small fish

 

Questions

1) Is a colour described as “sanguine” red, yellow or blue?

 

2) ‘Getting to Know You’ is one of the best known songs from which musical?

 

3) Which historical drama set in Yorkshire was created and co-written by Julian Fellowes?

 

4) A Niblick is an old fashioned name for what type of golf club a) driver b) putter c) wedge

 

5) According to the proverb ‘Promises and pie crusts are meant to be’ what?