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?

 

 

Questions

1) D.S Steve Arnott is one of the principal characters of which long-running police drama?

 

2) According to the proverb ‘He is a fool who makes his’ what ‘his heir’?

 

3) If someone has features described as “ursine” what are they being likened to?

 

4) The Roman road, The Aurelian Way, ends in Genoa but where does it start?

 

5) The Calypso was famously the survey ship of which French oceanographer?

 

6) In cricket what is a Wicket Maiden?

 

I've given you a series of sporting events, but can you correctly guess in which year they happened?

 

Clues

1) Michael Schumacher won the Formula One Championship, and Colin McRae the World Rally Championship

Mike Atherton scored 93 as Lancashire defeated Kent in the Benson and Hedges Cup final at Lords

Blackburn Rovers won the Premier League

 

2) Man United defeated Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League on penalties.