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Questions

1) In the proverb, Fair words butter no what?

 

2) Dougal is a dog in which children’s TV programme?

 

3) Keith Deller was the 1983 World Champion in which sport?

 

4) Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, and Lesley Joseph starred in which TV comedy?

 

5) An organisation, formed in 1961, which deals with social and economic policies, what does the acronym OECD stand for?

 

6) Which chemical element has the atomic number 82 and the symbol Pb?

 

7) Which Shakespeare play starts with the line ‘Now is the winter of our discontent’?

 

8) What is the first event in the Decathlon?

 

9) Which safety procedure did the Minister of Transport, Barbara Castle introduce in 1967?

 

10) How many United States Presidents have been assassinated (up until 2021)?

 

 

 

Answers

1) In the proverb, Fair words butter no what?

Parsnips

 

2) Dougal is a dog in which children’s TV programme?

The Magic Roundabout

 

3) Keith Deller was the 1983 World Champion in which sport?

Darts

 

4) Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, and Lesley Joseph starred in which TV comedy?

Birds of a Feather

 

5) An organisation, formed in 1961, which deals with social and economic policies, what does the acronym OECD stand for?

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development

 

6) Which chemical element has the atomic number 82 and the symbol Pb?

Lead

 

7) Which Shakespeare play starts with the line ‘Now is the winter of our discontent’?

Richard III

 

8) What is the first event in the Decathlon?

100m

 

9) Which safety procedure did the Minister of Transport, Barbara Castle introduce in 1967?

Breathalyser

 

10) How many United States Presidents have been assassinated (up until 2021)?

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