Ron Russell, ex Royal Engineers, introduced himself to us at last year’s Remembrance Day Service. Ron is a blind veteran and a Quizmaster. He will be supplying us with a “20 Questions” column for the magazine – the answers will appear in the next issue.
1.The supermarket giants Aldi and Lidl are related, what is the relationship?
Brother | Cousins | Father | Son
2. What have these two words got in common: abstemious | fastidious
3.Which Royal played football for England?
4.In what sport would you use a bishop? 5-a-side | angling | F1 motor racing
5. What is the difference between an ass and a donkey?
6. Anything over 100 years old is classed as antique, less than that it’s what?
7. Where did fish fingers originate from? Southampton | Whitby | Plymouth
8. During the evacuation of Dunkirk how many troops were rescued? 10 - 20000 | 20 - 30000 | 30 - 400,000
9.When was the USA attacked by Japan in WW2?
10.What letter sounds like a line of people?
11.Who was the longest reigning monarch in Europe?
12. In what year was the first patent for Jeans granted to Levi Strauss? 1800 | 1837 | 1850
13. In terms of mileage which of London’s underground lines is longest?
14. The Cayman belongs to which family of reptiles?
alligator | snake | crocodile
15. What month is the Notting Hill Carnival held? September | August | July
16. What German nightclub has the same name as a chocolate bar?
17. Who was the first woman in the bible to have a baby?
18. Which was published first? Moby Dick | Robinson Crusoe | Gullivers Travels
19. Which of these sports does not have a goalkeeper? Volleyball | Lacrosse | Water Polo
20. The town of Lillehammer is in what Country?
Answers to the Quiz in the Christmas/New Year 2025/6 issue are on page 14.
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Answers to the Quizmaster quiz in the Christmas & New Year 2025/6issue
1: Toadstool | 2: Ministry of information | 3: Lychee | 4: Quebec | 5: Carter | 6:Bartholemew | 7: Othello
8: Richard Starkey | 9: Swimming | 10: 3 | 11: Whaling | 12: Anne Nightingale |13: Polar Bear
14: Disney Land | 15: Natural History Museum | 16: Suffolk | 17:2 | 18: The former athlete Sebastian Coe
19: Worms | 20: New Zealand
