Quiz Time - By John Theedom

At the 1988 Olympics, Ben Johnson was deprived of his gold medal - why?

How many cents are there in a US dollar?

What kind of animal is a samoyed?

In the pop world, who ‘Goes To Hollywood’?

What colours are the beaks of puffins?

What was the name of the club where The Beatles first played in Liverpool?

Who are the occupants of the Royal Chelsea Hospital?

Who is the Home Secretary?

What is Nicolas Sturgeon’s husband’s name?

What nationality is Pierce Brosnan?

How much do the Oscar awards weigh and how high are they?

Why are Love Island contestants losing interest in the show?

Ant and Dec do have proper names, what are they?

In which US city is there a large statue of a horned bull?

In what year did Adele have her first UK number 1 hit single?

What was the registration number of Morse’s Jaguar?

Rupert Murdoch is getting married for the fifth time, but how old is he?

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn is being held up by how many props?

In which town is Kent’s County Council’s headquarters?

From which country does Chianti originate?

In the name of the artist LS Lowry, what does the ‘S’ stand for?

Which National League football club is nicknamed the Glovers?

What is the guessing game based on observation?

How many pages were there in Boris Johnson’s defence dossier that he read on TV recently?

What art form is described as ‘decorative handwriting’?

What year was the first football World Cup?

Which London property has the second largest garden after Buckingham Palace?

Who is Dame Helen Mirren married to?

How many time zones are their in mainland USA?

Who is the boss of the John Lewis group?

What was Marcel Marceau famous for?

In 1962, who starred in the Broadway show I Can Get It For You Wholesale?

Which is bigger, A4 paper or A5?

What is the name of Boris Johnson’s halfbrother?

Who is the female host of Question Time?

How much per day is the London ULEZ zone charge for cars?

Which food delivery company is cutting 1,700 jobs?

How has Brighton and Hove City Council upset their residents?

What has Magnum done to their ice cream packs?

What was the original name for a Snickers bar?

(Answers on page 31)

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