8 extra pages of puzzles
1 What sort of creature is a rail?
A Snake
B Bird
C Lizard
D Mammal
2 What is the name for the decay caused by fungi attacking wood with a high moisture content?
A Dry rot
B Fungi rot
C Wet rot
D Moss rot
3 Which female vocalist released an album entitled Drag?
A Shania Twain
B Annie Lennox
C Toni Braxton
D Kd Lang
4 From the roots of which climbing plant is the insecticide rotenone obtained?
A Honeysuckle
B Derris
C Ivy
D Clematis
5 Who is said to have attained enlightenment while sitting beneath a bo tree?
A Vishnu
B Jesus Christ
C Mohammed
D Buddha
6 In heraldry which colour is represented by the word “gules”?
A Gold
B Green
C Red
D Silver
7 Who wrote Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse?
A Margaret Atwood
B Virginia Woolf
C Louisa May Alcott
D Charlotte Bronte
8 Stacey Dooley is hosting which BBC1 game show, in which a celebrity panel must figure out who, out of four people all claiming to own the same house, is genuine?
A This Is My House
B Spot the Impostor
C Am I At Home?
D One Out Of Four
9 The Dinar is the national currency of which country?
A Qatar
B Israel
C Syria
D Iraq
10 Which actress (who died in 1983) played the irascible Ena Sharples in Coronation Street?
A Violet Carson
B Judy Carson
C Irma Carson
D Irene Carson
11 Which British architect built the Albert Memorial and St Pancras Station and Hotel?
A Sir Christopher Wren
B Sir Michael Forrester
C Sir George Gilbert Scott D Sir John Oakes
12 Who is the co-founder and chief executive of Microsoft?
A Fred Perry
B Bill Gates
C Clive Sinclair
D Tommy Preston
13 In which English county is the Fylingdales earlywarning radar station situated?
A Suffolk
B Norfolk
C Hampshire
D North Yorkshire
14 Which best-selling British rock band released an album of dance mixes of their songs entitled Deconstructed?
A Bush
B Travis
C Suede
D Oasis
15 What does a pluviometer gauge?
A Windspeed
B Temperature
C Humidity
D Rainfall