Time out EXTRA
who, what, where, when?
WHO... sang ‘We Have All The Time In The World’ for the soundtrack of the Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service?
WHAT... dog’s name in German means ‘badger-dog’?
WHERE... in Australia is Darwin?
WHEN... was the Festival of Britain?
remember when...
The following events all occurred in a year in living memory. Can you guess the year?
1. Diana, Princess of Wales agreed to divorce Prince Charles
2. British boy band Take That split up
3. Ewan McGregor starred in Trainspotting
4. Film producer Albert Broccoli died
impossipuzzles
“Yes, there are three of us, all boys and spaced equally apart,” said Colin. “And we’re all doing well.”
Charlie smiled. “Splendid, but which one are you?”
“The youngest,” Colin replied. “And here’s something odd. The sum of the squares of our ages is exactly fifty times their sum.”
What were those ages?
wordwise
The word may sound familiar, but what does it mean? SCRIMSHAW
A Miserable
B Sailor’s spare-time handicraft
C Chest for records
who am I?
A rapper, I was born in Atlanta in 1977. I famously made a controversial speech during a Hurricane Katrina benefit concert in 2005. My albums include The College Dropout and Graduation, and my hit singles include Stronger and Touch The Sky.
10 questions
1. Charles Dickens visited Barnard Castle in the winter of 1837-1838 as part of his research for which book?
2. For which her work in which film did Audrey Hepburn win her only Academy Award back in 1954?
3. Who wrote the novel Lord of the Flies?
4. Niamey is the capital city of which country?
5. In what year did Whitley Bay landmark Spanish City first open?
6. Which pop star has recorded studio albums One of the Boys, Teenage Dream and Smile?
7. In which city was Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austraia assassinated in 1914?
8. From which French club did Newcastle United sign winger Allan Saint-Maximin in the summer of 2019?
9. Referring to the laws regarding personal information, what does GDPR stand for?
10. Residents of Corbridge are represented in Parliament by which MP?
answers
WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN: Louis Armstrong; Dachshund; Northern Territory; 1951.
REMEMBER WHEN: 1996.
IMPOSSIPUZZLES: Ages 36, 48 and 60 years.
WORDWISE: B.
WHO AM I: Kanye West.
10 QUESTIONS: 1 Nicholas Nickleby,2 Roman Holiday, 3 William Golding, 4 Niger, 5 1908, 6 Katy Perry, 7 Sarajevo, 8 Nice, 9 General Data Protection Regulation, 10 Guy Opperman.