Time out EXTRA

who, what, where, when?

WHO made up the Marx Brothers film comedy team along with Groucho, Chico and Harpo?

WHAT flag is also known as Old Glory?

WHERE in South America is Sucre the capital city?

WHEN... did Erwin Rommel join the German Army?

remember when...

The following events all occurred in a year in living memory.

Can you guess the year?

1. Australia celebrated its bicentennial;

2. Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North was indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the US government;

3. TV personality Russell Harty died;

4. Michael Crawford starred in Phantom of the Opera on Broadway.

impossipuzzles

“So you got the weights of those five boxes.” John seemed surprised. “How did you manage, when our machine doesn’t read under fifty?”

“It was easy,” Ron replied. “I weighed them all in threes, all of the possible combinations. That gave 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71 kilos. No trouble at all!”

What were the individual weights?

wordwise The word may sound familiar, but what does it mean?

PECCABLE

A Liable to sin B Small farming area C Smart

who am I?

A film director, I was born in Manchester in 1957. I played Joey Boswell in the sitcom Bread. My films as a director include Sliding Doors and Johnny English.

10 questions

1. In law, what does QC stand for?

2. On which continent is the longest international land border?

3. What kind of musical instrument is a clarion?

4. Comedian Chris Ramsey and TV presenter Ortis Deley attended which North East university?

5. ‘Ciudad’ is the Spanish word for what?

6. There Are Worse Things I Could Do and Born to Hand Jive are songs heard in which film?

7. A Belgian bun is usually topped by a what?

8. The name of which landlocked country, which gained independence from France in 1960, can be abbreviated to the CAR?

9. Around which sea did the Phoenician civilisation trade?

10. Which North East high street has roads off it called The Grove, Salters Road and Moorfield?