Time out EXTRA
who, what, where, when?
WHO... wrote the fictionalized autobiography Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man?
WHAT... does the acronym NAAFI stand for?
WHERE...in the body does the disease chorea strike?
WHEN...was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
remember when...
The following events all occurred in a year in living memory. Can you guess the year?
1. West Germany won football’s World Cup for the first time
2. Toscanini conducted his final concert
3. Lester Piggott became the youngest Derby winner at 18
4. Winston Churchill turned 80
impossipuzzles
“Congratulations, but he does seem a bit old for you,” said Clare. “How old is Ron anyway?”
Elsie smiled. “Well, I’ll tell you. But it’s love that matters, not age. If you multiply the sum of our two ages by their difference, you get one more than five times the square of my age.”
Love’s young dream! But what were their ages?
wordwise
The word may sound familiar, but what does it mean?
OPTIMATE
A Excellent vision
B Member of the Roman aristocracy C Extreme
who am I?
A comedian, I was born in Glasgow in 1942. I played in a folk group called The Humblebums with Gerry Rafferty. I’m married to former Not the Nine O’Clock News star Pamela Stephenson.
10 questions
1. General Santa Anna led troops who took which Texan fort in March 1836?
2. Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley were the three founders of which organisation still active in England, Wales and Northern Ireland at the end of the 19th Century?
3. Workers from which organisation are to move to an office building to be built on the site of the old Odeon cinema in Newcastle?
4. What is the capital of Bulgaria?
5. Who wrote the 1975 novel The Eagle Has Landed?
6. Which semi-precious stone is fossilised tree resin?
7. In Greek mythology, which son of Zeus was the messenger of the gods?
8. Which English city is known for its Royal Crescent?
9. Which gas makes drinks fizzy?
10. The area known as Tynemouthshire Moor in medieval times is now known as what?