Time out EXTRA

who, what, where, when?

WHO illustrated the original published edition of Alice in Wonderland?

WHAT is made more regular by defibrillation?

WHERE did the music form soca originate?

WHEN was the European rocket Ariane 1 launched?

remember when...

The following events all occurred in a year in living memory. Can you guess the year?

1. The new commercial radio station LBC went on air

2. President Allende of Chile was killed in a military coup

3. Picasso died at the age of 91

4. Racing driver Jackie Stewart retired

impossipuzzles

Sally was waiting there right under the clock. “You’re five minutes late,” she said. “What happened?”

“Traffic, dear,” replied Fred. “Not like most days at this time. I was driving at a nice steady speed to be here 10 minutes early. But the last 10 miles I could average only half that speed.”

What was his speed for the first part of the run?

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

PROGENITOR

A. Detachable tapeworm joint B. Large jaw

C. Ancestor

who am I?

A politician, I was born in Sheffield in 1947. I became the youngest ever councillor on Sheffield City Council at the age of 22. I became Home Secretary in 2001.

10 questions

1. Sir James Knott, born in Howdon in 1855, had careers in politics and which field?

2. The nickname Steel City referred to which city of the North?

3. Which country recently announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 winter Olympics in China?

4. What would you find in an arboretum?

5. In which US state is Harvard?

6. Republica and Babybird both had hit records with which word for ‘beautiful’ in their titles?

7. What is the nationality of the football team Galatasaray?

8. Which war saw the Battle of Goose Green?

9. What is the word that denotes B in the NATO phonetic alphabet?

10. In which year was Newcastle’s crown court building completed – 1980, 1990 or 2000?