Time out EXTRA
who, what, where, when?
WHO starred in the silent film comedy The Freshman?
WHAT what are West, Bowell and Swift-Tuttle examples of?
WHERE is the constitutional capital of Bolivia?
WHEN did Ferdinand I become king of Leon?
remember when...
The following events all occurred in a year in living memory. Can you guess the year?
1. Actress Catherine Deneuve was born
2. Casablanca went on general release
3. Italy surrendered to the Allies
4. The first ‘Bevin Boys’ were conscripted to work in the coal mines
impossipuzzles
Bob put down the sheet of paper. “Fifteen questions in all and some real tough ones,” he said. “How did you both get on?”
“Jane answered twice as many as I missed,” replied Andy. “And she missed exactly a third as many as I answered. I think she did better than I did.”
How many had each of them answered?
wordwise The word may sound familiar, but what does it mean?
JANNOCK
A Adherent of James II
B French Dominican monk C Oatmeal bread
who am I?
A politician, I was born in London in 1948. I was elected MP for Arundel and South Downs in 1997. Michael Howard withdrew the party whip from me in 2005.
10 questions
1. Who wrote the poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud?
2. Of which country is Tashkent the capital city?
3. Friends have suggested Tory MP Neil Parish stumbled across pornography when he was searching online for which model of farm machinery?
4. In which Gloucestershire town is Forest Green Rovers based?
5. Name the characters played by Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan who will return to Neighbours for the show’s series finale.
6. Irish boxer Katie Taylor won gold at which Olympics?
7. What did James Cook, from Braintree, Essex, use to create a portrait of Tom Hanks which the actor later signed?
8. How many Wimbledon men’s singles tennis titles has Roger Federer won?
9. Actress Joelle Rae will replace Sabrina Bartlett as Mariette in the new series of which ITV drama?
10. Neil Robertson (2010) is one of only two non-European men to win snooker’s world championship in the past 50 years. Name the other.
answers
WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN: Harold Lloyd; Comets; Sucre; 1037.
REMEMBER WHEN: 1943.
IMPOSSIPUZZLES: Andy answered 9, Jane 12 questions.
WORDWISE: C.
WHO AM I: Howard Flight.
10 QUESTIONS: 1. William Wordsworth; 2. Uzbekistan; 3. A Dominator, although the Claas Dominator is a combine harvester and Mr Parish said he was searching for tractors; 4. Nailsworth; 5. Charlene Mitchell and Scott Robinson; 6. London 2012; 7. A typewriter; 8. Eight; 9. The Larkins; 10. Cliff Thorburn in 1980.