Time out EXTRA

who, what, where, when?

WHO... was the son of Percival in Arthurian legend who inspired a Wagner opera?

WHAT... sort of creature is a chacma?

WHERE... is the island of Upolu?

WHEN... did the Easter Rising take place in Dublin?

remember when...

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

1. Ricky Martin had a U.K. No.1 hit with Livin’ La Vida Loca.

2. Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening starred in American Beauty.

3. Stanley Kubrick died.

4. Britain got its first minimum wage.

impossipuzzles

Tom took a deep breath. “I’ll guess your age, Dad,” he said. “Think of a number.”

“Not me, and you know it anyway,” Bob replied. “But I’ve got something to make you think. If you add the two figures of your Aunt Ethel’s age, and then multiply their sum by twice their difference, you’ll get what her age will be in two years’ time.”

That was a tough one, but what was the woman’s age?

wordwise

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

A Watch-tower

B White fur

C A favourite person

who am I?

A TV presenter, I was born in Edinburgh in 1976. My father was a golfer who captained Europe’s Ryder Cup team. I was women’s champion in the 2005 series of The Games.

10 questions

1. Blackadder, Mr Bean and Johnny English actor Rowan Atkinson earned a degree in what subject at Newcastle University?

2. What is the only chess piece that is guaranteed to stay on the same coloured squares throughout the entire game?

3. What type of animal is a grackle?

4. The Battle of Bunker Hill, fought in 1775, was part of which larger war?

5. Boy and Bicycle was North East film director Sir Ridley Scott’s first film in 1965. Which other famous face played the lead role?

6. How many numbers are there on a UK roulette wheel?

7. What piece of sporting apparatus is 18 inches in diameter and 1.6 inches thick?

8. Manuka honey comes from which country?

9. Which country has only won medals at the Winter Olympics?

10. Tomboy won the inaugural running of which North East horse race in 1833?

answers

WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN: Lohengrin; A baboon; Samoa; 1916.

REMEMBER WHEN: 1999.

IMPOSSIPUZZLES: Ethel is 62 years old.

WORDWISE: A.

WHO AM I: Kirsty Gallacher.

10 QUESTIONS: 1 Electrical engineering, 2 Bishop, 3 A bird, 4 The American War of Independence, 5 His brother Tony Scott, 6 37, 7 A dartboard, 8 New Zealand, 9 Lichtenstein, 10 The Northumberland Plate.