Time out EXTRA

who, what, where, when?

WHO was known as Lord Haw-Haw?

WHAT was General Custer’s first name?

WHERE is the capital of the Republic of Gabon?

WHEN did Chinese statesman Chiang Kai-Shek write the book Soviet Russia in China: A summing up at Seventy?

remember when...

The following events all occurred in a year of the 20th century. Can you guess the year?

1. Paul McCartney was born

2. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman starred in Casablanca

3. The Government threatened to shut down the Daily Mirror

4. A ploughman discovered a hoard of Roman silver near Mildenhall, Suffolk

impossipuzzles

“A 6-figure number, eh?” said Harry, glancing at the boy’s working. “What’s so special about it?”

“Look, Dad,” Doug replied. “If you shift the second half and put it in front of the first half you get two more than three times the original number.” As simple as that! But what was the number?

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

RECTRIX

A. One who rejects B. Female governor C. Breaking out afresh

who am I?

A late author, I was born in Aurora, Illinois in 1931. I have written a series of novels featuring the hero Dirk Pitt. My novels include Raise the Titanic! and Sahara.

10 questions

1. Haverigg and Holme House are both what in the North of England?

2. Las Vegas is surrounded by which desert?

3. The Crawley family feature in which TV show?

4. In October 1969 The Archies had a UK No 1 with which song?

5. Who wrote The Road to Wigan Pier?

6. In which year did Richard Nixon resign due to the Watergate scandal – 1971, 1974 or 1977?

7. Who holds the title of “Primate of England”?

8. What is the currency used in Brazil?

9. The Bangshees are a Newcastle-based group that plays what?

10. In music, what does the term “allegro” mean?