For this quiz, your challenge is to guess the name of the largest country in area that starts with each letter of the alphabet (other than W or X). One guess per clue allowed. Somme obvious but other definitely not. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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Answers (figures in sq kms)

A 7,692,024 Australia
B 8,515,767 Brazil
C 9,984,670 Canada
D 2,344,858 Democratic Republic of the Congo
E 1,104,300 Ethiopia
F 640,679 France
G 357,114 Germany
H 112,492 Honduras
I 3,166,414 India
J 377,930 Japan
K 2,724,900 Kazakhstan
L 1,759,540 Libya
M 1,964,375 Mexico
N 1,267,000 Niger
O 309,500 Oman
P 1,285,216 Peru
Q 11,586 Qatar
R 17,098,242 Russia
S 2,149,690 Saudi Arabia
T 945,087 Tanzania
U 9,526,468 United States
V 916,445 Venezuela
Y 527,968 Yemen
Z 752,612 Zambia

Remember the film Twins where Arnie has an unlikely twin - well here he is with another unlikely twin!

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Here’s a straight-forward yes or no quiz. You have to guess whether each of the statements below is fact or misconception. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1.Tortoises can live longer than humans Fact


2.Most people in Mexico speak Spanish as a first language Fact

3.The whale shark is a type of whale Misconception - It’s a large shark


4.More than 5% of people who contract Covid-19 will die from it Misconception -
Estimates of the infection fatality rate vary, but tend to fall between 0.5% – 1%, with younger people having much lower rates


5.David Hasselhoff was once a popular singer in Germany - fact


6.Snakes kill thousands of people in Australia each year Misconception -
On average, only one or two people are killed


7.Humans evolved from chimpanzees Misconception

8.A large percentage of the U.S. budget goes to providing aid to other countries Misconception - Foreign aid only represents about 1% of the U.S. federal budget


9.In the western world, the average man has less testosterone than his grandfather did at the same age Fact

10.French people drink a lot more wine than people in most other countries Fact -
According to one study, France drinks 44 liters per person per year, more than every other country except the Vatican and Andorra


11.The Incan Empire lasted for thousands of years before the Spanish conquest Misconception - It was only about 4 hundred years or so


12.Based on current estimates, most of New York City will be under water by the year 2100 Misconception - It has been stated that NYC’s coastline areas could be under water by 2100 but most of the city is not near the coastline


13.In the United States, pit bulls kill far more people than any other breed of dog Fact

14.Fortune cookies were invented in China Misconception -They were invented by Japanese people in the United States


15.Iceland is colder than most other European countries Fact

16.There are actual bird nests in traditional Chinese "bird's nest soup" Fact

A man, a plan, a canal, Panama

Bruce Willis and US WW2 General Douglas MacArthur

Here's another list in random order of 10 TV police drama series. Your challenge is to place them in the order in which they were first shown on British TV – starting with the earliest. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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Hawaii 50

CHiPs

Scott and Bailey

Naked City

Police Woman

Law and Order (UK)

Unforgotten

Cannon

Prime Suspect

Cagney and Lacey

Your challenge today is to guess one word that contains each of the letter combinations in the list below. For the avoidance of doubt, the word I’m looking for must contain the specified letters in the order shown with no other letters inserted between them. As long as the word can be found on an internet dictionary search it will count – however, proper nouns/words that begin with a capital letter, hyphenated words, words containing apostrophes or slang words are not allowed. One guess per word allowed. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. PTC

2. CESH
3. TAPO
4. ETAW
5. IDIG
6. WILI
7. PTAG
8. TEBU
9. RLP
10. ESWE
11. ICTL
12. NANS
13. GHTM
14. EGM
15. RRH

Spaghetti is plural. A single strand of spaghetti is a spaghetto.

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Your challenge today is to identify a country that satisfies each of the requirements set out below. In all cases, there is more than one answer but you only need one of them to get a point and you can only have one guess. I have indicated (in brackets) how many countries satisfy each requirement. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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Name a country……

1.with land on the Equator (11) Brazil | Colombia | D.R. Congo | Ecuador | Gabon |
Indonesia | Kenya | R. Congo | São Tomé and Príncipe |Somalia | Uganda

2.with an X in its name (2) Luxembourg | Mexico
3.bordering only China and India (2) Bhutan | Nepal
4.on the island of Borneo (3) Brunei | Indonesia | Malaysia
5.whose flag is only blue and white (6) Greece | Finland | F. S. Micronesia | Honduras |Israel | Somalia

6.whose flag is only blue and yellow (4) Ukraine | Sweden | Kazakhstan | Palau
7.completely surrounded by another country (3) Lesotho | San Marino | Vatican City
8.touching Lake Victoria (3) Kenya | Tanzania | Uganda
9.that averages less than 6 cm of precipitation per year (3) Egypt | Libya | Saudi Arabia
10.with an average elevation over 3000 meters (3) Bhutan | Nepal | Tajikistan
11.bordering the Black Sea (6) Bulgaria | Georgia | Romania | Russia | Turkey | Ukraine
12.bordering the Red Sea (8) Djibouti | Egypt | Eritrea | Israel | Jordan |Saudi Arabia | Sudan | Yemen

13.which gained independence from the Netherlands (3) Belgium | Indonesia | Suriname
14.considered by the United States to be astate sponsor of terrorism (4) Cuba | Iran | North Korea | Syria

15.whose population shrunk more than 5%between 2010–2021 (9) Andorra | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bulgaria |
Croatia | Latvia | Lithuania | Romania | Syria | Ukraine

16.whose capital starts with J (3) Israel | Indonesia | South Sudan
17.that grows more than 600,000 metric tons of coffee (4) Brazil | Vietnam | Colombia | Indonesia

18.that borders the Ivory Coast (5) Burkina Faso | Ghana | Guinea | Liberia | Mali
19.that had no people in the year 600 AD (7) Bahamas | Cape Verde | Iceland | Mauritius | New Zealand | São Tomé and Príncipe | Seychelles

20.is one of the four countries (other than Australia) which have the largest islands (4)Denmark (Greenland) | Madagascar | Canada (Baffin Island) | Indonesia (Sumatra)

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess to what type of animal the nose being shown in this photograph in close up belongs? Initial(s) and asterisks only and PLEASE no clues until later in the day

For this quiz, you have to find an answer to each clue that has ‘back’ somewhere in it. One guess per clue allowed. Not too difficult on the whole I suspect. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1.Spine Backbone
2.Useful for carrying schoolbooks Backpack
3.Swimming event Backstroke
4.Well-known type of whale Humpback
5.Where Marty McFly went Back to the Future
6.When sound from the speakers goes back into the microphone Feedback
7.Remote interior regions of Australia Outback
8.Boy band of the 1990s Backstreet Boys
9.Board game Backgammon
10.Hardcover alternative Paperback
11.American football position Quarterback


12.Quasimodo, e.g. Hunchback
13.Where less important Members of Parliament sit Backbenches
14.Second half of a round of golf Back Nine
15.Riding without a saddle Bareback
16.What the empire did Struck Back
17.Tennis players will hit this with one hand or two Backhand
18.Delete key alternative Backspace
19.Sweet revenge Payback or Get your own back
20.Way for a person to carry another person Piggyback

Don Everly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rvoHIML1SI

The U.S. government owns 79.6% of the land in the state of Nevada.

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Following on from the last words quiz, I have identified 16 six-letter words ending in “nce” that might be reasonably likely to arise in ordinary conversation/discussion or in writing etc. Your challenge is to name as many of the 16 words as you can for one point each. I am aware that there are a number of valid words and you can list as many as you like - but only ones in my list of 16 of the commonest will count. Proper nouns/words that begin with a capital letter and hyphenated words or words containing apostrophes or slang words are not allowed. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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In 1992, Pepsi held a promotion in the Philippines, promising a $40,000 prize to people whose bottle cap had the number 349 printed on it. But Pepsi screwed up. They accidentally printed 800,000 bottle caps with that number. Pepsi was let off the hook due to some legal fine print, but five people died in the ensuring riots

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is? He was regularly on TV and in films in the 1950s and 60s and is pictured in 1995. Initial(s) and asterisks only and PLEASE no clues until later in the day

Here is a list of acronyms used in the USA to refer to certain Government organisations. Your task is simply to guess for which organisation each acronym stands. You have to get the full name of the organisation correct to get the point. Only one guess per acronym. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1.CIA Central Intelligence Agency

2.FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
3.NSA National Security Agency
4.DHS Department of Homeland Security
5.CDC Centers for Disease Control
6.DEA Drug Enforcement Agency
7.DOD Department of Defense
8. SEC Securities and Exchange Commission

9.FCC Federal Communications Commission
10.IRS Internal Revenue Service

11.FDA Food and Drug Administration


12.NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

13.FAA Federal Aviation Administration
14.SSA Social Security Administration

The following list gives clues to the names of 20 famous people whose first name begins with B. How many can you identify – both first names and surnames required for the point. One guess per question allowed. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. Second man on the moon Buzz Aldrin
2. 1960s French actress and sex symbol Brigitte Bardot

3. Friend of the Sundance Kid Butch Cassidy
4. "Mr. Tambourine Man" Bob Dylan
5. 18 year old singer who wonseveral Grammies in 2020 Billie Eilish

6. Founder of Microsoft Bill Gates

7. Comedian, troop entertainer,and 19x Oscar Host Bob Hope

8. "White Wedding" singer Billy Idol
9. "Piano Man" singer Billy Joel
10. "Single Ladies" singer Beyonce Knowles
11. Possibly the most famousmartial artist of all-time Bruce Lee

12. Italian dictator Benito Mussolini

13. Recent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
14. U.S. President bornin Hawaii Barack Obama

15. Jennifer Aniston's ex Brad Pitt
16. Famous baseball player Babe Ruth
17. Singer who married backup dancer Kevin Federline Britney Spears

18. Angelina Jolie once had hisname tattooed on her arm Billy Bob Thornton

19. "Die Hard" actor Bruce Willis

20. Former Russian president Boris Yeltsin

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I have identified 17 seven-letter words ending in “nce” that might be reasonably likely to arise in ordinary conversation/discussion or in writing etc. Your challenge is to name as many of the 17 words as you can for one point each. I am aware that there are a number of valid words and you can list as many as you like - but only ones in my list of 17 of the commonest will count. Proper nouns/words that begin with a capital letter and hyphenated words or words containing apostrophes or slang words are not allowed. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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For today’s quiz all you have to do is guess whether each of the events listed below took place BC or AD. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1.Columbus sails to the New World AD

2.Great Pyramid built in Egypt BC
3.William the Conqueror conquers England AD
4.Extinction of the Woolly Mammoth BC
5.First known summit of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps AD
6.Construction of Stonehenge BC
7.Trojan War BC
8.First written mention of the city of Moscow AD
9.Most recent time that Babylon was the largest city in the world BC
10.Start of Islam AD
11.Invention of gunpowder AD
12.Human settlement of New Zealand AD
13.Birth of the Buddha BC
14.Foundation of the Inca Empire AD
15.Invention of chess AD
16.Birth of Alexander the Great BC
17.Assassination of Julius Caesar BC
18.First known heliocentric model of the solar system BC

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess which well-known song has the following phrase in its lyrics.? Initial(s) and asterisks only and PLEASE no clues until later in the day

"Please remember I still want you"

Today, some questions relating to elephants. How many can you guess? One guess allowed per question. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1.What country, starting with the letter B, has the most wild elephants? Botswana
2.What fictional elephant could fly, thanks to his gigantic ears? Dumbo
3.What is a male elephant called? a Bull
4.What tiny animals are elephants supposedly afraid of? Mice
5.What country has the most Asian elephants? India
6.What prehensile part of an elephant's body is also called a proboscis? The Trunk
7.What substance do elephants use as sunscreen? Mud
8.Unlike almost all mammals, what are elephants unable to do? Jump
9.What lasts two years in elephants - longer than in any other animal? Gestation
10.What general from Carthage famously employed elephants when he
attacked the Roman Republic? Hannibal
11.What type of elephants are considered sacred in Thailand? White Elephants
12.What well-known Hindu god has the head of an elephant? Ganesh
13.What close relative of the elephant lived in cold climates and went extinct around 1650 BC? Mammoth
14.What more-distant elephant relative went extinct around 10,000 BC? Mastodon
15.What American political party is symbolized by an elephant? The Republican
Party
16.What M word refers to the old female elephant who leads a group? Matriarch

17.What valuable white material is made from elephant tusks? Ivory
18.What fictional elephant is a beloved children's character in France? Babar

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Here’s an easier challenge. Each of the words below has a homophone – that is, a word that is pronounced the same way but spelt differently. Your challenge is to guess the homophones – one guess per word. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1.Waste Waist

2.Pause Paws, pores, pours, pulls or pools

3.Him Hymn

4.Profit Prophet

5.Slay Sleigh

6.Links Lynx

7.Patients Patience

8.Step Steppe

9.Ate Eight

10.Seen Scene

11.Peer Pier

12.Council Counsel

13.Beau Bow

14.Plum Plumb

15.Faze Phase

16.Time Thyme

17.Cast Caste

18.Spade Spayed

19.Gate Gait

20.Ward Warred

21.Rye Wry

22.Earn Urn

23.Cereal Serial

24.Brews Bruise

25.Ducked Duct

26.Manner Manor or Manna

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Below is a list in random order of the first 10 acts to win X Factor. Your challenge is to place them in the order in which they won starting with the 1st winner in 2004 and ending with the 10th in 2013. . No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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Joe McElderry

Shayne Ward

Sam Bailey

Matt Cardle

Alexandra Burke

Steve Brookstein

James Arthur

Leon Jackson

Little Mix

Leona Lewis

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Your challenge today is to guess one word that contains each of the letter combinations in the list below. For the avoidance of doubt, the word I’m looking for must contain the specified letters in the order shown with no other letters inserted between them. As long as the word can be found on an internet dictionary search it will count – however, proper nouns/words that begin with a capital letter, hyphenated words, words containing apostrophes or slang words are not allowed. One guess per word allowed. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1.Contains PSTR


2.Contains CEB

3.Contains EKB


4. Contains MITL


5. Contains APEG


6. Contains OTEW


7. Contains MNL


8. Contains TTIR


9. Contains NUSU


10. Contains WADA

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Your challenge here is to guess the names of the 10 countries which have the largest proportion of residents who speak French fluently (whether or not as their mother tongue). Entries limited to 10 guesses. I fancy that half are fairly easy to guess then it gets a bit more difficult. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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Your challenge here is to name the author who created each literary character. Both Christian names and surnames needed (ir initials where the author is generally known by them). No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. Hermione Granger J.K. Rowling
2. Gandalf J.R.R. Tolkien
3. Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
4. Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë
5. Tiny Tim Charles Dickens
6. The Mad Hatter Lewis Carroll
7. Count Dracula Bram Stoker
8. Quasimodo Victor Hugo
9. Falstaff William Shakespeare
10. Vito Corleone Mario Puzo
11. Bridget Jones Helen Fielding
12. Willy Wonka Roald Dahl
13. Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle
14. Jay Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
15. Philip Marlowe Raymond Chandler
16. Captain Ahab Herman Melville
17. Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes
18. Candide Voltaire
19. Wicked Witch of the West L. Frank Baum
20. Richard Hannay John Buchan

This one shouldn’t be too difficult. Your challenge here is to get from Air to Force by changing a single letter each step (or by adding or subtracting a letter where shown). There are 27 words to get from the clues. One guess per clue allowed. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. _____ Force air
2. to give help aid
3. auction house offer bid
4. this becomes a rose bud
5. bomb that does not explode dud
6. how a trench was made, yesterday dug
7. notable export of Persia rug
8. used to clean things rag
9. holds groceries bag
10. noise a gun makes (ADD 1 LETTER) bang
11. Red Hot Chili Peppers, for example band
12. What farmers put on cattle (ADD 1 LETTER) brand
13. Spectacular grand
14. has a diploma (REMOVE 1 LETTER) grad
15. snatch grab

16. slang for food grub
17. massage something (REMOVE 1 LETTER) rub
18. to feel regret or sorrow rue
19. a trick (ADD 1 LETTER) ruse
20. ponder or consider muse
21. a particular scent musk
22. elephants are killed for these tusk
23. something to accomplish task
24. "Don’t ____ me bro" tase
25. make something yours take
26. not real fake
27. dice have 6 of these face
28. exaggerated humour (ADD 1 LETTER) farce
29. Air ______ force

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Here’s a quiz for Stones fans. I’m looking for the 11 UK top 40 hits from the 1960s and 1970s that have one or more words of at least 7 letters in their title (both sides will count separately in the case of double-sided hits). You can make as many guesses as you want. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess what is being shown in this photograph in close up? Initial(s) and asterisks only and PLEASE no clues until later in the day

Below is a random list of 10 well-known British sitcoms. Your challenge is to place them in the correct order as to how many episodes were aired – starting with the highest number of episodes down to the lowest. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Happy guessing and good luck.


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Absolutely fabulous


Only fools and horses


Steptoe and son


Dad’s army


Some mothers do ‘ave ‘em


Fawlty Towers


‘allo ‘allo


One foot in the grave


Last of the summer wine


Whatever happened to the likely lads

As of 2018, Japan had more people over the age of 65 than the entire region of sub-Saharan Africa.

Do you know or can you guess who I was sketching here? Initial(s) and asterisks only and please no clues until later in the day to give everyone a chance.

I have identified 9 seven-letter words and 6 six-letter words ending in “ern” that might be reasonably likely to arise in ordinary conversation/discussion or in writing etc. Your challenge is to name as many of the 15 words as you can for one point each. I am aware that there are a number of valid words and you can list as many as you like - but only ones in my list of 15 of the commonest will count. Proper nouns/words that begin with a capital letter and hyphenated words or words containing apostrophes or slang words are not allowed. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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Below are clues to a number of events that have taken place each day in August in years gone by. How many can you name or guess? One guess per question allowed. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

PS. All the years are AD unless BC is stated.


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1. Aug 1 1834 This practice is abolished in the British Empire Slavery


2. Aug 2 216 BC This Carthaginian general defeats the Romans at the Battle of Cannae Hannibal

3. Aug 3 1778 Opera house "La Scala" opens in this city Milan

4. Aug 4 70 Romans destroy the temple in this city Jerusalem

5. Aug 5 1962 This actress is found dead at age 36, in a "probable suicide" Marilyn Monroe

6. Aug 6 1945 An atomic bomb is dropped on this city Hiroshima

7. Aug 7 1974 Philippe Petit walks between these two buildings on a tight rope World Trade Center

8. Aug 8 1974 This U.S. President resigns Richard Nixon

9. Aug 9 1965 This country gains independence unwillingly after beingexpelled from Malaysia Singapore


10. Aug 10 1921 Franklin D. Roosevelt first shows signs of this disease Polio

11. Aug 11 1919 The new constitution of this country is signed in the city of Weimar Germany

12. Aug 12 30 BC This Egyptian ruler commits suicide, possibly snake bite Cleopatra

13. Aug 13 1961 Borders are closed in this European city Berlin

14. Aug 14 1980 Lech Wałęsa leads labor strikes in this country Poland

15. Aug 15 1281 For the second time, a "divine wind" destroys the Mongol fleetattempting to invade this island nation Japan


16. Aug 16 1829 Chang and Eng, conjoined twins from this country, arrive in the U.S. Siam (Thailand)

17. Aug 17 1807 The world's first commercial steamboat service is started onthis river, connecting New York City and Albany Hudson River


18. Aug 18 1969 Jimi Hendrix plays the American national anthem at this music festival Woodstock

19. Aug 19 1991 A failed coup attempt is launched against this Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev

20. Aug 20 1882 This Tchaikovsky overture debuts in Moscow, using cannon shotsas part of the music 1812 Overture


21. Aug 21 1959 This state becomes the 50th to join the U.S.A. Hawaii

22. Aug 22 1642 This king declares Parliament to be traitors, sparking the English Civil War Charles I

23. Aug 23 1305 This Scottish rebel is executed in London William Wallace

24. Aug 24 2006 This Kuiper Belt object is demoted to "dwarf planet" status Pluto

25. Aug 25 1875 Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim acrossthis body of water English Channel


26. Aug 26 1768 This explorer sets sail from England aboard the HMS Endeavour James Cook

27. Aug 27 1776 The British defeat the …….. in Battle of Long Island Americans


28. Aug 28 1879 In South Africa, the British capture Cetshwayo, the last king of this tribe Zulu

29. Aug 29 2005 This hurricane makes landfall in Louisiana Hurricane Katrina

30. Aug 30 1963 The so-called "red phone" is established, connecting this city and Moscow Washington D.C.

31. Aug 31 1422 ……… becomes King of England at the age of 9 months Henry VI

Each set of letters in the list below comprises all the letters that make up a capital city of a sovereign nation. Some of the city names are only 4 letters long – others are longer but don’t use any other letters. One guess per question allowed. Some easy - others not. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. E I K V Kiev
2. E M O R Rome
3. A B K U Baku
4. A G I R Riga
5. A R S W Warsaw
6. D L N O London
7. A B J U Abuja or Juba
8. B E N R Bern
9. A D K R Dakar
10. A S U V Suva
11. E L M O Lome
12. A I L M Lima
13. K O T Y Tokyo
14. A D H O Doha
15. A D H K Dhaka
16. A H N V Havana
17. A B R T Rabat
18. A K N R Ankara
19. A O T W Ottawa
20. A C R S Caracas

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess what is being shown in this photograph in close up? Initial(s) and asterisks only and PLEASE no clues until later in the day

Your challenge today is to guess one word that contains each of the letter combinations in the list below. For the avoidance of doubt, the word I’m looking for must contain the specified letters in the order shown with no other letters inserted between them. As long as the word can be found on an internet dictionary search it will count – however, proper nouns/words that begin with a capital letter, hyphenated words, words containing apostrophes or slang words are not allowed. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1.Contains XACE



2.Contains CST



3.Contains WKW



4.Contains NDTHR



5.Contains ESHOL



6.Contains GNAG



7.Contains NDTHS



8.Contains RWAT



9.Contains RTGA



10.Contains APK