A music-based quiz today covering the 1950s to the modern day. Below are 25 pairs of songs, each pair being top 30 UK hits for the same recording artist(s) – you have to name them.

You have two big clues to each pair of songs – the year they were hits and the fact that every artist(s)’ name begins with the letter B. To clarify, the B will be the first letter of the name on the record with the one exception of groups starting with The. So, for example, Cliff Richard would be regarded as beginning with C but The Shadows would be regarded as beginning with S. Some easy but some more difficult. No internet use of course.

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1. 2019 – 20 Bad guy | No time to die

2. 2010 Grenade | Just the way you are

3. 2003 Baby boy | Crazy in love

4. 2003 Where is the love | Shut up

5. 1994 Dry country | Always

6. 1989 – 91 Wind beneath my wings | From a distance

7. 1986 – 89 Walk like an Egyprian | Eternal flame

8. 1985 White wedding | Rebel yell

9. 1985 Run to you | Summer of ’69

10. 1980 Special brew | Lorraine
11. 1980 Atomic | Call me
12. 1978 – 79 Just the way you are | My life
13. 1977 – 80 Another suitcase in another hall | January, February

14. 1975 – 76 Let the music play | You see the trouble with me

15. 1975 Give a little love | Money honey

16. 1973 – 74 Do you want to dance | School love

17. 1970 – 71 Come and get it | No matter what
18. 1968 -72 Eloise | Can’t let you go

19. 1966 – 71 Second hand Rose | Stoney End

20. 1966 – 68 Sloop John B | Do it again
21. 1964 Diane | Ramona

22. 1962 Sharing you | A forever kind of love

23. 1961 Gather in the mushrooms | Transistor radio
24. 1961 Stand by me | Spanish Harlem
25. 1959 Little drummer boy | Little donkey

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is from this photo as a child? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.

Below is a list of the real/birth names of famous people. Of how many do you know the name by which they are more well known? Even if you don’t know you can have your best guess. Without using reference material or the internet, of course.

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1. Robert Zimmerman

2. Marvin Lee Aday

3. Marion Michael Morrison

4. Anna Mae Bullock

5. George Alan O’Dowd

6. Archibald Alec Leach

7. Roy Harold Scherer Jnr

8. Arthur Stanley Jefferson

9. Ronald Wycherley

10. Richard Wayne Penniman

11. Charles Weeden Westover

12. Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jnr

13. Issur Danielowitch

14. Caryn Elaine Johnson

15. Frances Ethel Gumm

16. Ilyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironov

17. Steveland Hardaway Morris

18. Michael John Douglas

19. Priscilla Maria Veronica White

20. Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is from this photo as a child? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.

The aim here is to relate the statements below as they apply to Kent and/or Lancashire. Each statement only applies to one or other of the counties. Even if you don’t know you can have your best guess. Without using reference material or the internet, of course.

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1. Has the larger area

2. Has the larger population

3. Has the most cities

4. Has a County town corresponding with County name

5. Produced a father and son who both went on to be English cricket captains

6. Has always had at least one team playing in the Football League

7. Has the highest point of elevation

8. Is closest to the capital city of a foreign country

9. Has the most Motorways that run through it

10. Has a Royal town

11. Was the first county to host a KFC outlet

12. Is home to the UK’s longest running Circus

13. Is home to a light railway that was opened by Laurel and Hardy in 1947

14. Is home to the UK’s only recognised desert

15. Has a bronze statue in a church dedicated to Pocahontas

16. The first white lines were painted on a public road

Can you guess who I was sketching here? Initials and asterisks only please.

I think this may be pretty easy so an additional question - can you guess in which year he first appeared on TV as this character?

A music-based quiz today covering the 1950s to the modern day. Below are 22 pairs of songs, each pair being big hits for the same recording artist(s) – you have to name them.

You have two big clues to each pair of songs – the year they were big hits and the fact that every artist(s)’ name begins with the letter A. To clarify, the A will be the first letter of the name on the record with the one exception of groups starting with The. So, for example, Cliff Richard would be regarded as beginning with C but The Shadows would be regarded as beginning with S. No internet use of course.

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1. 2008 – 09 Hallelujah | Bad boys

2. 2008 Chasing pavements | Make you feel my love

3. 2007 You know I’m no good | Back to black

4. 2005 – 07 I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor | Fluorescent Adolescent

5. 2001 - 07 Fallin’ | No one

6. 1996 Ironic | Head over feet

7. 1993 – 94 All that she wants | The sign

8. 1986 – 87 Is this love | Weak in the presence of beauty

9. 1982 Poison arrow | The look of love

10. 1981 Lay all your love on me | One of us

11. 1974 - 75 Reggae tune | Wide-eyed and legless

12. 1974 You you you | Red dress

13. 1971 – 72 Horse with no name | Ventura Highway

14. 1971 – 72 Tired of being alone | Let’s stay together

15. 1971 Tomorrow night | The devil’s answer

16. 1967 Respect | Chain of fools

17. 1966 – 68 Hi lili hi lo | Don’t stop the carnival

18. 1965 We gotta get out of this place | It’s my life

19. 1964 Tell me when | Like dreamers do

20. 1961 Who am I | The time has come

21. 1959 I waited so long | Personality

22. 1957 – 63 Butterfly | Can’t get used to losing you

Today’s quiz relates to the flags of the 27 EU Member States. For each Member State, do you know or can you guess which colours appear on its flag? The order in which they may appear does not matter. To avoid any issues over what to call some colours the answers I will accept are Red, Black White, Yellow, Green, Blue or Orange. ALSO I am not counting colours that only appear in the emblems on some flags such as Croatia, Spain, Portugal, Malta and Slovenia. Without using reference material or the internet, of course. Knowledge of football strips may well help here – but you can make guesses of course.

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1. Ireland
2. Belgium
3. France
4. Spain
5. Portugal
6. Denmark
7. Sweden
8. Luxembourg
9. Finland
10. Estonia
11. Latvia
12. Lithuania
13. Poland
14. Germany
15. Austria
16. Italy
17. Slovenia
18. Croatia
19. Czech Republic
20. Hungary
21. Slovakia
22. Greece
23. Romania
24. Bulgaria
25. Malta
26. Cyprus
27. Netherlands

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In this quiz you have a number of questions about whales taken mostly from the WWF website. How many answers do you know or can you guess. Without using reference material or the internet, of course.

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1. Largest type of whale
2. Primary food of the above
3. Type of whale that lives in the Arctic – also known as the White whale

4. Type of whale most common for whale-watching
5. Most common type of whale
6. Another name for killer whales
7. Largest type of toothed whale, once hunted for "whale oil"
8. Primary food of the above
9. Movie about a boy who helped a killer whale to escape
10. Bible character swallowed by a whale
11. Fictional whale hated by Captain Ahab
12. To which animals are killer whales most closely related?
13. Filter-feeding body part also called whalebone
14. Animal with Whale in its name but which is not a whale
15. Which whale’s name means "corpse whale" in Nordic as their skin colour resembles that of a drowned sailor?
16. Name given to a young whale
17. Name given to an adult male whale
18. Name given to an adult female whale

Bonus question: 19.What is unusual about the feeding habits of Humpback whales

Today I’m looking for the names of the 12 British TV programmes ever made that have had the most episodes/editions. These are programmes of any kind but not including ones only made in Welsh or the BBC or ITV News. This is according to info on Wiki. So do have your best guess. Maximum 12 suggestions per entry of course and no using reference material or the internet.

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Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is from this photo as a child? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.
This may be difficult - must admit it's anothe person I know by name but wouldn't recognise. Good luck.

How well, if at all, do you remember 1970. Here are 20 hits from the UK charts in January 1970 How many of the artists responsible for these hits can you remember/identify – without using reference material or the internet, of course. Some are easy and some harder.
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1. Ruby don’t take your love to town

2. Melting pot

3, Durham Town

4. (Call me) Number One

5. With the eyes of a child

6. Highway Song

7. Love’s been good to me

8. Someday we’ll be together

9. I can’t get next to you

10. Green river

11. Come together

12. The Onion Song

13, Suspicious minds

14. Tracy

15. Hitchin’ a ride

16. Leavin’ on a jet plane

17. Yester-me, yester-you, yesterday

18. Love grows (Where my Rosemary goes)

19. Come and get it

20. Reflections of my life

Can you guess who I was sketching here? Initials and asterisks only please.

PS. It's very difficult to sketch white hair!

In this quiz you have two events, things or people and you have to guess which one came first (in the case of people, who was born first). Even if you don’t know you can have your best guess. Without using reference material or the internet, of course.

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1. The Black Death or the Renaissance



2. The Bible or the Koran/Quran



3. Flowers or Insects



4. Julius Caesar or Alexander the Great



5. The Bronze Age or the Iron Age


6. Baseball or Golf



7. The English Civil War or the Hundred Years War



8. Beer Bottles or Beer Cans


9. Dickens or HG Wells



10. Louis Armstrong or Ella Fitzgerald



11. Telford or Welwyn Garden City




12. Henry III or Richard the Lionheart



13. Napoleon or Dynamite



14. Jurassic or Triassic



15. Charlemagne or Genghis Khan



16. The use of magnetic tape for sound recording or the Digital Computer



17. Christopher Columbus or Gunpowder



18. Art movements: Baroque or Romanticism



19. Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin


20. First FA Cup Final or first Ashes Test Match

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is from this photo as a child? Initial(s) and asterisks only please

I like to inject some variety in the quizzes so here is one about celebrity spouses. Even if, like me, you pay no attention to celebrity gossip, you will know some of these. Below are 12 famous people who have been married more than once – the total number of times is in brackets. How many of their spouses can you name? Two points for each full name (pre-marriage in the case of wives) and one point for a Christian or surname only. So 90 points in total but if anyone gets anywhere near that I’ll be gobsmacked – I didn’t recognise quite a few of the names. Naturally you can only guess up to the number of spouses in each case and no internet help of course. Do have a go and good luck.

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1. Elizabeth Taylor (7)
2. Angelina Jolie (3)
3. Paul McCartney (3)
4. Joan Collins (5)
5. Rita Hayworth (5)
6. Nicholas Cage (4)
7. Mick Jagger (2)
8. Lulu (2)
9. Marilyn Monroe (3)
10. Frank Sinatra (4)
11. Eddie Fisher (5)
12. Jennifer Anniston (2)

Can you guess who I was sketching here? Initials and asterisks only please.

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is from this photo as a child? Initial(s) and asterisks only please

Today's quiz is a little different to usual. The aim here is to relate the statements below as they apply (or not as the case may be) to California and Florida. There are only 4 possible answers you could give to each, namely that the statement applies to: (1) Califonia; (2) Florida; (3) Both; or (4) Neither. In the statements, contiguous States means the 48 States that are connected together by land borders. Even if you don’t know you can have your best guess. Without using reference material or the internet, of course.

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ALSO REMEMBER that your answer can only be California, Florida, Both or Neither.

1. Is located on the West Coast of the United States

2. Has a Disney theme park

3. Has hosted the Olympic Games

4. Its capital city is also its largest city

5. Was the birth place of U.S. President Richard Nixon

6. Known as "The Golden State"

7. Was, at one time, part of the Spanish Empire

8. Is generally considered a "swing state" in Presidential elections

9. Achieved statehood before Texas

10. Is the third largest of the contiguous States by land area

11. Has the longest coastline of the contiguous States

12. Has the largest population of all the States

13. Has the oldest median age of all the States

14. Is struck by hurricanes more often than any other State

15. Has more people moving out than moving in

16. Experiences more earthquakes than any other US State

17. Is geographically closer to Texas

18. Is furthest south of all the contiguous States

19. Has the same number of seats in the House of Representatives as New York

20. Has more resident billionaires than Texas

How well do you know songs recorded by Frank Sinatra? Can you identify each song from the lyrics shown below? No use of the internet of course - purely from memory (and find them buzzing round your head all day long!). Good luck.
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1. Like the kicker in a julep or two

2. Some girls think of as handsome

3. She may be waiting, just anticipating

4. Those eyes how familiar they seem

5. Though I see the danger there

6. You'd never know it but, buddy, I'm a kind of poet

7. You and you alone bring out the gypsy in me

8. Someday my happy arms will hold you

9. It's a honky tonk parade

10. Molly and me, and the baby makes three

11. Do do that voodoo that you do so well

12. Is your mouth a little weak

13. The British Museum

14. They're gonna knock me off my feet

15. How'd they get so lit up?

16. We're going to the promised land

17. When you're alone, who cares for starlit skies

18. I tried to hide in vain, underneath my counterpane

19. Since you went away the days grow long

20. Raised in every bar across the Argentine

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is from this photo as a child? Initial(s) and asterisks only please

Each of the following describes a word (verb) that ends in “ise”. How many can you identify or guess at? Without using reference material or the internet, of course.
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1. To cast out evil spirits -
2. To destroy or deface property -
3. To make text sloping -
4. To make infertile -
5. To vaccinate -
6. To brown sugar by heating it -
7. To act condescendingly towards -
8. To heat a liquid (such as milk) in order to kill harmful germs -
9. To pass off someone else's work as one's own -
10. To kill for mercy -
11. To shun -
12. To make friends with enemy troops -
13. To treat rubber to make it more durable -
14. To remove original sin with holy water -
15. To spread out a debt payment over instalments -
16. To smash into very small pieces -17. To speak at someone's funeral -
18. To turn into a gas -
19. To burn flesh in order to prevent bleeding or infection -
20. To rust -
21. To deprive of a privilege, or right –
22. To cause a significant change in procedure –
23. To cause to become widely known –
24. To create dislike or opposition in another person -

Can you guess who I was sketching here? Initials and asterisks only please.

Slight change to usual as this is someone you may well recognise from a character he has played but not be familiar with his real name - so your answer can be his real name or a character name.

Today’s quiz concerns chemical symbols. How many of the chemical symbols for the following elements do you know or can you guess at? Without using reference material or the internet, of course.
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1. Nitrogen
2. Calcium
3. Gold
4. Magnesium
5. Sulphur
6. Potassium
7. Iron
8. Vanadium
9. Copper
10. Arsenic
11. Silver
12. Antimony
13. Lead
14. Helium
15. Sodium
16. Plutonium
17. Neon
18. Tin
19. Mercury
20. Silicon

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Today’s quiz is about songs from musicals. Do you know or can you guess from which musical each song comes? No use of the internet of course - purely from memory. Good luck.

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1. June is busting out all over

2. Ol’ Man River

3. I dreamed a dream

4. Memory

5. Big spender

6. Don’t rain on my parade

7. Lullaby of Broadway

8. All that jazz

9. Summertime

10. Send in the clowns

11. With one look

12. Tell me it’s not true

13. Defying gravity

14. Bewitched, bothered and bewildered

15. The impossible dream

16. I am what I am

17. Maybe

18. People will say we’re in love

19. I feel pretty

20. Let the sunshine in

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is from this photo as a child? Initial(s) and asterisks only please

Our super fun guy. Thank you James for all your hard work giving us "fun" things to do and keeping "those little grey cells" active, not forgetting your beautiful sketches. Enjoy your day as best you can. Sx😘

How well do you know the classic Disney animated films? How many of the can you identify or guess at based on the names of characters that appear in them? Without using reference material or the internet, of course.
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1. Dinah, Dormouse, Gryphon

2. Mufasa, Nala, Rafiki

3. Flower, Faline, Thumper
4. Mushu, Ling, Chien-Po
5. Anastasia, Gus, Drizella
6. Wendy, Michael, John

7. Jafar, Iago, Abu

8. John Smith, Meeko, Governor Ratcliffe

9. Tiana, Louis, Prince Naveen

10. Rapunzel, Gothel, Flynn Rider
11. Ka, Baloo, Shere Khan
12. Phil, Meg, Hades

13. Clopin, Victor, Esmeralda

14. Figaro, Stromboli, Gideon

15. Lefou, Chip, Maurice
16. Princess Aurora, Prince Philip, Maleficent
17. Anita Radcliffe, Pongo, Queenie
18. Grimsby, Sebastian, Adella

19. Duchess, Roquefort, Berlioz

20. Trusty, Jock, Peg

Can you guess who I was sketching here? Initials and asterisks only please.

Today’s quiz concerns words used in familiar acronyms? How many of the specified words indicated below can you identify or guess at? Without using reference material or the internet, of course. Should there be more than one use of the acronym you have to get the meaning I have used.

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1. The E in JPEG

2. The C in UNESCO


3. The second A in NASA

4. The V in DVD

5. The C in HMRC

6. The T in SWAT

7. The A in AIDS

8. The P in PDF

9. The H in CAPTCHA

10. The R in TASER

11. The V in RSVP

12. The T in ATM

13. The F in EFL

14. The O in GMO

15. The M in MIA

16. The C in OCD

17. The G in GIF

18. The B in SCUBA

19. The M in SIM

20. The A in LASER

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is from this photo as a child? Initial(s) and asterisks only please

How well do you know Elvis Presley’s songs? Can you identify each song from the opening lyrics shown below? No use of the internet of course - purely from memory (and find them buzzing round your head all day long!). Good luck.
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1. When we kiss my heart’s on fire
2. When you looked into my eyes
3. I just got your letter baby
4. You know I can be found, sitting home all alone
5. Today I stumbled from my bed with thunder crashing in my head
6. Well, I quit my job down at the car wash
7. This is the moment I've waited for, I can hear my heart singing

8. There must be lights burning brighter somewhere
9. Hold me close, hold me tight, make me thrill with delight
10. Treat me like a fool, treat me mean and cruel
11. The way she walks, the way she talks
12. Ev'rytime you kiss me I'm still not certain that you love me
13. You can shake an apple off an apple tree
14. Well I've got a gal, she's as cute as she can be
15. Seven lonely days and a dozen towns ago
16. Can't you see I love you
17. Hey baby, I ain't askin' much of you
18. Lying by your side I watch you sleeping
19. When no-one else can understand me
20. Bright light city gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on fire

Today’s quiz contains clues to the name of English or Scottish Football League Clubs. How many club names can you decypher?

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1. Docks + Dale
2. Part car + country home
3. Monarch + direction
4. Always + weight
5. Cut glass + royal residence
6. St James’ + troopers
7. Poet + Economist + professors
8. Jockey + large town
9. Direction + flute
10. Lady + educational
11. Number + distant + sporty
12. Completed + strong + dash
13. Hello + blaze + name
14. Grind + brickwork
15. Proceeded + direction + finish
16. Docks + opening
17. Ban + line
18. Fashionable + Jules + letter + Scottish + plant
19. Amateur + weight + Far East
20. Letters + tennis

Can you guess who I was sketching here? Initials and asterisks only please.

Are you a fan of Ella Fitzgerald/Frank Sinatra (or even Rod Stewart in his crooner mode)? Below are the first lines of the lyrics of 20 well-known songs from the Great American Songbook. Without using reference material or the internet, of course, how many of the song titles can you guess?

REMEMBER the new method - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 8pm tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top three entries.

1. They call you lady luck

2. She's a fool and don't I know it

3. How much do I love you?

4. You must remember this

5. In olden days a glimpse of stocking

6. My story is much too sad to be told

7. Like the beat-beat-beat of the tom-tom

8. Birds’ do it, bees do it

9. At words poetic, I’m so pathetic

10. As Dorothy Parker once said to her boyfriend “fare thee well“

11. Summer journeys to Niagara and to other places

12. I’ve wined and dined on Mulligan stew

13. Though I know that we meet every night

14. You see a pair of laughing eyes

15. When somebody loves you

16. It seems we stood and talked like this before

17. And now the purple dust of twilight time

18. The bells are ringing

19. Someday when I’m awfully low

20. I’m gonna love you like nobody’s loved you

Can you guess who I was sketching here? Initials and asterisks only please.

Today’s quiz relates to Tigers. There are just 12 countries in which tigers are now believed to exist in the wild. Without using reference material or the internet, of course, how many can you guess? Just 12 guesses each – any guesses beyond 12 would be ignored. REMEMBER the new method - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 8pm tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top three entries.

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is from this photo as a child? Initial(s) and asterisks only please

How well, if at all, do you remember 1979. Here are 20 hits from the UK charts in June 1979. How many of the artists responsible for these hits can you remember/identify – without using reference material or the internet, of course. Some are easy and some harder. REMEMBER the new method - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your answers any time up to 8pm tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top three entries.


1. SUNDAY GIRL

2. RING MY BELL

3. TUBEWAY ARMY

4. DANCE AWAY


5. BOOGIE WONDERLAND

6. AIN’T NO STOPPIN’ US NOW

7. UP THE JUNCTION

8. BOYS KEEP SWINGIN’

9. NIGHT OWL

10. HOT STUFF

11. WHO WERE YOU WITH IN THE MOONLIGHT

12. LIVING ON THE FRONT LINE

13. ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN

14. PARISIENNE WALKWAYS

15. I FOUGHT THE LAW

16. REUNITED

17. WE ARE FAMILY

18. THE LONE RANGER

19. SHINE A LITTLE LOVE

20. ROXANNE

Can you guess who I was sketching here? Initials and asterisks only please.

As discussed yesterday, let's do this quiz on a different basis and see how it goes. The idea is that no-one posts any guesses. Instead you PM me with your answers any time up to 8pm tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck.
So here we go - can you name the capital city from each clue? They are all capital cities of sovereign countries. Naturally no internet or reference material to be used.

1. Known as the "City of Lights"
2. The "new" part of a metropolis with over 20 million people
3. In the end, this city is ‘bad’
4. 206 kilometers from Montevideo
5. Samsung headquarters can be found here
6. Completely encircled by a different capital city
7. Northernmost capital in Africa
8. Divided city in the middle of a divided island
9. It was sacked by the Mongols in 1258, ending the Islamic Golden Age
10. Founded in 1960, many of its buildings were designed by Oscar Niemeyer
11. Starts with a silent D
12. One of its most famous landmarks is a 2 foot tall statue of a peeing boy
13. Its metro area includes Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen
14. Just 80 kilometers south of Helsinki
15. Al Jazeera is based here
16. Located at the confluence of the White Nile and Blue Nile
17. Its name starts with Z
18. The U.S. embassy in this city was invaded in 1979
19. Popular name for baby girls in the U.S. in recent years
20. Site of the "Rumble in the Jungle" between Ali and Foreman

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is from this photo as a child? Initial(s) and asterisks only please

How well, if at all, do you remember 1978. Here are 20 hits from the UK charts in May 1978. How many of the artists responsible for these hits can you remember/identify – without using reference material or the internet, of course. Some easy and some harder. PLEASE REMEMBER, if you change your mind on an answer, use a new post rather than editing the original (in the interests of fairness) – thanks.

1. LOVE IS IN THE AIR -----------------------JOHN PAUL YOUNG Sandie

2. TOO MUCH TOO LITTLE TOO LATE-----JOHNNY MATHIS AND DENIECE WILLIAMS---Robert

3. IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU ------------ YVONNE ELLIMAN Sandie


4. MATCHSTALK MEN AND MATCHSTALK CATS AND DOGS ---BRIAN AND MICHAEL---John

5. (I’M ALWAYS TOUCHED BYYOUR) PRESENCE DEAR ----- BLONDIE---- Terry

6. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN ------- SHEILA & B DEVOTION----------Robert

7. MORE THAN A WOMAN ------------------ TAVARES ----------Terry

8. I WONDER WHY -------------- SHOWADDYWADDY ----- Robert

9. WITH A LITTLE LUCK ------------ -- WINGS -------------Terry

10. SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH------ DAN HILL -----------Robert

11. YOU’RE THE ONE THAT I WANT ----- JOHN TRAVOLTA & OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN--- Terry

12. BAKER STREET ------------- GERRY RAFFERTY--------- Terry

13. BECAUSE THE NIGHT ---------------- PATTI SMITH GROUP ------------ Terry

14. BACK IN LOVE AGAIN ------------------ DONNA SUMMER--------- Robert

15. MORE LIKE THE MOVIES ----------------- DR HOOK -------- Robert


16. NICE ‘N’ SLEAZY -------------- THE STRANGLERS------ Terry

17. FOLLOW YOU FOLLOW ME --------- GENESIS--------------- Terry


18. IF YOU CAN’T GIVE ME LOVE ------------- SUZIE QUATRO ------- Robert

19. NEVER LET HER SLIP AWAY ----------- ANDREW GOLD ------------John

20. NIGHT FEVER------------------BeeGees ------------- Terry

Can you guess who I was sketching here? Initials and asterisks only please.

How well do you know the songs of the Beatles? Can you identify each song from the opening lyrics shown below? No use of the internet of course - purely from memory (and find them buzzing round your head all day long!). Good luck.


1.You say yes / I say no Hello, Goodbye CHARLOTTE
2.There's nothing you can do that can't be done All you need is love SANDIE
3.When I get older losing my hair, many years from now When I'm Sixty-Four SANDIE
4.Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup Across the Universe CHARLOTTE
5.Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC Back in the USSR SANDIE
6.Let me tell you how it will be / There's one for you nineteen for me Taxman ROBERT
7. I give her all my love, that's all I do And I love her SANDIE
8. I read the news today, oh boy A Day in the Life SANDIE
9. Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins She's Leaving Home SANDIE
10. Asked a girl what she wanted to be Drive My Car CHARLOTTE
11. Try to see it my way / Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on? We Can Work it Out SANDIE
12. Ooh i need your love babe / Guess you know it's true Eight Days a Week SANDIE
13. Well, she was just 17 / You know what I mean I Saw Her Standing There SANDIE
14. Here come old flattop / He come grooving up slowly Come Together SANDIE
15. Desmond has a barrow in the market place Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da ROBERT
16. I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me Norwegian Wood SANDIE
17. There are places I'll remember In my life SANDIE
18. Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical science in the home Matthew’s Silver Hammer ROBERT
19. You say you will love me if I have to go Things we said today ROBERT
20. I love you, 'cause you tell me things I want to know Ask me why ROBERT

English cities and towns quiz
Can you name the English cities or towns from the following clues?

1. Marian + rock
2. Colour + discard
3. William + river crossing
4. Sharp sound + heavyweight
5. Measure + orifice
6. Witch meeting + attempt
7. Suicidal mammal +weight + watering hole
8. Pit + bonce
9. Jester + large church
10. Organ + Common fund

11. Very dark + set fire to
12. Colour + vehicle
13. Cook + healthy
14. Farm building + winter transport
15. Mr Fordyce + meadow

Can you guess which are the 10 countries with the highest average elevation? This list includes one continent the average elevation of which places it at #5. One guess each and we can see who gets the highest number correct. If you name more than 10 only the first ten would be considered of course. Naturally no internet to be used. Good luck.

How well, if at all, do you remember 1957. Here are 20 big hits from the UK charts in that year with which you may be familiar even if you weren’t born then! How many of the artists responsible for these hits can you remember/identify – without using reference material or the internet, of course. PLEASE REMEMBER, if you change your mind on an answer, use a new post rather than editing the original (in the interests of fairness) – thanks


1. DIANA------------PAUL ANKA--------------SANDIE

2. ALL SHOOK UP/TEDDY BEAR/PARALYSED-----------ELVIS----------SANDIE

3. YOUNG LOVE

4. LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND------------PAT BOONE-----SANDIE

5. SINGING THE BLUES (2 VERSIONS)------TOMMY STEELE --- SANDIE + GUY MITCHELL----JANE
6. PUTTING ON THE STYLE/CUMBERLAND GAP----LONNIE DONEGAN----SANDIE

7. ISLAND IN THE SUN--------HARRY BELAFONTE-----SANDIE

8. YES TONIGHT JOSEPHINE/LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL

9. WHEN I FALL IN LOVE---------NAT KING COLE-------SANDIE

10. BUTTERFLY (2 VERSIONS)

11. THAT’LL BE THE DAY-----THE CRICKETS -------------SANDIE

12. TAMMY-------------DEBBIE REYNOLDS-------------SANDIE

13. LONG TALL SALLY/LUCILLE---------------LITTLE RICHARD---------SANDIE

14. AROUND THE WORLD

15. FREIGHT TRAIN

16. BYE BYE LOVE/WAKE UP LITTLE SUSIE------EVERLYS--------SANDIE

17. BLUEBERRY HILL-------FATS DOMINO--------------SANDIE

18. WHLE LOT OF SHAKIN’ GOING ON

19. (YOU GOTTA HAVE) HEART/TULIPS FROM AMSTERDAM----MAX BYGRAVES----SANDIE

20. ALONE