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  • 1. ICO - the UK agency responsible for data protection, privacy and freedom of information - stands for what ?
  • 2. Who against huge odds knocked defending champion John Higgins out of the 2010 World Snooker Championship ?
  • 3. Eyjafjallajokull is what: a Norwegian football club; an Alaskan horse; a disease of the feet; or Iceland's volcano responsible for the air-traffic paralysing ash cloud ?
  • 4. What name, adapted from the male term, refers to a female tree-feller, popularised in Britain during World War II ?
  • 5. In what European city is the historic port of Piraeus ?
  • 6. Nicholas Briggs is the long-time voice of which TV evil force ?
  • 7. The Roman numerals DCLXVI equate to what number ?
  • 8. What event attracted the highest UK TV audience of the 1990s ?
  • 9. The Chapman Root Glass Company was responsible for what 1915 iconic design nicknamed the 'hobble skirt' and 'Mae West' ?
  • 10. Which of the Brontë sisters wrote the novel 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' ?
  • 11. A clowder is a collective term for which creatures: dogs; cats; horses; or sheep ?
  • 12. Which early British rock'n'roll star was Og the leprechaun in the 1968 film Finian's Rainbow ?
  • 13. Which British football team is nicknamed the Blades ?
  • 14. The colour of the moon's sky, seen from the moon, is always the same, what is it: blue; black; white; or pink ?
  • 15. What is the name of the gland in the human body attached to the base of the brain important in controlling growth ?

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4 Lumberjill
5 Athens
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7. 666
13. Sheffield United
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15 Pituitary
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1. Information Commissioners Office
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3 Iceland volcano
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ANSWERS
  • 1. ICO - the UK agency responsible for data protection, privacy and freedom of information - stands for what ? Information Commissioner's Office
  • 2. Who against huge odds knocked defending champion John Higgins out of the 2010 World Snooker Championship ? Steve Davis
  • 3. Eyjafjallajokull is what: a Norwegian football club; an Alaskan horse; a disease of the feet; or Iceland's volcano responsible for the air-traffic paralysing ash cloud ? Iceland's volcano responsible for the air-traffic paralysing ash cloud
  • 4. What name, adapted from the male term, refers to a female tree-feller, popularised in Britain during World War II ? Lumberjill
  • 5. In what European city is the historic port of Piraeus ? Athens
  • 6. Nicholas Briggs is the long-time voice of which TV evil force ? The Daleks
  • 7. The Roman numerals DCLXVI equate to what number ? 666
  • 8. What event attracted the highest UK TV audience of the 1990s ? Princess Diana's Funeral
  • 9. The Chapman Root Glass Company was responsible for what 1915 iconic design nicknamed the 'hobble skirt' and 'Mae West' ? Coca-Cola bottle
  • 10. Which of the Brontë sisters wrote the novel 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' ? Anne Brontë
  • 11. A clowder is a collective term for which creatures: dogs; cats; horses; or sheep ? Cats
  • 12. Which early British rock'n'roll star was Og the leprechaun in the 1968 film Finian's Rainbow ? Tommy Steele
  • 13. Which British football team is nicknamed the Blades ? Sheffield United
  • 14. The colour of the moon's sky, seen from the moon, is always the same, what is it: blue; black; white; or pink ? Black
  • 15. What is the name of the gland in the human body attached to the base of the brain important in controlling growth ? Pituitary gland

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