Torrevieja Forum and Discussion Board

• 1. Aisha and John parked the car and walked half a mile to a fireworks display at five mph. They ambled back at two mph, returning to the car 46 minutes after they originally left it. How long did the display last ?

• 2. What connects salt, tennis and lamp ?

• 3. Which Downton Abbey actress might JOG A FRONT AGENT (anagram) ?

• 4. Which of these is the odd one out: rhombic, elliptical, lenticular, spiral ?

• 5. Crack the code to find three palindromes: TCFCT, OKPKO, NGXGN

• 6. Who played Lee Holloway, the title character in the 2003 comedy-drama film Secretary ?

• 7. The word lupine means having the characteristics of which animal ?

• 8. Which author, born on 2 April 1925, wrote the Flashman novels ?

• 9. What colour were the children's TV characters the Clangers ?

• 10. The Fosse Way was a Roman road built to link Exeter to which other city ?

• 11. In which British sitcom did Peter Kay star as club owner Brian Potter ?

• 12. In astrology, which sign of the zodiac is known as The Maiden ?

• 13. In which year was was the National Lottery launched in the UK by Camelot ?

• 14. What type of animal was The Dandy comic's Korky ?

• 15. What is the modern-day name of the island once known as Van Diemen's Land ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

2. Table
11. Phoenix Nights

7. Wolf
14. Cat

ANSWERS

1. 25 minutes
2. They may all follow table
3. Joanne Froggatt
4. Rhombic; the others are shapes of galaxies
5. Radar, minim, level (A becomes Y, B becomes Z, etc.)
6. Maggie Gyllenhaal
7. Wolf
8. George Macdonald Fraser
9. Pink
10. Lincoln
11. Phoenix Nights
12. Virgo
13. 1994
14. Cat
15. Tasmania