1. What national construction and contracting company bears the name of the Irish immigrant who founded it in the 1950s?
  2. Silk Cut is a British brand of what?
  3. What aptly titled hit song of 1984 began with the line, “Near a tree by a river there’s a hole in the ground”?
  4. How many King Richards has England had?
  5. Operation Enduring Freedom was a US-led military campaign that targeted terrorists in what country?
  6. Complete the title of a 1971 crime film starring Michael Caine in the title role: Get ….
  7. “Because it’s there” was the famous answer given in 1924 to what question?
  8. Slope Point is the southernmost point of what island?
  9. The Rolling Thunder Revue was a celebrated tour by which singer: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen or Tina Turner?
  10. What unit of currency is used by Argentina, the Philippines and Cuba?














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ANSWERS: 1. Higgins; 2. Cigarettes; 3. The Riddle, by Nik Kershaw; 4. Three; 5. Afghanistan; 6. Carter; 7. “Why do you want to climb Mt Everest?” (the question was put to mountaineer George Mallory); 8. The South Island; 9. Bob Dylan; 10. The peso.