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