1. Irish-born Sally Rooney became famous as what: a footballer, a novelist or a model?
  2. What word can mean either a child’s cot or a no-frills style of holiday cottage?
  3. Fill in the missing word in an advertising slogan: “Have you driven a …. lately?”.
  4. What is regicide?
  5. By altering one letter, what word meaning a metal stand for use under a hot dish can be changed to mean a species of flowering shrub or hedge?
  6. Complete the title of a British novel and film: The Prime of …
  7. How did American long jumper William DeHart Hubbard make sporting history at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games?
  8. Which is the main ingredient in the Chinese dish hokkien mee: rice, noodles or dumplings?
  9. “The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload” was the first line of what 1979 hit song?
  10. What four countries have won the America’s Cup?

 














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ANSWERS: 1. Novelist; 2. Crib; 3. Ford; 4. The killing of a king; 5. Trivet/privet; 6. Miss Jean Brodie; 7. He became the first black athlete to win an Olympic gold medal; 8. Noodles; 9. I Don’t Like Mondays; 10. The US, New Zealand, Australia and Switzerland.