quiz for Saturday

[Penny]

1. On which British Island could married women not have their own bank account until 1975

2. Which leader was exiled from Cyprus to the Seychelles in 1956

3. On which river is Bonn

4. In Mythology, what was the only animal that could kill a basilisk

5. In which sport could you do a walley

6. What did Orson Welles call ' the biggest train-set a boy ever had'

7. Who defeated Jack Jones in the election for Chancellor of London

8. Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1975 with Ding Dig Dong

9. What was Britain's first space rocket called

cheers Penny

[Rowan]

1. Channel Islands
2. Archbishop Makarios
4. Weasel

[Tiddles]

3. Rhine - My office looked out onto the Rhine when I worked in Germany.

5. figure skating

6. Netherlands - but it was ding-a-dong and not the one you potsed.

[Victors Mate]

6. Netherlands - but it was ding-a-dong and not the one you potsed.

I think it more likely that Orson Welles called being a film director "the biggest train-set a boy ever had"

[Victors Mate]

7. Princess Anne

[Penny]

Gosh, you are all on the ball today. All correct, Tiddles it was as per V.M. said Orson Welles re Hollywood. Only 8 and 9 left. Will have to try to find few more for this evening. cheers Penny

[Victors Mate]

9 Black Arrow

[Penny]

Sorry VM, wrong colour. cheers Penny

[Victors Mate]

Blue Streak

[Penny]

Correct, clever man. cheers Penny

[Penny]

As only No.8 left, The Netherlands, it was sung by Teach-in. cheers Penny

[Tiddles]

Gosh, you are all on the ball today. All correct, Tiddles it was as per V.M. said Orson Welles re Hollywood. Only 8 and 9 left. Will have to try to find few more for this evening. cheers Penny

An obvious typo, Penny - I meant 8.