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PUZZLES
Test your knowledge with our range of brain-teasing questions and crossword…
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Which flag is raised when a
ship is about to leave port?
Jewish candlestick with special
religious meaning?
MUSIC
2. Who painted
the Laughing
Cavalier?
1. Which group comprised John
Phillips, Denny Doherty, Cass
Elliot, and Michelle Phillips?
3. Who was
the father of
Ham, Shem and Japheth in the
bible?
2. London born Miss Adkins is
better known by which name?
4. Which country has the longest
coastline?
5. Which African country has the
shilling as its currency?
6. Which planet is nearest the
sun?
7. What is contained in a dish
described as Lyonnaise?
8. What term describes a male
swan?
9. Who might make use of a
maulstick?
10. What name is given to the
PRIZE CROSSWORD
3. Which singer sang the song
‘Hanky Panky’ form the ‘I’m
Breathless’ album?
4. Who composed the classical
piece Peter and the Wolf?
5. Which singer was known as
Little Miss Dynamite?
6. Les Gray
was the
lead singer
of which
group?
8. Which singer-songwriter from
Sale released the album ‘White
Ladder’ in 1998?
9. What is the first name of
compose Vivaldi?
10. What is the better known
stage name of Robyn Fenty?
WHO AM I?
• I was born at Greenwich Palace
in 1491
• I was made Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland at age three
• I died in 1547 (aged 55) at the
Palace of Whitehall, London
ANSWERS ON
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7. Which group’s best-known
recording is the 1967 single ‘A
Whiter Shade of Pale’?
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