How is the midwinter described in the title of a well-known carol?
5 What is the former name of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City?
6 Whom did Muhammad Ali beat in the “Rumble in the Jungle”?
7 Which ten-letter word for a colour combines two words to do with water?
8 My Sweet Lord was a 1971 hit for which member of the Beatles?
9 In which century was Abraham Lincoln born?
10 What kind of creature is an anchovy?
11 What does the initial “E” in E-number stand for?
12 In the painting The Birth of Venus by Botticelli, what is the goddess standing on?
13 Which ship was crushed by pack ice in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in 1915?
14 Which former name of an Israeli port is spelt like a land measurement?
15 How many tricks make up a grand slam in bridge?
16 Which actor starred in the 1980 film Raging Bull?
17 After whom were teddy bears named?
18 Which duo topped the charts in 1984 with Freedom?
19 Which side of a ship is on the right as you face forward?
20 Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir Michael Caine starred in which 1972 film?
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1 Where did the little boy live in Baa Baa Black Sheep?
2 Where did Miss Muffet eat her curds and whey?
3 Who marched ten thousand men up and down a hill?
4 Tom the piper’s son stole which animal before running away?
5 Which profession follows tinker, tailor and soldier in a nursery rhyme?
6 In the rhyme This Little Piggy, what did the third little piggy eat?
7 Who stole the tarts made by the Queen of Hearts?
8 Who cut off the tails of the three blind mice?
9 What did the Incy Wincy Spider climb up?
10 Little girls are made of which substances, according to the traditional rhyme?
11 After Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall, who tried but failed to put him back together?
12 Who was told to “put the kettle on”?
13 Which musical instrument is mentioned in Little Boy Blue?
14 Where does the Muffin Man live?
15 In Sing a Song of Sixpence, what was the Queen eating in her parlour?
16 What did Little Jack Horner pull out of his pie after he stuck his thumb in it?
17 In Hickory, Dickory, Dock, which creature ran up the clock?
18 When Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch water, what did Jack break when he fell down?
19 After Little Bo Peep lost her sheep, what was she advised to do?
20 What did the girls do when Georgie Porgie kissed them?
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1 An image of which Australian animal can be found on the tail of a Qantas aeroplane?
2 Who became leader of the Soviet Union in 1985?
3 Which group were Rockin’ All Over the World in 1977?
4 What are the first and last planets in our solar system, listed in order of their distance from the Sun?
5 Which “ology” is concerned with the study and treatment of crime?
6 In films what do the letters PG stand for?
7 Which actor played Frank Drebin in Police Squad! and the Naked Gun films?
8 In the 15th century, which teenage girl led the French army against the English?
9 What number is represented by the Roman numeral M?
10 The programme Any Answers gave listeners the chance to comment on which programme?
11 Who played Vito Corleone in the 1972 film The Godfather?
12 Guiseppe Verdi is most famous for which type of musical work?
13 What is the name of the rocky headland at the southern tip of South America?
14 In which year was Ashes to Ashes a hit for David Bowie?
15 Who was the brother of Cain in the Bible?
16 What colour is Noddy’s hat?
17 Murray Walker commentated on which sport?
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