Some teasing questions
Quizmaster Steve Rees put quizzes in every home programme this season, and here's his quiz from the Blyth Spartans game in September
- Which fruit shares its name with a language?
- In which athletics event is the women’s world record better than the men’s?
- What was the largest naval battle fought during the First World War?
- It was Naranjito in 1982, and Juanito in 1970. What was it in 1966?
- Which brand of soft drink was advertised as having “the totally tropical taste”?
- Which British sailor is the most successful sailor in Olympic history?
- Where would a stevedore work?
- Which annual sporting event has been incorporated into Cockney rhyming slang for a
part of the body?
- Aspirin was originally derived from the bark of which tree?
- What is the real name of former cricket umpire, “Dickie” Bird?
- What was the follow-up to the film “Jurassic Park” called?
- In the first innings of the recent 3rd Ashes Test, who was the only English batsman to
reach double figures?
- In “Dad’s Army”, what is the Christian name of Capt Mainwaring’s wife?
- Which EFL club has the nickname “The Railwaymen”?
- In which range of hills is the source of the River Thames?
- A statue of which Olympic gold medal-winning athlete was unveiled on Brighton
seafront in 2012?
- Which building in London has the postcode SW1A 1AA?
- Which British athlete won the gold medal in the long jump at the 2012 Olympics?
- On which island did Napoleon Bonaparte spend the last six years of his life?
- In 2005, which two Newcastle Utd players were sent off for fighting with each other?