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QUIZ

Thomas Eaton

1 Which Norfolk woman wrote the earliest autobiography in English?

2 Which world leader has the most Twitter followers?

3 The Blackwood convention is used in what game?

4 Who said: “We didn’t land on Plymouth Rock; the rock was landed on us”?

5 50kg is the minimum weight to do what?

6 Which 60s group was named for its members’ lack of height?

7 Nottingham Hellfire Harlots play which sport?

PUZZLES

Chris Maslanka

1 What is unusual about SPONGE but not LOOFAH, WOOD but not TREES, WIFE but not HUSBAND, VOLGA but not BOATMAN, YULE but not TIDE, SODA but not WATER, JEDDA but not CHEESE and ZOO but not GARDEN?

2 Cryptic

Arcane form of ice store (8)

CHESS

Leonard Barden

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