The Big Issue - UK (2020-08-24)

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ALAN'S QUIZ CORNER

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Illustration:

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ISSUE 1423 ANSWERS:

Sting 2. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3. Utah 4. Blue, yellow, black, green and red 5. Baker (Tom and Colin) 6. Horse breed

K2 8. 13 9. Rex 10. Martin Peters 11. Coronation Street 12. 1999 13. Patty and Selma 14. Museum of Modern Art, New York

Maseru 16. Michael Caine 17. Elizabeth Tower 18. 1947 19. 4,225 20. Kent

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Who wrote The Chronicles of
Narnia book series?

Mexico has hosted the Fifa
World Cup twice – in which years?

Which rock star’s real name is
James Osterberg?

Lerwick is a town in which
Scottish island group?

Which musical duo were
once in an indie pop band
called Darlin’?

What is a group of hedgehogs
known as?

What is the next number in this
sequence – 5, 25, 625...?

Whose UK Number One singles
include World Of Our Own, You
Raise Me Up and The Rose?

According to the most recent
survey, Brown is the most
common UK surname by colour.
What’s the second?

In which year was the World
Snooker Championship first
held at its current venue of the
Crucible Theatre in Sheffield?
11. If you complete the
three peaks challenge, which
UK mountains would you
have climbed?
12. What was Daniel Craig’s first
James Bond film?
13. In which country was England
cricketer Ben Stokes born?
14. Ziti, Spätzle and Manicotti are
types of what?
15. Which breakfast cereal’s
long-time advertising slogan is
‘Snap, crackle and pop’?
16. Which UK underground metro
system began operating in 1980?
17. What is the longest river
in Russia?
18. According to a 2018 YouGov
poll, chocolate and then vanilla are
the UK’s most popular ice cream
flavours. But what was third?
19. Which character has the first
line in the first Star Wars movie
(the one that came out in 1977)?
20. In which US state is
Mount Rushmore?

FROM 24 AUGUST 2020 BIGISSUE.COM| 45

AWARDS PPA Scotland consumer magazine oftheyear,2019, 2017 PaulMcNamee PPAScotlandeditoroftheyear2019, BSME British editor of the year 2016 Ross Lesley-Bayne PPA Scotland designer of the year 2019 Jane Graham PPA Scotland writer of the year 2018 BSME cover of theyear 2017

FOUNDERS JohnBirdandGordonRoddick GROUP CHAIR NigelKershaw MANAGING DIRECTOR RussellBlackman EDITORIAL & PRODUCTION Editor Paul McNamee Managing editor Vicky Carroll Features editor Steven MacKenzie Senior reporter Liam Geraghty Staff reporter Hannah Westwater Books editor Jane Graham News & entertainment Adrian Lobb Radio Robin Ince Music Malcolm Jack and Claire Jackson Art director Ross Lesley-Bayne Production editor Sarah Reid Production journalist Alan Woodhouse Designer Gillian Smith Junior designer Matthew Costello

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Wise guy? Let The Big Issue's trivia buff test your brainpower

NEED HELP? WhynotgettogetherwithotherBigIssue readers@BigIssue;@bigissueuk;facebook.com/bigissueu Gettheanswersinnextweek'smag!Goodluck

Alan Woodhouse is a Big Issue journalist, trivia buff and quizzer @HibernianG42

Illustration:

Miles Cole

ISSUE 1423 ANSWERS: 1.Sting2.WutheringHeightsbyEmilyBrontë3.Utah4.Blue,yellow,black,greenandred5.Baker(TomandColin)6.Horsebreed 7.K28. 13 9.Rex10.MartinPeters11.CoronationStreet12. 1999 13.PattyandSelma 14. Museum of Modern Art, New York

Maseru 16. Michael Caine 17. Elizabeth Tower 18. 1947 19. 4,225 20. Kent

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1.WhowroteTheChroniclesof Narniabookseries?

2.MexicohashostedtheFifa WorldCuptwice– inwhichyears?

3.Whichrockstar’srealnameis JamesOsterberg?

4.Lerwickis a towninwhich Scottishislandgroup?

5.Whichmusicalduowere onceinanindiepopband calledDarlin’?

6.Whatis a groupofhedgehogs knownas?

7.Whatis thenextnumberinthis sequence– 5,25,625...?

8.WhoseUKNumberOnesingles includeWorldOfOurOwn,You RaiseMeUpandTheRose?

9.Accordingtothemostrecent survey,Brownis themost commonUKsurnamebycolour. What’sthesecond?

In which year was the World
Snooker Championship first
held at its current venue of the
Crucible Theatre in Sheffield?
11. If you complete the
three peaks challenge, which
UK mountains would you
have climbed?
12. What was Daniel Craig’s first
James Bond film?
13. In which country was England
cricketer Ben Stokes born?
14. Ziti, Spätzle and Manicotti are
types of what?
15. Which breakfast cereal’s
long-time advertising slogan is
‘Snap, crackle and pop’?
16. Which UK underground metro
system began operating in 1980?
17. What is the longest river
in Russia?
18. According to a 2018 YouGov
poll, chocolate and then vanilla are
the UK’s most popular ice cream
flavours. But what was third?
19. Which character has the first
line in the first Star Wars movie
(the one that came out in 1977)?
20. In which US state is
Mount Rushmore?

The Big Issue - UK (2020-08-24)

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