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1 In what year did Twitter launch?
A 21 March 2006 – created by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, and Biz Stone
2 Which car company makes a model called the Verso?
A Toyota
3 Which Essex town is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Havering?
A Romford
4 What happened when you pushed ‘button B’ when using a public telephone during the 1940s and 50s?
A You got your money returned (‘button A’ connected the call)
5 If you play the Thunderball lottery draw, from how many numbers do you get to pick your ‘Thunderball’ number?
A 14 (five main numbers from 1 to 39 and one ‘Thunderball’ number from 1 to 14)
6 According to the rhyme, who was it that Simple Simon met on his way to the fair?
A A pieman (Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair; Said Simple Simon to the pieman “Let me taste your ware”)
7 It’s called Kar in Turkish, Lumi in Finnish, Neve in Italian, and Neige in French: what is it called in English?
A Snow
8 Through which range of hills does the M40 pass between Oxford and London?
A Chilterns
9 In parliamentary terminology, what is a PPS?
A Parliamentary Private Secretary
10 Baptised members of which religious faith, observe the five symbols known as the Five Ks?
A Sikhism (the Five Ks are the five items of dress and physical appearance – Kesh, Kangha, Kachera, Kara and Kirpan)