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1 What colour coats do staff wear at Pontins holiday parks?
A Blue (their slogan used to be “All your want-ins at Pontin’s”)
2 Potophobia, is the irrational fear of what: Alcohol, Potatoes or Light?
A The fear of alcohol (potnonomicaphobia is the fear of potato products – photophobia is the intolerance to visual perception of light) A person with potophobia might experience anxiety, panic, or even a full-blown panic attack when faced with the prospect of drinking alcohol or even being around it.
3 Who hosted the Radio 4 panel game Just a Minute when it was first broadcast in 1967?
A Nicholas Parsons
4 Which UK newspaper was the first to print a colour supplement?
A The Sunday Times (4th February 1962)
5 In which year did actor Reg Varney make the inaugural withdrawal from a UK ATM cash machine: 1967, 1972 or 1975?
A 1967 (27th June, at the Enfield Town branch of Barclays Bank – it was voucher-based)
6 How many judges make up the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom?
A Twelve (the court is composed of the President, Deputy President, and 10 Justices)
7 What is the name of the tractor in the Thomas the Tank Engine stories by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry?
A Terrence (crawler tractor)
8 In transport, what does the system called the ‘Whyte Notation’ classify?
A Wheel arrangements (train engines – the number of leading wheels, then the number of driving wheels, and finally the number of trailing wheels, groups of numbers separated by dashes – the famous Flying Scotsman has the configuration 4-6-2)
9 How many passenger capsules are there on The London Eye giant Ferris wheel?
A Thirty-two (the structure is 443 ft tall and the wheel has a diameter of 394 ft)
10 What on a wooden sailing ship are the futtocks?
A The curved timbers in its frame