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1 What is the standard gauge on British railways?
A 4 feet 8½ inches or 1,435 mm which is the distance between the inside edges of the rails (also named the Stephenson gauge after George Stephenson – approx 60% of the world’s railways still use this gauge)
2 What did ENSA provide for the troops in World War Two?
A Entertainment (The Entertainments National Service Association)
3 Who is sometimes called ‘The Vicar of Christ’?
A The Roman Catholic Pope (also Bishop of Rome)
4 The name of which bird is given to someone who is a hoarder?
A Magpie
5 What are the three primary colours of white light?
A Red, Green, and Blue (The secondary colours are Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta)
6 Which coin did the Bank of England introduce in 1982?
A Twenty Pence piece (the one-pound coin in 1983)
7 In British English, they are drawing pins; what are they in American English?
A Thumbtacks
8 What is the name of the London suburb used in rhyming slang as part of the male genitalia?
A Hampton Wick (in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames)
9 If bacterium doubles every minute, and it takes an hour for it to fill a sealed jar, then after how long was the jar half-full?
A 55 minutes – 1 minute before the hour
10 According to the nursery rhyme Ding Dong Bell, who put pussy in the well?
A Little Johnny Green