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1 How is New York’s 28th Street better known in the American music industry?
A Tin Pan Alley. Specifically, the section between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
2 Which legendary ghost ship had Van der Decken as its captain?
A The Flying Dutchman. Indeed, an eternal curse condemned the ship to sail the world’s oceans without rest. Because the captain swore to conquer the Cape of Good Hope during a deadly gale, he sealed the crew’s doom. Furthermore, this reckless defiance transformed the ship into a phantom legend that sailors still fear today.
3 What is the name given to a group of squadrons in the RAF?
A A Wing. An RAF Wing typically consists of about three squadrons.
4 How many countries are members of the United Nations?
A 193 as of August 2025.
5 Which fashion brand markets the fragrances “Escape” and “Eternity”?
A Calvin Klein, known for its minimalist style, has a long-standing history in fashion, particularly for its designer jeans, casual wear, and perfumes.
6 What is the name of someone who predicts the future by using the positions of celestial bodies?
A Astrologer
7 Which word is used as the international radio distress call?
A Mayday. This distress signal serves as the highest-priority call in radio transmission. In fact, its creators derived the word from the French expression “m’aider.” Furthermore, by standardising this phrase, international authorities ensured that rescuers could recognise an emergency regardless of language barriers.
8 In which iconic London department store installed Britain’s very first escalator?
A Harrods in London in 1898. The woven leather escalator was quite a novelty at the time, with staff offering brandy to nervous customers to help them recover from the experience.
9 How much memory did the original Sinclair ZX80 home computer come with?
A 1 KB of RAM, which was expandable with an external RAM pack to a maximum of 16 KB.
10 Which well-known photographer told us in an advert that we’d take great snaps if we used an Olympus Trip?
A David Bailey. Bailey featured in a long-running advertising campaign for the Olympus Trip 35 camera in the late 1970s and early 1980s, playing himself alongside various stars, which helped turn both Bailey and the camera into household names.