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1 What is the motorway speed limit for cars towing a caravan?
A 60 mph
2 Which fairground treat is known in France as ‘barbe à papa’ (father’s beard)?
A Candy Floss
3 What does the ‘CT’ stand for in the medical term CT scan”?
A Computerised Tomography.
4 Which decade saw the introduction of the 70 mph speed limit on Britain’s motorways?
A 1960s (22nd December 1965 – there were several serious motorway accidents in
5 What name is given to the condition where a captive begins to sympathise with their captors?
A Stockholm Syndrome
6 What is the name of the exploration and production company that has been drilling for shale gas in the UK?
A Cuadrilla Resources (interestingly, a cuadrilla is part of the bullfighting team of a matador)
7 According to the proverb, what is there many of ‘twixt cup and lip’?
A Slip
8 Which year was the London congestion charge introduced?
A 2003
9 What is perhaps most noticeable about monks in the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance?
A They seldom speak (commonly known as Trappist Monks – they do not and
10 What giant message to his girlfriend did landscape gardener Andy Cameron mow into a lawn outside a hotel in Renfrewshire, Scotland?
A Marry Me (Andy Cameron, 27, decided to surprise Kayleigh Hawthorn, 25, while she was working on the reception desk at Erskine Bridge Hotel in Renfrewshire, July 2014)