A tale of two priests. The things that you say and do, and the responses that you get. [There are 1350 words in this piece.] Do you feel, generally, that you can predict the kind of response that you will get to the things that you say and do? Or is there usually a level… Continue reading “He’s got a lot to say for himself, hasn’t he?”
The current UK #1 is “Texas Hold ‘Em” by Beyoncé. It is coming to the end of its fourth week at the top. In an hour or two we’ll know if it has made it to a fifth week. Its predecessor, “Stick Season” by Noah Kahan, spent 7 weeks at #1, the first new chart-topper… Continue reading UK #1 Trivia, March 2024: Beyoncé and Noah Kahan
Following on from this introductory piece, here is another “oven-ready quiz round”. 10 words from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet You know about the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, the words that are used to represent the 26 letters of the English alphabet. It starts with Alpha for A, Bravo for B, Charlie for C and so on.… Continue reading Oven-ready quiz rounds: 10 words from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
Following on from this introductory piece, here is another “oven-ready quiz round”. 21st Century England footballers and their debuts Here is a list of 12 England international footballers who all played for the national team in the 21st century. They all won at least 50 caps. The question for each footballer is: Did he make… Continue reading Oven-ready quiz rounds: 21st Century England footballers and their debuts
Following on from this introductory piece, here is another “oven-ready quiz round”. 10 questions with alliterative answers The answers to the following questions are people or characters with alliterative names: in each case the first name and surname both begin with the same letter. 1 Which composer and songwriter, who died in 2023, wrote hits… Continue reading Oven-ready quiz rounds: 10 questions with alliterative answers
Following on from this introductory piece, here is another “oven-ready quiz round”. UK #1s: The title is not in the lyrics (15 questions) The following list shows the names of 15 artists and the year in which they had a UK #1. In each case the exact title of the song that reached #1 is… Continue reading Oven-ready quiz rounds: UK #1s: The title is not in the lyrics (15 questions)
Back in 2019 I noted, in this piece, that I am not much good at medical chat. My memory is fine when it comes to things like biographical detail and conversation recall but medical information rarely stays in my mind for long. It might be a good thing. As that earlier piece noted: “Maybe it’s… Continue reading Word of the week: Hyperplasia
Following on from this introductory piece, here is another “oven-ready quiz round”. 5 Pairs of Rhyming Answers The following mixed bag of 10 questions contains 5 pairs of answers that rhyme with each other. Answer 1 rhymes with Answer 2, Answer 3 rhymes with Answer 4 and so on. If you only know the answer… Continue reading Oven-ready quiz rounds: 5 Pairs of Rhyming Answers
Following on from this introductory piece, here is another “oven-ready quiz round”. One-letter answers: Countries and their capitals Each of the following 15 clues lists the names of THREE different countries. Each set of three has something in common: all of their capital cities begin with the same letter. For each set of three, simply… Continue reading Oven-ready quiz rounds: One-letter answers, Countries and their Capitals
Following on from this introductory piece, here is another “oven-ready quiz round”. All the vowels appear just once The answers to the following clues are in alphabetical order and they all include each vowel (A E I O U) once and once only. The number in brackets indicates the number of letters in the answer.… Continue reading Oven-ready quiz rounds: All the vowels appear just once
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