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A) The Alphabetical Quiz – The Letters Ba

The idea is that all the answers to the following questions begin with the letters Ba, and follow each other in alphabetical order, as shown in the first two answers given.

1) Name the large monkey with a long dog-like muzzle. – Answer: Baboon. 2) Popular type of rum often paired with coke. – Answer: Bacardi. 3) What does the letter B stand for in the acronyms B.A, B. Sc. and B. Ed? 4) What is the name given to the two-humped camel? 5) What word links shuttlecock and Horse Trials? 6) Name the game played on a board with a series of holes into which balls are rolled. 7) Name the green woollen cloth used to cover a snooker table? 8) What is the numerical term sometimes used for ‘thirteen’? 9) What is the name of the rich cake, made of layers of Filo pastry with a filling of honey, nuts and spices? 10) Name the Russian musical instrument with a triangular body and normally only three strings. 11) What was the name of Tony Robinson’s popular character in the ‘Blackadder’ TV series? 12) Who holds the record for scoring the most goals for the Wales international football team? 13) Which 1966 England World Cup winner died following a heart attack as he was trying to extinguish a bonfire? 14) Which all-time golfing great was known the world over as simply ‘Seve’? 15) Which Royal residence in Scotland becomes home to The Queen every summer? 16) Name the very lightweight wood, often used in model-making. 17) Name the European sea which gives its name to a Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead. 18) “Do they Know it’s Christmas?” asked which charity supergroup in 1984? 19) Which South Asian country, formerly East Pakistan, became a sovereign nation in 1971? 20) Term given to describe a difficult or frightening first experience of something. 21) Famous invitational rugby union team whose players wear black and white hooped shirts, whilst their socks are from their own club strip. 22) What male singing voice comes between bass and tenor? 23) This ‘Question of Sport’ involves the winner of the 1976 French Open, her only Grand Slam tennis victory! 24) What is the English translation of the ‘B’ in the car brand, B.M.W? 25) What is the name of the portable anti-tank gun which fires small rockets?

B) Train That Brain!

Take the first number and follow the instructions until you reach the answer. Try it first without pen and paper and don’t even think about a calculator!

1) 6: x 3, 50% of it , + 27, - 6, x 8, ¼ of it, + 19, - 34 = ? 2) 23: + 27, x 9, 10% of it, - 16, x 7, + 97, + ½ of it, - 173 = ? 3) 156: x 4, + 77, - 356, + 155, 40% of it, x 7, - 199, x 3 = ?

4040 ANSWERS Section A: 3) Bachelor, 4) Bactrian, 5) Badminton, 6) Bagatelle, 7) Baize, 8) Baker’s (dozen), 9) Baklava, 10) Balalaika, 11) Baldrick, 12) (Gareth) Bale, 13) (Alan) Ball, 14) (Severiano) Ballesteros, 15) Balmoral (Castle), 16) Balsa, 17) Baltic, 18) Band Aid, 19) Bangladesh, 20) Baptism (of fire), 21) Barbarians, 22) Baritone, 23) (Sue) Barker, 24) Bavarian (Motor Works), 25) Bazooka. Section B: 1) 45, 2) 277, 3) 3603.

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