Our competitions

Question: 1: What is due to go on display at the British Museum in September 2026 ?

Answer: Bayeux Tapestry

Question: 2: A 66 years old English actor, who provided the voice of a character in two Shrek films, has recently been pulling pints in support of a pub which has what name ?

Answer: The Swan

Question: 3: Dorothy Lamour appeared in how many of the seven 'Road To..' films which starred Bob Hope and Bing Crosby ?

Answer: 7

Question: 4: In the NATO phonetic alphabet which letter is represented by the code word that has the most letters ?

Answer: N

Question: 5: The man pictured above has sadly died aged 91. After leaving high school he went to university to study which subject ?

Answer: Medicine

Question: 6: According to the website of the new British Home Secretary, she will fight with whose voice at the heart of government to bring change to the country ?

Answer: Brummies

Question: 7: Someone suffering from coulrophobia might be advised not to watch which of the following films ?

Answer: It (2017)

Question: 8: 165 years ago today many lives were lost when a steamship named after a lady born in England sank in which of the Great Lakes ?

Answer: Michigan

Question: 9: Yesterday marked the 44th anniversary of the airing of the first ever episode of the sitcom pictured above. In that episode what was the name of the girl that Rodney wanted to go and see in Hong Kong ?

Answer: Shanghai Lil

Question: 10: One of the new hosts of BBC's MasterChef was born in which capital city ?

Answer: Dublin

Question: 11: Finishers in last Sunday's Great North Run received a medal showing a map of which city ?

Answer: Sunderland

Question: 12: The first ever video uploaded to YouTube has had over 370 million views. What is the video called ?

Answer: Me at the zoo

Question: 13: What is the first name of the soloist associated with a brass instrument, who is married to a knighted film director, and who has announced her retirement after performing at the Last Night of the Proms this evening ?

Answer: Alison

Question: 14: In the 1981 game pictured above what was the occupation of the hero ?

Answer: Carpenter (he became a plumber later on)

Question: 15: What was the name of the locomotive that fatally injured a British MP 195 years ago today ?

Answer: Rocket

Question: 16: The first sitting Conservative MP to defect to Reform UK is the son of which Dame ?

Answer: Prue Leith

Question: 17: To celebrate 90 years of Monopoly the Royal Mint is set to release a special 50p coin. Which one of these properties appears on the coin ?

Answer: Bow Street

Question: 18: Stuart Pearce MBE is the guest speaker at a Sporting Lunch at the Grand Hotel in Birmingham tomorrow. Who is he standing in for as the original speaker is busy filming I'm A Celebrity All Stars in South Africa ?

Answer: Harry Redknapp

Question: 19: Which Queen's Dolls' House did Melania Trump see at Windsor Castle yesterday ?

Answer: Mary

Question: 20: Approximately how many members of the organisation depicted above are there in Great Britain and Ireland ?

Answer: 35000

Question: 21: Which one of these was the name of a group that included three siblings who went on to gain worldwide fame ?

Answer: The Rattlesnakes

Question: 22: Which one of these famous people was the youngest when they first got married ?

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

Question: 23: The 2025 Ryder Cup starts this Friday. How many of the 12 players in Europe's Team were born in England ?

Answer: 3 (Justin Rose was born in South Africa)

Question: 24: To the nearest million dollars, how much did the painting pictured above sell for in 2017 ?

Answer: $450

Question: 25: The lady pictured above has sadly died aged 87. Which of these films did she not appear in ?

Answer: Von Ryan's Express

Question: 26: In 1967 what did a member of The Mamas & the Papas eat while performing California Dreamin on The Ed Sullivan Show ?

Answer: Banana

Question: 27: The actor who played The Six Million Dollar Man provided the voice for which character in 3 episodes of Thunderbirds Are Go ?

Answer: Jeff Tracy

Question: 28: Who was named the Player of the Match in yesterday's Women's Rugby World Cup Final ?

Answer: Sadia Kabeya

Question: 29: The man portrayed above introduced the Metropolitan Police Act 1829. Which theme park was built on land that his family used to own ?

Answer: Drayton Manor

Question: 30: 57 years ago today which airplane was rolled out to the public for the first time ?

Answer: Boeing 747