Just for fun - perhaps even educational.
1. What number do the Roman numerals XIX represent?
19
2. How many pawns does one player start with in the game of chess?
Eight
3. Who went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat in the famous poem by Edward Lear?
The owl and the pussy cat
4. Which British Prime Minister had the nickname of The Iron Lady?
Margaret Thatcher
5. How many right angles does a cube have?
24
6. Which singer was born Arnold George Dorsey in 1936?
Engel Humperdinck
7. In what year was the Channel Tunnel between England and France officially opened?
1994
8. In which 1960s TV series did Clint Eastwood star as the cowhand Rowdy Yates?
Rawhide
9. Who wrote the famous play Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespeare
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10. What world record attempt was held in the Saltcoats Beach Pavilion in 1958?
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