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Quiz of the week

1) In which year was the Great Fireof London?

2) Olympian Claudia Fragapane retired from which sport earlier this year?

3) A baldric is a type of what?

4) Which city in New Zealand shares its name with an Oxford College?

5) What couldn’t a bird do withoutits syrinx?

1) 1666 2) Gymnastics 3) Belt 4) Christchurch (named for Christ Church, Oxford) 5) Make sound/sing (it is the vocal organ). Riddle me this: A tooth

Riddle me this

I have a root, but will not grow. I have a crown, but will never rule. What am I?

Time to buy

On this day… May 15, 1990

Westminster City Council banned the use of British beef in school

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