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Quiz of the week

1) On an Ordnance Survey map, what does the abbreviation FM indicate?

2) Which band released the single Prince Charming in 1981?

3) Which king was known as ‘the Merry Monarch’?

4) What colour dye is made from the leaves of woad (Isatis tinctoria)?

5) 020 is the dialling code for which English city?

1) A farm 2) Adam and the Ants 3) Charles II 4) Blue/indigo 5) London. Riddle me this: A pair of human legs

Riddle me this

What has a bottom at the top?

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On this day…

June 5, 2003

Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott flicked a V-sign at journalists as he arrived for a meeting

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