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Quiz of the week

1) Which famous poem was unfinished thanks to ‘a person on business from Porlock’?

2) What part of a building may be described as ‘hammerbeam’?

3) Which bird is known as a ‘spug’ or ‘speug’ in Scotland?

4) The major moons of which planet are named Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon?

5) The word ‘distaff’ means of or concerning whom?

1) ‘Kubla Khan’ (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) 2) Roof 3) House sparrow 4) Uranus5) Women. Riddle me this: Arms (anagrams)

Riddle me this

If the earth has a heart, which body parts does Mars have?

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On this day…

June 19, 1975

The 7th Earl of Lucan was found guilty of murdering nanny Sandra Rivett with a lead

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