Tough 1 (25 Feb)

Post by **merry** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:29 am

1 Which diarist debuted in The Independent in 1995?

2 What are euro banknotes made from?

3 Which county adopted St Petroc’s Cross as its flag?

4 Which company buys about 15% of the UK’s annual potato crop?

5 What name is given to zero electrical resistance?

6 Pig farmer and businessman Jim Watkins is claimed to be behind which conspiracy theory?

7 Which singer is the Dowager Countess of Plauen?

8 In what decade was the last prosecution under the Witchcraft Act?

OurCreature · Post by **OurCreature** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:27 am

0/8 for OC today - my guesses were all WRONG...................

Furby · Post by **Furby** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 12:01 pm

I don't know any of them

Would guess 4 to be walkers crisps.

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 6:03 pm

2 What are euro banknotes made from?
Guessing cotton.
5 What name is given to zero electrical resistance?
Superconductance. It has to be very cold for it to occur.

DaisyNinjaGirl · Post by **DaisyNinjaGirl** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 7:39 pm

1 Which diarist debuted in The Independent in 1995?
Bridget Jones

2 What are euro banknotes made from?
Wouldn't they be made of plastic? I know NZ ones are.

Wildrover · Post by **Wildrover** » Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:35 pm

3. Devon
8. 1940s? I know there was a woman convicted of witchcraft during the second world war but don't know if there have been any since then.

Post by **merry** » Sat Mar 04, 2023 9:31 am

This must have been a tough lot! though you did all right in the end... 5/8 isn't bad!

1 Bridget Jones.
2 Cotton.
3 Devon.
4 McCain.
5 Superconductivity.
6 QAnon.
7 Anni-Frid from Abba.
8 1940s.