Ron Russell, ex Royal Engineers, introduced himself to us at last year’s Remembrance Day Service. Ron is a blind veteran and a Quizmaster. He will be supplying us with a “20 Questions” column for the magazine – the answers will appear in the next issue.
1. Which fungus sounds like a seat for an amphibian.
2. Which Government department coined the phrase “keep calm and carry on”?
3.Alligator strawberry is another name for which fruit?
4.What is the only walled city left in Canada?
5. Which US President spoke of his dislike of broccoli:
Carter | Reagan | Bush Snr
6. The TV series “The Simpsons”, what is Bart’s proper name?
7. Which Shakespearean King did not die in battle:
Othello | Richard | Macbeth
8. What is Ringo Starr’s real name?
9. In which sport did Duncan Goodhew win gold medals: athletics | swimming | gymnastics
10. In morse code the letter O is represented by how many dashes: 2 | 3 | 4
11.During the 1880’s Whitby was the centre of which industry now banned?
12. Who was the first female presenter aged 27 on BBC Radio 1?
13. What animal is born in a den of snow?
14. Which theme park was sold for half a million quid:
Disney land | Thorpe Park | Disney world
15. What was the setting for the film “One of our dinosaurs is missing”:
British Museum | Natural History Museum | London Gallery
16. In which county is Newmarket Racecourse?
17. How many violins are in a string quartet?
18. Who is Baron Coe of Runmoor?
19. Vermicide is a substance meant to kill:
Worms | Frogs | Caterpillars
20. The craze of bungee jumping originated in which country: New Zealand | Malta | Australia
© This material is Copyright Ron Russell & St George’s News
Answers to the Quizmaster quiz in the Autumn 2025 issue
1: Reagan | 2: Tortoise and Turtle | 3: Semi-precious crystals found in parts of Britain | 4: Fossils and sea shells have been found in the rock formation | 5: The DJ Tony Blackburn | 6: 200 | 7: No, it’s a marsupial
8: Queensland and Victoria | 9: String bean | 10: Fact
11: The mouseman because of his skill at carving a mouse into & onto every piece of furniture that he made
12: Apples |13: Pasta | 14: Screwdriver | 15: 10 | 16: You rang, m’ Lord | 17: Blue | 18: George VI | 19: 60’s (1966) | 20: Shortsighted
