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. When and where were the 1st paralympic games?
2. What is an ice hockey puck made of?
cork | rubber | wood
3. How many players are allowed to wear gloves on a cricket field? 2 | 3 | 4
4.Nobby Stiles skipped around Wembley holding what in his left hand?
the base of the cup | his false teeth | the cup
5.Which of these is native to Britain, red or grey squirrel?
6. What is bought as hands, eaten as fingers?
7. What is known as a love apple?
8. The seeds of a pineapple are found where?
9. The cucumber is classed as a vegetable, true or false?
10. Which is the oldest vegetable in the world?
11. Where in France is the tomb of the unknown warrior? Calais | Paris | Dieppe
12. Who sang “the lady in Red”?
13. What is the French for perfume?
14. What is a baguette?
15.What was the nickname of Edith Piaff?
16. How does a butterfly taste its food?
with its mouth | with its feet | with its antenna
17. What type of food is coley?
beef | fish | vegetable
18. Which MP in 1976 brandished the mace?
Skinner | Heseltine | Smith
19. Goldfish are related to which family?
Perch | Carp | Roach
20. How many bones make up the human rib cage?
24 | 25 | 26
© This material is Copyright Ron Russell & St George’s News
Answers to the Quizmaster quiz in the Easter 2025 issue
1: 8 coins & £3.88 | 2: Fact
3: It’s an old custom when residents left small gifts for the trades people that served their house, coalman, dustman, etc4: Galilee | 5: Baked Alaska |6: John, Luke, Mark, Matthew | 7: Jesus wept | 8: 5 loaves and 2 fish | 9: the Romans
10: in his 30’s | 11: London South Bank |12: ex boxer Freddie Mills |13: Mil | 14: 15 (2 batsmen, 11 fielders, 2 umpires)
15: The Wizard of Oz | 16: A navel | 17: Thomas | 18:1 | 19: Judas | 20: 8g
