Letter round: T

Every answer is one word beginning with T. Tell the teams, it is half the fun.

1. Pravda was the foremost newspaper in the Soviet Union. What does Pravda mean in English?

2. The name of the dog in Enid Blyton?s Famous Five books?

3. In which country did the real St Nicholas live?

4. What was Kevin Lloyd?s nickname in The Bill

5. In which game do you try to outmanoeuvre your opponent in placing hands and feet on coloured circles as directed by the spinner?

6. What is both a man's first name and the Greek root for 'cut'?

7. Which benevolent 20th century European dictator was born Josip Broz?

8. The name of which FIFA World Cup ball is also the name of a flag?

9. What was the name of the CIA's black ops program that created the assassin Jason Bourne?

10. For what invention is Earl Silas Tupper best known?

11. Which metal is normally used to make a set of darts?

12. Jeu de paume was a French precursor of which well known sport?

13. What is the longest river entirely within England?

14. At what number in Rillington place did john Christie live?

15. You can?t teach an old dog new.......

ANSWERS

1. Truth

2. Timmy

3. Turkey

4. Tosh

5. Twister

6. Tom (as in appendectomy)

7. Tito

8. Tricolore

9. Threadstone

10. Tupperware

11. Tungsten

12. Tennis Also accept 'Volleyball' as it was often played without racquets

13. The Thames

14. Ten.

15. Tricks

Where these questions come from
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  2. Pot Luck Quiz 1
  3. Christmas Quiz 3
  4. Nicknames Quiz 3
  5. Games Quiz 1
  6. Pauls Quiz 237
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  8. Pub Quiz 180
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  10. History Quiz 11
  11. Hobbies, Games and Pastimes Quiz 3
  12. Pub Quiz 177
  13. On the Map Quiz 1
  14. Crime and Punishment Quiz 4
  15. Proverbs Quiz 1