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 ex US President had a consignment of jellybabies delivered to the White House?
JFK | Reagan | Carter
2. Which reptile has its skeleton on the outside?
3.What are Jet & Blue John?
4.How do we know that Mount Snowdon was part of the sea bed?
5. Who was the 1st King of the Jungle in I’m a Celebrity get me out of here?
6. On average how many teeth does a great white shark have? 200 | 300 | 400
7. Is the Koala Bear a bear?
8. Which 2 Aussie states are named after a female monarch?
9. Which of these is a true vegetable: string bean | string marrow
10. Fact or fiction, 80% of the world’s opals are mined in Australia?
11. By what other name was the 18th century wood carver Robert Thomson better known?
12. Matthew Bramley gave his name to what?
13. Angel hair is a name given to what food?
14. What cocktail would you find in your toolbox?
15. How many ways can a batsman be “out” in cricket: 5 | 10 | 15
16. Which of these is not set in the 1940’s: it aint ‘alf ‘ot mum | you rang my lord | Dad’s Army
17. The colour purple is produced by mixing red, yellow and what other colour?
18. Who was Duke of York before Prince Andrew?
19. Premium Bonds were introduced in which decade? 50’s | 60’s | 70’s
20. If you are myopic you are said to be what?
© This material is Copyright Ron Russell & St George’s News
Answers to the Quizmaster quiz in the Summer 2025 issue
1: Stoke Mandeville Hospital, 1948 | 2: Rubber | 3: 3 | 4: False teeth
5: Red. Thy grey was like the hamster, was introduced by the Romans as food. | 6: Bananas | 7: a tomato | 8: on the outside
9: false, it’s a fruit | 10: the pea | 11: Arc de Triumph, Paris | 12: Charles Aznavour |13: Parfum | 14: a French bread roll 15: the little sparrow | 16:Its feet | 17: Fish | 18:Michael Heseltine | 19:Carp family | 20: 25 - 12 pairs and 1 single
