March 2025 Newsletter Part Three

March Newsletter 2025 quiz.

1. What do "Tom", "Dick", and "Harry" refer to in the film "The Great Escape"?

2. A person suffering from leporiphobia would be afraid of which Looney Tunes character?

3. Which country has a national anthem without lyrics?

4. Which brand, established in 1970 in Ohio, was originally called Standard Oil?

5. What is the longest-lived vertebrate animal?

6. Dump, floater and wipe are terms used in which team sport?

7. In the Wizard of Oz film, what was used to simulate snow during the poppy scene?

8. In what sport is the Ryder Cup contested?

9. Which country is known as the Land of Fire and Ice?

10. Which is the only vowel on a standard keyboard that is not on the top line of letters

February Newsletter 2025 quiz answers.

1. There are 27 bones in the human hand, classified in to three groups. Name the groups.

a. Carpals, metacarpals and phalanges

2. Name the last surviving player from the 1966 England World Cup team.

a. Geoff Hurst

3. Name one Scottish county beginning with the letter ‘O’

a. Orkney.

4. George Stubbs is best remembered for his paintings of what animal?

a. Horse.

5. What is said to be the oldest sport still in existence?

a. Wrestling.

6. In what year was the first email sent?

a. 1971

7. Which carbonated beverage was originally marketed as a medicine?

a. Coca Cola.

8. Which language has the most words?

a. English.

9. What is it telling you if you were driving in Denmark and saw a sign saying “Fartkontrol”? Is it a. Wind up the windows, b. Bridge ahead, c. Speed warning or d. Deer warning?

a. Speed warning.

10. What is the only London Underground station with a ‘z’ in its’ name?

a. Belsize Park.

And finally just thought I would share my latest completed LEGO kit. It’s a John Deere 9700 forage harvester. But of course you all knew that anyway!! It is very therapeutic constructing these amazing brick creations. It’s just where to display them afterwards that’s the problem.

And very finally:- If someone you know wants to learn to drive, don’t stand in their way!

Keep the articles coming…

Dave (WMS Secretary)