Here are the correct answers to the questions posted on Friday 21st July.
1. Shropshire
2. Brazil
3. Finland and Norway
4. In the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. Null Island has these co-ordinates – hence its name, but it is a weather buoy rather than an island.
5. Southampton
6. Table Mountain (Cape Town)
7. Germany
8. Brussels
9. The Taj Mahal – commissioned by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, in memory of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal
10. Green, white and orange
11. Hexagonal
12. American football
13. Red Dwarf
14. 2014
15. David Bowie
16. Hyundai
17. Anti-clockwise
18. Ecuador
19. Clyde
20. Paul Newman
The questions, in case you missed them, are below –
1. In which English county is the Wenlock Edge escarpment?
2. Which country contains the mouth of the river Amazon?
3. Which two countries have land borders with Sweden?
4. If your geographical location is 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude, where are you?
5. Which English city lies at the confluence of the rivers Test and Itchin?
6. Kirstenbosch National Botanic Garden lies at the foot of which mountain?
7. In which country is the city of Aachen?
8. In which city are the headquarters of NATO?
9. Which famous mausoleum and World Heritage Site is in Agra, India
10. What are the colours in the flag of the Republic of Ireland?
11. What shape is the head of an Allen key?
12. A quarterback is a position in which sport?
13. In which TV sitcom do you find the character Dave Lister?
14. In which year was the requirement to display tax discs on vehicles in the UK abolished?
15. Who had a hit with Queen on the single Under Pressure?
16. Which motor company manufactures the Kona vehicle?
17. In athletics, are races run clockwise or anti-clockwise?
18. Julian Assange took refuge in which nation’s London embassy from 2012 – 2019?
19. Which Scottish river gives its name to a type of cargo ship known as a “puffer”?
20. Which actor finished second in the Le Mans 24 hour race in 1979?
