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Fun Quiz: week 52 (answers)

RND 1

New Year Resolutions Fill in missing words - Each dash is a letter

1. Loose the extra FAT and get in SHAPE
2. Start eating HEALTHIER food and live a BETTER lifestyle
3. Get more SLEEP each day
4. Cut down on ALCOHOLIC drinks
5. Say no to CIGARETTES
6. Get out of DEBT
7. Save more MONEY
8. Earn more MONEY
9. Read more BOOKS
10. Travel and explore the WORLD
11. Spend less time on tv and social MEDIA
12. Drink more WATER
13. Don’t buy things you don’t NEED
14. Clean out your CAR
15. Start a new HOBBY
16. Pay off your credit CARD every month
17. Make your BED every morning
18. Talk less LISTEN more
19. Donate CLOTHES you don’t wear
20. Reduce your WASTE

RND 2

1. A new £50 note entered circulation in June this year, which scientist is celebrated on the new note? Alan Turing
2. What sport did 13-year-old Sky Brown win an Olympic bronze medal in? skate boarding
3. Which American pop star filmed herself singing ‘vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine’ in a bid to get more people to sign up for their jabs? Dolly Parton
4. How many points did the UK get in this year’s Eurovision? 0
5. What animal represented the year 2021, according to the Chinese Zodiac? ox
6. How old was South London tennis star Emma Raducanu when she won the US Open this summer? 18
7. Captain Sir Tom Moore passed away earlier this year at the age of 100. How many laps did he walk around his garden in order to raise more than £30 million for the NHS? 100
8. Which 90-year-old Star Trek actor became the oldest man to travel to space this year? William Shatner
9. Which pop band returned with a new album 40 years after their last new release? Abba
10. What is the name of Daniel Craig’s final James Bond film, released this year? No time to Die
11. What was the fastest-selling album of 2021? 30 Adele
12. Where in the world do they eat 12 grapes at each stroke of the clock until midnight? Spain
13. Where in the world do they have a street party called Hogmanay until midnight, when everyone walks home to be the "first-footer" (the first person to cross the threshold of the home in the new year)? Scotland
14. Where in Scandinavia do they smash plates on a friend's doorstep to bring good luck over the next 12 months? (HINT: It's not Greece!) Denmark
15. Where in the world do they hang onions on their doors to symbolise rebirth and fertility? Greece , Switzerland , Croatia or Poland. Greece
16. Where in the world is it a custom to reflect on the past year while enjoying a bowl of hot soba noodles on NYE - with the noodles' thin shape and long length symbolising a long and healthy life? Japan
17. Where in the world do they carry around an empty suitcase on December 31st in the hope of a new year filled with travel? Cuba ,Columbia, Czech Republic or Canada. Columbia
18. Where in the world do men and women wear red undergarments on New Years Eve in the hope of bringing luck and success into the year ahead? Italy ,Belgium , France or Germany. Italy
19. Where in the world is it tradition for singletons to sleep with mistletoe under their pillow on NYE in the hope of soon meeting "the one"? Sweden, Netherlands ,Estonia or Ireland. Ireland
20. Where in the world is it customary to watch something "drop" on NYE? Australia, New Zealand, South Africa or USA. USA

RND 3

These pantomime characters have had all the vowels removed from their names. Can you spot who they are?

1. LDDN ALLADIN
2. BTTNS BUTTONS
3. SMPLS MN SIMPLE SIMON
4. MTHRGS MOTHER GOOSE
5. WSH WSH WISHEE WASHEE
6. BNZR ABANEEZER
7. SNWWHT SNOW WHITE
8. PTRPN PETER PAN
9. WDWT WNKY WIDOW TWANKY
10. THG LYSS TRS THE UGLY SISTERS
11. KNGRT KING RAT
12. CNDRLL CINDERELLA
13. RBNHD ROBIN HOOD
14. BRNH RDP BARON HARDUP
15. DMTRTT DAME TROTT
16. PRNCCHRMNG PRINCE CHARMING
17. PSSNBTS PUSS IN BOOTS
18. SLPN GBTY SLEEPING BEAUTY
19. DNDN DANDINI
20. DCKW HTTNG TN DICKWHITTINGTON

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