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Quiz of the week

1) Who wrote Love in a Cold Climate?

2) Salisbury Crags rise over which British city?

3) Before the invention of clocks, what was the term ‘sun-wise’ used to describe?

4) Silver Y, scalloped oak and angle shades are all types of what?

5) In the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons, the bells of which place say ‘When will that be?’?

1) Nancy Mitford 2) Edinburgh 3) Clockwise movement 4) Moth 5) Stepney. Riddle me this: 40

Riddle me this

Rosie has twice as many bananas as Jim. After giving 10 of her bananas to Jim, Rosie and Jim both have the same number of bananas. How many did Rosie originally have?

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