The #NewsPenguin#TwitterQuiz for Sunday July 10
20 general questions
5 bonus questions on DAYS
90 minutes (7-830pm) to answer 25 questions
Answers tweeted at 845pm
1: Who owned the most important, the most beautiful, the most magical, saggy old cloth cat in the whole wide world
2: In the children's TV series "Danger Mouse" Penfold is a timid, bespectacled hamster, and Danger Mouse's reluctant assistant and sidekick
What is Penfold's first name
3: Fireman Sam is a British animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional village of
4: In "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" what did Deep Thought say the answer to the Great Question Of Life, the Universe and Everything was
5: Westfield Seek-No-Further is a variety of
6: Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jesy Nelson were founder members of which group
7: On a standard UK version of the board game 'Monopoly', the most expensive property, Mayfair, costs
8: Canada Day, formerly known as Dominion Day, is the National Day of Canada, it is celebrated on the 1st day of which month
9: The Battle of Balaclava took place during which war
10: The 2003 romantic comedy-drama film "Lost in Translation" is set in
11: In Disney's "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" what was the name of the father of 15, and adopted father of the eighty-four orphaned puppies
12: At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Chelsie Giles won the first medal of the competition for Team GB, winning bronze medal in
13: Which planet is named after the Roman God of agriculture
14: How many degrees are there in a right angle
15: Chequers is the country house of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
A 16th-century manor house in origin, it is located in which English county
16: In "Nineteen Eighty-Four", by George Orwell, who is Winston's lover who publicly espouses Party doctrine as a member of the fanatical Junior Anti-Sex League
17: Amelia Earhart completed the first transatlantic solo flight by a woman when she flew from Newfoundland to Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in May of which year
18: The film "Ten Things I Hate About You" is based on which play by William Shakespeare
19: In Greek mythology what was the name of the three headed dog who guarded the entrance to the underworld
20: Jens Stoltenberg became head of which organisation in 2014
DAYS1: Mardi Gras is Fat ...
DAYS2: "Manic Monday" was a worldwide hit for the Bangles, it was written by which musician using the pseudonym "Christopher"
DAYS3: Which day's child has far to go
DAYS4: Who is the only daughter of Gomez and Morticia Addams
DAYS5: Who published an autobiography called 'Thursday's Child' which was the inspiration for the name of the David Bowie song with the same title
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I like this: “Boosterism and wishful thinking are not the same as ambition - If you don’t have a plan to make your hopes real, all you are selling is an illusion”
Coming back to this - it wasn’t a speech that will have anyone cheering the roof off but it was confident and assured and I can see the vision (yes the vision) and narrative developing from here over the summer
Good to hear @Keir_Starmer attack the north -v-south, city -v- town nonsense
Not a bad speech so far
A lot to think about in that speech but done initial thoughts:
1: getting the hard bit out of the way, he isn’t a great orator BUT he is finally settling into his own style
2: He isn’t ducking the big issues and has started setting out dividing lines
3; this was interesting “We won't retreat to our comfort zone on public services and hope the focus of the country shifts” and signals public service reform
4: Wealth creation at the centre of it all
I’m off to get a hard copy and will do more in it later but now got more
Rehman Chishti, the former Political Adviser to Benazir Bhutto announcing a bid for the tory leadership is something I didn't expect
Interestingly he did resign his role as Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief over his "deeply held convictions of respect for the rule of law"
I reckon he will struggle to reach five MP supporters
His promo video is 'interesting' actually it is bloody awful, but he has a very BIG watch facebook.com/RehmanChishti/…
Looking back at the @UKLabour leadership contest, the following were punted as candidates but didn't stand: The following individuals were discussed in the media as potential leadership candidates, but chose not to stand:
Diane Abbott endorsed Long-Bailey
Yvette Cooper endorsed Starmer
Barry Gardiner endorsed Long-Bailey
Dan Jarvis nominated Nandy
David Lammy endorsed Starmer
Ian Lavery endorsed Long-Bailey
John McDonnell endorsed Long-Bailey
Angela Rayner endorsed Long-Bailey
Clive Lewis, Jess Phillips and Emily Thornberry either withdrew or failed to make the ballot
Starmer declined to nominate himself...
Atm a lot, as always, isn't about becoming leader, for some it is about a bit for a cabinet position, for others it is about policy/direction
Wallace’s eye has always been on a very different crown - replacing Jens Stoltenberg as the next Nato ‘chief’ on October
He now has the profile and image to be a serious contender - his candidacy was mainly stuff and nonsense by people picking names from a hat
I think this was the first mention of the NATO gig back in February but of course since then the excitement about a ‘new’ kid on the block took over