Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

1. Who was Flash Gordon’s arch rival? Answer = 2. How are the Yeomen of the Guard commonly known? Answer = 3. How many notes are there in two octaves? Answer = 24 4. Which famous former American federal prison was sited on an island in San Francisco Bay? Answer = 5. What does a hippophobe fear? Answer = 6. What is the family name of the Dukes of Northumberland? Answer = Percy 7. What was called the jewel in Queen Victoria’s crown? Answer = 8. What nationality was World Motor Racing Champion Juan Fangio? Answer = Argentinian 9. Which chemical element is found in all proteins? Answer = Nitrogen 10. Which style of architecture is the Parthenon in Athens? Answer = Massive Masculine Doric 11. What did Colonel Thomas Blood attempt to steal in 1671? Answer = Can’t remember the name of Colonel Thomas Blood ever been mentioned before. 12. Proverbially, what do late workers burn? Answer = The Midnight Oil I’ll bet you didn’t know …. International athletics races are always run in an anti-clockwise direction Answer = I did – it was the same at school

Fancy holding a world record and loosing

@Bedlingtonian - long time since I trawled through the council planning department looking for the plans to see what's proposed; passed, rejected and what objections have been made. I know it took a fair bit of time trawling through everything and coming up against many dead ends I wonder if @Malcolm Robinson or @Bill Crosby could point you directly to the plans Do you know if the plans are to build on all the 'spare' land in that area? :-

The festival to be held between 10:00 and 17:00 at East Bedlington & Bedlington Community centres with refreshments served between 10:00 & 12 noon at St. Cuthbert's Church.

@Bedlingtonian - is this the one?

@MusicFan27 - have you tried ringing Russell Hogg or Brian Freeman?

1. Who did Neil Kinnock replace as leader of the Labour party? Answer = 2. Who owned the High Chaparall ranch? Answer = 3. Scenes from which battle were the first to appear on a British commemorative postage stamp? Answer = 4. Which letter of the Greek alphabet is equivalent to U? Answer = 5. What would you find on a periodic table? Answer = 6. How old was Pele when he first played in the football World Cup Finals? Answer = 17 – Brazil 5 – Sweden 2 7. Which island country has two official languages, Sinhalese and Tamil? Answer = Sri Lanka 8. What kind of dish is Bouillabaisse? Answer = never heard of it and would never order it 9. How old is a quadragenarian? Answer = same age as me = 40 to 49 10. Which international airport was previously known as Dum Dum Airport? Answer = 11. Why do flags fly on British government buildings on February 6th? Answer = Queen Elizabeth II jubilee. 12. Venetian blinds originated in Japan. True or false? Answer = False I’ll bet you didn’t know …. Devout Jews obey no fewer than 613 commandments including the 10 of the Christian faith Answer = I didn’t. Sounds just like the house rules that I have to obey

A nivver knew that👍

@Jo C - just in case that building the Boys Band are standing in front of was not Bedlington and was Gateshead I had a check on the Gateshead Facebook groups - Gateshead History & Gateshead Now and Then to see if anyone recognised the brick built building. There were a few suggestions of old churches but they were all stone built. You mentioned above that the 191 census has the family living in St Cuthberts Terrace, Gateshead so I checked if there were any images of a St Cutherberts Terrace. This one was posted and I screen shot a couple of the comments :- Using the info that Tony Diston posted this is a Google street view now with a pointer added to where St Cuthberts Terrace used to be.

Cheers @James - I haven't stumbled across that one before - now I have and ordered a copy - Amazon £7.99

1. What was the name of Prospero’s daughter in The Tempest? Answer = 2. Near which British seaside resort are the Great and Little Ormes? Answer = Llandudno – I was there in 1986 and visited 3. Which animal caused the death of William III? Answer = 4. Who wrote All Quiet on the Western Front? Answer = 5. In which film is the last line “Tomorrow is another day”? Answer = 6. Who described Newcastle’s women as dogs, Alan Shearer as Mary Poppins and football fans as mugs? Answer = 7. What is a bullace? Answer = 8. What name is given to a cow that has not yet had a calf? Answer = 9. What have Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands and Spain all got that Germany, France and Italy have not? Answer = A queen ??????????????????? 10. Who was the supreme God in Norse mythology? Answer = 11. Who was the Wimbledon Women’s Singles Champion in 1994? Answer = 12. What is the only insect that can turn its head to look directly behind it? Answer = I’ll bet you didn’t know …. The Roman Emperor Claudius choked to death on a feather that his doctor used to tickle his throat to induce vomiting Answer = I didn’t.

@James - can't remember having seen this photo before, but I do forget quite easily these days. Is this one from one of Evan Martin's books on Bedlington?