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Feb 21 2010 Sunday Sun

1. What was the name of the town built for the steel workers of Dorman and Long near Redcar?

2. North East actress Elizabeth Estensen plays which character in Emmerdale?

3. In local dialect, what kind of working animals were Galloways?

4. Sunderland-born Denise Robertson is an agony aunt on which TV programme?

5. Who composed the opera Rigoletto?

6. A male cat is called a tom. What is the name given to a female cat?

7. Cathay is an old name for what modern country?

8. What Latin phrase means a favour for a favour?

9. How did artist Oscar Kokoschka sign his paintings, only to make them look vandalised?

10. How were actor Christopher Lee and writer Ian Fleming related?

11. What band gets its name from a medieval instrument of torture?

12. What cult TV show was filmed at Portmeirion, Wales, and featured a character called Number Six?

13. What car manufacturer is associated with the models Testarossa and 360 Spider?

14. What name is given to the person who stands at the entrance to a fairground attraction and shouts to attract custom?

15. What is a groat?

16. Who was known as the Widow of Windsor?

17. Charles II’s mistress Nell Gwynn was famous for selling what kind of fruit?

18. Who was the Greek goddess of victory whose name lives on in a sports context?

19. In horse racing a colt becomes a what at the age of five?

20. Which football team are nicknamed The Toffees?

21. What would a lepidoptrist collect?

22. Accra is the capital city of what country?

23. What was the military alliance comprising the former USSR and Eastern Bloc countries which was founded in 1955 as a counterbalance to NATO?

24. Name the champion jockey turned novelist who died recently?

25. Who was the author named the most borrowed author of the past decade?

26. Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi from Status Quo were recently awarded OBEs. Can you remember in what soap they once appeared?

27. What is the codename for the current military operation in Afghanistan?

28. Who hosted last week’s Brit awards?

29. What did Liam Gallagher throw into the audience after accepting an award at the Brits?

30. Sporting rivalry between which two track stars will be the subject of an upcoming film hoped to be released by the 2012 Olympics?