Dirty Dozen

1 Which country has provinces called Oran, Batna and Naama?

2 What did the football club New Brompton rename themselves in 1912?

3 In Auf Wiedersehen Pet what is the first name of the character of Oz?

4 What animal does the adjective talpine relate to?

5 Which American President had the middle name of Birchard?

6 In the animal kingdom what is the alternative name for the woodchuck?

7 Which chart topping band originally performed under the name of The Vortex Motion?

8 Which novel opens with the line, “In that pleasant district of merry England that is watered down by the River Don”?

9 What is the first name of Private Pike’s mother in Dad’s Army?

10 What is the name of the Greek goddess of spring?

11 Which capital city was called Fustat in its formative years?

12 In the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, all the brothers were given biblical names. Why was the sixth brother called Frank?

Answers

1 Algeria

2 Gillingham

3 Leonard

4 Mole

5 Rutherford B Hayes

6 Groundhog

7 Wet Wet Wet

8 Ivanhoe

9 Mavis

10 Persephone

11 Cairo

12 Frank was short for Frankincense