Full of festive fun (and/or frustration)
• Want to get inside the intellect of the setter? Thomas Eaton reveals all here1 Which seasonal figure was murdered by his brother,Boleslaus the Cruel?
2 Why does a Welsh hamlet in the Tywi Valley get additional post at this time of year?
3 A Brit award winner in 2017, which singer’s stage name was inspired by watching Steptoe and Son?
4 Why was “covfefe” in the news in May?
5 What festive item was first recorded in Britain on Cornhill in 1444?
6 Whose six wickets won England the Women’s Cricket World Cup in July?
7 Settled this year, or what did the legal case Naruto vs David Slater involve?
8 What first hosted its annual Christmas lectures in 1825?
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9 All the people pictured above?
10 Churchill; Winter; Enable; Wings of Eagles; Capri?[br]11 Golden Slumbers; One Day I’ll Fly Away; Half The World Away; genuine appreciate?
12 Viscum album; ilex aquifolium; hedera helix?
13 The people,place and animal pictured below? [br]14 William I (by Ealdred of York) and the Emperor Charlemagne (by Pope Leo III)?
15 Lifting device; green tea; greylag; Antonio Banderas; four-time Lord Mayor; recent Order bassist?Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk