Answers to last week’s quiz…
Round 1: Country outlines

USA
South Africa
Mexico
India
Ireland
Iceland
Japan
France
Greece
China

Round 2: Autobiographies

Peter Kay
Victoria Beckham
Terry Wogan
Gordon Ramsay
Bill Bryson
Gary Barlow
Rupert Everett
Alan Titchmarsh
Kerry Katona
Billie Piper
Adam Ant
Richard Bryson
Leslie Phillips
Stephen Fry
Nelson Mandela

Round 3: TV 2006

Leona Lewis
The Woolpack
MI5
Torchwood
Crime Scene Investigation
Kirsty Young, for Desert Island Discs
Lost
Paul Gascoigne and George Best
Jon Snow
£1.2m

Round 4: Celebrity perfumes

Britney Spears
Jennifer Lopez
Beyonce Knowles
David Beckham
Cher
Sarah Jessica Parker
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Piggy
Gwyneth Paltrow
Kylie [...]

We saw these guys once, dancing at a free event at the Royal Festival Hall. Wigs, dark glasses, floral shirts, and non-stop gyrations for the benefit of all. I saw them a few weeks later wandering through Whiteley’s. And that’s a reason to like living in London.
But, but, but,… who’d have thought that someone would [...]

A mostly drunk bloke broke off from his mates in the Tube carriage, and came up to us and said, “Excuse me, do you mind if I take your photo?” “Only if I take yours,” I replied. His mates came over and joined him.

I have no idea who these people are.
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Anna received a lovely Christmas present which was created using decollage. She and its creator, our brother-in-law, discussed decollage for some time. I shrunk into the background. To my embarrassment I confuse decollage and decolletage. It’s not helped that they are both about artfully revealing something. It’s very confusing.
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One thing I really enjoy doing is getting obsessive over potential purchases: gathering information, comparing stats, reading reviews and opinions, drawing up lists of requirements, and so on. And in my quest for a digital SLR it strikes me that this must be one of the best subjects for the obsessive comparison shopper. There are [...]

Following last year’s quiz, we made one for New Year’s Eve 2006/2007. Here it is for your entertainment. Answers next week…
Round 1: Geography
What countries are these outlines of? Not to scale, and many are rotated.

Round 2: Biographies
Whose biographies are these? All top-sellers in the last year or so.

The Sound of Laughter
Learning to Fly
Mustn’t Grumble
Humble Pie
The [...]