Here are last weeks and this weeks answers

Quiz 275

1. How long did Stalin's first Five-Year Plan take? No idea but because you are asking the question I will say 10 years!!!! - no, it was actually four years. The first taking place in 1928

2. In Cuba what is a habanera? A style of music

3. Which tribe did Sitting Bull belong to? Sioux

4. Sam Snead found fame in which sport? Golf

5. What is the Great Australian Bight ? An open bay on the south coast of Australia

6. Which canal is also called the gut? Alimentary as a guess

7. What actor is the son of a Poet Laureate? Daniel Day-Lewis

8. What day does Mardi Gras come before? A) Shrove Tuesday B) Ash Wednesday C) Good Friday ‘B'

Quiz 276

1. What's the PSI for an average family car's front tyres? Between 28 & 32 psi

 2. Which ranch was owned by John Cannon? The high Chaparral

 3. Who was the older when they died John Lennon or Elvis Presley? Elvis

 4. What material does a topiarist work with? Shrubs

 5. Which animal can be described as a vulpine? Fox

 6. What can be 84cm, 91cm or 106 cm in height in sport? No idea, but as a guess Hurdles as it is the only sport I can think of that has something of about those heights.

 7. In slalom skiing what must you turn between? The same coloured poles - yes, would have accepted flags

 8. What is Madonna's surname? A) Riggione B) Antoni C) Ciccone ‘C'

Marc