It’s a Dog’s Life! Do you know that all breeds of dog are direct descendants of a single species of ancient wolf? Experts estimate it’s some 30,000 years since man first domesticated the wolf. It’s descendant, the dog, really has been man’s best friend ever since. In the developed world, around a third of all…
UK Dog Owners – Simply, A Dog Quiz It will probably come as no great surprise to learn that dogs are the most popular pet in the UK. In 2020/21 the country’s dog population hit an estimated 12.5 million. This is a rise of some 5 million from the previous decade. Approximately a third of…
The Odd-One-Out We all know the odd-one-out is a person or thing that is different from the others that form a particular group. Well here’s a fairly testing odd-one-out general knowledge quiz so why not give it a go? I’m sure you don’t want to be the odd one out? Take the Five-Minute ‘Odd-One-Out’ Challenge!…
The ”Last” Word I’m sure you know that the word ‘last’ can be used as an adjective, adverb, or noun. In its noun form, it simply means the last person, thing, or event, that lived or occurred, after all others. Here’s a trivia quiz on just a few of the world’s ”lasts”.This is the ‘last’…
British TV Sitcoms Before we take the 1990s British TV Sitcom Quiz let’s get an intro out of the way. The British sitcom came to our TV screens in 1956 when the BBC launched Hancock’s Half Hour. The number and popularity of the British sitcom grew through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. By the 1990s…
Imperial Weights and Measures The British Imperial System of weights and measures was officially introduced to Great Britain by ‘The Weights and Measures Act’ of 1824. Within two years, the system had been adopted across almost the whole of the former British Empire. Subject to alteration and amendment, it remained in place until the adoption…
British TV Sitcoms The popularity of the British TV sitcom started in the 1950s and grew steadily throughout the 60s and 70s. In the 1980s there were almost 200 different sitcoms that happened to grace the UK’s TV screens. However, as we all know; not all sitcoms are equal! The 1980s in particular saw the…
British TV Comedy The first real comedy show on British TV was Hancock’s Half Hour. First broadcasted by the BBC in 1956, it starred Tony Hancock as a cantankerous, single, middle-aged man dealing with life’s vicissitudes. The popularity of Britain’s TV comedy shows grew throughout the 1960s, but it was the 1970s when the sitcom…
The Birth of the British Sitcom The first British TV comedy was Hancock’s Half Hour broadcast by the BBC in 1956. Adopted from radio, it starred popular comedy actor Tony Hancock as Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock put into a series of awkward situations. Hence, the British sitcom was born! Since the 1960s, there have…
Are you getting enough? We all know that fruit is part of a healthy, balanced diet, so it’s important that we eat enough of them on a regular basis. Fresh fruit is a great accompaniment with any meal or may simply be eaten as a snack. Furthermore, most fruits are ready to eat as they…
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