Christmas quiz

Events, dear boy In 2025: 1. Name the singer of ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It for You’ whose concert in Perth, Australia, was cancelled because a fatberg had blocked a main sewer. 2. What hub of intelligence did Blaise Metreweli take over? 3. In which capital city did state media warn people weighing less than 8st to stay at home during a spell of windy weather? 4. A swarm of what shut down a nuclear power station at Gravelines in France? 5. At the end of a summit in Alaska, who said in English: ‘Next time in Moscow’? 6. Why did Aalborg Zoo in Denmark appeal for guinea pigs

Events, dear boy In 2024: 1. Twenty-two tons of what were stolen from Neal’s Yard in London? 2. Down which steep, grassy hill in Gloucestershire was a Double Gloucester cheese wildly pursued by competitors? 3. Which film from 1964 had its classification changed from U to PG because the eccentric character Admiral Boom exclaims: ‘We’re being attacked by Hottentots!’ 4. How did the black horse Quaker and the grey Vida attract wide attention? 5. A dental plate with seven false teeth set in gold was bought at auction for £23,184. To whom had it belonged? 6. Which London gallery escaped harm when a fire broke out in Somerset House? 7.