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Quiz of the week

1) Which North Yorkshire coastal town features in an English folk ballad popularised by Simon & Garfunkel?

2) How many hedgehog species do we have in the UK?

3) Which disease is commonly known as ‘lockjaw'?

4) Which two key ingredients do Marie Rose sauce and Thousand Island and Russian dressings have in common?

The line ‘How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single

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