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Here’s a very quick post with the answers to the questions posted over the weekend in The first cut is the…

I don’t have anything else to tell you… so let’s get on with it!

Questions we missed:

1. Name the two students who won the 2012 BT Young Scientist & Technology Award last week. A> Eric Doyle and Mark Kelly
2. What is the largest lake in Great Britain? A> Loch Lomond
3. Who played Louise in the movie Thelma & Louise? A> Susan Sarandon
4. Which is Japan’s second-largest city? A> Osaka *
5. Which river forms part of the border between England and Scotland? A> Tweed
6. The space shuttle programme came to an end in July 2011. Which shuttle completed that final flight? A> Atlantis
7. Who was the first Irish person to win the Noble Prize for Literature? A> William Butler Yeats
8. What is the fourth largest country in the world, both in terms of area and population? A> USA **
9. What is the name of the second-highest peak in the Alps? A> Monte Rosa
10. What is the name for a female ferret? A> Jill
11. Who played the Toymaker in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? A> Benny Hill
12. What flag is traditionally flown by a ship that is about to leave port? A> Blue Peter
13. Rickets is caused by a deficiency of which vitamin? A> D

Picture round (click to embiggen):

1. Linda Martin
2. Gary Lineker
3. Hector Ó hEochagáin
4. Bridie Gallagher
5. Davina McCall
6. John O’Donoghue
7. Justin Bieber
8. Courteney Cox
9. Seán Lemass
10. Anthony Worral Thompson
11. Arthur Griffith
12. Kate Middleton ***

Moving swiftly on, I’ll have another post up later details my plans for the site for the coming year.  Stay tuned!

Footnotes:

* A tricky one as Tokyo hasn’t officially been a city since 1943.  It has a special status: metropolis.

** There’s some contention here over the size by area list.  Both USA and China claim third place!

*** The Duchess of Cambridge was also accepted! 😉