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Pub quizzes in Rutland
Sunday: The Royal Duke, Oakham (1st Sunday of the month); The Old Pheasant, Glaston (last)
Monday: The Catmose Club, Oakham; The Fox, North Luffenham
Tuesday: The George & Dragon, Seaton (1st); The White Lion, Whissendine (1st); The Crown, Uppingham (alternate)
Wednesday: The Grainstore, Oakham (1st); The Hornblower, Oakham (1st); The Wheatsheaf, Oakham (3rd); Royal Oak, Duddington (last), The Sun Inn, Cottesmore (last)
Thursday: The Plough, Greetham; The Black Bull, Market Overton (last); The Vaults, Uppingham (last); The Horse & Jockey, Manton (occasional)
England's least busy motorways: M181, M45, M49, M48, M50, M180, M58, M271, M67, M69
Times when 'London will be hit by five days of snow' according to Time Out
27th January: starting at 6am on Tuesday until 9am
27th/28th January: from 10pm and go on until 9am on Wednesday
29th January: from 12am until 10am
29th/30th January: watch out for the white stuff from 11pm on Thurs night until 10am
31st January/1st February: one final flurry from 11pm on Saturday lasting until 9am on Sunday
The largest settlements in Greenland by population
20,000: Nuuk
4000-6000: Sisimiut, Ilulissat
2000-4000: Qaqortoq, Aasiaat, Maniitsoq
1000-2000: Tasiilaq, Uummannaq, Narsaq, Paamiut, Nanortalik, Upernavik
Aircraft that entered passenger service 50 years ago today: Concorde (LHR → BAH, CDG → GIG)
Number 1 albums whose titles were 5 letters or less
1960s: Help
1970s: Ram, Hello, Tusk
1980s: Duke, Sky 2, Dare, Shaky, Fame, War, True, Touch, Alf, So, Bad, Faith, Blast, Wild
1990s: Doubt, Seal, Stars, Diva, Up, Jam, Suede, Janet, Very, Come, Songs, Pulse, Life, Older, Load, K, Spice, Glow, Blur, Pop, Ultra, Blue, Five
2000s: Rise, Play, Crush, Music, Kid A, Iowa, The ID, Fever, Let Go, G4, X&Y, Ta-Dah, Magic, Konk, Forth, JLS, Echo
2010s: Lungs, Loud, MDNA, Sing, Ora, Babel, Red, Home, AM, Prism, Girl, Stars, III, Title, Views, Blond, Walls, Human, Now, Si, Love, Amo, Lover, Kind
2020s: Calm, Edna, Disco, Weird, WL, Sour, Donda, FTHC, Crash, We, XXV, N K-Pop, Guts, I/O, Tangk, Yummy, Gary, Brat, GNX, Music, Koko, More, Idols, Play
21st century years with 53 Mondays: 2001, 2007, 2012, 2018, 2024, 2029, 2035, 2040, 2046, 2052, 2057, 2063, 2068, 2074, 2080, 2085, 2091, 2096
Presenters of over 200 episodes of Play School
Still with us: Carol Chell, Johnny Ball, Chloe Ashcroft, Miranda Connell, Fred Harris, Don Spencer, Lionel Morton, Carol Ward, Carol Leader, Floella Benjamin, Stuart McGugan, Derek Griffiths, Ben Thomas
No longer with us: Rick Jones, Brian Cant, Julie Stevens, Sarah Long
Atolls of the Chagos Islands: Blenheim Reef, Diego Garcia, Egmont Islands, Great Chagos Bank, Peros Banhos, Salomon Islands, Speakers Bank
Radio 1 weekday daytime DJ lineups
1967: Tony Blackburn, Pete Murray, Jimmy Young, Simon Dee, Dave Cash, Pete Brady, Don Moss, David Symonds
1976: Noel Edmonds, Tony Blackburn, Paul Burnett, David Hamilton
1986: Mike Read, Simon Bates, Gary Davies, Steve Wright, Bruno Brookes
1996: Chris Evans, Simon Mayo, Lisa I'Anson, Nicky Campbell, Mark Goodier
2006: Chris Moyles, Jo Whiley, Colin & Edith, Scott Mills
2016: Nick Grimshaw, Clara Amfo, Scott Mills, Greg James
2026: Greg James, Rickie & Melvin and Charlie, Matt & Mollie, Katie & Jamie
Anagrams of Scottish cities: Owlgags, Hungerbid, Rebeaned, Denude, Rimfunneled, Neversins, Threp, Tingirls
Countries whose flags are formed of equal stripes
2 horizontal: Indonesia, Monaco, Poland, Ukraine
3 horizontal: Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Gabon, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Russia, Sierra Leone, Yemen
3 vertical: Andorra, Belgium, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, France, Guinea, Ireland, Italy, Mali, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Peru, Romania, Saint Barthelmy, Saint Martin
4 horizontal: Mauritius
Most popular names for pets
Cats: Luna, Bella, Milo, Simba, Nala, Oreo, Willow, Tigger, Daisy, Loki
Dogs: Poppy, Luna, Bella, Daisy, Teddy, Milo, Ruby, Rosie, Alfie, Buddy
London boroughs I've shagged in: Barnet, Camden, Croydon, Hackney, Lambeth, Newham, Islington, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Westminster
Crisp brand launches
1968: Quavers, Pringles
1970: Wotsits
1971: Chipsticks, Hula Hoops
1973: Ringos
1974: Skips
1975: Frazzles
1976: Discos, Squares
1977: Monster Munch
Zone 2 stations without TfL services: Brixton, Deptford, Drayton Park, East Dulwich, Essex Road, Herne Hill, Loughborough Junction, North Dulwich, Nunhead, Putney, Queenstown Road (Battersea), South Bermondsey, St Johns, Wandsworth Town
Most profitable UK companies
1990: BT, BP, Shell, British Gas, Hanson, BAT, Grand Metropolitan, ICI, Glaxo, BTR
2025: Shell, BP, HSBC, Tesco, Lloyds, Unilever, AstraZeneca, Rio Tinto, Vodafone, J Sainsbury
Months by length
28 or 29 days: February
30 days: April, June, September, November
30 days 23 hours: March
31 days: January, May, July, August, December
31 days 1 hour: October
Scottish monarchs (1057-1603): 6 Jameses, 3 Alexanders and Roberts, 2 Malcolms and Davids, and 1 Donald, Duncan, Edgar, John, Margaret, Mary and William
First trains on weekdays
Circle: 0439 Hammersmith - Aldgate
Piccadilly: 0449 Osterley - Heathrow T4
District: 0442 Ealing Common - Ealing Broadway
Central: 0456 Loughton - Epping
Metropolitan: 0500 Wembley Park - Baker Street
Hammersmith & City: 0502 Barking - Hammersmith
Jubilee: 0505 Wembley Park - Stratford
Northern: 0512 East Finchley - Mill Hill East
Bakerloo: 0515 Stonebridge Park - Harrow & Wealdstone
Victoria: 0521 Seven Sisters - Brixton
Waterloo & City: 0600 Waterloo - Bank
26 MPs elected in the 1826 General Election: Clinton James Fynes Clinton, William Tyrwhitt-Drake, Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake, Thomas Assheton Smith II, Wilson Aylesbury Roberts, Horace Beauchamp Seymour, Charles Kemeys Kemeys Tynte, Fulk Greville Howard, Peregrine Cust, Edmund Pollexfen Bastard, Sir Denham Jephson-Norreys, Samuel Trehawke Kekewich, Major-General Frederick Ponsonby, Charles Delaet Waldo Sibthorp, William Huskisson, Frank Frank, Gibbs Crawfurd Antrobus, Lancelot Shadwell, Abel Rous Dottin, Wadham Wyndham, Bingham Baring, Dugdale Stratford Dugdale, Masterton Ure, Pownoll Bastard Pellew, Sir John Poo Beresford, Horace Twiss
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