Time out EXTRA.

who, what, where, when? WHO wrote the words of the Ode to Joy, the anthem of united Europe? WHAT type of creature is an onager? WHERE is Ipswich the administrative centre? WHEN was the Freemasons' first Grand Lodge formed in London? remember when... The following events all occurred in a year in living memory. Can you guess the year? 1. Lloyd George died 2. Labour's Clement Attlee became the new Prime Minister 3. Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard starred in Brief Encounter 4. EB White's Stuart Little was published impossipuzzles Mary held up a sheet of paper. "Do you want to keep this?" she asked her husband. "It's got our house number and a lot of figures all over it."

"That's right. Something I worked out on our number, but you can throw it away," replied Ben. "It happens to be exactly 33 times the sum of its digits."

Believe it or not! But what was the number? wordwise The word may sound familiar, but what does it mean? SPISSITUDE A. Density B. Skewer for roasting meat C. Caprice who am I? A rock star, I was born Mark Berry in Bolton in 1964. I was percussionist and freaky dancer in The Happy Mondays. I won the 2005 series of Celebrity Big Brother.

10 questions 1. Where in the North East was Malcolm III of Scotland killed in 1093? 2. In psychiatry, what word is used to describe someone exhibiting a personality type characterized by emotional aloofness and solitary habits? 3. The indigo plant is a member of which vegetable family? 4. Which singer was lined up to play Sandy in the 1978 film Grease, but pulled out because she objected to the character's transformation? 5. On a visit to the North East last week, where did the Duke of Kent view the 525-year-old Nuremberg Chronicle? 6. Golden Brown by The Stranglers, God Only Knows by The Beach Boys and Caught a Lite Sneeze by Tori Amos each feature which instrument rarely heard in pop music? 7. Eurasian, honey and American are the three types of which animal? 8. The site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster is now being used to produce electricity from what? 9. Where in the human body is the tectum? 10. Who wrote the poem The Wreck of the Hesperus? | Do you have any trivia questions to tease North East brains with in 10 Questions? We'd particularly love to receive your questions about the region. Send them to Anthony Hendon, The Journal, 2nd Floor, Eldon Court, Percy Street, Newcastle NE1 7JB or email them to [email protected].

answers WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN: Friedrich von Schiller; A wild ass; Suffolk; 1717 REMEMBER WHEN: 1945 IMPOSSIPUZZLES: 594 WORDWISE: A WHO AM I: Bez 10 QUESTIONS: 1 Alnwick, 2 Schizoid, 3 Pea, 4 Marie Osmond, 5 Ushaw College, Durham, 6 The harpsichord, 7 Badger, 8 Solar power, 9 The brain, 10 Henry Wandsworth Longfellow