Tarvin Imp Brainteasers 318

Tarvin Imp Brainteasers for Saturday, 20th December

1. Who as controller of BBC2 first brought snooker to the BBC?

2. Which English king was married to Catherine of Braganza?

3. Which US President owned the Mount Vernon estate in Virginia?

4. Which band had a UK hit in 1969 with the song "Proud Mary"?

5. Which Scottish city was famous for "jam, jute and journalism"?

The Questions and Answers for Saturday, 13th December

1. Which bird is proverbially bald (as in "bald as a ___")? – Coot

2. Which writer created the characters of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn? – Mark Twain

3. Which planet in the Solar System is closest to the Sun? – Mercury

4. What name is given to the first day of Lent? – Ash Wednesday

5. In which long-running TV detective series was Jimmy Perez formerly the lead character? – Shetland