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    Town & Country Notebook

    Dec 11, 2024 4 minutes

    Quiz of the week

    1) Which tributary of the Thames flows through both Godalming and Guildford?

    2) ‘Cambridge Favourite’ and ‘Cambridge Vigour’ are varieties of which berry?

    3) Radio programme The Archers is set in which fictional county?

    4) In which royal residence is the Waterloo Chamber?

    5) All acids contain which element?

    1) River Wey 2) Strawberry 3) Borsetshire 4) Windsor Castle 5) Hydrogen. Riddle me this: Silence

    Riddle me this

    I may not appear fragile, but say my name aloud and I will break. What am I?

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