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Quiz of the week

1) Anne of Bohemia was married to which English king?

2) What word can refer to both a horse’s colour and a loading area?

3) Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?

4) What did Old Mother Hubbard find in her cupboard?

5) The name of which boiled sweet is also used to describe a baby wild boar?

1) Richard II 2) Bay 3) Venus 4) Nothing 5) Humbug. Riddle me this: A coin

Riddle me this

I have a head, but can’t breathe or talk. I have a tail, but can’t swimor walk. What am I?

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