No trivia questions for the month of August. Next TQW will be on 1st September.

Answer to last week’s question. The Lybian flag is the only one in the world which is one colour, being entirely green (although Nigeria’s is close, being the only two-coloured tricolore which goes: green-white-green).

Q: What is the only flag of the world which is one colour only?

Answer to last week’s question: the most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust is aluminium (NB pronounced AL-YOO-MIN-EE-UM where I come from!)

Q: What is the most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust?

Answer to last week’s question: Junko Tabei climbed Mount Everest in 1975, being the first woman ever to do so.

The first woman to climb Mount Everest was Junko Tabei. In what year did she do so?

Answer to last week’s question: The king of hearts is the only king in a pack of cards without a moustache. And the winner was Reggie Thompson.

Q: In a standard pack of cards, which is the only king not to have a moustache?

Answer to last week’s question: The ‘Piton de la Fournaise’ is on the island of La Réunion in the Indian Ocean (one of Rob’s favourite places in the world!)

Q: On which Island would you find the volcano “Le Piton de la Fournaise”?

Answer to last week’s question: The word cookie comes from the Dutch word koekje, meaning little cake.

And the winner was Eddie Arthur. Well done sir - anyone would think you were a linguist or something!

Q: The word biscuit comes from the French bis cuit meaning ‘cooked twice’.
From which language does the word cookie come from and what did it originally mean?

Answer to last week’s question: Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski share the same birthday, Rusedski being exactly one year older than Henman.

Q: Which two world famous tennis players share the same birthday (but one year apart)?

(Bonus points for saying which is the older - and no cheating on Google or Wiki!!!)

Answer to last week’s question: the most common bird in the world is THE CHICKEN, which also happens to be one of my favourite jazz tunes (click here to watch & hear it).

The winner was Beth Friesen. Well done - your our first Canadian winner, I think!

Q: The Severn is the longest river in Great Britain (220 miles). Which is the second longest?

Answer to last week’s question: Jethro Tull was inspired by organ pipes to invent the seed drill.

And the winner was Rachel Lewis - well done and thanks for getting all those bulletins out too!
Bonus points to Mike Griffin for the following addendum to TQW 21:

“The seed drill was invented by Camillo Torello and patented by the Venetian Senate in 1566, and was refined by Jethro Tull in 1701.”
(Though he did look on Wikipedia!!)

Q: Who, in 1701, was inspired by looking at a church organ to go and invent the seed drill?

Answer to last week’s question: The dolphin is the mammal with the most teeth. To be precise, the long-snouted spinner dolphin (which, incidentally, is neither a marsupial nor a monotreme!!). More spinner dolphin info here.

The winner was Anne Anderson (well done for giving Tim and Eddie a run for their money!)