Q: There are only TWO stations on the London Underground network which contain all 5 vowels in their name. Can you name one of them?
(I’ll let you consult an underground map for this one if you have to)

Answer to last week’s question: The only species of bird which is able to fly backwards is the humming bird.

Q: Which is the only species of bird which is able to fly backwards?

Answer to last week’s question: The Smurfs were from Belgium. And the winner was Phil.

Q: From which European country did the Smurfs originate?

Answer next Monday…

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.