Between October 2020 and 2022 how much did the price of Heinz tomato ketchup increase by? (squeezy bottle) 3%, 23% or 53%? in what was one of the protagonists’ inappropriate liking for offal, and especially grilled mutton kidneys, revealed? who was accorded full military honours when he arrived in Paris in 1976, centuries after his death? Laura Whitmore announced she would be stepping down as host of Love Island, who will be taking over? Sign for Montpelier House, where Horatio Nelson, then captain of HMS Boreas, married Frances Herbert Nisbet on 11 March 1787. Photograph: Frances Howorth/Alamy 5

did Magnus’s dinner companion suffer postprandial confusion and enter the bedroom of his prospective bride? Where is the “auto-epitaph” urging “Abi Viator Et imitare, si poteris, Strenuum pro virili Libertatis vindicatorem”? The quiz has been published in The Guardian Newspaper just before Christmas since 1951 and has quite a devoted following. Answers are published in the same newspaper towards the end of January. where was a lame person cured, resulting in complimentary, but inappropriate, comparison with Jupiter and Mercurius? Nearly 400 people gathered in a pub in Evesham in a bid to revive their name that is in danger of becoming extinct. What is the name?where did the trials of 12 alleged war criminals result either in acquittals or very lenient sentences? The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Norwich (Edith Cavell, 14 paintings by Brian Whelan) which six-times World Champion claimed that snooker would prevail if a choice was to be made between marital constancy and snooker? whose unnatural death is perhaps recalled by airline passengers changing trains when heading for the Tafelhalle? Which Netflix series had the most viewers in the first 28 days after it was released in 2022? (As of December 10)

which unwelcome guest insisted on “babysitting” for Ruth and Margaret during their mother’s Scandinavian cruise? what little place is noted for the making of lace, for drunkenness, for freedom of language and for unparallel political discussion?Emperor Napoleon III’s (his son Louis Napoleon was killed fighting for the British in the Zulu war, 1879)

England were crowned T20 champions of the world at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup this year, but which England player was voted both Player of the Match in the final as well as Player of the Tournament? where did the wine merchant receive a gunshot wound, leading to a request for the inspector to visit from Rennes? Where was construction of a railway bridge halted for three weeks owing to the activities of two man-eating lions?following a disagreement, from where did the Levite sail with Mark for his home country, while his erstwhile companion travelled through Syria and Cilicia with Silvanus? whose parent did the son of Ecgtheow decapitate, having swum to the bottom of the monster-infested lake? which vessel’s Antarctic adventure would be recalled 141 years later in an infinitely more rarefied atmosphere? The UK experienced record-breaking heatwaves in the summer - what was the highest temperature recorded? 39.3 degrees, 40.3 degrees or 41.3 degrees?