QUIZOPEDIA.(Features) From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: April 19, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 MGN Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: by Mike Harris

1 In which C19/20th year was the first car registration mark, A1, issued by the London Council? Was it, 1893, 1903, or 1913?

2 For which Welsh constituency has Mari Rees been chosen as the Labour Party's official candidate?

3 In what collective sense between 1939 and 1945 might an RAF pilot, a Land Girl and a Bevin Boy be described as a geographical sandwich?

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