Take the biscuit

27th June 2003, 1:00am

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Take the biscuit

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Fancy some biscuits for your staffroom, department or school office? Answer our quiz (think biscuit for one of the answers) and you could win two tins of organic Duchy Originals.

1. Which English palace houses the world’s oldest still used tennis court?

2. Catgut, once used for stringing tennis rackets, comes from which

animal’s intestines? 3. The last married woman to win Wimbledon’s women’s singles title triumphed in 1981. Who was she? 4. What was Henry VIII allegedly doing when he heard about Anne Boleyn’s execution? 5. In South Africa, serving up Baker’s original .... biscuits is a popular move. What is the missing word?

June 20 answers: 1. Oliver Cromwell’s son. 2. Carl Jung. 3. Flapjacks. 4.

Puerto Rico. 5. Lugworms.

For Take the Biscuit email: friday@tes.co.uk by July 3. First out of the hat will take the biscuits - supplied by Duchy Originals. Teaching materials about organic food and farming - and the answer to one quiz question - are at www.duchyoriginals.com. If you don’t have email, send a postcard, with the name of the offer and your address to: Tracey Thomas, Friday magazine, 66-68 East Smithfield, London E1W 1BX

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