PUZZLES
The pub Quiz
The Simpsons, a 'snotty' town, Star Wars, and a swimmer all feature in this month's teasers
by MARCUS BERKMANN
1 In the northeastern region of which country would you almost certainly live if your
native tongue were Catalan?
2 Which modern European city has previously been known as Lygos, Byzantium, Augusta Antonina (for a brief period in the third century), New Rome and Constantinople?
3 'Je reviens en trois jours; ne te laves pas!' - translated as 'I will return in three days; don't wash!' - were words famously written by who to whom in a letter in the early 19th century?
4 Which public holiday was introduced to England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1974?
5 The Woolsack is the seat of the presiding officer in the House of Lords, now the Lord Speaker, and has been since the 14th century. What colour is it?