Retirement Living & Lifestyle 0 20th December, 2019 Quiz: Are these Christmas traditions from around the world real or fake? How well you know your festive customs? It’s the festive season, which means one thing – a whole lot of Christmas traditions to get stuck into. Whilst the British classic customs of drinking mulled wine and devouring mince pies are all very well and good, how about the weirder ones from further afield? There are… VIEW ARTICLE >
Retirement Living & Lifestyle 0 13th December, 2019 Quiz: Can you fill in the lyrics for these Christmas songs? Chances are they will be stuck in your head for the rest of the day… Love them or hate them, there’s no escaping Christmas jingles at this time of year. Whether you like it or not, you’ll often find yourself tapping your toes and singing along to the festive tunes being played on repeat in… VIEW ARTICLE >
Retirement Advice 0 29th November, 2019 Quiz: Can you match the famous animal to the country in which it lives? For these choosy critters there’s just no place like home. Generally, animals do not trouble themselves too much with national borders. Most of them swim, fly, and wander where they please, but there’s a small selection that can only be found in one country – whether confined on an island, reliant on a remote habitat,… VIEW ARTICLE >
Retirement Advice 0 22nd November, 2019 Quiz: Which iconic monument was built first? ‘Iconic’ doesn’t do these world-famous landmarks justice, but how much do you really know about them? Touring historic sites can feel a bit like taking a trip on a city metro. When you get off you know where you are and what’s around you, but you probably have no idea how it relates to where… VIEW ARTICLE >
Lifestyle 0 15th November, 2019 Quiz: Can you name the country from a zoomed in picture of its flag? Time to pin your colours to the mast. For what is, fundamentally, a piece of patterned cloth, we sure do get worked up about our flags. In Algeria, ‘flag desecration’ can carry 5 to 10 years in prison, while the Indian Flag Code specifies the exact height, angle, and material required for a flag to… VIEW ARTICLE >
Retirement Advice 0 28th October, 2019 Quiz: From toffee apples to pumpkin spice lattes – what’s your ultimate autumnal food or drink? Surely pumpkin with everything? After a few dodgy weeks of not knowing if the weather would be hot or cold, the leaves have started changing and it’s time to break out the woolly jumpers. It’s also the time for some lovely comfort eating, but the question is, what seasonally appropriate food and drink is the… VIEW ARTICLE >
Retirement Living & Lifestyle 0 18th October, 2019 Quiz: Can you recognise these UK World Heritage Sites? This quiz is harder than it sounds… Regardless of how well you concentrated in history class, you probably think you’re vaguely familiar with British heritage. Perennial tourist-magnets like Stonehenge, the Tower of London and the Giant’s Causeway rank among the UK’s 32 official UNESCO world heritage sites, but so too do some underappreciated treasures whose… VIEW ARTICLE >
Retirement Living & Lifestyle 0 11th October, 2019 Quiz: Can you guess the country from its outline on a map? Quiz: Can you guess the country from its outline on a map? This quiz ‘borders’ on impossible. You have to feel sorry for the humble atlas. So long a staple of the world’s geography classrooms, it’s been wholly overtaken by smartphone apps, satellite imaging, and GPS. But how well do you know your nations when… VIEW ARTICLE >