The Spectator’s 2024 Christmas quiz
Events, dear boy In 2024: 1. Twenty-two tons of what were stolen from Neal’s Yard in London? 2. Down which steep, grassy hill in Gloucestershire was a Double Gloucester cheese wildly pursued by competitors? 3. Which film from 1964 had its classification changed from U to PG because the eccentric character Admiral Boom exclaims: ‘We’re being attacked by Hottentots!’ 4. How did the black horse Quaker and the grey Vida attract wide attention? 5. A dental plate with seven false teeth set in gold was bought at auction for £23,184. To whom had it belonged? 6. Which London gallery escaped harm when a fire broke out in Somerset House? 7.
