Monday 30th October 2023
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Animal escapes (Quiz #346)

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1. Woofie was a cross-collie bitch who was sentenced to death for allegedly biting a postman in 1998. Which film star flew to Edinburgh by private jet to join the campaign to save her, prompting The Independent to write "the double act of condemned bitch and ageing sex kitten guaranteed a frenzied media scrum"?

A. Brigitte Bardot

B. Britt Ekland

C. Twiggy

2. Blackie the donkey was rescued from a Spanish village by the Daily Star newspaper in 1987. What was to have been his fate?

A. The donkey would be taken to the top of the village's church tower and thrown out of the window

B. The fattest man in the village would ride the donkey around until it collapsed beneath him

C. The village children would chase the donkey round the village, pelting it with tomatoes, until it was exhausted

3. The Tamworth Two were a pair of pigs that escaped from an abattoir in 1998, and went on the run for more than a week. What happened to them after they were recaptured?

A. They were bought by the Daily Mail and sent to live at an animal sanctuary

B. They were released to live wild at a Wiltshire country park

C. They were sent back to the abattoir

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