Who, What, When, Where, Why and How VII

Six questions on random topics, each beginning with one of these words: Who, What, When (When is the first word of a quote), Where, Why and How.

Court of the Quirinal Palace.
Image Wikimedia Commons

Who

Who currently (April 2026) is the principal occupant of the Quirinal Palace (pictured), and what is that person’s office?


What

What song gave Tom Jones his first UK number one single and his debut US hit, where it peaked at number ten.


When

When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen.

The above sentence opens what English classic children’s story and who wrote it?


Where

Where are lemurs endemic?


Why

Why was Darwin, in Australia’s Northern Territory, extensively rebuilt twice during the twentieth century? (NB Two answers as it was rebuilt on two separate occasions.)


How

How old, according to television’s Smallville, was Lex Luther when he became bald?


Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.


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