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Let’s get quizzical

OUR collection of back issues of COUNTRY LIFE is proving a diverting resource as we endure self-isolation. As lockdown approached, I wondered what I could offer scattered family members as mutual entertainment, other than an endless stream of virus-related memes.

I now begin every day by texting a photograph of the quiz and riddle

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