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Like a 'MOP' in electricity, this supplier agent is responsible for the management of the lifecycle of gas meter installations.
What is MAM (meter asset manager)?
'Atlantropa' was a utopian vision to merge Europe and Africa by draining this large body of water.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Short of majority in the Scottish Parliament by just 1 seat, the SNP led by Nicola Sturgeon entered into a power sharing agreement with this minor party.
What is the Green Party?
All 'The Great British Bake Off' contestants hope to receive one these from Paul.
What is the Hollywood handshake?
Researchers have found that the book that people are most likely to lie about having read is this famous dystopian novel by George Orwell, first published in 1949. Careful with numbers, two and two does not always make four!
What is Nineteen Eighty-Four?
This technology is used by Arqiva to provide the WAN coverage in the North region.
What is long-range radio?
Following his death on HMS Victory, this vice-admiral was put in a barrel of brandy to preserve his body on his final journey to London.
Who was Horatio Nelson?
It has been announced that the Queen will attend this high profile climate summit held in Glasgow in November this year.
What is 'COP26'?
Campaigning in Newcastle ahead of the 2019 European Election, this politician had a 'Five Guys banana and salted caramel milkshake' thrown at him.
Who is Nigel Farage?
A.A.Milne created this honey-loving toy-character in the stories written for his son, Christopher Robin.
Who is Winnie-the-Pooh?
Taking effect from 1 April 2017, this modification to the Balancing and Settlement Code brought about mandatory HHS for non-domestic premises with advanced meters in PC 5-8 - as well as many queries from confused consumers.
What is P272?
A multi-tailed flail used as an instrument of corporal punishment in the British navy likened by the sailors to this domestic animal
What is a cat [o' nine tails]?
These two British athletes made the headlines on 26 July 2021 after winning gold in men's synchronised 10m platform event at the Tokyo Olympics.
Who are Matty Lee and Tom Daley?
Released on her fifth studio album '1989', 'Shake it off' is a 2014 single by this American singer-songwriter.
Who is Taylor Swift?
Kids may not like to read classics these days, but little do they know that by watching the Lion King, they actually learn the plot of this Shakespeare tragedy.
What is Hamlet?
The 5th day of this month entered into history for two reasons: firstly, it saw the funeral of ex-president George Bush Sr, and secondly, it marked the SMETS1 end date (for credit meters).
What is December 2018?
The battle of Salamis (480 BC) was a decisive naval victory for this people of the classical era in their fight against the Persian Empire of King Xerxes.
Who are the Greeks?
Some inhabitants of the small market town of Chipping Norton in the Cotswold have been less than impressed by the crowds flocking to this unlikely farmer's Diddly Squat farm shop.
Who is Jeremy Clarkson?
'Shaken, not stirred!' Vermouth and this other spirit make up a classic Martini.
What is gin?
'A Feast for Crows' is the fourth book in a fantasy book series by this author. The TV adaptation was no fun and games, despite its title!
Who is George R.R. Martin?
This DCC programme delivers enduring arrangements for updating Device Security Credentials following a supplier transfer on a SMART meter.
What is ECoS (Enduring Change of Supplier)?
This Portuguese explorer was the first European to reach India by sea during his 1497-1499 voyage around the coast of Africa.
Who was Vasco de Gama?
Earlier this week, the BBC reported that a British art collector had been tricked into paying £244,000 for a fake image by Banksy, sold online in this new virtual format.
What is NFT (non-fungible token)?
The magnitude of earthquakes is measured on this 'shaky' scale, named after an American seismologist.
What is the Richter scale?
'Voyna i Mir' is the original name of this literary work by Leo Tolstoy, which chronicles Napoleon's invasion of Russia and its impact on the Russian society.
What is 'War and Peace'?