1. In N Ireland you will find 4, Scotland 3 and England 1 of this everyday item?

[starfish_8]

2. What do John Virgo, Susie Dent, Richard Osman and Wincey Willis have in common?
3. In which ore was strontium discovered?
4. Mexican music usually with the accordian and the banjo sexto?
5. Find the odd one out and explain what the others all have in common. Bedford, Leicester, Tavistock, Nottingham and Manchester.
6. What type of tree grows further North than any other tree species?

[Quizmonkey]

2 Assistant gameshow presenters?

[Baldric]

CELESTITE

[rowanwitch]

6 goat willow I think
4 Mariachi?

[rowanwitch]

Tree Dahurian Larch I googled it

[Vicasso]

5. Maybe all are the administrative centres/county towns for their county apart from Tavistock ?

[argorstran]

Number 5 is an awkward one in that there could be several answers . Based on traditional counties , the county town of Lancashire would be Lancaster not Manchester .
If I had to take a guess I would say that Tavistock is the odd one out - the reason being that they all have rivers flowing through them but Tavistock is the only one that is named after the river which flows through it - the river Tavy .

[argorstran]

Further to my previous answer , based on modern counties Manchester is the administrative centre of Greater Manchester , so Vicasso's interpretation may well be correct . Both versions have Tavistock as the odd one out .

[SpikeyBush]

1. Issuers of banknotes perhaps? Ulsterbank, Bank of Ireland, First and Northern bank issue banknotes in NI, then in England it's just the Bank of England, not sure about Scotland but think it's only RBOS, BoS and one other bank.

[bigbadmarty]

good one spikey its the Clydesdale btw

[ichkeria]

If the banknote idea is correct for Q1, then the question is rather unfairly worded as a banknote issuer is hardly an everyday item.