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Competition Winners
| Issue | Competition | Answer / Result | Prize | Winner | Notes |
| 1 | Which Film Review is False | Snatch | Tolley Dash | Ian Bottomly-Smyth | Unable to collect due to strange nail size holes in each of his hands |
| 2 | Record Score in First Class Game | 36-0 Arbroath beat Bon Accord | All expenses trip to see Leigh RMI Vs Forest Green Rovers | Chris Healey | Notes |
| Gamma | Fit the largest piece of Gravel in your mouth | 4 Inches Wide, 6 inches long | All expenses trip to first Macadamised road at Boonsboro, Maryland | Christian Whitely | Died after choking on gravel. Family refused the prize. |
| IV | Who could shove the most marshmallows up their nose? | 73 | Ghostbuster DVD | D Westbrook | |
| E | Which film has the most ridiculous surfing scene | Die Another Day | 73 used green marshmallows | Marvin Shoebridge | Refused Prize, donated to local orphanage |
| Six | Most unusual name of someone pulled. | None as good as G Man's Minda from the week before | None | None | |
| Seventh | Average time of dispatch of Surerandomality | Like I can be arsed to work that out | Pink Barbie Watch | Patrick O'Neill | Only other entry was Mark Gill |
| Christmas | What was behind flap 19 on my advent calender | None - I don't have an advent calender | Santa Hat | None | Prize carried over |
| Neuf | What film did I watch on Christmas day | The Shawshank Redemption | Santa Hat | None | Prize carried over |
| New Year | Hudson as an answer. Give questions | Complete the name of the 1970’s Stoke City and England star Alan ____. | Santa Hat | Stanley Bowles | |
| Ocean's | Which English player used to hold record for most European goals in a season | Stanley Bowles | Year's Subscription to World Soccer | None | Prize Carried over |
| Tribe's of Israel | Who scored 49 goals for Tottenham in 1986-87 | Clive Allen | Year's Subscription to World Soccer | David Carrington | Most ever correct entries |
| Baker's Dozen | What's the link between Bugsy Malone and Lock Stock | Dexter Fletcher | Year's Subscription to Total Film | Harvey Warren | |
| Vierzehn | What's would be the best use of G Man's training capabilities | Biathlon | Year's membership to a David Lloyd Gym | Gladys Beattie | |
| Minutes of Fame | How many words are there going to be in next week's edition of Surerandoality | 5768 | Casio FX82 Calculator | Wayne Lissenden | Guessed 5699 |
| Valentine's | Name the all time worst England XI | Dave Beasent, David Bardsley, Phil Neville, Keith Curle, Neil Ruddock, Andy Gray, Geoff Thomas, Carlton Palmer, Andy Sinton, Mick Harford, and Paul Stewart | Stockport County Reserves Signed Football | Helen Hood | Matched 9 out of 11 |
| Manchester's Burning | What was the last part of France that England owned | Calais | Special edition dart board | Dawn Asbrokan | |
| Wheeler | What number 1 includes the title of the previous number 1 in it's words, but not it's own title | Bohemian Rhapsody | 1992 Edition of Guinness Book of Hit Singles | None of you numbskulls got it | The Previous Number one was Mamma Mia by Abba |
| Paul Hardcastle | The most apt name / job combination | Carrie Wood | 1992 Edition of Guinness Book of Hit Singles | Carrie Wood | Carpenter's Mate |
| The Score | Guess the score of Newcastle's last Champions league game | Mr R. Grant | £20 | 2-0 | Got the minute of the first goal right as well |
| The Key To The Door | Who had a hit with The Key The Secret | Miss Hazel Nutt | Tickets to a Connah's Quay game | Urban Cookie Collective | |
| The Two Little Ducks | How many other ducks is Donald related to in disney cartoons | Miss Daisy Mallard | A Bottle of Orange Sauce | 4 | Uncle Scrooge, Huey, Duey & Louie |
| The Tropics | Which Caribbean Island did Typically Tropical have a number 1 hit with | Mr Luke Emia | Capricorn 1 DVD | Barbados | Special Mention to Sarah Caning for quickest response again. |
| The Hours | How many hours are there on average in a century | Mr Minu Te | A crystal and mahogany Hourglass | 876,582 | |
| The Easter EggStravaganza | In the Catholic Church, how many masses are held on Good Friday | Mr Karol Wojtyla | A year's supply of Cadbury's crème eggs | None | A Trick Question, there are services but no masses |
| The 6 Month Anniversary Edition | What common item is most associated with the number 26 | Mrs Leona Riggott | 3 tins of alphabet soup | The Alphabet | |
| The Bank Holiday Bonanza Edition | What day of the week does Bank Holiday Monday fall on | Miss Fatima Grange | A packet of hot cross buns | Monday | Yep, it was that easy |
| The Days After Edition | What is a perfect number, and what is a triangle number | Magnus Pike | A Safety Triangle reflector | A perfect number is one where all it's factors add up to make it. (Except the number itself) | A triangele number is one where consecutive numbers from 1 added together make a number |
| The Superfortress | Which Aircraft Company makes the B29 Superfortress? | Helen Pickering | Escape from Colditz Board game | Boeing | |
| The Half A Crown | How much in modern money is Half a Crown worth | Yusuf Kunt | Pre Decimalization coins box set | Twelve and a half pence | Current competition |
| The Baskin Robbins | How many months have 31 days in and how many have 28 | Gordon Walker | 2002 Kylie Calender | 7 months have 31 days | All 12 have 28 days |
| The Freezing Point | What will the date be when the boiling point edition comes out | No one | A Thermometer | 17th November 2006 | No prize given |
| The Double Carpet | What was the last horse to win the grand national at a price higher than 33-1 & in Which year | P. O'Sullivan | An Axminster Rug | Royal Athlete - 1995 | Started at 40-1 |
| The Selenium | What is the chemical symbol for Selenium | Marshall Jefferson | A year's supply of Imodium | Se | |
| The Millimeter Camera | How long is a piece of string | No Winner | A Knitting pattern | There is no answer | Prize carried over |
| The Bottom of the Barrel | What was Zebedee's catchphrase in the Magic Roundabout | Florence Dougall | A Knitting pattern | Time for Bed | |
| Short and Sweet | Which is Shorter G Man or a queue for Cliff Richard tickets | Amanda Hugnkiss | A Packet of Sweets | G Man | |
| The Tonne Maximum Load | Which is heavier, a tonne of lead or a tonne of feathers | David Dumas | 38 bananas | Both the same | Most of you morons put a tonne of lead |
| The Steps | Where are the 39 steps in the film and book | Benjamin Large | A Copy of John Buchan's The 39 Steps | In the tower of Big Ben | Not Wembley |
| The Life Begins At | How many days has a person who is 40 today been on earth | 14611 | A bottle of 20/20 | No One | Prize Carried over |
| The Return of Fantasy Football | What's the name of the team that won last year's fantasy football? | Relegated By Xmas | A bottle of 20/20 | Kelly Wood | |
| The Level Answer | What are the two most intelligent spieces of Mammal on Earth in the HItch hikers guide to the galaxy | Mice and Dolphins | A bottle of 20/20 | Michael Windrush | Humans were third |
| The Chickens and The Elephants | If a chicken and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs would three chickens lay in three days? | 6 | DVD's of Dumbo and Chicken Run | Jenny Fowler | Not 3 |
| The Droopy Draws | what percent proof is Stella Artois | 5.2% | a crate of Stella | Donna Whitehead | Not 13.5% |
| The RPM | How many singles has Squirrel got in his record collection | 903 | wins his record collection (has to be an exact answer). The closest guess wins a £10 HMV voucher | Fiona Glover | Closest Guess was 888 |
| The Sea Knight Helicopter | Who makes the CH46 Sea Knight Helicopter | Boeing | the entire works of Plutarch | John Gilbert | |
| The AK | Who makes the AK47 assault rifle | Kalashnikov | an AK47 | Leanne Yale | |
| Another Hours | Who are the two lead actors in 48 hours and Another 48 hours | Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte | the DVD’s of both films | Drew Manners | |
| The ..ers | In which year did the San Francisco win the Superbowl for the first time | 1982 | A replica SF49ers helmet | Gerald Rice | But it was the 1981 season |
| In Da Club | Which record label is the artist 50 Cent on | Shady records | In Da Club CD single | Marshall Young | |
| Area | In which state is Area 51 | Nevada | An x-file video | Fox Scully | The Winner has Disappeared |
| The Deck of Cards | how many male cards only have one eye showing | 3 | the porno cards from snatch | Liz Diamond | Jack & King of Hearts and jack of Spades |
| The Speed Limit | Which product's advert features a fifty five year old mum in it? | John Smiths | a Model Mercedes SL 55 | T McMahon | |
| Everything's Gone Green | How many people signed the American Declaration of independence? | 56 | a Copy of New Order’s Everything’s gone green. | Maxine Puddlefoot | Originally, more signed later |
| The Heinz variety Passenger | Who played the female hijacker in the film passenger 57? | Liz Hurley | a Copy of Passenger 57 on DVD. | Martin Mandle | |
| Welcome to 2004 | which European capital is the 58th most populated city in the world with a population of just over 4 million | Madrid | a bag of oranges | Noreen Noble | |
| The Brighton Line | Which airport is a stop on the Brighton Line? | Gatwick | a scale model of a British Rail livery 4-6-2 steam locomotive | Olive Ong | |
| The Minutes | how many minutes are there in a leap year? | 527,040 | A Stopwatch | Olive Ong | The First two time winner |
| The Tottenham Double | who is the only person to appear in films based on screenplays by both Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarentino? | Brad Pitt | a copy of the pulp fiction screenplay | Peter Pringle | |
| When Irish Eyes Are Smiling | In which century was the legendary ruler Brian Boru king of Ireland? | The 11th Century | a case of Guinness | Quincey Quinn | |
| Insert Title Here | Why is 111111 an relevant number for this issue? | It's the number 63 in binary | A piece of Chez Didsbury, yet to be decided on. | Ruth Roof | |
| When I'm | what album is When I’m 64 on | the Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | a copy of that album | Steven Simpson | |
| Retirement Age | if you retire at 65 today, what is the maximum number of years you could have been legally working | 51 | a copy of the Inland Revenue Pension regulations | Tina Taylor | You could start work at 14 back then |
| The Clickety Click | what do the following terms or phrases have in common? Guard Dog, An uglier woman in an ugly woman’s body, hufferlump, and reject from the casting of planet of the apes | They were all used to describe what Squirrel shagged the other week | a Guinness Harmonica | Una Upton | |
| Edgar Allan Poe Tales | How many different pubs were visited in this issue of Surerandomality | 23 | the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe | Vera Volcan | |
| Guns | Who sang the song 68 Guns | The Alarm | the 12” single | William Warburton | |
| Any Way Up | In Roman Numerals, what is the highest number that is the same no matter which way up it is | 30 | a Roman Abacus. | Xavier Xavi | it's XXX |
| Three Score Years and Ten | if a train is going from Stoke on Trent to Milton Keynes, leaving at 11.01 and averaging a speed of 45 miles an hour, and another train is going from London Euston to Stockport, leaving at 10.20 and averaging a speed of 80 miles an hour, which train will be nearer to Leicester when they cross | the southbound train | a Train set | Yvonne Young | |
| Bang on the Drum | How many months have 28 days in them | 12 | a calendar | Zebedee Zoolander | Every Month has at least 28 days in it |
| In the Summertime | On my normal journey to work from Heaton Mersey to Albert Square (on the 42A), how many pubs / clubs do I pass that I can see | 99 | a gallon of beer. | Angry Anderson | |
| Fantasy Football Back Again | On my normal journey home from work (on the 50 / 23), how many pubs / clubs do I pass that I can see | 53 | a gallon of beer. | Basil Brusher | |
| James Brown is Dead | Who released the song James Brown is Dead? | LA Style | the twelve inch single of it | Carol Cameron | |
| World War II | The invasion of which country prompted Britain to declare the Start of World war II? | Poland | a bust of Adolf Hitler | David Davidson | |
| Trombones in the Big Parade | How many trombones were there in the big parade? | 76 | a trombone | Edith Edwards | |
| Who wrote this Rubbish | Who was the first person to regain the world Heavyweight boxing championship after losing it? | Floyd Patterson | a year’s subscription to Ring Magazine | Frank Fitzfrederick | |
| What? You're a Disc Jockey? | Which DJ used to be a drummer in the eighties group the Housemartins? | To be revealed | the Housemartins – Now that’s what I call quite good | To be revealed | Current Competition |