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Quiz night thread (Part 5)

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    neilwatsonneilwatson Posts: 31,537
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    3) as far as I know
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    3 is right too
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    BarracuteBarracute Posts: 243,349
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    5) Tiger?
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    BarracuteBarracute Posts: 243,349
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    6) Wind speed
    7) Blue
    8) North Sea
    11) 0.27 (just a guess)!
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    BarracuteBarracute Posts: 243,349
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    9) Hansel & Gretel ?
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 12,003
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    12 is Augeas
    9 looked like it was Snow White because the page wouldn't load but it's Hansel and Gretel :-D
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    eveningstareveningstar Posts: 19,015
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    10. negroni
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    Dare DevilDare Devil Posts: 118,737
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    1. A
    2. Mistletoe
    3. As far as I know
    4. £10?
    5. Horse?
    6. Wind speed
    7. Brown
    8. North Sea
    11. 0.36
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    7,11 are wrong Barracute
    both right dave
    negroni is right eveningstar
    All correct Dare Devil

    Finished :)
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    1.What is the name of the tactile writing system that enables blind and visually impaired people to read?
    2.What is the official London residence of the British monarch?
    3.In a car, what is usually measured using a dipstick?
    4.Complete the proverb, birds of a feather... what?
    5.When appearing on a contract, what do the initials T&C's stand for?
    6.Which Oscar-nominated 2013 film starring Leonardo Dicaprio is based on a memoir by Jordan Belfort?

    7.What major British organization was privatized in October 2013?
    8."Omnia Omnibus Ubique - All things for all people, everywhere" is the motto of which London department store?
    9.In 2013, which country launched Mangalyaan, a spacecraft that will orbit Mars?
    10.The rare British amphibian Bufo calamita, which has a very loud ratchetty croak audible up to a mile away, is commonly known by what name?
    11.Called the Minerva of the North for her wit and learning, which European monarch was taught philosophy by Rene Descartes, and was crowned queen in 1644, abdicating ten years later after her secret conversion to Roman Catholicism?
    12.Which Athenian comic dramatist was the author of more than one hundred plays, and is thought to have drowned while swimming at Piraeus, having warned that "whom the gods love, dies young"?
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    Dare DevilDare Devil Posts: 118,737
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    1. Braille
    2. Buckingham Palace?
    3. Oil level
    5. Terms & Conditions
    7. Royal Mail
    9. Russia?
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    Just 9 is wrong Dare Devil
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    neilwatsonneilwatson Posts: 31,537
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    1) Braille
    5) terms and conditions
    8) Harrods
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    Dare DevilDare Devil Posts: 118,737
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    9. Usa?
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    3/3 neil

    4,6,9-12
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    treefr0gtreefr0g Posts: 23,660
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    10) Natterjack Toad?
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    Not the USA, Dare Devil
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    That's the one treefr0g

    4,6,9,11,12
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    Dare DevilDare Devil Posts: 118,737
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    9. Japan?
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    Not Japan. Starts with vowel and ends with one ;-)
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 12,003
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    4. Flock together
    6 - you missed this one out - Wolf of Wall Street?
    9. India
    10 Bullfrog?
    11 Mary Queen of Scots
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    Just 10,11 are wrong dave

    11,12
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    eveningstareveningstar Posts: 19,015
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    11. Christina of Sweden

    played by Greta Garbo in an ancient classic film - no, I'm not that old, it was on tv once :p
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    You know your history eveningstar :p:D

    12 is Menander

    Back with you all next Monday :)
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    Welcome to the week and another set of mix and match. Match the owner to their car :)

    1.Ford Gran Torino
    2.Ferrari Daytona Spider
    3.Plymouth Barracuda
    4.Daimler Sovereign
    5.Mystery Machine
    6.Pontiac Firebird Esprit
    7.Mini Cooper
    8.Pontiac Trans Am
    9.Mark II Jaguar
    10.Ferrari 308GTS
    11.Triumph Roadster
    12.Ford Sierra Estate
    13.DMC DeLorean
    14.GMC Sierra Truck
    15.Peugeot 403 convertible

    A-Arthur Dailey
    B-Michael Knight
    C-Columbo
    D-Crocket and Tubbs
    E-Doc Emmett Brown
    F-Scooby Doo and co
    G-Jack Frost
    H-Magnum
    I-The Fall Guy
    J-Nash Bridges
    K-Jim Rockford
    L-Jim Bergerac
    M-Inspector Morse
    N-Mr Bean
    O-Starsky and Hutch
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