Quiz night thread (Part 5)

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  • SallysallySallysally Posts: 5,070
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    1. my fair lady
    2. the Prime Minister
    3. Eye
    4. Thames
    8. Lewisham?
    9. Kew Palace?
    10. Nelsons Column?

    Obviously my knowledge of London is pretty poor!
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    Just 10 is wrong Sallysally ;-)

    6,7,10
  • Dare DevilDare Devil Posts: 118,737
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    2. The PM
    3. Eye
    4. Thames
  • eugenespeedeugenespeed Posts: 66,695
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    6) The Littlest Hobo
  • AxGAxG Posts: 25,663
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    7 Parliament
    10. Marble Arch
  • willrelf92willrelf92 Posts: 15,520
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    1.What are the last three words in the most frequently used verse in the rhyme London Bridge Is Falling Down? My fair lady.
    2.Who famously lives at 10 Downing Street? The Prime Minister.
    3.What part of the body goes after London to name a big Ferris wheel? Eye.
    4.Which river flows through London? Thames.
    5.London Nights was a number 2 UK hit single for which duo in the summer of 1989?
    6.A German Shepherd dog named London starred in which Canadian TV show?
    7.In which London square can a monument to Gandhi be found? Trafalgar?
    8.Which London borough is sandwiched between Southwark and Greenwich?
    9.Which London palace was built in 1631 for the wealthy merchant Samuel Fortray and later bought by King George III? Buckingham Palace.
    10.What was designed and built by John Nash in 1827 as a monument to the victories at Trafalgar and Waterloo?
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    Last night from Dare Devil - all correct except will's 7,9. Also a statue of Gandhi in Tavistock Square

    1.On a farm, a kid is a baby what: pig or goat?
    2.In the nursery rhyme, who sat on a wall before having a great fall?
    3.The name of which water sport is also used to describe browsing on the internet?
    4.Name the school that Harry Potter attended?
    5.What high IQ society comes from the Latin for table?
    6.Who starred as Robert McCall in the 2014 film version of The Equaalizer?

    7.Which distance is equal to 0.621 miles?
    8.The US presidential inauguration ceremony is held in front of which building?
    9.In physics, one joule is equal to the force of one newton acting through a distance of one what?
    10.Annapurna is a mountain lying within the boundaries of which Asian country?
    11.Due to its spiky appearance, what medicinal plant takes its name from the Greek for sea urchin or hedgehog?
    12.Who founded the Young Men's Christian Association in London in1844 at the age of 22 - he received a knight hood from Queen Victoria in 1894?
  • neilwatsonneilwatson Posts: 31,527
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    1. Goat
    2. Humpty Dumpty
    3. Surfing
    4. Hogworts
  • P_PP_P Posts: 18,497
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    1. Goat
    2. Humpty Dumpty
    3. Surf
    4. Hogwarts
    7. 1 mile
    8. White House?
    9. 1 metre?
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    4/4 neil
  • AxGAxG Posts: 25,663
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    1.Goat
    2.Humpty Dumpty
    3.Surfing
    4.Hogwarts
    5.Mensa
    6.

    7. 1km
    8.Capitol
    9.Metre
    10.India
    11.
    12.
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    Just 8 is wrong P_P
  • bcdeebcdee Posts: 317,974
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    1 Goat
    2 Humpty Dumpty
    3 Surfing
    4 Hogswarts
    5 Mensa
    6 Jason Statham
    7 1 Kilometre
    8 The Capitol
    11 Aloe Vera
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    Just 10 is wrong AxG
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    6,11 are wrong bcdee

    6,10-12
  • Dare DevilDare Devil Posts: 118,737
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    1. Goat
    2. Humpty Dumpty
    3. Surfing
    4. Hogwarts
    5. Mensa
    7. 1km
    8. The White House?
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    Just 8 is wrong Dare Devil

    6,10-12
  • willrelf92willrelf92 Posts: 15,520
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    1.On a farm, a kid is a baby what: pig or goat? Goat.
    2.In the nursery rhyme, who sat on a wall before having a great fall? Humpty Dumpty.
    3.The name of which water sport is also used to describe browsing on the internet? Surfing.
    4.Name the school that Harry Potter attended? Hogwarts.
    5.What high IQ society comes from the Latin for table? Mensa.
    6.Who starred as Robert McCall in the 2014 film version of The Equaalizer?
    7.Which distance is equal to 0.621 miles? A kilometre.
    8.The US presidential inauguration ceremony is held in front of which building?
    9.In physics, one joule is equal to the force of one newton acting through a distance of one what? Metre?
    10.Annapurna is a mountain lying within the boundaries of which Asian country?
    11.Due to its spiky appearance, what medicinal plant takes its name from the Greek for sea urchin or hedgehog?
    12.Who founded the Young Men's Christian Association in London in1844 at the age of 22 - he received a knight hood from Queen Victoria in 1894?
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    All correct from last night will
    6-Denzel Washington
    10-Nepal
    11-Echinacea
    12-George Williams

    1.Owls gag is an anagram of which UK city?
    2.Who would be most likely to use a potting shed - a gardener or a snooker player?
    3.What is a sequoia - a tree or a fruit?
    4.How many humps does a Dromedary camel have?
    5.Current affairs: who is the FIFA President that has promised to kick corrupt officials out of the game over widespread allegations?
    6.The last episode of which BBC comedy, featuring the fictional Brockman family, aired in March 2014?

    7.The fictional secret agent James Bond was created by which author?
    8.Which women's high street clothes chain is named after a type of rose?
    9.The ill-fated archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in December 1170 in which cathedral?
    10.The body of the Bank of England that decides the base interest rate is the MPC. What do the initials MPC stand for?
    11.Which wonder of the ancient world was burnt by a madman called Herostratus?
    12.The Impressionist painters Pissaro and Monet both fled to London in order to avoid which war?
  • bcdeebcdee Posts: 317,974
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    1 Glasgow
    2 Gardener
    3 Tree
    4 One
    5 Sepp Blatter
    6 My Family
    7 Ian Fleming
    8 Oasis
    9 Canterbury
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    Just 6,8 are wrong bcdee
  • SallysallySallysally Posts: 5,070
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    1. Glasgow
    2. gardener (unless you were a snooker player with a table in a shed!)
    3. tree
    4. 1
    5. Seb Blatter
    6. Outnumbered
    7. Ian Fleming
    8.
    9.Canterbury
    10. Monetary Policy Committee?
    11. Library of Alexandria
    12. Franco-Prussian War?
  • P_PP_P Posts: 18,497
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    1. Glasgow
    2. Gardener
    3. Tree?
    4. Two?
    6. Outnumbered
    7. Ian Fleming
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    Just 11 is wrong Sallysally (I love your way of thinking :p:D) and 4 P_P

    8
  • Dare DevilDare Devil Posts: 118,737
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    1. Glasgow
    2. Guessing gardener?
    3. Fruit?
    4. 2?
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