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    Jim_McIntoshJim_McIntosh Posts: 5,866
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    1.A dishonest and troublemaking person is known as a bad - apple or pear? Apple
    2.What is the liquid inside a pen called? Ink
    3.What Italian food with cheese, tomato and other toppings, can be eaten by the slice? Pizza (Are you trolling here? These will get harder, right?)
    4.What word goes after hop and before whisky? Scotch
    5.In computing, how many bits make one byte - 8 or 18? 8
    6.Who became the second fully Norwegian act to have a UK number one in August 2014 with Am I Wrong? Ooft. Not A-Ha then. Ermmm....no, I don't know...Nordic Vampires, lets say.

    7.England's footballers won the World Cup in which year? 1966
    8."There's a sucker born every minute" is a quote commonly attributed to which famous circus founder? PT Barnum
    9."It happened every year, was almost a ritual" is the opening line to which Scandinavian crime novel? Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
    10.If you sailed due east from Wick in the north of Scotland, in which country would your next landfall be? Norway
    11.By what name was the architect Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris better known? Charlie
    12.Which AD 65 plot against Nero was betrayed by Milichus, a freedman of plotter and praetorian tribune Flavius Scaevinus? The "Lets Kill Nero" plot
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,085
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    All correct Sallysally and 6,11,12 are wrong Jim ;-)

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    Jim_McIntoshJim_McIntosh Posts: 5,866
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    Just wondering now whether the Eiffel Tower guy was actually called Eiffel? Is number 11 him?
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,085
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    Not him Jim. It's Le Corbusier - Sallysally got it :)

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    Jim_McIntoshJim_McIntosh Posts: 5,866
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    Not him Jim. It's Le Corbusier - Sallysally got it :)

    12

    Sorry. I was rambling away and never noticed.
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    damianswifedamianswife Posts: 1,205
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    12 Pisonius Plot..........I am an old fart and only know old stuff.
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    DDRickyDDDDRickyDD Posts: 5,251
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    1.Apple
    2.Ink
    3. Pizza
    4. Scotch
    5. 8
    6. Lisbeth Fjordeshif

    7. 1966
    8. Norman Millington
    9. Wallander
    10. Denmark
    11. Ali G
    12. The attack ten thousand ferocious tortoise
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    willrelf92willrelf92 Posts: 15,542
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    1.A dishonest and troublemaking person is known as a bad - apple or pear? Apple.
    2.What is the liquid inside a pen called? Ink.
    3.What Italian food with cheese, tomato and other toppings, can be eaten by the slice? Pizza.
    4.What word goes after hop and before whisky? Scotch.
    5.In computing, how many bits make one byte - 8 or 18? 8.
    6.Who became the second fully Norwegian act to have a UK number one in August 2014 with Am I Wrong? Nico & Vinz.
    7.England's footballers won the World Cup in which year? 1966.
    8."There's a sucker born every minute" is a quote commonly attributed to which famous circus founder?
    9."It happened every year, was almost a ritual" is the opening line to which Scandinavian crime novel?
    10.If you sailed due east from Wick in the north of Scotland, in which country would your next landfall be? Finland.
    11.By what name was the architect Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris better known?
    12.Which AD 65 plot against Nero was betrayed by Milichus, a freedman of plotter and praetorian tribune Flavius Scaevinus?
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,085
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    Last night from damianswife - all correct except Ricky's 6,8-12, and will's 10

    1.What container for flowers is an anagram of save?
    2.What X is a picture that shows your bones?
    3.Which joint connects your upper arm to your lower arm?
    4.What is the third planet from the sun?
    5.True or false - the Hundred Years War lasted 100 years?
    6.Which nut is traditionally used in a waldorf salad?

    7.A tercentenary marks an anniversary of how many years?
    8.Which London department store shares its name with a human-rights pressure group?
    9.Narendra Modi became prime minister of which Asian country in May 2014?
    10.In nature, the gharial or the gavial is a relative of which reptile?
    11.The father god and creator, Achaman was the supreme god of the Guanches on which island?
    12.Which Spaniard was, in 1513, the first European to lead an expedition to have reached the Pacific from the new World?
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    Dare DevilDare Devil Posts: 118,737
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    1. Vase
    2. X ray
    3. Elbow
    4. Earth
    5. False
    6. Walnut
    7. 300?
    8. Harrods?
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    AxGAxG Posts: 25,663
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    1.Vase
    2.Xray
    3.Elbow
    4.Earth
    5.False
    6.Walnut

    7.300
    8.
    9.India
    10.
    11.Crete
    12.
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,085
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    Just 8 is wrong Dare Devil
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,085
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    Just 11 is wrong AxG
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    bcdeebcdee Posts: 318,080
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    1 Vase
    2 X Ray
    3 Elbow
    4 Earth
    5 False
    6 Walnuts
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    neilwatsonneilwatson Posts: 31,534
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    1) vase
    2) x ray
    4) earth
    5) false
    7) 300
    9) Singapore
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    neilwatsonneilwatson Posts: 31,534
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    3) elbow
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,085
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    All correct bcdeee/just 9 is wrong neil

    8,10-12
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    SallysallySallysally Posts: 5,070
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    1. vase
    2. x-ray
    3. elbow
    4. earth
    5. false
    6. walnuts
    7. 300 years
    8. Liberty
    9. India
    10. crocodile
    12. Cortez?
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    neilwatsonneilwatson Posts: 31,534
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    9) India
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,085
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    Just 12 is wrong Sallysally. India is right neil

    11,12
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    damianswifedamianswife Posts: 1,205
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    11 Tenerife
    12 Ponce de Leon?
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    DDRickyDDDDRickyDD Posts: 5,251
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    1. Vase
    2. X Ray
    3. Elbow
    4. Earth
    5. False
    6. Walnut

    7. 25
    8. Stonewall
    9. Nepal
    10. Snake
    11. Sri Lanka
    12. Raul Gonzalez-Mendoza
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    willrelf92willrelf92 Posts: 15,542
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    1.What container for flowers is an anagram of save? Vase.
    2.What X is a picture that shows your bones? X-Ray.
    3.Which joint connects your upper arm to your lower arm? Elbow.
    4.What is the third planet from the sun? Earth.
    5.True or false - the Hundred Years War lasted 100 years? False.
    6.Which nut is traditionally used in a waldorf salad?
    7.A tercentenary marks an anniversary of how many years? I'll guess 500.
    8.Which London department store shares its name with a human-rights pressure group?
    9.Narendra Modi became prime minister of which Asian country in May 2014?
    10.In nature, the gharial or the gavial is a relative of which reptile?
    11.The father god and creator, Achaman was the supreme god of the Guanches on which island?
    12.Which Spaniard was, in 1513, the first European to lead an expedition to have reached the Pacific from the new World?
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,085
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    Just 12 is wrong damianswife,7-12 Ricky, and 7 will.

    12-Vasco Balboa

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    P_PP_P Posts: 18,497
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    1. Vase
    2. X Ray
    3. Elbow
    4. Earth
    5. False
    6. Walnut
    7. 600?
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