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Quiz night thread (Part 5)

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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    Just 7 is wrong from last quiz P_P. Groupies starts the week :)

    1.Which three people got a bag of wool in the nursery rhyme Baa, Baa, Black Sheep?
    2.Name four supermarket chains?
    3.Name all eight members of the current Eggheads quiz team?
    4.In February 2014, Craig Bellamy became the first player to score for seven different clubs in the Barclays Premier League. Name those clubs?
    5.The Caspian Sea has borders with which five countries?
    6.H2SO4 comprises which three elements?
    7.Supergroupies: name 10 most traded currencies in the world?
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    Dare DevilDare Devil Posts: 118,737
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    1. master, dame, little boy down the lane
    2. Walmart (Asda), Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury's
    2. CJ? your fav, think her name is Judith?
    6. Hydrogen, sulphur, oxygen
    10. US Dollar, GBP, Euro, Yen, Aus Dollar?
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    BarracuteBarracute Posts: 243,330
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    1) One for the master, one for the dame and one for the little boy who lives down the lane!
    2) Tesco, Sainsburys, Asda, Waitrose
    7) Pound, Dollar, Yen, Franc, Deutchmark
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    bcdeebcdee Posts: 318,119
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    1 The Master, The Dame and the boy down the lane
    2 Asda Tesco Morrisons Sainsburys
    3 Daphne :D Chris Kevin CJ Judith Barry Dave Pat Lisa
    4 Liverpool Man City Newcastle Blackburn Coventry Cardiff Norwich
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    7 US Dollar Pound Euro Yen
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    BarracuteBarracute Posts: 243,330
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    3) Barry
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    AxGAxG Posts: 25,663
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    1.Master, Dame, and little boy who lived down the lane.
    2.Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons
    3.Chris, Pat, CJ, Dave, Barrie, Judith
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    5.Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran
    6.Hydrogen, Sodium, Oxygen
    7.US Dollar, Euro, Yen, Renmibi, Pound, Aus Dollar, Swiss Franc, HK Dollar, Ruble, Rupee
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    neilwatsonneilwatson Posts: 31,536
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    1) master,dame,little boy who lives down the lane
    2) ASDA,tesco, sainsburys,morrisons
    3)CJ, Chris,Kevin,Pat,Dave,Judith,Daphne
    4)Cardiff,Coventry,Newcastle, Liverpool,Blackburn,Norwich
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    SallysallySallysally Posts: 5,070
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    1. master, dame, old man who lived down the lane
    2. Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda. Morrisons
    6. Hydrogen, Sulphur, Oxygen
    7. Dollar, Sterling, Euro, Rand, Yen, Yuan(rembimbi), Hong Kong dollar?, riyal, dinar, real
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    neilwatsonneilwatson Posts: 31,536
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    4) Man City
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    All correct except bcdee's/neil's Norwich
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    Think that's finished

    :)

    Edit - Lisa replaced Egghead Daphne
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    DDRickyDDDDRickyDD Posts: 5,252
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    1. The farmer, shopkeeper, and the Libarian
    2. Booths, Asda, Sainsbury, Tesco
    3. Kevin Ashman, Pat Gibson, Barry Simmons, Dave Rainford, Chirs Hughes, Lisa Thiel, Juddith Keppel, CJ de Mooi,
    4. Manchester City, Liverpool, Blackburn, Newcastle, West Ham, Coventry and Cardiff
    5. Russia, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, China
    6. Hydrogen, Sodium and Oxygen
    7. Pound, Euro, Dollar, Yen, Krona, Vikram, Balteri, Quinzi, Lira, Kale
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    willrelf92willrelf92 Posts: 15,547
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    1.Which three people got a bag of wool in the nursery rhyme Baa, Baa, Black Sheep?
    2.Name four supermarket chains? Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsburys.
    3.Name all eight members of the current Eggheads quiz team?
    4.In February 2014, Craig Bellamy became the first player to score for seven different clubs in the Barclays Premier League. Name those clubs? Man. City, Liverpool, West Ham, Newcastle, Blackburn, Norwich and Sunderland? Unsure on those last two and it could be Crystal Palace instead of one of them. EDIT: Ah seen the answers, wouldn't have got Coventry but should have remembered Cardiff!
    5.The Caspian Sea has borders with which five countries?
    6.H2SO4 comprises which three elements? Hydrogen, Sodium and Oxygen.
    7.Supergroupies: name 10 most traded currencies in the world?
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    P_PP_P Posts: 18,497
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    1. Master, Dame, Little man who lives down the lane
    2. Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's
    3. Judith, Ken, Chris, Daphne, Barry, Pat, CJ
    4. Liverpool, Manchester City, Cardiff
    6. Hydrogen, Oxygen and Sulphur/Sulfur
    7. Pound, Euro, Yen, Rupee, US Dollar
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    Last night from Ricky - all correct except Ricky's 1,last four of 5,6(sodium)7(last five except lira)will's 4(Sunderand)6,(sodium) P_P's 1(little man)

    1.What L is the opposite of dark?
    2.What is measured using the Beaufort scale: wind speed or water?
    3.The group of prestigious American universities is known as what: Holly League or Ivy League?
    4.What name is given to a mountain from which lava erupts?
    5.Current affairs: which payday lender has reported a £37.3m loss for 2014?
    6.Which former codebreaker for the Royal Canadian Navy topped the UK singles chart in 2014 with Hideaway?

    7.In the book of the same name, what type of creature is Moby Dick?
    8.Which department of the British government is responsible for promoting and protecting UK interests overseas?
    9.Which continent was named after a figure in Greek mythology who was abducted by the god Zeus?
    10.Shakespeare's The Tempest is believed to have been inspired by an account by a survivor, William Strachey, of the 1609 wreck of the Sea Venture off which island?
    11.What was the very specific source of the wood from which Nelson's coffin was made?
    12.Which rationalist architect designed the Casa del Fascio (1932-36) in Como and the unbuilt Danteum monument to Dante?
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    bcdeebcdee Posts: 318,119
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    1 Light
    2 Wind
    3 Ivy
    4 Volcano
    5 Wonga
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    7 A Whale
    8 Foreign Office
    9 Europe
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    All correct bcdee
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    BarracuteBarracute Posts: 243,330
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    1) light
    2) Wind
    3) Ivy
    4) Volcano
    5)
    7) Sperm Whale
    8) Foreign Office
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    All correct Barracute

    6,10-12
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    AxGAxG Posts: 25,663
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    1.Light
    2.Wind
    3.Ivy League
    4.Volcano
    5.Wonga
    6.

    7.Whale
    8.Home Office
    9.Europe
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    11.HMS Victory
    12.
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    Just 8,11 are wrong AxG

    6,10-12
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    Dare DevilDare Devil Posts: 118,737
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    1. Light
    2. Wind
    3. Ivy?
    4. Volcano
    5. Wonga
    8. Foreign office
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    The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,103
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    6/6 Dare Devil

    6,10-12
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    Jim_McIntoshJim_McIntosh Posts: 5,866
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    1. Light
    2. Wind speed
    3. Ivy League
    4. Volcano
    5.
    6.
    7. Whale
    8. The Foreign Office
    9. Europe
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    11.
    12.

    Difficult tonight.
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    willrelf92willrelf92 Posts: 15,547
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    1 .What L is the opposite of dark? Light.
    2.What is measured using the Beaufort scale: wind speed or water? Wind speed.
    3.The group of prestigious American universities is known as what: Holly League or Ivy League? Ivy League.
    4.What name is given to a mountain from which lava erupts? Volcano.
    5.Current affairs: which payday lender has reported a £37.3m loss for 2014?
    6.Which former codebreaker for the Royal Canadian Navy topped the UK singles chart in 2014 with Hideaway? Kiesza.
    7.In the book of the same name, what type of creature is Moby Dick? Whale.
    8.Which department of the British government is responsible for promoting and protecting UK interests overseas?
    9.Which continent was named after a figure in Greek mythology who was abducted by the god Zeus? Asia?
    10.Shakespeare's The Tempest is believed to have been inspired by an account by a survivor, William Strachey, of the 1609 wreck of the Sea Venture off which island?
    11.What was the very specific source of the wood from which Nelson's coffin was made?
    12.Which rationalist architect designed the Casa del Fascio (1932-36) in Como and the unbuilt Danteum monument to Dante?
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