1.How many signs of the zodiac are there?
2.A millenium is a period of how many years?
3.A milliner is a maker of what: hats or mints?
4.In the nursery rhyme Polly put the kettle on, who took it off again?
5.Current affairs: which mobile phone shop has shut down its 550 stores nationwide following Vodafone and EE pulling out of renewing their contract?
6.What type of building provided Sam Bailey with the title of the 2013 Christmas number one?
7.Which politician's first ever tweet was "I'm starting conference with this new Twitter feed about my role as Conservative leader. I promise there won't be too many tweets"?
8."If you want to find Cherry Tree Lane, all you have to do is ask a policeman at the crossroads" is the opening line of which children's novel?
9.Which soft grey metal, discovered by William Crookes and Claude-August Lamy, has the chemical symbol Tl and atomic number 81?
10.What is the name of the waterway formed by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, the final stretch of which forms a border between Iraq and Iran and drains into the Persian Gulf?
11.Princess Charlotte Augusta, who died in childbirth following her marriage to Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, was the only child of which British monarch?
12.What word is Greek for navel, and is given to the sacred stone in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, which was thought to mark the central point of the Earth?
1.What is the only vowel on the middle row of a standard computer keyboard?
2.Under what plant do revellers traditionally kiss at Christmas?
3.In texting and internet slang, what do the initials AFAIK stand for?
4.An Ayrton Senna is a slang term for which British banknote?
5.Which animal features on the badge of the car manufacturer Ferrari?
6.What is measured using the Beaufort Scale?
7.On a UK plug, what colour is the live wire?
8.Which body of water is east of Britain, west of Norway, Sweden and Germany, and north of Holland, Belgium and France?
9.Picture: name this Grimm fairytale? http://www.postimage.org/image/6qqiasqkl/
10.Which cocktail is made from gin, vermouth, campari, and garnished with orange peel?
11.In maths, what is the decimal equivalent of the fraction 9/25?
12.In Greek mythology, what was the name of the King of Elis whose ox-stalls housed 3,000 animals and had not been cleaned for 30 years until Heracles, as one of his labours, diverted the River Alpheus through them?
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atleast two of the guesses given for 7 are right
4-1 left
6-3 left
7-2 left
2) lacrosse, table tennis, volleyball, squash
3) British Gas, nPower, Eon, EDF energy....
4) Ben, Billie-Jean, Dirty Diana, Rockin' Robin
5)Ballroom, utility room, kitchen, dining room, study, hall, billiard room, library, cellar
6) Greenwich Observatory, Kew gardens, Tower of London and ?Westminster
7) Elephant, human, mouse...
5 is wrong sadmuppet (utility and cellar which is inaccessible)
Finished
2.A millenium is a period of how many years?
3.A milliner is a maker of what: hats or mints?
4.In the nursery rhyme Polly put the kettle on, who took it off again?
5.Current affairs: which mobile phone shop has shut down its 550 stores nationwide following Vodafone and EE pulling out of renewing their contract?
6.What type of building provided Sam Bailey with the title of the 2013 Christmas number one?
7.Which politician's first ever tweet was "I'm starting conference with this new Twitter feed about my role as Conservative leader. I promise there won't be too many tweets"?
8."If you want to find Cherry Tree Lane, all you have to do is ask a policeman at the crossroads" is the opening line of which children's novel?
9.Which soft grey metal, discovered by William Crookes and Claude-August Lamy, has the chemical symbol Tl and atomic number 81?
10.What is the name of the waterway formed by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, the final stretch of which forms a border between Iraq and Iran and drains into the Persian Gulf?
11.Princess Charlotte Augusta, who died in childbirth following her marriage to Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, was the only child of which British monarch?
12.What word is Greek for navel, and is given to the sacred stone in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, which was thought to mark the central point of the Earth?
2) 1,000 (I've posted a thousand)
3) hats
4) suki
5) orange
6) skyscraper
2.1000
3.Hats
4.Sukey
5.Phone4u
6.Skyscraper
7.David Cameron
8.
9.Thallium
10.
11.Edward VIII
12.
Incorrect neil
8,10,11,12
10. Shatt Al Arab
12. Omphalos
you can do the hard ones
11
2)1000
3) hats
4)suki
5)phones4U
6)Skyscrapers
7) David Cameron
8) Mary Poppins
9) Thallium
10) Shatt al Arab
11) King George 4th
12) Omphalos
2. 1000
3. Hats?
5. Phones4U
6. Skyscrapper. Much prefer Demi Lovato's version.
7. David Cameron
9. Titanium?
Full house for sadmuppet - well done
All correct Dare Devil
2. 1000
3. Hats
4. Sukie
5. Phones 4 U
6. SkyScraper
7. David Cameron?
8 Mary Poppins
9. Tin?
10. Suex Canal? Not a clue really
11. Charles 1?
12. Philosphers stone?
2.Under what plant do revellers traditionally kiss at Christmas?
3.In texting and internet slang, what do the initials AFAIK stand for?
4.An Ayrton Senna is a slang term for which British banknote?
5.Which animal features on the badge of the car manufacturer Ferrari?
6.What is measured using the Beaufort Scale?
7.On a UK plug, what colour is the live wire?
8.Which body of water is east of Britain, west of Norway, Sweden and Germany, and north of Holland, Belgium and France?
9.Picture: name this Grimm fairytale? http://www.postimage.org/image/6qqiasqkl/
10.Which cocktail is made from gin, vermouth, campari, and garnished with orange peel?
11.In maths, what is the decimal equivalent of the fraction 9/25?
12.In Greek mythology, what was the name of the King of Elis whose ox-stalls housed 3,000 animals and had not been cleaned for 30 years until Heracles, as one of his labours, diverted the River Alpheus through them?
2) mistletoe
4) tenner
11) 0.36