Quiz night thread (Part 5)

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  • DDRickyDDDDRickyDD Posts: 5,241
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    1. January 1st
    2. 72
    3. Razor
    4. Pinochio
    5. Birds
    6. 52

    7. Italy
    8.Stomach
    9. Mean
    10. India
    11. Madrid
    12. Michangelo
  • P_PP_P Posts: 18,497
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    1. 1st January
    2. 72
    3. Razor
    4. Pinocchio
    5. Bird
    6. 52
    7. Italy
    8. Stomach?
    9. Median
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,782
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    damianswife and eugenespeed finished last night, and just 8 is wrong will, 8,11,12 Ricky, and just 8 P_P

    1.What colour is scarlet?
    2.What word for a lock opener goes after skeleton and before ring?
    3.What U is the brother of your father or mother?
    4.Which is heavier: gold or silver?
    5.How many bytes are there in a kilobyte?
    6.Which 2014 number 1 hit song has a chorus that begins "If you gave me a chance I would take it / It's a shot in the dark but I'll make it"?

    7.In which European city would you find the Eiffel Tower?
    8.The two-word name of which chain of holiday resorts has both words misspelt in British English?
    9.Which street artist's mural His Flower Girl was auctioned for almost £130,000 in December 2013?
    10.The herb Mentha pulegium, which is used in infusions but in high doses can be highly toxic, is known by what ten-letter name?
    11.Picture: what is the name of this vessel? http://www.postimage.org/image/3zoivyper/
    12.Named after a Lahore-born Italian-American Nobel laureate and flying more than 200 times furthur above the earth than Hubble, what is NASA's premier X-ray observatory?
  • AxGAxG Posts: 25,663
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    1.Red
    2.Key
    3.Uncle
    4.Gold
    5.1000
    6.

    7.Paris
    8.Center Parcs
    9.Banksi
    10.
    11.
    12.
  • Dare DevilDare Devil Posts: 118,737
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    1. Red
    2. Key
    3. Uncle
    4. Silver?
    5. 1024
    7. Paris
  • BarracuteBarracute Posts: 242,800
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    1) Red
    2) Key
    3) Uncle
    4) Gold
    5) 1000
    7) Paris
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,782
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    All correct everyone except Dare Devil's 4,5
  • SallysallySallysally Posts: 5,070
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    1. red
    2. key
    3 uncle
    4. gold
    5. 1000
    7. Paris
    8. Center Parcs
    9. Banksy?
    10. pennyroyal
    11. Is it a Brunel ship?
  • willrelf92willrelf92 Posts: 15,303
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    1.What colour is scarlet? Red.
    2.What word for a lock opener goes after skeleton and before ring? Key.
    3.What U is the brother of your father or mother? Uncle.
    4.Which is heavier: gold or silver? Silver.
    5.How many bytes are there in a kilobyte? 1000.
    6.Which 2014 number 1 hit song has a chorus that begins "If you gave me a chance I would take it / It's a shot in the dark but I'll make it"? Rather Be.
    7.In which European city would you find the Eiffel Tower? Paris.
    8.The two-word name of which chain of holiday resorts has both words misspelt in British English?
    9.Which street artist's mural His Flower Girl was auctioned for almost £130,000 in December 2013? Banksy.
    10.The herb Mentha pulegium, which is used in infusions but in high doses can be highly toxic, is known by what ten-letter name? Toothpaste?
    11.Picture: what is the name of this vessel? http://www.postimage.org/image/3zoivyper/
    12.Named after a Lahore-born Italian-American Nobel laureate and flying more than 200 times further above the earth than Hubble, what is NASA's premier X-ray observatory?
  • DDRickyDDDDRickyDD Posts: 5,241
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    1. Red
    2. Key
    3. Uncle
    4. Gold
    5. 1000
    6. Budapest

    7. Paris
    8. Labor Center
    9. Banksy
    10. Foxglovess
    11. Trawler
    12. Zaccaroni
  • P_PP_P Posts: 18,497
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    1. Red
    2. Key
    3. Uncle
    4. Gold
    5. 1,000
    6. Rather Be
    7. Paris
    9. Banksy?
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,782
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    Last night from Sallysally - all correct except Sallysally's 11, will's 10, Ricky's 6,8,10-12
    11-Calypso (Jacques Cousteau)

    1. what is half of 18 plus 18?
    2.Apples and pears is cockney rhyming slang for what part of a house?
    3.What is the national flower of England?
    4.On what item of cultlery would you find a tine?
    5.Current affairs: which Great British Bake Off favourite has come out as being gay via her Twitter account?
    6.What shape is a give way road sign?

    7.Where did Neil Armstrong famously walk on 20 July 1969?
    8.Peitr the Latvian was the first novel to feature which detective created by Georges Simenon?
    9.The white palamino grape is primarily used in the manufacture of which drink?
    10.At a height in excess of 2,260 metres, the T'izi n' Tichka Pass is the highest in which African country?
    11.Founded by the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Comnenos, Kykkos Monastery is the largest monastery on which island?
    12.Which composed gave Vladamir Nabokov, on the run from the Nazis with his Jewish wife Vera, the money for their passage across the Atlantic?
  • Dare DevilDare Devil Posts: 118,737
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    1. 27
    2. Stairs?
    3. Rose
    4. Fork
    6. Triangle
    7. On the moon
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,782
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    6/6 Dare Devil
  • BarracuteBarracute Posts: 242,800
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    1) 27
    2) Stairs
    3) Rose
    4) Fork
    7) The Moon
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,782
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    5/5 Barracute
  • SallysallySallysally Posts: 5,070
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    1. 27
    2. stairs
    3. rose
    4. fork
    5. Ruby Tando (if not, the other young one!)
    6. triangle
    7. the moon
    8. Maigret
    9. sherry
    10. Atlas? Only mountains in Africa that high, I think
    12. Rachmaninov
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,782
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    Just 10 is wrong Sallysally (it's in the high Atlas, but need the country please :))

    10,11
  • SallysallySallysally Posts: 5,070
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    10. Sorry :blush: Morocco

    I'm amazed about getting Rachmaninov right - just a guess knowing he was in the US at that time!
  • AxGAxG Posts: 25,663
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    1. 18
    2.Stairs
    3.Rose
    4.Knife
    5.Ruby Tandoh
    6.Triangular

    7.Moon
    8.
    9.
    10.Tanzania?
    11.Rhodes?
    12.
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,782
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    Thanks Sallysally ;-) 1,10,11 are wrong AxG

    11
  • AxGAxG Posts: 25,663
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    Cyprus
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,782
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    AxG finishes tonight

    :)
  • willrelf92willrelf92 Posts: 15,303
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    1. what is half of 18 plus 18? 27.
    2.Apples and pears is cockney rhyming slang for what part of a house? Stairs.
    3.What is the national flower of England? Rose.
    4.On what item of cutlery would you find a tine? Fork.
    5.Current affairs: which Great British Bake Off favourite has come out as being gay via her Twitter account? Mary Berry?
    6.What shape is a give way road sign? Circle.
    7.Where did Neil Armstrong famously walk on 20 July 1969? The Moon.
    8.Peitr the Latvian was the first novel to feature which detective created by Georges Simenon?
    9.The white palamino grape is primarily used in the manufacture of which drink?
    10.At a height in excess of 2,260 metres, the T'izi n' Tichka Pass is the highest in which African country?
    11.Founded by the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Comnenos, Kykkos Monastery is the largest monastery on which island?
    12.Which composed gave Vladamir Nabokov, on the run from the Nazis with his Jewish wife Vera, the money for their passage across the Atlantic?
  • DDRickyDDDDRickyDD Posts: 5,241
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    1. 27
    2. Stairs
    3. The Rose
    4. Fork
    5. Ruth Tandoo
    6. Triangular

    7. The Moon
    8. Jack Clouseau
    9. Champagne
    10. Uganda
    11. Crete
    12. Jospeh Nevikov
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