Quiz night thread (Part 5)

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  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,979
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    1.In property listings to rent, what does PCM stand for?
    2.According to the saying, in which month of the year are hares mad?
    3.Is immigration or emigration the departure of persons from one country, to settle permanently in another?
    4.What U precedes the word room to mean an area that houses appliances such as washing machines and other equipment?
    5.Rhinoplasty is a plastic surgery procedure on which part of the face?
    6.What sort of creature is Kevin, one of the characters in the 2009 film Up?

    7.Current affairs: what is the name of the shopping centre in Nairobi that has been attacked by terrorists recently?
    8.On the London underground, which tube line is represented by the colour yellow?
    9.In which country is Fiordland National Park, established in 1952 and one of the largest in the world?
    10.In December 1648, which Colonel purged the House of Commons of those MP's who wanted to negotiate with King Charles I?
    11.Which beautiful ornamental tree that is widely grown in warm parts of the world, has blue or purple foxglove-like flowers and attractive, oppositely paired, compound leaves?
    12.In Greek mythology, what did Rhea give to Cronus to eat instead of his son, Zeus?
  • Mrs TeapotMrs Teapot Posts: 124,896
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    1. Per Calendar Month

    2. March

    3. Emmigration

    4. Utility

    5. Nose

    6. Squirrel :D

    7. Westgate
  • Dare DevilDare Devil Posts: 118,737
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    1. Per calender month
    3. Emigration
    4. Utility
    5. Nose
    6. Never seen it :o
    7. West gate
  • Mrs TeapotMrs Teapot Posts: 124,896
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    9. Mad guess Norway
  • BarracuteBarracute Posts: 243,154
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    1) Per Calendar Month
    2) March
    3) Emigration
    5) Nose
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,979
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    All correct except Mrs Teapot's 6 and 9
    6,8-12
  • AxGAxG Posts: 25,663
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    1.Per calendar month
    2.?
    3.Emigration
    4.Utility
    5.Nose
    6.Emu

    7.Westgate
    8.Circle
    9.Norway
    10.Oliver Cromwell?
    11.
    12.
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,979
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    9 and 10 are wrong AxG
    9-12
  • SallysallySallysally Posts: 5,070
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    1. Per Calendar Month

    2.March

    3.Emigration

    4.Utility

    5.Nose

    7 Westgate

    8. Circle

    9. New Zealand

    12. A stone
  • AxGAxG Posts: 25,663
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    Greenland
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,979
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    Not Greenland
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,979
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    Sallysally wrote: »
    1. Per Calendar Month

    2.March

    3.Emigration

    4.Utility

    5.Nose

    7 Westgate

    8. Circle

    9. New Zealand

    12. A stone

    All correct Sallysally
    10,11
  • BarracuteBarracute Posts: 243,154
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    6. Rat ?
  • spotify95spotify95 Posts: 7,894
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    1.In property listings to rent, what does PCM stand for?
    2.According to the saying, in which month of the year are hares mad?
    3.Is immigration or emigration the departure of persons from one country, to settle permanently in another?
    4.What U precedes the word room to mean an area that houses appliances such as washing machines and other equipment?
    5.Rhinoplasty is a plastic surgery procedure on which part of the face?
    6.What sort of creature is Kevin, one of the characters in the 2009 film Up?

    7.Current affairs: what is the name of the shopping centre in Nairobi that has been attacked by terrorists recently?
    8.On the London underground, which tube line is represented by the colour yellow?
    9.In which country is Fiordland National Park, established in 1952 and one of the largest in the world?
    10.In December 1648, which Colonel purged the House of Commons of those MP's who wanted to negotiate with King Charles I?
    11.Which beautiful ornamental tree that is widely grown in warm parts of the world, has blue or purple foxglove-like flowers and attractive, oppositely paired, compound leaves?
    12.In Greek mythology, what did Rhea give to Cronus to eat instead of his son, Zeus?

    1) Per calendar month
    3) Immigration
    4) Utility


    Brain's gone to sleep today, sorry QM :(
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,979
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    I was given the answer as bird, but emu is more specific from AxG :)
    10,11
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,979
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    2/3 spotify (mine has too :o:D)
    10,11
  • spotify95spotify95 Posts: 7,894
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    2/3 spotify (mine has too :o:D)
    10,11

    Oh.

    3) Emigration, it must be! :o
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,979
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    Yes ;)
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,979
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    10-Thomas Pride (Pride's Purge)
    11-Jacaranda

    1.What is one third of 21?
    2.What E can be primary, secondary, higher, furthur and adult?
    3.Which three-letter word can mean a vase used to store the ashes of the dead or a large vessel used for tea-making?
    4.Which word can mean a type of air transport or a shape enclosing the spoken words in a comic strip?
    5.A place where computers can be accessed for a fee, which sells drinks and snacks, is called a Cyber.... what?
    6.Picture: whose face is this? http://www.postimage.org/image/vkfhu541x/

    7.In reference to the well-known charity, for what does the letter P stand for in the initials NSPCC?
    8.Which Canadian province whose capital is Halifax, means New Scotland in Latin?
    9.Which architect died after being run over by a tram in his native Barcelona in June 1926?
    10.In chemistry,what name is given to the number of chemical bonds that an atom of a particular element can form, used as a measure of the chemical reactivity of that element?
    11.Which of Rossini's operas was originally subtitled "The Useless Precaution"?
    12.In astronomy, which orange giant star represents the so-called bull's eye in Taurus?
  • AxGAxG Posts: 25,663
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    Oh, Fiord, I thought it say Fjord.
  • eugenespeedeugenespeed Posts: 66,695
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    1) 7
    2) Education
    3) Urn
    4) Balloon
    5) Cafe
    6) Martin Clunes
    7) Prevention
    8) Novascotia
    9) Gaudi
    10 Valence
    11) The Barber of Seville
    12) Aldebaran
  • AxGAxG Posts: 25,663
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    1.7
    2.Education
    3.Urn
    4.Cloud
    5.Café
    6.Martin Clunes

    7.Prevention
    8.Nova Scotia
    9.Galdi?
    10.
    11.
    12.Keplar B
  • Mrs TeapotMrs Teapot Posts: 124,896
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    1. 7

    2. Education

    3. Urn

    4. Bubble (we call them speech bubbles) :D

    5. Cafe

    6. Martin Clunes

    7. Prevention

    8.
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,979
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    Clean sweep eugenespeed :cool:
    4 and 12 are wrong AxG
    Finished :eek: :)
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 92,979
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    All correct Mrs Teapot
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