1. wolf
2.90
3. private
5. rail
6. I Robot?
7. smoke
8. Speaker of the House of Commons
9. Just a guess - Snowdon
11. Mildenhall Treasure
12. Queen Victoria
1.Something good, following on from a previous good thing, is said to be the icing on the.... what?
2.If you criticise somebody for fault that is also a failing of yourself, you are the pot calling the kettle... what?
3.Which four-letter word can mean the upright section of a chair or the part of the human body?
4.Someone talking about things indirectly is said to be beating around the.... what?
5.Which paper size is exactly twice the size A4?
6.Which BBC comedy series, that ran from 1968 to 1977, featured a group of men in the Home Guard?
7.What is a line-up of people assembled by the police so that a witness to a crime may recognise the suspect called?
8.Which basic condiment from South-East Asia, made from a variety of bean, with wheat, water and salt added, is called shoyu in Japan and jiang yong in China?
9.What word, derived from the Spanish for saw, prefixes the name of mountain ranges such as Madre in Mexico and Nevada in the USA and Spain?
10.In nature, the puffin is a small cariety of which bird?
11.What is the name of the twentieth-century castle in Devon built by Sir Edward Lutyens and overlooking the Teign Gorge?
12.Reaching a height of over 11,000 metres and taking its name from the Scottish physicist who formulated electromagnetic theory, what is the highest mountain on Venus?
eugenespeed finished last night and all correct Dare Devil. I will post a reminder on Sunday night for next mondays quiz.
1.What R is the name given to a civil disturbance made by an unruly mob, often because of political dissatisfaction?
2.What V do Americans call a waistcoat?
3.What U precedes the word room to mean an area that houses appliances such as washing machines and other equipment?
4.What type of product would a cooper manufacture: barrels or saucepans?
5.A terrarium is a glass container normally holding what: fish or plants?
6.Someone who assists and encourages another person in the commission of a crime may be guilty of aiding and... what?
7.How many years after an event is its quincentenary celebrated?
8.What number is produced when silver, ruby and golden wedding anniversaries are added together?
9.In politics, who was the last Labour politician before 1979 to hold the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer?
10.Christ of the Andes, a 26-foot-tall bronze statue erected in 1904 at the summit of the Uspallata Pass, symbolizes peace between which two countries?
11.Which scientific theory postulates that subatomic particles are tiny one-dimensional loops?
12.Killed by Basques in 778, which Paladin - a hero of medieval romances - was, accordng to legend, a nephew of the Frankish King, Charlemagne?
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3,10-12
2.90
3. private
5. rail
6. I Robot?
7. smoke
8. Speaker of the House of Commons
9. Just a guess - Snowdon
11. Mildenhall Treasure
12. Queen Victoria
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Finished
2.If you criticise somebody for fault that is also a failing of yourself, you are the pot calling the kettle... what?
3.Which four-letter word can mean the upright section of a chair or the part of the human body?
4.Someone talking about things indirectly is said to be beating around the.... what?
5.Which paper size is exactly twice the size A4?
6.Which BBC comedy series, that ran from 1968 to 1977, featured a group of men in the Home Guard?
7.What is a line-up of people assembled by the police so that a witness to a crime may recognise the suspect called?
8.Which basic condiment from South-East Asia, made from a variety of bean, with wheat, water and salt added, is called shoyu in Japan and jiang yong in China?
9.What word, derived from the Spanish for saw, prefixes the name of mountain ranges such as Madre in Mexico and Nevada in the USA and Spain?
10.In nature, the puffin is a small cariety of which bird?
11.What is the name of the twentieth-century castle in Devon built by Sir Edward Lutyens and overlooking the Teign Gorge?
12.Reaching a height of over 11,000 metres and taking its name from the Scottish physicist who formulated electromagnetic theory, what is the highest mountain on Venus?
2. Black
3. Back?
4. Bush
5. A3
6. Dad's Army
7. Identity Parade
8. Soy Sauce?
2 Black
3 Back
4 Bush
5 A3
6 Dad's Army
9-12
2.black
3. arm?
4 bush
5. A2
6. Dad's Army
7. Identity parade
8. soy sauce
9. sierra (I thought it meant serrated
10. auk
12. Maxwell?
11
2. Black
3. Back
4. Bush
5. A3
7. ID parade
1.What R is the name given to a civil disturbance made by an unruly mob, often because of political dissatisfaction?
2.What V do Americans call a waistcoat?
3.What U precedes the word room to mean an area that houses appliances such as washing machines and other equipment?
4.What type of product would a cooper manufacture: barrels or saucepans?
5.A terrarium is a glass container normally holding what: fish or plants?
6.Someone who assists and encourages another person in the commission of a crime may be guilty of aiding and... what?
7.How many years after an event is its quincentenary celebrated?
8.What number is produced when silver, ruby and golden wedding anniversaries are added together?
9.In politics, who was the last Labour politician before 1979 to hold the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer?
10.Christ of the Andes, a 26-foot-tall bronze statue erected in 1904 at the summit of the Uspallata Pass, symbolizes peace between which two countries?
11.Which scientific theory postulates that subatomic particles are tiny one-dimensional loops?
12.Killed by Basques in 778, which Paladin - a hero of medieval romances - was, accordng to legend, a nephew of the Frankish King, Charlemagne?
2.Vest
3.Utility
4.Saucepans
5.Plants
6.Abetting
7.500
8.115
9.
10.Chile & Argentina
11.
12.
2 Vest
3 Utility
4 Barrels
5 Plants
6 Abetting
7 500
8 115
3. Utility
4. Pans?
5. Fish?
6. I should know that one!
7. 500
8. 10+20+30=60? no idea, I guessed what the years were for all those.
2. Vest?
3. Utility
4. Barrel?
5. Fish?
6. Assisting
7. 500
8. 115
9,11,12
9,11,12
2.vest
3.utility
4.barrels
5.plants
6.abetting
7.500
8 115
9. Denis Healey?
10. Argentina and Chile
11. string?