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Thanks for that, William G Quizmaster
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Damn sorry i missed this, had a good excuse though - was over two and half hours late getting home due to someone being hit with a train (not my train i hasten to add!)
and well done to Dare ! bad luck to P
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Quiz night 1/10 10,432
Back with a lighter, regualr qn
![]() 1.Which day of the week falls four days after Thursday? 2.What G is the term given to an individual who has legal custody of a person, especially a minor? 3.What is the smallest number of coins needed to make a total of one pound sixty six pence? 4.On English banknotes, which word comes next in this printed phrase: "I promise to pay the" what? 5.Pure gold consists of how many carats? 6.On which date of the year does the British tax year end? 7.In 1996, what allowance replaced Unemployment Benefit and Income Support for unemployed people under pension age? 8.In geometry, what name is given to the perpendicular line or distance from the centre of a regular polygon to any of its sides? 9.Quotations: which American billionaire once said "If you can actually count your money then you are not really a rich man"? 10.The Serra da Estrela, that rise to a height of nearly 2,000 metres, are the highest mountains on the mainland of which European country? 11.Which astronomical event, previously observed in 1882, was visible with eye protection in the UK on 8 June 2004? 12.In which resort area on the River Seine, now a suburb of north-west Paris, did Monet live in the 1870s, often working from a studio boat he had there? |
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1.Monday
2.Guardian 3.5 4.Bearer 5.24 6.30 June 7.Jobseekers Allowance 8. 9.Trump 10.Spain 11.Transit of Venus? 12. |
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1) Monday
2) Guardian 3) 5 4) bearer 5) 24 6) Apr 5th 9) Howard Hughes? 11) Solar Eclipse? |
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1. Monday
2. Guardian 3. 5 forgot me penny 4. Bearer 5. 24 6. April 6th guess 8. Apothem????? |
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3,6,9,10 are wrong AxG
9,11 are wrong Barracute 9,10,12 |
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3,6 are wrong Mrs Teapot
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1. Monday
2. Guardian 3. 3 4. Bearer. I cheated and looked at the fiver next to me ![]() 5. 24? 6. April 5th? 7. JSA 8. Bisector 9. A very rich man ![]() 11. Solar eclipse? well, I was trying for a clean sweep. Didn't happen though |
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3,8,11 are wrong Dare Devil
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1 Monday
2. Guardian 3. 4 4. bearer 5. 24 6 March 31 7 Jobseekers allowance? 8 Can't quite remember - something like apotheme 9. Rockefeller? 10. Portugal 11. conjunction of Venus A huge number of guesses! |
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1 Monday
2 Guardian 3 5 4 Bearer 5 24 6 April 5th |
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I read Q3 as £1.60. Oops.
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3,6,9 are wrong Sallysally
All correct bcdee 9,12 |
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9. Bill Gates?
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Back with a lighter, regualr qn
![]() 1.Which day of the week falls four days after Thursday? 2.What G is the term given to an individual who has legal custody of a person, especially a minor? 3.What is the smallest number of coins needed to make a total of one pound sixty six pence? 4.On English banknotes, which word comes next in this printed phrase: "I promise to pay the" what? 5.Pure gold consists of how many carats? 6.On which date of the year does the British tax year end? 7.In 1996, what allowance replaced Unemployment Benefit and Income Support for unemployed people under pension age? 8.In geometry, what name is given to the perpendicular line or distance from the centre of a regular polygon to any of its sides? 9.Quotations: which American billionaire once said "If you can actually count your money then you are not really a rich man"? 10.The Serra da Estrela, that rise to a height of nearly 2,000 metres, are the highest mountains on the mainland of which European country? 11.Which astronomical event, previously observed in 1882, was visible with eye protection in the UK on 8 June 2004? 12.In which resort area on the River Seine, now a suburb of north-west Paris, did Monet live in the 1870s, often working from a studio boat he had there? 2) Guardian 3) 5 coins -> £1, 50p, 10p, 5p, 1p -> total £1.66 4) Bearer 5) 24 carat gold 6) 5th April 7) Jobseeker's Allowance 8) Bisection 9) J. Paul Getty 10) Portugal 11) Transit of Venus 12) Argenteuil Most of them were nice questions
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Just 8 is wrong spotify
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Just 8 is wrong spotify
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Quiz night 2/10 10,444
1.What W is the common name for the process by which two pieces of metal are joined with the application of heat?
2.Tension, cluster and migraine are all types of which physical ailment? 3.The traditional wish of good luck among the performers in a theatre is break a... what? 4.In cockney rhyming slang, what are daisy roots? 5.In which game do players flick small, round plastic counters at a target? 6.Which presenter won the seventh series of Strictly Come Dancing with his partner Ola Jordan? 7.What name is given to the President of the United States office in the White House because of its shape? 8.What surname is shared by the authors of the books To Kill A Mockingbird and Cider with Rosie? 9.In chemistry, what name is given to the temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a solid? 10.Which Australian state is bordered by New South Wales to its northh and South Australia to its west? 11.Picture: this is the tallest flying bird in the world. What is its name? http://www.postimage.org/image/ka1daf8u9/ 12.Which painter and revolutionary, who was later banished to Brussels by the Bourbons, created pictures of the Tennis Court Oath and the Death of Marat? |
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1. Weld
2. Migraine 3. Leg 4. Boots 5. Tiddlywinks |
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2 Headache 3 Leg 4 Boots 5 Tiddlywinks 6 Chris Hollins 7 The Oval Office |
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1. Weld
2. Migraine 3. Leg 5. Tiddlywinks 7. Oval? 8. Lee 11. Flamingo? |
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1) Welding
2) Headache 3) Leg 4) Boots? 7) The Oval Office 8) Lee |
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7. Pentagon
8. Lee 11 Rhea |
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All correct (welcome twassington)
![]() Just 7,11 is wrong twassington |
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bad luck to P 
