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Old 30-09-2013, 21:28
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Thanks for that, William G Quizmaster
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Old 30-09-2013, 22:24
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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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Old 01-10-2013, 21:54
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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?
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Old 01-10-2013, 21:57
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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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Old 01-10-2013, 21:57
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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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Old 01-10-2013, 21:58
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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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Old 01-10-2013, 21:58
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3,6,9,10 are wrong AxG
9,11 are wrong Barracute
9,10,12
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Old 01-10-2013, 21:59
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3,6 are wrong Mrs Teapot
9,10,12
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Old 01-10-2013, 21:59
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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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Old 01-10-2013, 22:00
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3,8,11 are wrong Dare Devil
9,10,12
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Old 01-10-2013, 22:01
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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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Old 01-10-2013, 22:02
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1 Monday
2 Guardian
3 5
4 Bearer
5 24
6 April 5th
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Old 01-10-2013, 22:03
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I read Q3 as £1.60. Oops.
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Old 01-10-2013, 22:03
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3,6,9 are wrong Sallysally
All correct bcdee
9,12
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Old 01-10-2013, 22:06
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9. Bill Gates?
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Old 01-10-2013, 22:07
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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?
1) Monday
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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Old 01-10-2013, 22:08
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Just 8 is wrong spotify
Finished
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Old 01-10-2013, 22:14
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Just 8 is wrong spotify
Finished
Wow! I thought I'd got more than that wrong!
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Old 02-10-2013, 21:54
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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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Old 02-10-2013, 21:55
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1. Weld
2. Migraine
3. Leg
4. Boots
5. Tiddlywinks
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Old 02-10-2013, 21:56
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1 Welding
2 Headache
3 Leg
4 Boots
5 Tiddlywinks
6 Chris Hollins
7 The Oval Office
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Old 02-10-2013, 21:57
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1. Weld
2. Migraine
3. Leg
5. Tiddlywinks
7. Oval?
8. Lee
11. Flamingo?
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Old 02-10-2013, 21:57
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1) Welding
2) Headache
3) Leg
4) Boots?
7) The Oval Office
8) Lee
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Old 02-10-2013, 21:57
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7. Pentagon
8. Lee
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Old 02-10-2013, 21:57
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All correct (welcome twassington)
Just 7,11 is wrong twassington
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