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Old 03-10-2013, 22:06
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2.£2

3 Scotch egg

4 Penny wise

5. Or Nearest Offer

6. Bob Hope?

7. Archers

8. Prestatyn

9. Referendum Party

11. Orestes

12 In a well
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Old 03-10-2013, 22:07
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11. Orestes
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Old 03-10-2013, 22:10
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All correct P_P, Sallysally (almost a clean sweep ) and Bigshorts
Have a good weekend everyone
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Old 03-10-2013, 22:11
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10. Battle of Tewkesbury
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Old 03-10-2013, 22:12
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All correct P_P, Sallysally (almost a clean sweep ) and Bigshorts
Have a good weekend everyone
You have a good weekend too QM.
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Old 03-10-2013, 22:13
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1.What O goes after spring and before rings?
2.The National Lottery Lotto game is going up £1 this Saturday. How much will each entry cost?
3.What name is given to a hard boiled egg enclosed in sausage meat and then fried?
4.In the proverb, which two words go before pound foolish?
5.Used when someone is prepared to negotiate a price for something, what does the abbreviation O.N.O stand for?
6.Which legendary comedian, who died in 2003 aged 100, hosted the Oscar ceremony a record number of times?

7.Which long-running Radio series is set in the fictional county of Borsetshire?
8.Which North Wales seaside resort lies at the northern end of the Offa's Dyke Long Distance Footpath?
9.Which political party was founded by Sir James Goldsmith to fight the 1997 general election?
10.At which battle of May 1471 did the forces of Edward IV defeat those of Queen Margaret of Anjou?
11.In Greek mythology, who was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who murdered his mother?
12.In Puccini's opera Tosca, Mario suggests a hiding place to a friend of his, Angelotti, who is an escaped political prisoner. Where is it?
1) Onion
2) £2. I think this is too much money and I URGE people to use the Euromillions (also £2) or the Thunderball (will remain at £1) or Health Lottery (£1).
Rant over...
3) Scotch egg
4) Penny Wise
5) Or near offer
6) Bob Hope
7) The Archers
8) Prestatyn, though that is a guess.
9) Referendum Party
10) Battle of Tewkesbury
11) Orestes
12) Christian Loubottin? I haven't a clue on that!
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Old 03-10-2013, 23:42
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1. Onion
2. £2
3. Scotch
5. On or nearest offer
8. Prestatyn, I think
9. Lib dems?
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Old 04-10-2013, 09:36
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Hopefully QM will come along and tell us if we are right
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Old 04-10-2013, 12:31
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Just 12 is wrong spotify and 9 Dare Devil (thanks for getting 10 eveningstar )

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Old 05-10-2013, 09:11
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Just 12 is wrong spotify and 9 Dare Devil (thanks for getting 10 eveningstar )

Almost clean sweep then
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Old 07-10-2013, 21:53
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A new week and another new quiz

1.Something that rarely occurs is said to happen once in a .... what colour moon?
2.Helianthus annus is the Latin name for which plant that can go before the words oil and margarine?
3.In the US and Canada, illegally distilled or smuggled spirits is known as moon..... what?
4.What is the name of the villain in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker?
5.The sun bear is also known by what name because of its voracious appetite for a certain foodstuff?
6.Moonlighting was a UK number two hit for which singer in September 1975?
7.What name did William Lever give give to the model village he built for workers in his factory?
8.What nationality is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon?
9.Which King of France was known as the Sun King?
10.A statue of the sun-god Helios was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. By what name is the statue better known?
11.Which Mexican poet's first collection was entitled Wild Moon?
12.How many moons does Jupiter have?
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Old 07-10-2013, 21:55
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1.Blue
2.Sunflower
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.South Korean
9.Louis the something
10.Mercury?
11.
12.24?
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Old 07-10-2013, 21:56
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1. Blue (that occurs every 2 years though, so not that uncommon)
2. Moon?
12. 16?
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Old 07-10-2013, 21:56
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1 Blue
2
3 Shine
4 Jaws
5
6
7
8 Indonesian
9 Louis 14th
10
11
12 None
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Old 07-10-2013, 21:57
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1) Blue
2) Sunflower
3) Shine
4) Hugo Drax
5) Honeybear !
8) South Korean?
9) Louis 14th
12) 6?
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Old 07-10-2013, 21:57
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1. Blue

2.

3. Shine

4. The Baddie

5.

6. Al Jarreu (s)

7. Port Sunlight
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Old 07-10-2013, 21:59
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All correct except AxG's 9,10,12, Dare Devil's 2,12, bcdee's 4,8,12, Barracute's 12, Mrs Teapot's 4,6.
6,10-12
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Old 07-10-2013, 21:59
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1. Blue
2. Sunflower
12. A lot
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Old 07-10-2013, 21:59
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Both correct P_P
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Old 07-10-2013, 22:01
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1. Blue

2. Sunflower

3 Shine

5. Honey bear?

7. Port Sunlight

8.S. Korean

9. Louis XIV

10. Colossus of Rhodes

12. Loads! Over 60, I think
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Old 07-10-2013, 22:01
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more than 60
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Old 07-10-2013, 22:02
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A new week and another new quiz

1.Something that rarely occurs is said to happen once in a .... what colour moon?
2.Helianthus annus is the Latin name for which plant that can go before the words oil and margarine?
3.In the US and Canada, illegally distilled or smuggled spirits is known as moon..... what?
4.What is the name of the villain in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker?
5.The sun bear is also known by what name because of its voracious appetite for a certain foodstuff?
6.Moonlighting was a UK number two hit for which singer in September 1975?
7.What name did William Lever give give to the model village he built for workers in his factory?
8.What nationality is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon?
9.Which King of France was known as the Sun King?
10.A statue of the sun-god Helios was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. By what name is the statue better known?
11.Which Mexican poet's first collection was entitled Wild Moon?
12.How many moons does Jupiter have?
1) Blue
3) Moonshine
12) 67

Wow that was hard!
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Old 07-10-2013, 22:02
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All correct Sallysally. I won't be pedantic about Q12 - it's 67
6,11

3/3 spotify
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Old 08-10-2013, 08:50
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6) Leo Sayer
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Old 08-10-2013, 21:53
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Leo Sayer is right Bigshorts
11-Octavio Paz

1.In maths, what is 67x4?
2.What boy's name goes after Blue and before Pan?
3.According to the proverb, which day never comes?
4.What name is given to the curved-bottomed pan used for stir-frying in Chinese cookery?
5.Current affairs: what fizzy lemon and lime drink have Chinese scientists said that it is the best cure for a hangover?
6.What V is a kind of organism which causes the common cold?

7.What name is given to the type of rafting or canoeing which takes place in fast-flowing rivers with an abundance of rapids?
8.In which Dickens novel does the evil money lender, Daniel Quilp, meet his end when he drowns in the Thames?
9.When the Soviet Union broke up in 1991, which Central Asian republic became the world's largest landlocked country?
10.What name is given to the polysaccharide, containing sulphate groups, used as an anticoagulent in the treatment of thrombosis?
11.In World War II, what name was given to the apparatus for detecting and locating submarines by means of ultrasonic waves?
12.Picture: the red spot near the yellow band marks the largest impact over land in Earth's recent history which occured in 1908. How is it commonly known? http://www.postimage.org/image/jca02uktt/
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