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Quiz night thread (Part 5)
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The quizmaster
30-07-2014
11-George Bernard Shaw
12-Lysander

1.According to the saying, every dog has its... what?
2.Which term meaning very exciting, literally means the nervous chewing of parts of the ends of the fingers?
3.A colander is used in cooking for what purpose: straining or chopping?
4.Which small blood-sucking insect lends its name to a type of second-hand market?
5.Current affairs: an historic pier was on fire in which East Sussex resort?
6.Who starred as the kidnapper and ex-con Tommy Lee Royce in the controversial BBC crime drama series Happy Valley?

7.In computing, which reference website comes from the Hawaiian for fast and the classical Greek for education?
8.Which disease of children, characterised by improper hardening and development of bones, is caused by a deficiency of vitamin D?
9.In nature, which British garden bird, related to the blackbird, has a pale chest with brown speckles and is renowned for its song?
10.In politics, what term describes the arrangement whereby an MP who wishes to be absent from voting agrees with an opposition MP for them to do the same, in so doing neutralizing the votes?
11.Francis I, Emperor of Austria from 1804-1835, was also known as Francis II when, from 1792-1806, he was the last holder of which title?
12.Which London concert hall was built by the Bechstein piano company and bore their name until anti-German feeling resulted in a change of name in 1917?
Dare Devil
30-07-2014
1. Day
3. Straining
4. Leech?
10. Veto?
12. The one where Derren Brown does his televised tv shows? The round one. It's really famous but can't think of it's name. It's probably not even the right answer either.
AxG
30-07-2014
1.Day
2.Nail biting
3.straining
4.Flea
5.Eastbourne
6.Steve Pembleton

7.Wiki Wiki ala Wikipedia
8.
9.Thrush
10.
11.
12.
bcdee
30-07-2014
1 Day
2 Nailbiting
3 Straining
4 Flea
5 Brighton
6 Robson Green
7 Wikipedia
8 Rickets
9 Thrush
neilwatson
30-07-2014
1) day
2) nail biting
3) straining
5) Brighton
The quizmaster
30-07-2014
4,10 are wrong 666 thief and 6 AxG, 6 bcdee
P_P
30-07-2014
1. Day
2. Nail biting
3. Straining
4. Flea
6. James Norton - I enjoyed Happy Valley

7. Wikipedia?
9. House Martin?
10. Abstaining?
The quizmaster
30-07-2014
Just 5 is wrong neil

6,10-12
Dare Devil
30-07-2014
I couldn't let you have another hattrick, QM

you've punished us with a hard quiz though
The quizmaster
30-07-2014
Just 9,10 are wrong P_P

10-12
bcdee
30-07-2014
12 Albert Hall
The quizmaster
30-07-2014
Not the Royal Albert Hall
AxG
31-07-2014
Royal Festival Hall?
The quizmaster
31-07-2014
Not the Royal Festival Hall either

10-Pairing
11-Holy Roman Empire
12-Wigmore Hall

1.In a lift, if the maximum capacity is 540 kilograms, how many people each weighing 60 kilograms, could be carried?
2.In drama how many people deliver a duologue?
3.In which continent is Egypt?
4.What O is a keyboard instrument found in churches?
5.Teetotallers abstain from the consumption of which substance?
6.What name is given to the school race in which contestants have to negotiate water, nets and pipes?

7.What would a doctor measure with a sphygmomanometer?
8.Which piece of common laboratory equipment is named after Robert Wilhelm Bunsen?
9.In which 1749 Henry Fielding novel does the hero fall in love with Sophia, the daughter of Squire Western?
10.The Khyber Pass connects Jalalabad in Afghanistan with which Pakistani city?
11.Belgian Foreign Minister Willy Claes was appointed in September 1994 to succeed General Manfred Worner as Secretary-General of which organization?
12.Although trained as an engineer, which Vienna-born philosopher came to the subject through the study of philosophy and mathematics with Bertrand Russell, and was Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge from 1939-47?
P_P
31-07-2014
1. 9
2. 2
3. Africa
4. Organ
6. Obstacle?
7. Blood pressure?
bcdee
31-07-2014
1 Nine
2 Two
3 Africa
4 Organ
5 Alcohol
6 Obstacle Course
7
8 Bunsen Burner
neilwatson
31-07-2014
1) 9
2) 2
3) Africa
5) alcohol
The quizmaster
31-07-2014
All correct P_P/bcdee

9-12
neilwatson
31-07-2014
4) organ
The quizmaster
31-07-2014
5/5 neil

9-12
neilwatson
31-07-2014
8) Bunsen burner
P_P
31-07-2014
I read laboratory as lavatory and got confused and didn't answer
The quizmaster
31-07-2014
P_P

Correct neil
Dare Devil
31-07-2014
1. 9
2. 2
3. Africa
4. Organ
5. Alcohol
6. Obstacle race
8. Bunsen burner. Only got that from the surname.

the last couple of questions are always really hard!
The quizmaster
31-07-2014
All correct Dare Devil. I love the last questions
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