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Thinking of tudor families with sons able to marry, one of the Seymours? There were lots of them!
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11. Katherine Parr married Thomas Seymour
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well done Star!
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Yes, well done eveningstar
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Quiz night 13/8 12,589
12-Sibelius
1.According to the proverb, ask a silly question and you'll get what? 2.What three-letter name is given to a split or hinged pin used to attach clothes to a washing line? 3.What H is both a pointer on a watch and a single round played in a card game? 4.Which writing implement lends its name to a skirt that is cut in a straight line from the hips to the hem? 5.A siesta is a rest or nap typically taken during which part of the day? 6.Which name for a flimsy dressing gown comes from the French word meaning neglected? 7.On a newly built estate, what name is given to the house open to the public as an example of the properties for sale? 8.What was officially opened on 6 May 1994 when the Queen and President Mitterand cut a ribbon of Calais lace? 9.How is hydrated magnesium silicate known when used in the bathroom? 10.The Gabelle Tax prevalent in France in the fifteenth-century up to the French Revolution, was a tax on what? 11.In nature, which native Australian bird nests on the ground, is brilliantly coloured and has acquired its name from the distinctively shaped tail belonging to the male? 12.Which legendary Norse ruler was the father of Ivan the Boneless and was known as the scourge of England and France? |
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1.A silly answer
2.Peg 3.Hand 4.Pencil 5.Afternoon 6.Negligée 7.Showhouse 8.Channel Tunnel 9.Silicon 10. 11. 12. |
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1) a silly answer
2) peg 3) hand 4) pencil 5) afternoon |
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Just 9 is wrong AxG
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5/5 neil
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8) channel tunnel
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Is right neil
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1. Silly answer
2. Peg 4. Pencil 5. Afternoon 7. Model? 9. Talcum powder? |
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Just 7 is wrong P_P
10-12 |
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10.The gabelle tax was on salt
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1. stupid answer
2.peg 3.hand 4.pencil 5. siesta 6.negligee 7.show house 8.Channel tunnel 9.talcum powder 10 salt? 11 lyre bird |
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1. A silly answer
2. Peg 3. Hand 4. Pencil 5. Afternoon 7. Show house 8. Channel Tunnel 9. Toothpaste? You always make the last few questions so hard! One day I will get one. |
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All correct Sallysally and just 9 is wrong Dare Devil
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Quiz night 14/8 12,601
12-Ragnar Lodbrok (Hairy Breeches)
1.Decibel is often shortened to which two letters? 2.What D is the rhythmic movement of the body, usually performed in time to music? 3.In nature, what do goats walk on: hooves or paws? 4.In medicine, if an injection is given intravenously, where is it administered into: muscle or vain? 5.In computing, what type of biscuit is also the name given to a piece of information placed on a computer user's hard drive by a web server? 6.Shaking the Habitual was a 2013 album by which Swedish duo? 7.Miercoles is the Spanish for which day of the week? 8.By what name is bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, commonly known? 9.Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize-winning novel Midnight's Children is set in which Indian city? 10.What was the common factor in the accession to the English throne of the following kings: Henry I, John, James II, William IV, George VI? 11.In chemistry, what name is given to a solution, usually containing a weak acid and it's salt, that tends to maintain its pH value and resists changes that might be caused by addition of hydrogen or hydroxide ions? 12.In 1855, the Pre-Raphaelite English artist William Holman-Hunt completed which work depicting a solitary animal on the shores of the Dead Sea? |
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1. DB
2. Dance 3. Hooves 4. Vain 6. Swedish House Mafia? 7. Wednesday 9. New Delhi? 10. they all reached the throne after a certain age? |
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6,9,10 are wrong P_P
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5) Cookie
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I can't think of any other Swedish artists
![]() I could keep on guessing Indian cities but I have no idea
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1.Db
2dance 3.hooves 4.vein 5.cookie 7. wednesday 8 mad cow disease 9 Mumbai? I had thought it was set in several cities. 10. Death or abdication of eldest son 11.buffered? |
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6. Fantastic album that, it's by The Knife!
(You've heard their stuff, even if you can't remember their name!) |
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Cookie is right treefr0g
Just 10 is wrong Sallysally 6,10,12 |
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