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Old 12-08-2014, 22:13
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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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Old 12-08-2014, 22:24
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11. Katherine Parr married Thomas Seymour
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Old 12-08-2014, 22:29
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well done Star!
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Old 12-08-2014, 22:45
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Yes, well done eveningstar
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Old 13-08-2014, 21:54
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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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Old 13-08-2014, 21:56
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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.
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Old 13-08-2014, 21:57
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1) a silly answer
2) peg
3) hand
4) pencil
5) afternoon
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Old 13-08-2014, 21:57
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Just 9 is wrong AxG
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Old 13-08-2014, 21:58
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5/5 neil

9-12
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Old 13-08-2014, 21:58
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8) channel tunnel
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Old 13-08-2014, 21:59
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Is right neil

9-12
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Old 13-08-2014, 22:00
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1. Silly answer
2. Peg
4. Pencil
5. Afternoon
7. Model?
9. Talcum powder?
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Old 13-08-2014, 22:01
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Just 7 is wrong P_P

10-12
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Old 13-08-2014, 22:08
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10.The gabelle tax was on salt
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Old 13-08-2014, 22:11
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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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Old 13-08-2014, 22:29
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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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Old 13-08-2014, 22:39
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All correct Sallysally and just 9 is wrong Dare Devil
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Old 14-08-2014, 21:56
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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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Old 14-08-2014, 21:59
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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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Old 14-08-2014, 22:00
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6,9,10 are wrong P_P
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Old 14-08-2014, 22:02
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5) Cookie
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Old 14-08-2014, 22:02
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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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Old 14-08-2014, 22:03
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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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Old 14-08-2014, 22:05
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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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Old 14-08-2014, 22:06
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Cookie is right treefr0g
Just 10 is wrong Sallysally

6,10,12
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