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Quiz night thread (Part 5)
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1.What A is a word meaning exact that is often used to refer to the precision of watches and clocks?
2.Which four-letter word is the name of a plumbing feature found in kitchens and also means the opposite of float?
3.What colour can precede all of the following words: bell, blood, print and ribbon?
4.What is the name of a large kettle or vat, especially one said to be favoured by witches?
5.In the puppet show Punch and Judy, what type of reptile often attacks Punch during the performance?
6.If the numbers 1 to 10 are written as words and arranged in alphabetical order, which will come first?
7.Advance Australia Fair is the national anthem of which country?
8.In astronomy, which planet in our solar system is nearest to the sun?
9.Which play by Noel Coward takes its title from the opening line of a poem by Shelley, and features the medium Madame Arcati?
10.In mathematics, what is the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle, whose other two sides are of lengths eight units and fifteen units respectively?
11.Which imperial masque by Elgar was written to celebrate the Delhi Durbar of 1912?
12.In Norse mythology, what was the name of the giant, the first being, who was nourished by the cow, Audumla?
2.Which four-letter word is the name of a plumbing feature found in kitchens and also means the opposite of float?
3.What colour can precede all of the following words: bell, blood, print and ribbon?
4.What is the name of a large kettle or vat, especially one said to be favoured by witches?
5.In the puppet show Punch and Judy, what type of reptile often attacks Punch during the performance?
6.If the numbers 1 to 10 are written as words and arranged in alphabetical order, which will come first?
7.Advance Australia Fair is the national anthem of which country?
8.In astronomy, which planet in our solar system is nearest to the sun?
9.Which play by Noel Coward takes its title from the opening line of a poem by Shelley, and features the medium Madame Arcati?
10.In mathematics, what is the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle, whose other two sides are of lengths eight units and fifteen units respectively?
11.Which imperial masque by Elgar was written to celebrate the Delhi Durbar of 1912?
12.In Norse mythology, what was the name of the giant, the first being, who was nourished by the cow, Audumla?
1. accurate
2.sink
3.blue
4.cauldron
5.crocodile
6. eight
7. Australia
8.Mercury
9Blithe Spirit
10.23
11. The Crown of India
2.sink
3.blue
4.cauldron
5.crocodile
6. eight
7. Australia
8.Mercury
9Blithe Spirit
10.23
11. The Crown of India
All correct Dare Devil
12-Ymir
1.The High Street, cashpoint bank cash machines, are officially known by which three initials?
2.The shallow metal utensil with a long handle used to cook food in fat over a high heat is known as a what pan?
3.Which word connects a meal where guests serve themselves, and a railway carriage selling light meals?
4.Which word can mean a unit of scoring in games and the sharp tip of an instrument?
5.If a person is obstinate, they are said to be: cow-headed or pig-headed?
6.Which date in February 2002 was notable for being a numerical palindrome?
7.If an item previously advertised for sale at £24 has a 12.5% discount, what is the new price?
8.Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire all border which other English county?
9.In nature, which cud-chewing hoofed mammal, found in the rain forests of Central Africa, and unknown to science until about 1900, is the only other member of the giraffe family?
10.Quotations: which American Colonel said "I came here to tell you the truth - the good, the bad and the ugly" when giving evidence to the so-called Irangate hearings in the summer of 1987?
11.The Order of Knighthood "the Order of the Elephant", is said to have been instituted in 1462 by Christian I, King of which European country?
12.The publication of which telegram, sent on 13 July 1870 in an edited version, reporting an encounter between King Wilhelm I of Prussia and the French ambassador, precipitated the Franco-Prussian War?
12-Ymir
1.The High Street, cashpoint bank cash machines, are officially known by which three initials?
2.The shallow metal utensil with a long handle used to cook food in fat over a high heat is known as a what pan?
3.Which word connects a meal where guests serve themselves, and a railway carriage selling light meals?
4.Which word can mean a unit of scoring in games and the sharp tip of an instrument?
5.If a person is obstinate, they are said to be: cow-headed or pig-headed?
6.Which date in February 2002 was notable for being a numerical palindrome?
7.If an item previously advertised for sale at £24 has a 12.5% discount, what is the new price?
8.Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire all border which other English county?
9.In nature, which cud-chewing hoofed mammal, found in the rain forests of Central Africa, and unknown to science until about 1900, is the only other member of the giraffe family?
10.Quotations: which American Colonel said "I came here to tell you the truth - the good, the bad and the ugly" when giving evidence to the so-called Irangate hearings in the summer of 1987?
11.The Order of Knighthood "the Order of the Elephant", is said to have been instituted in 1462 by Christian I, King of which European country?
12.The publication of which telegram, sent on 13 July 1870 in an edited version, reporting an encounter between King Wilhelm I of Prussia and the French ambassador, precipitated the Franco-Prussian War?
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