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Old 29-08-2014, 12:24
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All correct from eveningstar

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Old 01-09-2014, 21:56
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A new week, month and a couple of connections to start

Connection 1

1.Perfume endorsed by American singer Beyonce Knowles, which was released in February 2010?
2.British actress who appeared on the Benny Hill Show and The Russ Abbot Show?
3.103-story skyscraped located in Manhattan, New York City?
4.What C is a conversation, particularly casual?
5.An Australian, British, and New Zealand term referring to buying a round of drinks or a meal?
6.What are Peter Parker (Spiderman) and Clark Kent's (Superman) occupations?

What is the connection?

Connection 2

7.What is the name of the family featured in H.E. Bates's novel The Darling Buds of May?
8.English academic who became president of Corpus Christie College, Oxford in 1607-1614?
9.UK network of four art museums that houses national collection of British art?
10.He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart?
11.The feeling of nausea incurred by travelling in a car or plane?
12.What A is a British car manufacturer founded in 1905?

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Old 01-09-2014, 21:59
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1., Heat
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Connection: UK Magazines
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Old 01-09-2014, 22:00
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3. Empire State Building
4. Chat
6. Student?

11. Travel sickness?
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Old 01-09-2014, 22:00
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4/4 and connection 1 are right eugenespeed
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Old 01-09-2014, 22:00
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Old 01-09-2014, 22:01
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11. Travel Sickness
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Old 01-09-2014, 22:01
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Old 01-09-2014, 22:03
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Just 6,11 is wrong P_P/6,8 bcdee (they are reporters though, but I require alternative for the connection )
Just 7,11 are wrong Mrs Teapot (alternative answer for 11)
Just 12 is wrong Dare Devil (6-Journalist)

5,8,10,11 and c2
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Old 01-09-2014, 22:07
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Connection 2

7. larkin
8.spenser
9.tate
10.bridges

12.austin


British Poets
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Old 01-09-2014, 22:14
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All correct Sallysally including c2

11 is motion sickness

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Old 01-09-2014, 22:53
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5) Shout
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Old 02-09-2014, 21:54
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Shout is right treefr0g which finished last night

1.CB and shortwave are both types of which form of communication?
2.In DIY, circular, chain and tenon are all types of what?
3.At an auction, what is the name for the offers which prospective buyers make for goods on sale?
4.Which striped pedestrian crossing was introduced in the UK in 1951?
5.Which domestic activity may involve the use of implements such as a colander and a griddle?
6.Who hosts the TV quiz/game show Tipping Point and hosted the 2009/2010 revival of the Krypton Factor?

7.In computing, a clip entitled Me at the Zoo was the first video to appear on which website?
8.In politics, who was the official Labour candidate for the 2000 Mayor of London election?
9.In biology, what is the name of the structure in a green-plant cell within which photosynthesis takes place?
10.Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island, is the highest point of which country, consisting of about 700 islands extending from the coast of Florida almost to Haiti?
11.The Prague-born English royalist commander, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, was the grandson of which monarch?
12.The earliest known piece of music that is a canon from start to finish is the setting for which thirteenth-century anonymous English verse?
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Old 02-09-2014, 21:57
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Old 02-09-2014, 21:58
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Old 02-09-2014, 21:58
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Just 8 is wrong bcdee
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Old 02-09-2014, 21:58
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1. Radio?
2. Saw
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5. Cooking
6. Ben Shephard
7. Youtube?
9. Chlorphyl? spelling might be wrong, I should know this one.
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Old 02-09-2014, 21:58
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All correct neil and just 9 is wrong Dare Devil

8-12
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Old 02-09-2014, 22:00
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9. Chloroplasts?

am I along the right lines? The amount of times I learnt about photosynthesis in school, I really should know this!
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Old 02-09-2014, 22:03
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Chloroplast is right

8,10-12
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Old 02-09-2014, 22:03
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10. Florida Keys?
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Old 02-09-2014, 22:03
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Incorrect Fruit_Fly and welcome

8,10-12
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Old 02-09-2014, 22:05
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Bahamas
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Old 02-09-2014, 22:05
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The Bahamas is right AxG

8,11,12
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Old 02-09-2014, 22:08
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10. the Bahamas?
11. He is a Stuart, so just a guess, James II
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