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Old 16-10-2013, 21:52
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1.What name is shared by one of the seasons and an elastic device made of coiled metal?
2.What is the popular name for an apple that is dipped in sugar syrup and left to set?
3.If a word is monosyllabic, it has how many syllables?
4.What L is the name given to land or property held by a tenant for a specified period?
5.In the French language, the word jaune denotes which colour?
6.As used in lonely hearts columns, what does the abbreviation GSOH stand for?

7.What is the usual term, originating in America, that describes a spirit, especially whisky, served undiluted over ice cubes?
8."O true apothecary!/ Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die." These are the last words spoken by which of Shakespeare's title characters?
9.Damodar and Rupnarayan are tributaries of which river, a tributary of the Ganges?
10.In biology, what is the name of the point at which paired homologous chromosomes remain in contact forming a cross shape during the first phase of meiosis?
11.One of Michaelangelo's first major sculptures, now in the Bargello in Florence, is of which Roman god?
12.Sejong the Great, noted for cultural achievements including the institutuion of Hangul, a highly phonetic native script, was king of which country from 1418?
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Old 16-10-2013, 21:54
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1. Spring

2. Toffee

3. 1

4. Lease

5. Green

6. Good Sense of Humour
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Old 16-10-2013, 21:55
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1 Spring
2 Toffee Apple
3 One
4 Leased
5 Green
6 Good sense of humour
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Old 16-10-2013, 21:55
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Old 16-10-2013, 21:55
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5 is wrong Mrs Teapot, bcdee
5,8-12
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Old 16-10-2013, 21:56
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1. Spring. It's unfortunately a very, very long way off
2. toffee apple? sticky apple? the apple people have on bonfire night?
3. One
4. Lease
5. Brown?
6. Good sense of humour
7. On the rocks
10. Osmosis?
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Old 16-10-2013, 21:56
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1.What name is shared by one of the seasons and an elastic device made of coiled metal?
2.What is the popular name for an apple that is dipped in sugar syrup and left to set?
3.If a word is monosyllabic, it has how many syllables?
4.What L is the name given to land or property held by a tenant for a specified period?
5.In the French language, the word jeune denotes which colour?
6.As used in lonely hearts columns, what does the abbreviation GSOH stand for?

7.What is the usual term, originating in America, that describes a spirit, especially whisky, served undiluted over ice cubes?
8."O true apothecary!/ Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die." These are the last words spoken by which of Shakespeare's title characters?
9.Damodar and Rupnarayan are tributaries of which river, a tributary of the Ganges?
10.In biology, what is the name of the point at which paired homologous chromosomes remain in contact forming a cross shape during the first phase of meiosis?
11.One of Michaelangelo's first major sculptures, now in the Bargello in Florence, is of which Roman god?
12.Sejong the Great, noted for cultural achievements including the institutuion of Hangul, a highly phonetic native script, was king of which country from 1418?
1) Spring
2) Toffee apple
3) 1
4) Landlord

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Old 16-10-2013, 21:56
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10. Centromere
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Old 16-10-2013, 21:57
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1. Spring
2. Toffee Apple
3. 1
5. Yellow?
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Old 16-10-2013, 21:57
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5, 10 are wrong Dare Devil
4 is wrong spotify
5,8-12
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Old 16-10-2013, 21:58
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1. Spring
2. Toffee Apple
3. 1
5. Yellow?
All correct P_P
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Old 16-10-2013, 22:00
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1) Spring
2) Toffee Apple
3) One
4) Lease
5) Red?
6) Good Sense Of Humour
7) Neat?
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Old 16-10-2013, 22:01
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5,7 are wrong Barracute
Leasehold as an alternative for Q4
8-12
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Old 16-10-2013, 22:03
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8. Hamlet?

Was Centromere wrong for 10?
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Old 16-10-2013, 22:03
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1. Spring

2. toffee apple

3.one

4. lease

5. Well, if you really meant jeune, then I presume green (as in young), but if you meant jaune, then yellow

6. Good sense of humour

7.on the rocks

8. Either Romeo or Juliet (probably the latter)

10. chiasmata
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Old 16-10-2013, 22:04
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10. Alleles?

Struggling to remember the words associated with chromosomes and genetics
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Old 16-10-2013, 22:05
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Doh - yes- chiasmata, not centromere
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Old 16-10-2013, 22:06
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1.Spring
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3.1
4.Lease
5.Yellow
6.Good sense of humour

7.On the rocks?
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12.Korea?
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Old 16-10-2013, 22:07
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All correct Sallysally (Romeo) and AxG
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Old 16-10-2013, 22:08
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Cheers, QM!

Oppps..not finished yet... 11. Jupiter?
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Old 16-10-2013, 22:10
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Not Jupiter
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Old 16-10-2013, 22:13
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11. Last attempts - Mercury? Mars? Neptune?
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Old 16-10-2013, 22:37
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No, no and no irishguy
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Old 16-10-2013, 22:42
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No, no and no irishguy
Crap - Bacchus? Hercules? Concordia? Diana? That's my lot!

If you're up for a hint - you could always give us the name of the greek equivilent... or the natural elements they had dominion of...?
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Old 17-10-2013, 11:51
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Bacchus
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