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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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1. Spring
2. Toffee 3. 1 4. Lease 5. Green 6. Good Sense of Humour |
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1 Spring
2 Toffee Apple 3 One 4 Leased 5 Green 6 Good sense of humour 7 Liquor |
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7. On the rocks
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5 is wrong Mrs Teapot, bcdee
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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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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? 2) Toffee apple 3) 1 4) Landlord Brain's gone dead.... |
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10. Centromere
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1. Spring
2. Toffee Apple 3. 1 5. Yellow? |
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5, 10 are wrong Dare Devil
4 is wrong spotify 5,8-12 |
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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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5,7 are wrong Barracute
Leasehold as an alternative for Q4 8-12 |
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8. Hamlet?
Was Centromere wrong for 10? |
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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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10. Alleles?
Struggling to remember the words associated with chromosomes and genetics
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1.Spring
2. 3.1 4.Lease 5.Yellow 6.Good sense of humour 7.On the rocks? 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.Korea? |
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All correct Sallysally (Romeo) and AxG
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Cheers, QM!
Oppps..not finished yet... 11. Jupiter? |
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Not Jupiter
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11. Last attempts - Mercury? Mars? Neptune?
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No, no and no irishguy
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No, no and no irishguy
![]() 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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Bacchus
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