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Old 08-12-2014, 22:01
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All correct except AxG's 3,8, bcde's 3,6, Dare Devil's 3,4,6-8, Barracute's 5,8,9 Sallysally's 3,5,11

11,12
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Old 08-12-2014, 23:29
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1. Frost
2. Flocking
3. Jack Frost
4. The Pogus
5. Richard Burton
6. Spanish

7. Antartica
8. Edward Heath
9. Moscow
10. Blackpool
11. Finland and Russia
12. Beethoven
13. King Wenscelot
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Old 08-12-2014, 23:53
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1.What F goes after hoar and before bite? Frost.
2.Which word is used to mean flying away for the winter, as with many birds? Hibernation.
3.What name that is a personification of winter is also the title of a David Jason TV character? Jack Frost.
4.Who had a number 2 hit in January 1983 with A Winter's Tale? Don't know.
5.Which actor starred as Richard Lionheart in the 1968 film The Lion in Winter? I'll have a guess at Mel Gibson but don't think that's right.
6.Hiver is the word for winter in which language? I'll go with Spanish.
7.Where would an eskimo wear mukluks? Their feet?
8.Who was the UK Prime Minister during the widespread strikes referred to as The Winter of Discontent? Margaret Thatcher?
9.In which city would you find the Malachite Room in the Winter Palace? Don't know.
10.In which Lancashire resort is the large entertainment complex - The Winter Gardens? I'll guess Blackpool.
11.Which two countries contested The Winter War (1939-40)? Germany and Spain?
12.Etude Op. 25, No.11, in A minor, often referred to as the Winter Wind, is a solo piano technical study composed by which composer? Beethoven?
13.Which King of Bohemia is often referred to as the Winter King? No idea.
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Old 09-12-2014, 21:54
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2,4-9,11-13 are wrong Ricky and 5,6,8,11,12 willrelf92
5-Anthony Hopkins
11-Chopin
12-Frederick V

1.In the nursery rhyme, which pair went up the hill to fetch a pail of water?
2.Acoustics is the study of what - sound or chopsticks?
3.According to the proverb, what type of stone gathers no moss?
4.What do Americans call nappies?
5.What word describes defaming someone in writing?
6.Picture: name the film (and number) http://postimage.org/image/bp2ruqwxz/

7.What is the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team more commonly known as?
8.Who wrote The Da Vinci Code?
9.Which letter refers to a vitamin group of eight fat-soluble compounds that includes tocopherols and tocotrienols?
10.Which Tibetan peak is the source of the Sutlej, Indus and Brahmaputra rivers and is sacred to Buddhists, Hindus and Jains?
11.The colours of the rainbow mnemonic Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain is said to refer to which battle of 1460?
12.Which palace on the island of Lovon, a private residence of the Swedish royal family, has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1993?
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Old 09-12-2014, 21:56
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1) Jack and Jill
2) sound
4) diapers
8) Dan Brown
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Old 09-12-2014, 21:57
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1.Jack & Jill
2.Sound
3.Rolling
4.Diaper
5.
6.

7.Red Arrows
8.Dan Brown
9.
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Old 09-12-2014, 21:57
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I can't get image for 6
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Old 09-12-2014, 21:57
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Image is up now
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Old 09-12-2014, 21:57
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1. Jack & Jill
2. Sound
3. A solid one?
4. dipers
6. no image there. If it's number and film, maybe The Number 42?
7. Red Arrow guys!
8. Dan Brown
9. D?

image working, Jurassic Park 3
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Old 09-12-2014, 21:57
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1 Jack and Jill
2 Sound
3 Rolling
4 Diapers
5 Libel
6 Jurassic Park 3
7 Red Arrows
8 Dan Brown
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Old 09-12-2014, 21:58
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1) Jack & Jill
2) Sound
3) Rolling
4) Diapers
7) Red Arrows

The pic doesnt load Qm!
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Old 09-12-2014, 21:58
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Correct answers so far
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Old 09-12-2014, 21:58
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1. Jack and Jill
2. Sound
4. Diaper
6. Image won't work
7. Red Arrows
8. Dan Brown
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Old 09-12-2014, 21:58
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1.I Jack and Jill
2. sound (well, it could be both if you played chopsticks on the piano !)
3. rolling
4. diapers
5 libel
6. Can't get this
7. Red Arrows
8 Dan Brown
9. E
11. Stamford Bridge?
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Old 09-12-2014, 21:58
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6) Jurassic Park 3
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Old 09-12-2014, 21:59
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Except Dare Devil's 3,9

9-12
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Old 09-12-2014, 22:00
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Just 11 is wrong Sallysally

10-12
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Old 09-12-2014, 22:02
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9. C?

ignore, Sally was right
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Old 09-12-2014, 22:02
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6) Jurassic Park 3
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Old 09-12-2014, 22:03
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That's the film neil. A new Jurrasic Park film is coming too

10-12
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Old 09-12-2014, 23:19
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1 jack and Jill
2 sound
3 a rolling stone
4 diapers
5 libel
6 Jurassic park 3
7 the red arrows
8 Dan brown
9 ?
10 Mount Kailash
11 Wakefield?
12 Drottningholm palace
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Old 09-12-2014, 23:47
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1.In the nursery rhyme, which pair went up the hill to fetch a pail of water? Jack and Jill.
2.Acoustics is the study of what - sound or chopsticks? Sound.
3.According to the proverb, what type of stone gathers no moss? A turned stone?
4.What do Americans call nappies? Diapers.
5.What word describes defaming someone in writing? Libel?
6.Picture: name the film (and number) http://postimage.org/image/bp2ruqwxz/ I'll guess Indiana Jones 2.
7.What is the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team more commonly known as? Red Arrows.
8.Who wrote The Da Vinci Code? Martina Cole.
9.Which letter refers to a vitamin group of eight fat-soluble compounds that includes tocopherols and tocotrienols? E?
10.Which Tibetan peak is the source of the Sutlej, Indus and Brahmaputra rivers and is sacred to Buddhists, Hindus and Jains? Not sure.
11.The colours of the rainbow mnemonic Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain is said to refer to which battle of 1460? Don't know.
12.Which palace on the island of Lovon, a private residence of the Swedish royal family, has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1993? No idea.
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Old 10-12-2014, 00:03
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1. Jack and Jill
2. Sound
3. A Rolling Stone
4. Diapers
5. Libel
6. Jurassic Park II

7. Red Arrows
8. Leonardo Da Vinci
9. C
10. Kilimanjaro
11. The Battle of Bosworth Field
12. Palace of Royals.
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Old 10-12-2014, 12:22
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Well done farmer bob - 11/12
3,6 are wrong willrelf92
6,8-12 are wrong Ricky

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Old 10-12-2014, 21:54
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On this day in 1901: the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm

1.In chess, what piece is also known as the rook?
2.In is the first word, and Amen is the last, in which religious book?
3.What is the national flower of England?
4.In maths, what is the square root of 121?
5.Which ocean covers approximately one third of the earth's surface?
6.On what date is St Patrick's Day celebrated?

7.Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
8.In physics, what is the opposite of an insulator?
9.Quotations: to which actress was Bette Davis referring when she said "She slept with every male star at MGM except Lassie"?
10.Howard Hughes's Spruce Goose H-4 Hercules transport plane was almost entirely made of which wood?
11.Grown on the slopes of Mount Elgon, the arabica coffee Bugisu is regarded as the finest coffee from which African country?
12.Two bored cherubim in Raphael's painting Sistine Madonna have become a symbol for which city, where the painting hangs?
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