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Old 22-10-2013, 21:59
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9,11,12 are wrong QofSheba
5,7 is wrong Barracute
All correct P_P

8,10-12
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Old 22-10-2013, 22:12
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8. James I?
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Old 22-10-2013, 22:12
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Not James I Sallysally
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Old 22-10-2013, 22:13
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Sorry, I changed it, but obviously wrong anyway
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Old 22-10-2013, 22:14
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1.How many hours are there in a day?
2.What S rhymes with Ruth and is another word for a detective?
3.Which boy's name completes the slang phrase for a fair division or distribution - even... what?
4.If a house is ready to be occupied immediately after purchase, it is said to be sold with vacant... what?
5.Current affairs: which energy supplier is to pay customers £8.5 million after an Ofgem probe into doorstep and telephone selling?
6.Which word comes from the Italian for forty days, and is used for the isolation of an animal that may spread disease?

7.Which brand of clear sticky tape was created in England in 1937 by Colin Kininmonth and George Gray?
8.In politics, which Britsh MP was replaced as Culture Secretary shortly after the 2001 general election?
9.Which country's northern border with Russia runs roughly along the crest of the Greater Caucasus mountains, and is divided into its eastern and western halves by the Likhi range, which joins the Greater Caucasus to the Lesser?
10.Which king of England, Scotland and Ireland was the last to be crowned in person in Scotland, at Scone in January 1651?
11.Located 6,500 light years away in the constellation of Taurus, what nebula is the remnant of a supernova seen on Earth in the year 1054?
12.Who composed the song that became known as La Marseillaise?
1) 24
2) Sleuth
3) stephen's

Oh my brain's going to sleep. I'll do the rest tomorrow, let me know which are yet to be completed
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Old 23-10-2013, 21:52
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3/3 spotify
8-Chris Smith
10-Charles II
11-Crab
12-Rouget de Lisle

1.In chess, which piece is also the name of a common bird?
2.What C is a high street shop that specialises in selling medicines and health and beauty products?
3.To infer something that is not explicitly stated is to read between the..... what?
4.According to the popular superstition, if you wish to avoid bad luck you should keep your fingers... what?
5.In the Beano comic, which character wears a red-and-black striped jersey?
6.In 1991, which Disney production became the first animated feature to be nominated for Best Film?

7.In 2002, which bridge became the first new crossing over the River Thames since Tower Bridge in 1894?
8.Which two-word term, meaning accomplished fact in French, is used in English for something already done and beyond alteration?
9.In his poem commonly known as Jerusalem, William Blake asked to be brought his "Bow of Burning" what?
10.What was the name of Henry VII's mother, who was married in 1455 to Edmund Tudor, in 1462 to Henry Stafford, and in 1472 to Thomas Stanley?
11.Which German chemist, born in 1866, gives his name to magnetic alloys composed of metals that, in their pure state, are not magnetic?
12.Picture: what name is given to this Asian gate? http://www.postimage.org/image/upwg2mqw1/
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Old 23-10-2013, 21:54
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3/3 spotify
8-Chris Smith
10-Charles II
11-Crab
12-Rouget de Lisle

1.In chess, which piece is also the name of a common bird?
2.What C is a high street shop that specialises in selling medicines and health and beauty products?
3.To infer something that is not explicitly stated is to read between the..... what?
4.According to the popular superstition, if you wish to avoid bad luck you should keep your fingers... what?
5.In the Beano comic, which character wears a red-and-black striped jersey?
6.In 1991, which Disney production became the first animated feature to be nominated for Best Film?

7.In 2002, which bridge became the first new crossing over the River Thames since Tower Bridge in 1894?
8.Which two-word term, meaning accomplished fact in French, is used in English for something already done and beyond alteration?
9.In his poem commonly known as Jerusalem, William Blake asked to be brought his "Bow of Burning" what?
10.What was the name of Henry VII's mother, who was married in 1455 to Edmund Tudor, in 1462 to Henry Stafford, and in 1472 to Thomas Stanley?
11.Which German chemist, born in 1866, gives his name to magnetic alloys composed of metals that, in their pure state, are not magnetic?
12.Picture: what name is given to this Asian gate? http://www.postimage.org/image/upwg2mqw1/
1) rook
2)chemists
3) lines
4)crossed
that's all for now
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Old 23-10-2013, 21:55
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1 Rook
2 Chemist
3 Lines
4 Crossed
5 Dennis the Menace and Minnie the Minx (Mrs T)
6 Toy Story
7 Millennium Bridge
8 Fate Accompli
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Old 23-10-2013, 21:55
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1. Rook

2. Chemist

3. Lines

4. Crossed

5. Denis the Menace

6. Beauty and the Beast??
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Old 23-10-2013, 21:55
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1) Rook
2) chemist
3) Lines
4) Crossed
5) Denis The Menace
8) Fait Acompli
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Old 23-10-2013, 21:55
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1. Rook
2.e Chemist
3. Lines
4. Crossed
5. Denis the Menace


7.The Millenium Bridge
8.Fate acomplei
9. Arrows
10.? Maragret Beaufort
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Old 23-10-2013, 21:55
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Just 6 is wrong bcdee
All correct Mrs Teapot
9,11,12
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Old 23-10-2013, 21:56
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1.Rook
2.Chemist
3.Lines
4.Crossed
5.Denis the Menace
6.Beauty and the Beast?

7.Hungerford walkway
8.
9.Gold
10.
11.Karl Marx?
12.
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Old 23-10-2013, 21:56
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All correct Barracute and just 9 is wrong QofSheba
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Old 23-10-2013, 21:57
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7,11 are wrong AxG
11-12
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Old 23-10-2013, 21:57
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I'm not a minx but I love red and black
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Old 23-10-2013, 21:58
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Do you like Freddy Krueger too Mrs Teapot?
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Old 23-10-2013, 22:00
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1. Rook
2. Chemist
3. Lines
4. Crossed
5. Denis the menace
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Old 23-10-2013, 22:02
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All correct P_P
11-12
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Old 23-10-2013, 22:03
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Do you like Freddy Krueger too Mrs Teapot?
I was talking about him just last week as I do
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Old 23-10-2013, 22:05
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10. Catherine
12. Tori Gate
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Old 23-10-2013, 22:12
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Sorry irishguy, it's 11,12 Your 12 is right
10 is Margaret Beaufort
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Old 24-10-2013, 10:34
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11) Fritz Heusler?

As in Heusler Alloy?

Hopefully I'm right
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Old 24-10-2013, 12:04
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You are right spotify (Friedrich Heusler)
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Old 24-10-2013, 21:53
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1.What is the common name for the small cubes with faces bearing 1 to 6 spots, used in games or gambling?
2.In the nursery rhyme Incey Wincey Spider, what did the spider climb?
3.What colour is the ripe fruit of a lime tree?
4.What E is the name used to describe the passing of the moon between the sun and the Earth?
5.In the traditional story of Jack and the Beanstalk, the giant says "Fee Fie Foe Fum, I smel the blood of a" what?
6.Which plant, sometimes used to flavour cottage cheese, is the smallest relative of the onion?

7.What name is given to the shaking of the Earth's surface due to sudden release of stresses in the Earth's crust?
8.Which substance, best known as an explosive, is also used to treat heart trouble, such as angina?
9.In nature, which goat-like antelope, found in the Alps, has skin made into a soft, pliant leather?
10.Sergei Diaghilev, Igor Stravinsky and Ezra Pound are all buried on Venice's cemetery island, named after which saint?
11.Which artist and ornithologist coined the Latin name Nessiteras rhombopteryx for the Loch Ness Monster?
12.Which opera did Tchaikovsky complete in early 1878, after separating from his wife Antonina Milyukova just months into their ill-fated marriage?
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