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Old 08-01-2015, 21:54
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Last night from farmer bob - all correct except bob's 9-11, Ricky's 5,7,9-12, Dare Devil's 6,8,12, and P_P's 7,8

10-Mount Saint Elias
11-William Dampier

1.According to the proverb, what do many hands make?
2.Regicide is the killing of whom - mother or king?
3.Apples and pears is cockney rhyming slang for what?
4.What was the former name of Absolute Radio?
5.Current affairs: which football rapist has had his deal to join Oldham Athletic rejected?
6.Performed by Alicia Keys and Jack White, which was the first James Bond film to feature a duet as the title song?

7.How many faces does a cube have?
8.What is the hobby of stamp-collecting called?
9.In 1796, Edward Jenner, a Gloucestershire doctor, made the first successful vaccination against which disease?
10.The first Sikh to hold the office, which Indian economist served as the 14th Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014?
11.In astronomy, Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, is part of which constellation?
12.Written in 1935-36 to the "memory of an angel", whose Violin Concerto was a requiem for Manon, the 18-year-old daughter of Alma Mahler and Walter Gropius?
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Old 08-01-2015, 21:56
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1) light work
2) king
3) stairs
4) virgin
5) Ched Evans
7) 4
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Old 08-01-2015, 21:57
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7 is wrong neil
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Old 08-01-2015, 21:57
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1 Light work
2 King
3 Stairs
4 Smooth
5 Ched Evans
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Old 08-01-2015, 21:58
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1. Light work
2. King (or Queen, but what if the Queen is your mother, hmm!)
3. Stairs
4. Virgin 1215
5. Ched Evans
6. Quantum of Solace
7. 6
8. Philately
9. Smallpox
10. Manmohan Singh
11. Canis Major
12. Berg
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Old 08-01-2015, 21:58
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4 is wrong bcdee

6,8-12
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Old 08-01-2015, 22:00
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Old 08-01-2015, 22:03
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1 light work
2 king
3 stairs
4 Virgin radio
5 ched evans
6 skyfall?
7 six
8 philately
9 smallpox
10 Mohan singh
11 canis major
12
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Old 08-01-2015, 22:04
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Just 6 is wrong farmer bob
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Old 08-01-2015, 23:09
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1. According to the proverb, what do many hands make? Light work.
2.Regicide is the killing of whom - mother or king? King.
3.Apples and pears is cockney rhyming slang for what? Stairs.
4.What was the former name of Absolute Radio?
5.Current affairs: which football rapist has had his deal to join Oldham Athletic rejected? Ched Evans.
6.Performed by Alicia Keys and Jack White, which was the first James Bond film to feature a duet as the title song? Quantum Of Solace.
7.How many faces does a cube have? 6.
8.What is the hobby of stamp-collecting called?
9.In 1796, Edward Jenner, a Gloucestershire doctor, made the first successful vaccination against which disease?
10.The first Sikh to hold the office, which Indian economist served as the 14th Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014?
11.In astronomy, Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, is part of which constellation?
12.Written in 1935-36 to the "memory of an angel", whose Violin Concerto was a requiem for Manon, the 18-year-old daughter of Alma Mahler and Walter Gropius?
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Old 08-01-2015, 23:17
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1. Light work
2. King?
5. Ched Evans
7. 6
11. Orions belt?
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Old 08-01-2015, 23:21
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1. Light work
2. King
3. Stairs
4. Radio Caroline
5. Ched Evans
6. Casino Royale

7. Six
8. Pentology
9. Influenza
10. Rahul Tamir
11. Consta Major
12. Mozart
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Old 09-01-2015, 12:11
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Just 11 is wrong Dare Devil and 4,8-12 Ricky
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Old 12-01-2015, 21:53
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Welcome to this week and the first new quiz of 2015

1.Name the four seasons of the year?
2.In the autumn, what colour do leaves turn before falling from trees?
3.What seasonal name is given to a big tidy up around the house?
4.Summer Bay is the setting for which Australian TV soap?
5.Autumnsong was a top-ten hit in 2007 for which Welsh band?
6.Autumn bliss is a variety of which fruit?
7."Springtime for Hitler" is a song from which hit West End musical?
8.Meaning spring in French, what is the name of the large department store in Paris?
9."If winter comes, can spring be far behind" is a line from which poem by Shelley?
10.The Rite of Spring is a famous work by which classical composer?
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Old 12-01-2015, 21:55
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1) winter, spring, summer, autumn
3) spring clean
4) home and away
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Old 12-01-2015, 21:55
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1.Name the four seasons of the year? Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
2.In the autumn, what colour do leaves turn before falling from trees? Brown.
3.What seasonal name is given to a big tidy up around the house? Spring clean.
4.Summer Bay is the setting for which Australian TV soap? Neighbours?
5.Autumnsong was a top-ten hit in 2007 for which Welsh band?
6.Autumn bliss is a variety of which fruit?
7."Springtime for Hitler" is a song from which hit West End musical?
8.Meaning spring in French, what is the name of the large department store in Paris?
9."If winter comes, can spring be far behind" is a line from which poem by Shelley?
10.The Rite of Spring is a famous work by which classical composer?
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Old 12-01-2015, 21:56
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Just will's 4 is wrong
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Old 12-01-2015, 21:57
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1 Spring Summer Autumn Winter
2 Brown
3 Spring Clean
4 Home and Away
5 Manic Street Preachers
6 Apple
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Old 12-01-2015, 21:58
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Just 6 is wrong bcdee

6-12
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Old 12-01-2015, 21:59
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Damn knew it was one of the two, couldn't think which one!
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Old 12-01-2015, 21:59
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1. Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn
2. Brown
3. Spring clean
4. Home and Away?
5. Stereophonics?
6. Apple?
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Old 12-01-2015, 22:00
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1 spring, summer, autumn, winter
2. lots really - brown, orange, yellow etc
3. spring clesan
4. Home and Away?

6. raspberry
7. The Directors
8. Printemps
9. Ode to the West Wind
10. Stravinsky
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Old 12-01-2015, 22:02
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5,6 are wrong Dare Devil, 7 Sallysally

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Old 12-01-2015, 22:15
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5,6 are wrong Dare Devil, 7 Sallysally

7
Oh for heavens sake! I must have been having a brain switch off here!
The Producers !!!!
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Old 12-01-2015, 22:54
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1 spring, summer, autumn, winter
2 brown/red
3 a spring clean
4 home & away
5 manic street preachers (great band qm )
6 raspberries
7 the producers
8 printemps
9 ?
10 stravinsky
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