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Old 19-01-2015, 22:04
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All correct Sallysally and 3,8 are wrong QofSheba

10
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Old 19-01-2015, 22:51
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Connection 1

1.What is the name of G.K Chesterton's detective priest, currently played on TV by Mark Williams?
2.Soul singer nicknamed "The Walrus of Love"?
3.In dentistry, what is the name given to hardened dental plaque?
4.What was the name of the British figure skater who was 1976 Olympic and World Champion?
5.What M is the name given to an industrial facility which manufactures coins for currency?
6.In a food context, according to Shirley Conran, "Life's too short to stuff a..." what?

What is the connection?

Connection 2

7.What is the official presidential anthem of the United States?
8.Dustin Hoffman won an Oscar in 1989 for his performance in which film?
9.Which plane accounted for around 60% of enemy kills during the Battle of Britain?
10.Robert/Bobby Drake is the alter-ego of which comic-book superhero?
11.The method of frying an egg on one side only is ..... side up? Sunny (literally the only one I know here, how bad is that. )
12.The play Toad of Toad Hall is an adaptation of which classic children's book?

What is the connection?
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Old 19-01-2015, 23:52
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Connection 1

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2.
3.
4.Robbin Cousins
5.Mint
6.

What is the connection?

Connection 2

7.Hail to the Chief
8.
9.Spitfire
10.
11.Sunny
12.

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Old 20-01-2015, 00:03
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1. Rev Roy
2. Seal
3. Enamel
4. Dean
5. Monetry
6. Chicken

Connection: All names of obscure rappers

7. Star Spangled Banner
8. When Harry Met Sally
9. Lancaster Bomber
10. Captain America
11. Sunny
12. Toad And Miss Piggy

Connection: All begin with letters between A and Z.
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Old 20-01-2015, 21:53
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11 is right will 4, 9 are wrong AxG and 11 is right Ricky
10-Iceman

1.What is half of 38?
2.Which travels faster, light or sound?
3.What N are the two holes in the nose called?
4.Which unit of length is abbreviated to cm?
5.How many wings does a bee have?
6.Which US city goes before Hope, PD and Fire to name TV series centring on emergency services?

7.Which brand of chocolate bar is also the name of a mobile phone operating system?
8.Ophidiphobia is the fear of what type of creatures?
9.Ulan Bator is the capital of which Asian country?
10.What was the name of the secret Serbian society that plotted the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914?
11.Which Swabian artist painted The Miraculous Draft of Fishes?
12.The Thebaid is a Latin epic by which 1st-century poet?
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Old 20-01-2015, 21:55
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1) 19
2) light
4) centimetre
6) Chicago
7) orange
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Old 20-01-2015, 21:56
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1 19
2 Light
3 Nostrils
4 Centimetre
5 4
6 Chicago
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Old 20-01-2015, 21:56
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1. 19
2. Light
3. Nostrils. Think you gave the answer away there, QM
4. Centimetre
5. 4?
6. New York?
7. Kitkat
8. Fish?
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Old 20-01-2015, 21:56
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Just neil's 7 is wrong
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Old 20-01-2015, 21:57
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1.19
2.Light
3.Nostrils
4.Centimetre
5.4
6.Miami

7.Kit Kat
8.Moth
9.Mongolia
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11.
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Old 20-01-2015, 21:57
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6,8 are wrong Dare Devil

6,8-12
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Old 20-01-2015, 21:57
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1. 19
2. Light
3. Did you get this question wrong? Should it be two holes in the nose? Answer Nostrils?
4. Centimetre
5. 4
6. Chicago
7. Kitkat
8. Snakes
9. Outer Mongolia (anyone who has ever read The Bash Street Kids will know that one!)
10. Black Hand
11. Konrad Witz
12. Statius
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Old 20-01-2015, 21:58
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I just mistyped it eugenespeed

12/12
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Old 20-01-2015, 21:59
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1.What is half of 38? 19.
2.Which travels faster, light or sound? Light.
3.What N are the two holes in the nostrils called? EDIT: Nostrils (just read you mistyped the question )
4.Which unit of length is abbreviated to cm? Centimetres.
5.How many wings does a bee have? 4.
6.Which US city goes before Hope, PD and Fire to name TV series centring on emergency services? New York.
7.Which brand of chocolate bar is also the name of a mobile phone operating system? Galaxy?
8.Ophidiphobia is the fear of what type of creatures?
9.Ulan Bator is the capital of which Asian country?
10.What was the name of the secret Serbian society that plotted the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914?
11.Which Swabian artist painted The Miraculous Draft of Fishes?
12.The Thebaid is a Latin epic by which 1st-century poet?
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Old 20-01-2015, 22:04
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Just 7 is wrong will
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Old 20-01-2015, 22:39
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3) nostrils.
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Old 21-01-2015, 00:11
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1. 19
2. Light
3. Nostrils
4. Centimetres
5. Two
6. Boston

7. Milky Way
8. Birds
9. Cambodia
10. The Serbian's Against Modern British Bands Society
11. Pablo Picasso
12. Nero
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Old 21-01-2015, 21:53
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3 is right neil, 5-12 are wrong Ricky

1.What day and date is considered to be especially unlucky?
2.On a standard computer keyboard, which number does * share a key?
3.What T is a handheld light, known in America as a flashlight?
4.The Eiffel Tower is in which European capital city - Paris or Madrid?
5.Picture: what sign is this on a road? http://www.postimage.org/image/40yel2u4r/
6.Welsh rarebit is another name for what on toast?

7.How many Dalmatians are there in the first book by Dodie Smith?
8.In politics, Ed Miliband is the leader of the Labour Party, who is the Deputy Leader?
9.Aneto is the highest peak in which European mountain range?
10.The infamous grave-robbers Burke and Hare had the same Christian name. What was it?
11.Black, brown, white, and golden-mantled are species from the Saguinas genus of which New World monkeys?
12.Who wrote the 2nd century mathematical and astronomical treatise The Almagest, containing theories on planetary movements accepted until Copernicus?
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Old 21-01-2015, 21:55
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1. 13
2. 8
3. Torch
4. Paris
5. No overtaking
6. Cheese
7. 101
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Old 21-01-2015, 21:55
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1) Friday 13th
3) torch
4) Paris
5) no overtaking
7) 101
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Old 21-01-2015, 21:56
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1 13th
2 8
3 Torch
4 Paris
5 No overtaking
6 Cheese
7 100
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Old 21-01-2015, 21:58
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All correct except bcdee's 7 and Dare Devil's 1
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Old 21-01-2015, 22:00
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1. Friday 13th
2. 8
3. Torch
4. Paris
5. No Overtaking
6. Cheese

7. 101
8. Harriet Harman
9. Pyrenees
10. William
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Old 21-01-2015, 22:01
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All are correct eugenespeed

11,12
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Old 21-01-2015, 22:04
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1. Friday 13th
2 8
3. torch
4.Paris
5. No overtaking
6 cheese
7. 101
8. Harriet Harman
9. Pyrennes
10. William
11. tamarin
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