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Old 30-10-2013, 21:56
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11-Luciferase or photo-protein
12-Stiffelio

1.What is 98 divided by 7?
2.What is the collective name for a group of flying bees?
3.What T is the name given to the device that turns a heating system on or off at a certain temperature?
4.A whirlybird is an informal name for which means of transport?
5.What K is the name of the inner soft part of a nut, or seed with a hard shell?
6.Which actor stars as UN employee Gerry Lane in the 2013 zombie film World War Z?

7.The internal angles of any quadrilateral add up to how many degrees?
8.Picture: who are these literary figures? http://www.postimage.org/image/gev1dg2p3/
9.Which Caribbean island, a British Overseas Territory, was sighted in 1493 by Christopher Columbus, who named it after a monastery in Catalonia and the jagged mountain it stands on?
10.Which king of England reigned from April to June 1483 when he was deposed by his uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who succeeded him as Richard III?
11.Originating from the Latin for out and begin to bllom, which adjective describes a substance that has lost moisture and turned to a fine powder on exposure to air?
12.Regarded by some as a postmodernist although he rejected the label, which British architect's works include the Clore Gallery at Tate Britain and the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart?
1) 14
3) Thermostat
4) Helicopter?
7) 360 degrees. Remember the rule: (n-2) * 180 - where n = number of sides.

That's it for now, I'll have another crack later
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Old 30-10-2013, 21:56
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4/4 spotify
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Old 30-10-2013, 21:56
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1 Fourteen
2 Swarm
3 Thermostat
4 Helicopter
5 Kernel
6 Brad Pitt
7 180
8 Bronte Sisters
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Old 30-10-2013, 21:56
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1) 14
2) Swarm
3) Thermostat
4) Helicopter
5) Kernel
6) Brad Pitt
7) 360
8) The Bronte Sisters?
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Old 30-10-2013, 21:57
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Just 7 is wrong bcdee
9-12
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Old 30-10-2013, 21:57
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1.14
2.Colony
3.Thermostat
4.
5.
6.

7.180
8.The Bronte's?
9.Anguila?
10.
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Old 30-10-2013, 21:57
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1 Fourteen
2 Swarm
3 Thermostat
4 Helicopter
5 Kernel
6 Brad Pitt
7 180
8 Bronte Sisters
No......

(n-2) * 180 is what I've remembered, where n = number of sides.
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Old 30-10-2013, 21:58
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All correct Barracute
2,7,9 are wrong AxG
9-12
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Old 30-10-2013, 21:58
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1. 14
3. Thermostat
7. 360
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Old 30-10-2013, 21:59
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3/3 Dare Devil
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Old 30-10-2013, 21:59
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10) Edward V
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Old 30-10-2013, 22:00
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1.14
2.Colony
3.Thermostat
4.
5.
6.

7.180
8.The Bronte's?
9.Anguila?
10.
11.
12.
How could I forget a colony of bees?

180 would be correct on a triangle, but not a quadrilateral; the formula for internal angles is: (n-2)*180, where n = number of sides
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Old 30-10-2013, 22:00
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1. 14
2. Swarm
4. Plane?
6. Brad Pitt
7. 360
9. Cuba?
10. Richard II?

Loads of guesses
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Old 30-10-2013, 22:00
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11. Desicate?
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Old 30-10-2013, 22:01
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Edward V is right Barracute
4,9,10 are wrong P_P
Not desicate irishguy
9,11,12
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Old 30-10-2013, 22:05
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9. Montserrat?

11. Efflorescence (sp?)
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Old 30-10-2013, 22:06
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Both correct Sallysally
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Old 31-10-2013, 12:07
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A guess:

12) James Stirling?
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Old 31-10-2013, 12:29
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James Stirling is right spotify which finishes last night. Getting spooky tonight
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Old 31-10-2013, 21:54
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Happy Halloween everybody. Hope you all enjoy and be scared by tonights quiz

1.Picture 1: name this supernatural creature? http://www.postimage.org/image/5nphy23ur/
2.The day after Halloween is known as what?
3.Which modern Halloween custom comes from the poor begging for Soul Cakes on All Souls Day?
4.Are pumpkins fruits or vegetables?
5.In the middle ages, what creatures were renowned as witches familiars?
6.What name is given to the fear of Halloween?
7.Picture 2: which character does this kid grow up to be? http://www.postimage.org/image/ysturrmu9/
8.Allantide or Allan Day is celebrated on Halloween in which part of the country?
9.A new survey carried out by Museum Ripley's Believe it or not has revealed the nations top 10 unusual fears. Name any one?
10.Who wrote the 2001 novel The Third Witch, which is a retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth?
11.What is the name of Europe's largest pumpkin grower, selling two million of them each year to UK supermarkets and to other suppliers across Europe?
12.In Greek mythology, which of the three Fates ended the life of each mortal by cutting their thread with her abhorred shears?
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Old 31-10-2013, 21:57
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1 Werewolf
2 AllSaints Day
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Old 31-10-2013, 21:58
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4,8 are wrong bcdee
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Old 31-10-2013, 21:59
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1) Werewolf
2) Sanhaim
3) trick or treat?
4) um vegetables?
5) Cats
7) Michael Myers
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Old 31-10-2013, 22:00
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4) Fruits - obviously lol
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Old 31-10-2013, 22:00
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2 is wrong Barracute
6,8-12
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