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Old 25-05-2015, 21:58
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Just 1 and 7 are wrong bcdee
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Old 25-05-2015, 22:00
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1. my fair lady
2. the Prime Minister
3. Eye
4. Thames
8. Lewisham?
9. Kew Palace?
10. Nelsons Column?

Obviously my knowledge of London is pretty poor!
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Old 25-05-2015, 22:01
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Just 10 is wrong Sallysally

6,7,10
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Old 25-05-2015, 22:09
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2. The PM
3. Eye
4. Thames
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Old 25-05-2015, 22:18
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Old 25-05-2015, 22:26
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Old 26-05-2015, 06:32
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1.What are the last three words in the most frequently used verse in the rhyme London Bridge Is Falling Down? My fair lady.
2.Who famously lives at 10 Downing Street? The Prime Minister.
3.What part of the body goes after London to name a big Ferris wheel? Eye.
4.Which river flows through London? Thames.
5.London Nights was a number 2 UK hit single for which duo in the summer of 1989?
6.A German Shepherd dog named London starred in which Canadian TV show?
7.In which London square can a monument to Gandhi be found? Trafalgar?
8.Which London borough is sandwiched between Southwark and Greenwich?
9.Which London palace was built in 1631 for the wealthy merchant Samuel Fortray and later bought by King George III? Buckingham Palace.
10.What was designed and built by John Nash in 1827 as a monument to the victories at Trafalgar and Waterloo?
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Old 26-05-2015, 21:53
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Last night from Dare Devil - all correct except will's 7,9. Also a statue of Gandhi in Tavistock Square

1.On a farm, a kid is a baby what: pig or goat?
2.In the nursery rhyme, who sat on a wall before having a great fall?
3.The name of which water sport is also used to describe browsing on the internet?
4.Name the school that Harry Potter attended?
5.What high IQ society comes from the Latin for table?
6.Who starred as Robert McCall in the 2014 film version of The Equaalizer?

7.Which distance is equal to 0.621 miles?
8.The US presidential inauguration ceremony is held in front of which building?
9.In physics, one joule is equal to the force of one newton acting through a distance of one what?
10.Annapurna is a mountain lying within the boundaries of which Asian country?
11.Due to its spiky appearance, what medicinal plant takes its name from the Greek for sea urchin or hedgehog?
12.Who founded the Young Men's Christian Association in London in1844 at the age of 22 - he received a knight hood from Queen Victoria in 1894?
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Old 26-05-2015, 21:55
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1. Goat
2. Humpty Dumpty
3. Surfing
4. Hogworts
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Old 26-05-2015, 21:56
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1. Goat
2. Humpty Dumpty
3. Surf
4. Hogwarts
7. 1 mile
8. White House?
9. 1 metre?
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Old 26-05-2015, 21:56
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4/4 neil
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Old 26-05-2015, 21:56
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1.Goat
2.Humpty Dumpty
3.Surfing
4.Hogwarts
5.Mensa
6.

7. 1km
8.Capitol
9.Metre
10.India
11.
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Old 26-05-2015, 21:56
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Just 8 is wrong P_P
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Old 26-05-2015, 21:57
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1 Goat
2 Humpty Dumpty
3 Surfing
4 Hogswarts
5 Mensa
6 Jason Statham
7 1 Kilometre
8 The Capitol
11 Aloe Vera
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Old 26-05-2015, 21:57
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Just 10 is wrong AxG
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Old 26-05-2015, 21:58
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6,11 are wrong bcdee

6,10-12
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Old 26-05-2015, 22:00
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1. Goat
2. Humpty Dumpty
3. Surfing
4. Hogwarts
5. Mensa
7. 1km
8. The White House?
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Old 26-05-2015, 22:01
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Just 8 is wrong Dare Devil

6,10-12
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Old 26-05-2015, 22:23
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1.On a farm, a kid is a baby what: pig or goat? Goat.
2.In the nursery rhyme, who sat on a wall before having a great fall? Humpty Dumpty.
3.The name of which water sport is also used to describe browsing on the internet? Surfing.
4.Name the school that Harry Potter attended? Hogwarts.
5.What high IQ society comes from the Latin for table? Mensa.
6.Who starred as Robert McCall in the 2014 film version of The Equaalizer?
7.Which distance is equal to 0.621 miles? A kilometre.
8.The US presidential inauguration ceremony is held in front of which building?
9.In physics, one joule is equal to the force of one newton acting through a distance of one what? Metre?
10.Annapurna is a mountain lying within the boundaries of which Asian country?
11.Due to its spiky appearance, what medicinal plant takes its name from the Greek for sea urchin or hedgehog?
12.Who founded the Young Men's Christian Association in London in1844 at the age of 22 - he received a knight hood from Queen Victoria in 1894?
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Old 27-05-2015, 21:54
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All correct from last night will
6-Denzel Washington
10-Nepal
11-Echinacea
12-George Williams

1.Owls gag is an anagram of which UK city?
2.Who would be most likely to use a potting shed - a gardener or a snooker player?
3.What is a sequoia - a tree or a fruit?
4.How many humps does a Dromedary camel have?
5.Current affairs: who is the FIFA President that has promised to kick corrupt officials out of the game over widespread allegations?
6.The last episode of which BBC comedy, featuring the fictional Brockman family, aired in March 2014?

7.The fictional secret agent James Bond was created by which author?
8.Which women's high street clothes chain is named after a type of rose?
9.The ill-fated archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in December 1170 in which cathedral?
10.The body of the Bank of England that decides the base interest rate is the MPC. What do the initials MPC stand for?
11.Which wonder of the ancient world was burnt by a madman called Herostratus?
12.The Impressionist painters Pissaro and Monet both fled to London in order to avoid which war?
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Old 27-05-2015, 21:56
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1 Glasgow
2 Gardener
3 Tree
4 One
5 Sepp Blatter
6 My Family
7 Ian Fleming
8 Oasis
9 Canterbury
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Old 27-05-2015, 21:57
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Just 6,8 are wrong bcdee
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Old 27-05-2015, 22:00
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1. Glasgow
2. gardener (unless you were a snooker player with a table in a shed!)
3. tree
4. 1
5. Seb Blatter
6. Outnumbered
7. Ian Fleming
8.
9.Canterbury
10. Monetary Policy Committee?
11. Library of Alexandria
12. Franco-Prussian War?
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Old 27-05-2015, 22:01
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1. Glasgow
2. Gardener
3. Tree?
4. Two?
6. Outnumbered
7. Ian Fleming
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Old 27-05-2015, 22:03
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Just 11 is wrong Sallysally (I love your way of thinking ) and 4 P_P

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