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Old 30-06-2015, 12:40
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6 The Swan, The Bank, George and Dragon, Dog and Duck
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Old 30-06-2015, 13:16
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1.Name three birds that begin with the letter K? Kiwi, Kestral, King Penguin ( )?
2.Which three signs of the zodiac are referred to as fire signs? May as well guess so I'll go with Taurus, Capricorn and Scorpio.
3.There are five male names that feature in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet. Name them? Charlie, Mike, Romeo...
4.The Himalayas mountain range crosses which six countries?
5.In Harry Potter, name the seven Gryffindor players who defeat Slytherin to win back the Quidditch Cup after seven years?
6.Supergroupies; According to a 2011 survey, what were the ten most popular pub names in the UK?
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Old 30-06-2015, 21:51
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The Saw is another bcdee and 2/3 for Q1 and 3/5 for Q3 will. 2-Aries and Sagittarius, 4-Afghanistan, 5-Alicia Spinnet,
6-complete list are Red Lion, Crown, Royal Oak, White Hart, White Horse, Swan, New Inn, Rose and Crown, King's Head, Bell

1.What word that is uncooked meat is war backwards?
2.What is missing on a Manx cat - ear or tail?
3.What is traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday?
4.What condiment is mentioned in the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill?
5.In internet chat abbreviations, what does TTYL mean?
6.Which actor played FBI agent Ryan Hardy in the contemporary TV series The Following?

7.On a ship, what objects usually hang from the davits?
8.In 2018, which country will host the next Commonwealth Games?
9.Perhaps beause of the black marks it produces on the skin, what disease derives its name from the Greek for coal?
10.The Vltava River flows through which European capital city?
11.Which bird, related to moorhens, coots and rails differs from them because it lives on dry land?
12.Which fourteenth-century king of Scotland fathered 21 children?
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Old 30-06-2015, 21:53
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1. Raw
2. Tail
3. Pancakes?
4. Vinegar?
5. Talk to you later
6. Kevin Bacon
7. Sails?
8. Australia?
12. That's a lot of names and birthdays to remember!
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Old 30-06-2015, 21:54
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Just 7 is wrong Dare Devil
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Old 30-06-2015, 21:57
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1 Raw
2 Tail
3 Pancakes
4 Vinegar
5 Talk to you later
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7 Sails
8 Canada
10 Prague
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Old 30-06-2015, 22:32
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1. Raw
2. Tail
3. Pancakes
4. Vinegar
5. Thanks Terry You Loser (it's definitely this!)
6. Kevin Bacon
7. Sails
8. Australia
9. Plague (guess)
10. Prague
11. Pigeon (pure guess - heard them called coots before so...)
12. John Balliol (semi-educated guess - come to think of it he's too early and wouldn't make much sense anyway - googled it now - wouldn't have got it)
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Old 30-06-2015, 22:41
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12 I think it's Robert II
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Old 30-06-2015, 23:43
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1.What word that is uncooked meat is war backwards? Raw.
2.What is missing on a Manx cat - ear or tail? Tail.
3.What is traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday? Pancakes.
4.What condiment is mentioned in the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill? Salt?
5.In internet chat abbreviations, what does TTYL mean? Talk to you later.
6.Which actor played FBI agent Ryan Hardy in the contemporary TV series The Following?
7.On a ship, what objects usually hang from the davits?
8.In 2018, which country will host the next Commonwealth Games?
9.Perhaps beause of the black marks it produces on the skin, what disease derives its name from the Greek for coal?
10.The Vltava River flows through which European capital city?
11.Which bird, related to moorhens, coots and rails differs from them because it lives on dry land?
12.Which fourteenth-century king of Scotland fathered 21 children?
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Old 01-07-2015, 21:50
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7,8 are wrong bcdee, 5,7,9,11,12 Jim and 4 will.
11-corncrake
12-Robert II

1.What C are home furnishings that go across a window?
2.What S is a rank in the army above corporal?
3.What is the longest river in the world - Amazon or Nile?
4.What breed of dog is associated with the Royal Family?
5.Sauerkraut is made by pickling what type of vegetable?
6.Picture: a still from which sci-fi film? http://www.postimage.org/image/xkvwr1jun/

7.If you added together one note and coin from every current denomination of Bank of England currency. What amount of money would you have?
8.Which London palace is home to a famous maze?
9.Which group of seventeenth-century English poets included John Donne, Andrew Marvell and George Herbert?
10.Quotations: which actor, who left the country in 2012 said, "France is sad and I think that the French are fed up?
11.Whose law states that the absolute pressure and volume of a given mass of confined gas are inversely proportional?
12.Which King of France invited Leonardo da Vinci to become his court painter in 1516?
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Old 01-07-2015, 21:58
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1 Curtains
2 Sergeant
3 Amazon
4 Corgi
5 Cabbage
6 ET
7 £3.88
8 Hampton Court
10 Gerard Depardeau
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Old 02-07-2015, 11:11
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1. Curtains
2. Sargent
3. Nile?
4. Corgi
6. ET
7. £8.88
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Old 02-07-2015, 11:59
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bcdee's 3,7 are wrong and just 7 Dare Devil

7,9,11,12
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Old 02-07-2015, 12:26
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7. £88.88

I read 'one note' and took it literally. You meant add up one of each clever wording!
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Old 02-07-2015, 13:17
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1.What C are home furnishings that go across a window? Curtains.
2.What S is a rank in the army above corporal? Sergeant.
3.What is the longest river in the world - Amazon or Nile? Nile.
4.What breed of dog is associated with the Royal Family? Corgi.
5.Sauerkraut is made by pickling what type of vegetable? Potato?
6.Picture: a still from which sci-fi film? http://www.postimage.org/image/xkvwr1jun/ E.T.
7.If you added together one note and coin from every current denomination of Bank of England currency. What amount of money would you have? £88.88.
8.Which London palace is home to a famous maze?
9.Which group of seventeenth-century English poets included John Donne, Andrew Marvell and George Herbert?
10.Quotations: which actor, who left the country in 2012 said, "France is sad and I think that the French are fed up?
11.Whose law states that the absolute pressure and volume of a given mass of confined gas are inversely proportional?
12.Which King of France invited Leonardo da Vinci to become his court painter in 1516?
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Old 02-07-2015, 21:50
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£88.88 is right Dare Devil and just 5 is wrong will.
9-Metaphysical Poets
11-Boyle's Law
12-Francis I

1.In what unit of measurement is gold traditionally weighed?
2.What W goes after ply and before wind?
3.What is the tallest animal in the world?
4.What is the name of the protective leather trousers worn by American cowboys - guys or chaps?
5.Current affairs: another accident has occured at which theme park in Staffordshire?
6.Hopw many deadly sins are there?

7.What is measured in decibels?
8.The maxilla and mandible are the two bones that make up what?
9.Which politician made the shortest-ever budget spech?
10.Which English country shares borders with Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire?
11.In 1831, the French Foreign Legion was founded as a military unit to support the conquest of which country?
12.Who was the Roman goddess of sorcery and witchcraft who haunted crossroads and graveyards?
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Old 02-07-2015, 22:03
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1. carat
2. wood
3. Giraffe
4. chaps
5. Alton Towers
6. 8
7. sound
8. jaw
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Old 02-07-2015, 23:31
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1 carats
2 wood
3 giraffe
4 chaps
5 Alton Towers
6 Seven
7 sound
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10 Gloucestershire
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Old 03-07-2015, 00:48
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1. Carat
2. Wood
3. Giraffe?
4. Guys?
5. Alton Towers
6. 7
7. Sound
8. Jaw
9. George Osbourne 2015 before this years' GE? hence, the real tory budget next week?
10. Country? England?
11. Spain?
12. I've had a go at every one, so got on this one too..... Roma??
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Old 03-07-2015, 11:59
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Just 6 is wrong binbits, 10 bcdee, 4, 9, 10-12 Dare Devil. Typos

9-Disraeli
10-Dorset
11-Algeria
12-Trivia

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Old 03-07-2015, 14:01
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1.In what unit of measurement is gold traditionally weighed?
2.What W goes after ply and before wind? Wood.
3.What is the tallest animal in the world? Giraffe.
4.What is the name of the protective leather trousers worn by American cowboys - guys or chaps? Chaps.
5.Current affairs: another accident has occured at which theme park in Staffordshire? Alton Towers.
6.How many deadly sins are there? 7.
7.What is measured in decibels? Sound.
8.The maxilla and mandible are the two bones that make up what? The jaw.
9.Which politician made the shortest-ever budget speech?
10.Which English county shares borders with Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire?
11.In 1831, the French Foreign Legion was founded as a military unit to support the conquest of which country?
12.Who was the Roman goddess of sorcery and witchcraft who haunted crossroads and graveyards?
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Old 03-07-2015, 20:41
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1. Don't know how to spell it Carrat?
2. Wood
3. Giraffe?
4. Chaps
5. Alton Towers
6. 7
7. Sound
9. George Osbourne?
10. Dorset?
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Old 04-07-2015, 11:55
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5/5 will and just 9 is wrong P_P
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Old 06-07-2015, 21:52
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Good evening. We start the week with a new quiz. New cryptics thread will launch tomorrow night at 8.30

1.Where on the body would you wear mittens and gloves?
2.A raised platform where women walk up and down to show off clothes is called a what: catwalk or dogwalk?
3.Where on the body would you wear converse?
4.The presenters of which BBC TV programme included Jeff Banks, Caryn Franklin and Brenda Emmanus?
5.What type of dancer would usually wear a tutu?
6.Who had a number 4 hit in 1966 with Dedicated Follower Of Fashion?
7.Which street, in Mayfair, London is known for its traditional bespoke tailoring for men?
8.An anorak is a long hooded jacket of skin or cloth, but from what language does the word anarok come from?
9.A duffel coat/bag takes its name from a town in which Western European country?
10.What was the name of the loose, coarse over-garment, prescribed by law as the distinctive garment of the Jews in the Middle Ages?
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Old 06-07-2015, 21:55
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1. Hands
2. Catwalk
3. Feet
4. The One Show?
5. Ballet
7. Savile Row?
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