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Old 19-10-2015, 22:04
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1. bin, nib
2. angel, angle
3. March, charm
4. aim, MIA
5. teenager, generate
8. Elk, lek
9. Tangier, granite
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Old 19-10-2015, 22:05
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I return after trying to make Zola fit.

7) Proust and sprout?
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Old 19-10-2015, 22:34
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6. Orchestra Carthorse.
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Old 20-10-2015, 12:15
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Elk and lek are right bcdee, all correct Sallysally, both right lightdragon and atg.
10-Chok and Koch

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Old 20-10-2015, 21:52
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On this day in 1955 - The Return of the King, the third and final instalment of author JRR Tolkien's epic fantasy adventure Lord of the Rings, was published in London by George Allen & Unwin.

1.What P is a professional who can fly a plane?
2.In the nursery rhyme hickory dickory dock, what did the mouse run up?
3.What is one quarter of 3000?
4.In science, what is a thermometer used to measure?
5.Which small, thin sausage takes its name from the Italian word for an onion?
6.Which footballer caused controversy after making a gesture known as a quenelle after scoring for West Bromwich Albion against West Ham in December 2013?
7.Situated close to the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, what is Iran's second largest city?
8.In a fountain outside the Pompidou Centre outsdie Paris, a nightingale, a mermaid and a firebird are among the sculptures representing the work of which Russian composer?
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Old 20-10-2015, 21:55
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1. Pilot
2. A clock
3. 750
4. Temperature
5. Chipolata??
6. Wayne Rooney?
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Old 20-10-2015, 21:55
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1 Pilot
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3 750
4 Temperature
5 Chipolata
6 Nicolas Anelka
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Old 20-10-2015, 21:58
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Just Dare Devil's 6 is wrong

7,8
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Old 20-10-2015, 21:59
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1) Pilot
2) Clock
3) 750
4) Temperature
6) Anelka

Thanks for the ...on this day... big fan of LOTR but didnt know that !
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Old 20-10-2015, 22:00
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All correct Barracute, and I knew you'd appreciate that

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Old 20-10-2015, 22:38
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8. Stravinsky
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Old 20-10-2015, 23:42
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1.What P is a professional who can fly a plane? Pilot.
2.In the nursery rhyme hickory dickory dock, what did the mouse run up? The clock.
3.What is one quarter of 3000? 750.
4.In science, what is a thermometer used to measure? Temperature.
5.Which small, thin sausage takes its name from the Italian word for an onion? Chipolata?
6.Which footballer caused controversy after making a gesture known as a quenelle after scoring for West Bromwich Albion against West Ham in December 2013? Nicolas Anelka.
7.Situated close to the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, what is Iran's second largest city?
8.In a fountain outside the Pompidou Centre outsdie Paris, a nightingale, a mermaid and a firebird are among the sculptures representing the work of which Russian composer?
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Old 21-10-2015, 21:52
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Stravinsky is right damianswife and 6/6 will.
7-Mashhad

1.If you make a bad start with somebody, you have said to get off on the wrong.... what?
2.The song Auld Lang Syne is traditionally sung at what time - midday or midnight?
3.What F goes before softener and conditioner in substances used in laundry?
4.The name of which fruit sounds the same as two matching items?
5.In politics, who was elected leader of the Labour Party last month?
6.NSA are the initials of which American intelligence organization?
7.In physics, what word describes the emission of light from a fluid caused by the passage of sound waves through it?
8.In 1488 and 1513, two successive kings of Scotland died in battle. Who were they?
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Old 21-10-2015, 21:55
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1 Foot
2 Midnight
3 Fabric
4 Pear
5 Jeremy Corbyn
6 National Security Agency
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Old 21-10-2015, 21:56
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6/6 bcdee
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Old 21-10-2015, 21:59
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1 foot
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3. fabric
4. pear
5. Jeremy Corbyn
6 National Security Agency
7. sonoluminescence
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Old 21-10-2015, 21:59
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7/7 Sallysally

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Old 21-10-2015, 22:00
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1) Foot
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Old 21-10-2015, 22:08
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Old 21-10-2015, 23:15
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1.If you make a bad start with somebody, you have said to get off on the wrong.... what? Foot.
2.The song Auld Lang Syne is traditionally sung at what time - midday or midnight? Midnight.
3.What F goes before softener and conditioner in substances used in laundry? Fabric.
4.The name of which fruit sounds the same as two matching items? Pear.
5.In politics, who was elected leader of the Labour Party last month? Jeremy Corbyn.
6.NSA are the initials of which American intelligence organization?
7.In physics, what word describes the emission of light from a fluid caused by the passage of sound waves through it?
8.In 1488 and 1513, two successive kings of Scotland died in battle. Who were they?
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Old 21-10-2015, 23:24
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1. Foot
2. Midnight
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5. Jeremy Corbyn
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Old 22-10-2015, 21:51
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All correct eugenespeed, will and Dare Devil from last night.

1.In butter substitutes, the word marg is an abbreviation of which word?
2.On a payslip, what does the tax NI stand for?
3.By what three initials is an electrocardiogram commonly known?
4.In nature, jackals, foxes and wolves belong to which order of animals?
5.Current affairs: who is the Chinese President that is currently visiting the UK?
6.Quotations: which film director said "Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon"?
7.Which ship was named after a Roman province of north-western Africa, and was the sister ship of the Lusitania, sunk by a U-boat in 1915?
8.In Egyptian mythology, Amon is the creator of the world and Ra maintains it by means of the passage of the sun. Who created man and gave him wisdom?
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Old 22-10-2015, 21:54
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1. Margarine
2. National Insurance
3. ECG?
5. Xi Ching?
6. Steven Spielberg?
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Old 22-10-2015, 21:54
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4 Cats
5 Xi
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Old 22-10-2015, 21:57
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5 and 6 are wrong Dare Devil, but I'll accept Xi, bcdee

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