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Old 22-10-2015, 21:57
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1. Margarine
2. National Insurance
3. ECG
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Old 22-10-2015, 21:58
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3/3 Barracute

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Old 22-10-2015, 22:00
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Old 22-10-2015, 22:31
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4) Canines?
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Old 22-10-2015, 22:32
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I'll not repeat other people's answers, but

7) Mauretania.
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Old 23-10-2015, 01:03
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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?
Margarine.
National Insurance.
ECG.
President Xi Jing ping.
Canines.
Woody Allen.
Mauritania
Kenmu.

I may have used google
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Old 23-10-2015, 06:41
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1.In butter substitutes, the word marg is an abbreviation of which word? Margarine.
2.On a payslip, what does the tax NI stand for? National Insurance.
3.By what three initials is an electrocardiogram commonly known? ECG.
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 23-10-2015, 12:39
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eugenespeed finishes last night and 3/3 will. 4 is dog and 8 is Ptah.
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Old 26-10-2015, 21:51
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Welcome to this week and groupies

1.Name three flavours of crisps?
2.Name the four suits in a standard pack of playing cards?
3.With six UK number one singles, Madonna was the most successful solo artist of the 1980s. Name her songs?
4.Which four colours feature on the flags of Kuwait, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates?
5.Charles Dickens wrote five full length novels (and one novella) with titles that do not include a character's name. Name them?
6.Supergroupies: name the twelve men who walked on the moon between 1969 and 1972?
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Old 26-10-2015, 21:56
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1) Salt N Vnegar, Cheese N Onion and Ready Salted
2) Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts and Spades
3) Holday, Lke a virgn
4) Red, Yellow, Green and Blue
5) The Old Curiosity Shop, Bleak House, Great Expectations
6) Neil Armstrong
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Old 26-10-2015, 21:56
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1. salt & vinegar, smokey bacon, cheese & onion

2. clubs diamonds hearts and spades
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Old 26-10-2015, 21:56
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1 Ready Salted, Salt and Vinegar, Cheese and Onion
2 Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades
3 Like A Virgin, Material Girl, Into the Groove, Crazy For You, True Blue, Holiday
4 Green, Red, Black, White
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6 Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, John Glenn
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Old 26-10-2015, 22:00
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All correct except Barracute's 3 - Holiday, Like A Virgin, yellow and blue, bcdee's 3 - Like A Virgin, Material Girl, Crazy For You, Holiday, 9 - John Glenn

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Old 26-10-2015, 22:02
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3 La Isla Bonita, Papa Don't Preach, Cherish, Like a Prayer
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Old 26-10-2015, 22:07
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5 A Chrstmas Carol
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Old 26-10-2015, 22:25
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1. Salt and vinegar, original, smokey bacon
2. Hearts, diamonds, spades, clubs
3. Like a Virgin, Vogue, Like a prayer?
4. Green, orange, blue, white?
6. Neil Armstrong
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Old 26-10-2015, 22:31
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5. The Pickwick Papers, Hard Tmes, A Tale of Two Cities,
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Old 26-10-2015, 22:45
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1.Name three flavours of crisps? Prawn Cocktail, Ready Salted and Salt & Vinegar.
2.Name the four suits in a standard pack of playing cards? Spades, Hearts, Diamonds and Clubs.
3.With six UK number one singles, Madonna was the most successful solo artist of the 1980s. Name her songs? Like A Virgin, Like A Prayer...
4.Which four colours feature on the flags of Kuwait, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates? Red, Black, Green and White.
5.Charles Dickens wrote five full length novels (and one novella) with titles that do not include a character's name. Name them? A Christmas Carol...
6.Supergroupies: name the twelve men who walked on the moon between 1969 and 1972? Neil Armstrong, Yuri Gagarin...
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Old 27-10-2015, 11:58
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Last night from bcdee - all correct except bcdee's Cherish, Dare Devil's Like A Virgin, Vogue, Orange and blue, will's Like A Virgin, Yuri Gagarin
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Old 27-10-2015, 21:52
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The other Madonna hit is Who's That Girl. The complete list of the 12 men are Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Pete Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, John W. Young, Charles Duke, Eugene Cernan, and Harrison Schmitt

1.What is the standard two-letter abbreviation of the word kilogram?
2.Birthday cards for children can come with a detachable badge that displays a number representing the recipients what?
3.In astronomy, which optical instrument consists in its simplest form a single tube with a lens at each end?
4.Coulrophobia is a fear of what circus performers?
5.In maths, a car accelerates from rest at 10 metres per second squared for a period of five seconds. How far has it travelled?
6.Which Argentinian tennis player won the 2009 US Open, defeating Roger Federer in the final?
7.In nature, what is the common name of songbirds of the genus motacilla - British species include the yellow, grey and pied?
8.Which historical event took place just after dawn on 28 April 1789 off the volcanic island of Tofua in the South Pacific?
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Old 27-10-2015, 21:55
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1. Kg
2. Age
3. Telescope
4. Clowns?
5. 50m?
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Old 27-10-2015, 21:55
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1 KG
2 Age
3 Telescope
4 Clowns
5 500 mtrs
6 Juan Martin Del Potro
7 Wagtail
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Old 27-10-2015, 21:56
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Just 5 is wrong Dare Devil
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Old 27-10-2015, 21:56
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Just 5 is wrong bcdee

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Old 27-10-2015, 21:56
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5. 5(10²) = 500m
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