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Old 18-11-2015, 21:57
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1.Gentlemen
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3.common cold
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5.Barney
6.Antarctica
7.Real Madrid (although there is not Portuguese flag, so I doubt this)
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Old 18-11-2015, 21:58
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Just 7 is wrong AxG
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Old 18-11-2015, 21:58
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1. gentlemen
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4. discretion
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Oh dear, very poor from me tonight!
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Old 18-11-2015, 21:59
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Old 18-11-2015, 21:59
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Old 18-11-2015, 21:59
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Old 18-11-2015, 22:01
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5/5 Sallysally, 3/3 binbits, 4/4 Barracute, and just 6 is wrong bcdee

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Old 19-11-2015, 11:36
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Old 19-11-2015, 15:10
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1.The traditional announcement made at the beginning of a night of entertainment is good evening ladies and... what? Gentlemen.
2.In the theatre, the booth where tickets can be purchased is the box... what? Office.
3.Which of these is contagious - bad breath or common cold? Common cold.
4.According to the proverb, what D is the better part of valour?
5.In TV's The Simpsons, who is the drunken character who frequents Moe's Tavern?
6.Into which continent is the Weddell Sea a large inlet of the South Atlantic ocean? South America?
7.Picture: which club's goalscorers this season have come from these countries? http://www.postimage.org/image/ctn6v9hw7/ Arsenal. (Just as an aside, Joel Campbell is from Costa Rica not Czech Republic so that flag is wrong. )
8.Name the last of Hitler's so-called unsinkable battleships that was sunk by Lancaster bombers in a Norwegian fjord on 12 November 1944?
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Old 19-11-2015, 18:14
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1. Gentlemen
2. Office
3. Common Cold
5. Barney
6. South America?
7. Arsenal? - Presume the Welsh flag is for Aaron Ramsey or Gareth Bale but went for Ramsey as he plays for a British team
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Old 19-11-2015, 21:52
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3/3 Dare Devil, just 6 is wrong will (I'll tell the website ) just 6 is wrong P_P
8-Tirpitz

1.In healthcare, an optometrist is concerned with which of the senses?
2.What musical instrument goes after shoe and before pipe?
3.What M is both a large cup usually with straight sides, and a slang term for a face?
4.If you own a house and the land it stands on outright, it is known as - freehold or leasehold?
5.Of which country is a francophile a lover of?
6.Quotations: which sci-fi author said "People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do"?
7.Which Scottish scientist, after whom a law on the diffusion of gases is named, coined the term osmosis?
8.Having surveyed Stonehenge, which archaeologist turned to Egyptology from 1881 - he began by surveying Giza and excavating the mounds of Tanis and Naucratis?
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Old 19-11-2015, 21:56
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1) Eyesight
2) Horn
3) Mug
4) Freehold
5) France
6) Arthur C Clarke?
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Old 19-11-2015, 21:57
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1.eyes
2.bag
3. mug
4. freehold
5.France
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Old 19-11-2015, 21:58
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Just binbits's 2, Barracute's 6 are wrong

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Old 19-11-2015, 22:01
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8) Howard Carter
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Old 19-11-2015, 22:09
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6. Douglas Adams
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Old 20-11-2015, 11:48
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1. Sight
2. Horn
4. Freehold
5. educated guess, France?
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Old 20-11-2015, 12:22
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6,8 are wrong and 4/4 Dare Devil
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Old 20-11-2015, 13:24
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1.In healthcare, an optometrist is concerned with which of the senses? Sight.
2.What musical instrument goes after shoe and before pipe? Horn?
3.What M is both a large cup usually with straight sides, and a slang term for a face? Mug.
4.If you own a house and the land it stands on outright, it is known as - freehold or leasehold? Freehold.
5.Of which country is a francophile a lover of? France.
6.Quotations: which sci-fi author said "People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do"?
7.Which Scottish scientist, after whom a law on the diffusion of gases is named, coined the term osmosis?
8.Having surveyed Stonehenge, which archaeologist turned to Egyptology from 1881 - he began by surveying Giza and excavating the mounds of Tanis and Naucratis?
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Old 20-11-2015, 13:30
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6. Isaac Asimov
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Old 21-11-2015, 02:08
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8. Tony Robinson
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Old 23-11-2015, 21:51
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Maybe 8. Lord Carnarvon.
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Old 23-11-2015, 21:55
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My Computer is playing up, so I am unable to post tonight's quiz. Hopefully, I'll be back with you all tomorrow
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Old 23-11-2015, 21:56
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Too bad
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Old 23-11-2015, 21:59
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Ok thanks for leting us know QM see you tomorrow !
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