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Old 04-01-2016, 21:57
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Just 7 is wrong bcdee

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Old 04-01-2016, 21:57
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1. Conservative
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6. Volkswagen?
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Old 04-01-2016, 21:58
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1.Who won the General Election? David Cameron/Conservatives.
2.What new introduction to the driving test will last around 20 minutes?
3.What letter goes after Apple iphone 6, which was released in September? S.
4.What is the name of the royal baby born in May? Charlotte.
5.Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson was the biggest-selling song of the year. It featured vocals by which singer? Bruno Mars.
6.Which car manufacturer admitted rigging diesel emission tests? Volkswagen.
7.Sevilla retained the Europa League trophy by beating which team 3-2 in the final in Warsaw?
8.In which European capital city were the multiple attacks by ISIL, resulting in 130 fatalities? Paris.
9.Who was the first Jamaican-born author to win the Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings?
10.Whose painting, Woman of Algiers, became the most expensive painting ever sold at £102.6m?
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Old 04-01-2016, 21:58
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Happy New Year everyone!


1. The Conservative Party
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4. Charlotte
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6. Volkswagen
7. Barcelona?
8. Paris
9. Marlon James
10. Picasso?
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Old 04-01-2016, 21:58
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Just 4 is wrong Brracute and all correct will

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Old 04-01-2016, 21:59
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Old 04-01-2016, 22:57
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1. Conservatives. Not a result I had even considered!
2. Independent driving? had no idea that was a new part to the test.
3. S
4. Charlotte
5. Bruno Mars
6. VW
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Old 05-01-2016, 00:20
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2. Persuading a traffic warden not to give you a ticket...






then making a quick getaway on a motorway
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Old 05-01-2016, 00:26
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1.Who won the General Election?
CONSERVATIVES
2.What new introduction to the driving test will last around 20 minutes?
SATNAV
3.What letter goes after Apple iphone 6, which was released in September?
S
4.What is the name of the royal baby born in May?
CHARLOTTE
5.Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson was the biggest-selling song of the year. It featured vocals by which singer?
BRUNO MARS
6.Which car manufacturer admitted rigging diesel emission tests?
VOLKSWAGEN
7.Sevilla retained the Europa League trophy by beating which team 3-2 in the final in Warsaw?
BARCELONA??
8.In which European capital city were the multiple attacks by ISIL, resulting in 130 fatalities?
PARIS
9.Who was the first Jamaican-born author to win the Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings?
PASS
10.Whose painting, Woman of Algiers, became the most expensive painting ever sold at £102.6m?
PASS
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Old 05-01-2016, 20:23
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1. Conservatives
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4. Charlotte
5. Bruno Mars
6. Volkswagen
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Old 05-01-2016, 21:36
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2/2 from last quiz will and just 8 is wrong Hieronymous. A happy new year, and a warm welcome back to you all. We start the new year as usual by looking back at the previous one

1.Who won the General Election?
Conservatives


2.What new introduction to the driving test will last around 20 minutes?
Hazard perception?


3.What letter goes after Apple iphone 6, which was released in September?
No eye deer


4.What is the name of the royal baby born in May?
Charlotte


5.Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson was the biggest-selling song of the year. It featured vocals by which singer?
Josef Locke?


6.Which car manufacturer admitted rigging diesel emission tests?
Volkswagen


7.Sevilla retained the Europa League trophy by beating which team 3-2 in the final in Warsaw?
?

8.In which European capital city were the multiple attacks by ISIL, resulting in 130 fatalities?
Paris

9.Who was the first Jamaican-born author to win the Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings?
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10.Whose painting, Woman of Algiers, became the most expensive painting ever sold at £102.6m?
Leonardo da Vinci?
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Old 05-01-2016, 21:52
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Just 2 is wrong Dare Devil, 7 PrincessEssex, all correct P_P, and 2, 5,10 are wrong Hieronymous

1.What is 129-56?
2.In nature, what does a mole prefer to eat - grass or earthworms?
3.According to the proverb, a stitch in time saves what?
4.In cricket, what B is the name given to the player who delivers the ball to the batsman during play?
5.What vegetable usually surrounds the steak in a beef wellington?
6.What country borders Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Turkey and Iran?
7.Which chemical element was named after the Greek goddess of the rainbow?
8.Which Stuart monarch married George, son of Frederick III of Denmark?
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Old 05-01-2016, 21:54
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1. 73
2. Grass?
5. Carrot?
6. Kazakhstan?
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Old 05-01-2016, 21:55
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2,5,6 are wrong Dare Devil
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Old 05-01-2016, 21:56
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2. Worms
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Old 05-01-2016, 21:56
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Old 05-01-2016, 21:56
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1 73
2 earthworms
3 Nine
4 Bowler
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6 Iraq
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Old 05-01-2016, 21:57
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All correct bcdee

5,7,8
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Old 05-01-2016, 21:58
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1. 73
2 earthworms
3. nine
4 bowler
5. mushroom
6. Iraq?
7 Iridium
8. Anne
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Old 05-01-2016, 21:59
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8/8 Sallysally

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Old 06-01-2016, 09:07
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Just 2 is wrong Dare Devil, 7 PrincessEssex, all correct P_P, and 2, 5,10 are wrong Hieronymous

1.What is 129-56?
73

2.In nature, what does a mole prefer to eat - grass or earthworms?
Worms

3.According to the proverb, a stitch in time saves what?
Nine

4.In cricket, what B is the name given to the player who delivers the ball to the batsman during play?
Bowler

5.What vegetable usually surrounds the steak in a beef wellington?
Broccoli?

6.What country borders Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Turkey and Iran?
Iraq

7.Which chemical element was named after the Greek goddess of the rainbow?
?

8.Which Stuart monarch married George, son of Frederick III of Denmark?
Queen Anne
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Old 06-01-2016, 11:12
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1.What is 129-56? 73.
2.In nature, what does a mole prefer to eat - grass or earthworms? Worms.
3.According to the proverb, a stitch in time saves what? Nine.
4.In cricket, what B is the name given to the player who delivers the ball to the batsman during play? Bowler.
5.What vegetable usually surrounds the steak in a beef wellington?
6.What country borders Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Turkey and Iran? Iraq?
7.Which chemical element was named after the Greek goddess of the rainbow?
8.Which Stuart monarch married George, son of Frederick III of Denmark?
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Old 06-01-2016, 21:53
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Just 5 is wrong Hieronymous, and all correct will from last night

1.If the temperature is given in degrees f, for what does the f stand for?
2.The volume of what is measured in gills - solids or liquids?
3.In dining etiquette, to which side of a place setting is the main course fawk usually laid from the perspective of the diner?
4.What L can be a varnish or a type of hairspray?
5.In France, what type of vehicle is the T.G.V?
6.Picture: who is this US popstar? http://www.postimage.org/image/41gitwrnl/
7.The title of which novel of 1962 by Vladimir Nabokov is taken from a line spoken in Act Four of Timon of Athens?
8.Containing artwork by Donatello and Giotto, which Franciscan abbey in Florence is the burial place of, amongst others, Michaelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli?
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Old 06-01-2016, 21:55
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1. Fahrenheit
2. Liquid?
3. Left
4. Lacker?
5. a HGV?
6. Taylor Swift
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Old 06-01-2016, 21:56
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1 Fahrenheit
2 Liquids
3 Left
4 Lacquer
5 Train
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