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Old 11-04-2016, 21:52
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Just 6 is wrong from last quiz will
7-Croix de Guerre

Connection 1

1.What relation to you is your mum or dad's father?
2.Which hot star is at the centre of the Solar System and is by far the most important source of energy for life on Earth?
3.What C is a wheeled vehicle, usually horse-drawn?
4.In Greek mythology, what bird did Zeus transform himself into to seduce Hera?
5.What famous barrier divided a German city between 1961 and 1989?

What is the connection?

Connection 2

6.Which 1990s Channel 4 TV game show was originally presented by Richard O'Brien?
7.What was the name of the sailing vessel that Sir Francis Chichester sailed in his round the world trek?
8.In maths,what is two cubed?
9.What precipitation falls in the form of flakes from clouds?
10.What unit of length is equal to 12 inches?

What is the connection?
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Old 11-04-2016, 21:55
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1 Grandad
2 Sun
3 Carriage
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5 Berlin Wall
6 Crystal Maze
7 Golden Hind
8 128
9 Snow
10 One Foot
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Old 11-04-2016, 21:56
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7,8 are wrong bcdee (grandfather for connection)
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Old 11-04-2016, 21:56
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1) Grandfather
2) Sun
3) Carriage
4) Eagle?
5) Berlin Wall

6) The Crystal Maze
7)
8) 8
9) Snow
10) Foot
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Old 11-04-2016, 21:56
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1. Grandfather
2. Sun
3. Cart (one went through the village earlier )
5. Berlin Wall

8. 8
9. Snow
10. Foot

Connections are always like your cryptic clues
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Old 11-04-2016, 21:56
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Conncection 1 Clocks
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Old 11-04-2016, 21:57
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Just 4 is wrong Barracute

4,7,C1,C2
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Old 11-04-2016, 21:58
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Clocks is right for C1 bcdee All correct Dare Devil (carriage for connection)

4,7,C2
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Old 11-04-2016, 21:59
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Connection 1

1. grandfather
2 sun
3. cart
4. swan
5. wall

What is the connection? the only thing I can think of is clocks!

Connection 2

6. crystal maze
7. gypsy moth
8.eight
9. snow
10. foot

What is the connection? types of ball - crystal ball, moth ball etc
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Old 11-04-2016, 22:00
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Just 4 is wrong Sallysally - well done

4
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Old 11-04-2016, 22:01
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Thought clocks was a bit too obvious lol
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Old 12-04-2016, 14:23
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Connection 1

1.What relation to you is your mum or dad's father? Grandfather.
2.Which hot star is at the centre of the Solar System and is by far the most important source of energy for life on Earth? The Sun.
3.What C is a wheeled vehicle, usually horse-drawn? Cart.
4.In Greek mythology, what bird did Zeus transform himself into to seduce Hera?
5.What famous barrier divided a German city between 1961 and 1989? Berlin Wall.

What is the connection?

Connection 2

6.Which 1990s Channel 4 TV game show was originally presented by Richard O'Brien?
7.What was the name of the sailing vessel that Sir Francis Chichester sailed in his round the world trek?
8.In maths,what is two cubed? Eight.
9.What precipitation falls in the form of flakes from clouds? Snow.
10.What unit of length is equal to 12 inches? A foot.

What is the connection?
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Old 12-04-2016, 19:59
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Has to be cuckoo
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Old 12-04-2016, 21:53
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All correct will and cuckoo is right atg

1.What B is a coloured mark on the skin due to injury?
2.The traditional word guessing game is animal, vegetable or... what?
3.What type of primate is a gorilla - monkey or ape?
4.In the nursery ryhme, who did Georgy Porgy kiss to make them cry?
5.Which horse won the 2016 Grand National?
6.Which city was the intended destination of the ocean liner Titanic?
7.Which royal residence in England was best known as the official home of Diana, Princess of Wales?
8.Which French artist painted pictures to celebrate Louis Bleriot's first flight across the English Channel in 1909?
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Old 12-04-2016, 21:56
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1. bruise
2. mineral
3 ape
4. girls
5. Rule the World
6. New York
7. Kensington Palace
8.
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Old 12-04-2016, 21:57
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7/8 Sallysally Did you have a flutter?

8
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Old 12-04-2016, 22:04
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1.What B is a coloured mark on the skin due to injury? Bruise.
2.The traditional word guessing game is animal, vegetable or... what? Country?
3.What type of primate is a gorilla - monkey or ape? Monkey.
4.In the nursery ryhme, who did Georgy Porgy kiss to make them cry?
5.Which horse won the 2016 Grand National?
6.Which city was the intended destination of the ocean liner Titanic?
7.Which royal residence in England was best known as the official home of Diana, Princess of Wales?
8.Which French artist painted pictures to celebrate Louis Bleriot's first flight across the English Channel in 1909?
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Old 12-04-2016, 22:06
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7/8 Sallysally Did you have a flutter?

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Used to, when the kids were little - everyone put in 50p, picked a horse at random and the closest to the winner got the lot! Usually spent on ice-cream.

Now, don't even watch it on TV.
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Old 12-04-2016, 22:13
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1 Bruise
2 Mineral
3 Ape
4 Girls
5 Rule The World
6 New York
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Old 13-04-2016, 02:57
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1. Bruise
3. Ape
5. Rule the world
7. Buckingham Palace?
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Old 13-04-2016, 21:53
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2,3 are wrong will, 6/6 bcdee, and 7 is wrong Dare Devil
8-Robert Delaunay

1.In the dish known as bangers and mash, which word represents the sausage element?
2.In maths, the prefix semi represents which fraction?
3.What B is a liquid chemical that can whiten materials by removing their colour and is also used to steralise drains and sinks?
4.Flo, Florrie and Flossie are all shortened forms of which girl's name that is also a city in Italy?
5.Who was nominated for Best Actor at this year's Oscars for biopic Steve Jobs, but lost out to Leonardo DiCaprio?
6.In which novel of 2007 by Ian McEwan do Edward and Florence spend their wedding night at a hotel on the Dorset coast?
7.The Strait of Hormuz separates Iran from the Musandam Peninsula, an exclave of which country?
8.Which white, crystalline carboxylic was first derived from rowan berries, and is used to inhibit mould growth?
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Old 13-04-2016, 21:54
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1. Sausage
2. Half?
3. Bleach
4. Florence
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Old 13-04-2016, 21:55
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Old 13-04-2016, 21:57
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5. MIchael Fassbender
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Old 13-04-2016, 21:57
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Just 1 is wrong Barracute and 4/4 bcdee

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