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Old 13-04-2016, 22:30
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1. Bangers
2. Half
3. Bleach
4. Florence

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Old 13-04-2016, 22:58
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6. Chesil Beach?
8. Borax
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Old 14-04-2016, 21:52
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4/4 Dare Devil and On Chesil Beach is right atg.
8-Sorbic

1.Which organ of the body is said to rumble or growl if hungry?
2.In the children's joke, which line follows Knock, Knock?
3.What is the four-letter abbreviation of the luxury car limousine?
4.In the bible, who was thehusband of eve?
5.Current affairs: which reality TV star was found dead in his hotel room this week?
6.Picture: where in London will you find this statue? http://www.postimage.org/image/shvxfxw6v/
7.Quotations: which British conductor said "The British may not like music, but they love the noise it makes"?
8.The Duke of Lancaster who was both the son of Edward III and the father of Henry IV is usually known by what name, ater his place of birth?
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Old 14-04-2016, 21:55
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1) Stomach
2) Who's there?
3) Limo
4) Adam
5) David Guest
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Old 14-04-2016, 21:55
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1. Stomache
2. Who's there?
3. Limo
4. Adam
5. David Gest
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Old 14-04-2016, 21:55
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1 Stomach
2 Who's there?
3 Limo
4 Adam
5 David Guest
6 Kew Gardens
7 Thomas Beecham
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Old 14-04-2016, 21:55
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5/5 Barracute/Dare Devil
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Old 14-04-2016, 21:56
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Just 6 is wrong bcdee

6,8
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Old 14-04-2016, 21:59
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8. John of Gaunt
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Old 14-04-2016, 22:02
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John of Gaunt is right Sallysally

6
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Old 14-04-2016, 23:25
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1.In the dish known as bangers and mash, which word represents the sausage element? Bangers.
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 sterilise drains and sinks? Bleach?
4.Flo, Florrie and Flossie are all shortened forms of which girl's name that is also a city in Italy? Florence.
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?

1.Which organ of the body is said to rumble or growl if hungry? Stomach.
2.In the children's joke, which line follows Knock, Knock? Who's There?
3.What is the four-letter abbreviation of the luxury car limousine? Limo.
4.In the bible, who was the husband of Eve? Adam.
5.Current affairs: which reality TV star was found dead in his hotel room this week? David Gest.
6.Picture: where in London will you find this statue? http://www.postimage.org/image/shvxfxw6v/
7.Quotations: which British conductor said "The British may not like music, but they love the noise it makes"?
8.The Duke of Lancaster who was both the son of Edward III and the father of Henry IV is usually known by what name, after his place of birth?
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Old 15-04-2016, 12:08
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All correct answers will

6-Great Ormond Street Hospital (Peter Pan)

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Old 15-04-2016, 13:26
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6-Great Ormond Street Hospital (Peter Pan)

ah of course it is !
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Old 18-04-2016, 21:52
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Welcome to this week and another new quiz to start it.

1.What colour fingers are you said to have if you enjoy gardening?
2.What garden pest is an anagram of lugs?
3.What garden implement sounds identical to one of the five vowels?
4.What is the name of the biblical garden, described notably in Genesis?
5.Which gardener hosted the TV series Gardener's World from 1996-2002?
6.Who wrote the classic children's novel The Secret Garden?
7.What is the Japanese art of growing miniature trees called?
8.In which country are the Keukenhof Gardens - the largest flower garden in the world open to the public?
9.The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are attributed to which king who built them to remind his wife of her homeland?
10.Who was the English property developer who left a bequest that helped create a gardening institute in Merton Park, Surrey, where the scientists developed a compost that still bears his name?
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Old 18-04-2016, 21:54
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1 Green
2 Slug
3
4 Eden
5 Alan Tichmarsh
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7 Bonsai
8 Germany
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Old 18-04-2016, 21:54
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1) green
2) slug
3) hoe
4) Eden
5) Alan Titchmarsh
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Old 18-04-2016, 21:55
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2) Slug
3) Hoe
7) Bonsai
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Old 18-04-2016, 21:56
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Just bcdee's 8 is wrong

6,8-10
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Old 18-04-2016, 21:56
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1. Green.
2. Slug
3. Hoe
4. Edam?
5. Alan Titchmarsh
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Old 18-04-2016, 21:57
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Just 4 is wrong Dare Devil

6,8-10
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Old 18-04-2016, 21:58
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1 green
2. slug
3. hoe? (but surely only if you are a cockney?!)
4. eden
5. Alan Titchmarsh
6. Frances Hodgson Burnett
7. bonsai
8. Holland?
9. Nebuchnezzar (sp!)
10. John Innes
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Old 18-04-2016, 22:01
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10/10 Sallysally

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Old 19-04-2016, 14:20
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1.What colour fingers are you said to have if you enjoy gardening? Green.
2.What garden pest is an anagram of lugs? Slug.
3.What garden implement sounds identical to one of the five vowels? Hoe?
4.What is the name of the biblical garden, described notably in Genesis?
5.Which gardener hosted the TV series Gardener's World from 1996-2002? Alan Titchmarsh?
6.Who wrote the classic children's novel The Secret Garden?
7.What is the Japanese art of growing miniature trees called? Bonsai.
8.In which country are the Keukenhof Gardens - the largest flower garden in the world open to the public? Germany?
9.The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are attributed to which king who built them to remind his wife of her homeland?
10.Who was the English property developer who left a bequest that helped create a gardening institute in Merton Park, Surrey, where the scientists developed a compost that still bears his name?
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Old 19-04-2016, 21:53
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Just 8 is wrong from last night will

1.What is 13 x 8?
2.What is the common shortened form of the word memorandum?
3.What G is the general name for a thin sauce made with the juices of meat that has been roasted?
4.In politics, what colour is the front door of 10 Downing Street?
5.Which term for scoring three comes from the tradition of giving a hat to a bowler who took three consecutive wickets in cricket?
6.Mount Logan, which rises to almost 6,000 metres in the St Elias Mountains, is the highest mountain in which country?
7.Also based on the Faust legend, the Mephisto Waltzes were written between 1859 and 1885 by which composer?
8.The son of Marcus Aurelius, which Roman emperor was reputedly strangled in his bath by his wrestling partner Narcissus, after his mistress's attempt to poison him failed?
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Old 19-04-2016, 21:55
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2 Memo
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4 Black
5 Hat trick
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