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2. pencil 3. welcome 4. heart 5. Djokovich 6 7. Mauretania? 8. |
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2. Pencil 3. Welcome 4. Heart 5. The one and only Novac Djokovic 6. Kazahzstan? 8. AC as in alternating current?? |
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7. Mauritania
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1.What is 135 - 59? 76.
2.What writing implement goes before case and sharpener? Pencil. 3.What W is the word traditionally written on a doormat at the front of a house? Welcome. 4.The ticker is slang for which vital organ of the human body? Heart. 5.Who is this tennis player? http://www.postimage.org/image/4lqkhmfoh/ Novak Djokovic. 6.Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world. Which landlocked Asian country is the ninth largest? India? 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 physics, what term describes the process of varying an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating signal, especially in order to impress a signal on it? |
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Quiz night 4/5 16,198
From last night - all correct except Dare Devil's 8, and will's 6
1.Which month of the year falls between June and August? 2.28 pounds is equivalent to how many stones? 3.What F is a brittle piece of fibrous material inserted between the teeth? 4.In furniture, what is a chesterfield? 5.Which comedy actor provides the voice of Baloo in the 2016 version of The Jungle Book? 6.In nature, what type of animal is the African beisa? 7.In which Asian country are the Karen languages of Taungthu and Pwo spoken? 8.The identitiy of which French peasant was the central issue of a trial held in 1560 in the town of Rieux in the South of France? |
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1) July
2) 2 3) Filling 4) Sideboard |
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1, July
2. 2? 3. Floss 4. Drawers? 6. Elephant |
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3,4 are wrong Barracute, 4,6 Dare Devil
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2 2 3. floss 4. sofa 5. Bill Murray 6 antelope? 7. Burma? 8. |
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7/7 Sallysally
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Quiz night 5/5 16,206
8-Martin Guerre
1.What A is the word that means so be it, and is often spoken at the end of prayers? 2.IN the UK, CORGI was an organisation concerned with what power - gas or electricity? 3.What are the colour of the gloves worn by snooker referees? 4.On petrol station nozzles, the colour green typically indicates which type of petrol? 5.In politics, what does SNP stnad for? 6.In trigonometry, which function of an angle in a right-angled triangle can be found by dividing the length of the side adjacent to the angle by the length of the hypotenuse? 7.Quotations: "Here is something more terrible than Cain killing Abel; it is Washington killing Spartacus." These words of Victor Hugo refer to the execution of which US abolitionist after an attack on a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in Virginia in 1859? 8.From the Latin meaning to shear, what term denotes the shaving of the crown of the head in the Roman Catholic church before 1972 on admission to the priesthood or a monastic order? |
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1) Amen
2) Gas 3) White 5) Scottish National Party |
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4/4 Barrcaute
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1 amen
2. gas 3. white 4 unleaded petrol 5. Scottish National Party 6. 7. 8. tonsure? |
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All correct Sallysally
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1. Amen
2. Electric? 3. White 4. Unleaded 5. Scottish National Party 6. Cosine? Something to do with SOHCAHTOA anyway
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1.Which month of the year falls between June and August? July.
2.28 pounds is equivalent to how many stones? Two. 3.What F is a brittle piece of fibrous material inserted between the teeth? Floss. 4.In furniture, what is a chesterfield? Table? 5.Which comedy actor provides the voice of Baloo in the 2016 version of The Jungle Book? 6.In nature, what type of animal is the African beisa? 7.In which Asian country are the Karen languages of Taungthu and Pwo spoken? 8.The identitiy of which French peasant was the central issue of a trial held in 1560 in the town of Rieux in the South of France? 1.What A is the word that means so be it, and is often spoken at the end of prayers? Amen. 2.IN the UK, CORGI was an organisation concerned with what power - gas or electricity? Gas. 3.What are the colour of the gloves worn by snooker referees? White. 4.On petrol station nozzles, the colour green typically indicates which type of petrol? Unleaded. 5.In politics, what does SNP stand for? Scottish National Party. 6.In trigonometry, which function of an angle in a right-angled triangle can be found by dividing the length of the side adjacent to the angle by the length of the hypotenuse? Cosine. 7.Quotations: "Here is something more terrible than Cain killing Abel; it is Washington killing Spartacus." These words of Victor Hugo refer to the execution of which US abolitionist after an attack on a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in Virginia in 1859? 8.From the Latin meaning to shear, what term denotes the shaving of the crown of the head in the Roman Catholic church before 1972 on admission to the priesthood or a monastic order? |
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Quiz night 9/5 May
Just 2 is wrong from first quiz Dare Devil, and all correct from both quizzes will. We start this week with a May quiz.
1.On what day of the week is the May Day Bank Holiday? 2.The month of May falls in which season? 3.Dancing around what object is traditional on the May Day Bank Holiday? 4.Who had a UK number 1 hit in 1971 with Maggie May? 5.Who played the solicitor Alec Callender in the BBC1 sitcom May to December? 6.Memorial Day is celebrated annually on the last Monday in May in which country? 7.In which British city is it traditional for May Morning revellers to gather below the great Tower of Magdalen College? 8.The cantata The May Queen was composed by which British composer for the opening of Leeds Town Hall in 1858? |
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1 Monday
2 Spring 3 Maypole 4 Rod Stewart 5 6 USA 7 Oxford |
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1) Monday
2) Spring 3) May Pole 4) Rod Stewart 6) USA 7) Oxford |
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All correct bcdee/Barracute
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1. Monday
2. Spring 6. USA? |
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3/3 Dare Devil
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1.On what day of the week is the May Day Bank Holiday? Monday.
2.The month of May falls in which season? Spring. 3.Dancing around what object is traditional on the May Day Bank Holiday? Pole. 4.Who had a UK number 1 hit in 1971 with Maggie May? 5.Who played the solicitor Alec Callender in the BBC1 sitcom May to December? 6.Memorial Day is celebrated annually on the last Monday in May in which country? USA? 7.In which British city is it traditional for May Morning revellers to gather below the great Tower of Magdalen College? 8.The cantata The May Queen was composed by which British composer for the opening of Leeds Town Hall in 1858? |
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