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Old 18-05-2016, 21:57
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8/8 Sallysally and all correct bcdee and Dare Devil

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Old 18-05-2016, 22:02
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Once again, well done Sally the quiz queen
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Old 18-05-2016, 22:04
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Once again, well done Sally the quiz queen
Thank you but not all my own work though!
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Old 18-05-2016, 22:08
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1. Tooth
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3. Wish
4. Armour
5. Leicester City.
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7. Eiffel Tower
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Old 19-05-2016, 14:47
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1.What is the singular of the word teeth? Tooth.
2.The letter q is almost always followed by which vowel? U.
3.What W is the term for a magical request that can be made when seeing a shooting star or when blowing out birthday candles? Wish.
4.In chivalry, the rescuer of a damsel in distress is known as a knight in shining.... what? Armour.
5.Picture: name the team? http://www.postimage.org/image/nlg737cxt/ Leicester.
6.Which town in Derbyshire is famous for its mineral waters and for being the highest market town in Britain?
7.Quotatios: "You may not doubt that this object, unwanted even in commercial America, is the deflowering of our capital." This statement concluded a protest by notable figures including Zola, Gounod and Dumas against the building of which structure in the late 1880s?
8.The subject of a biography by the historian Tacitus, a statue of which Roman general stands above the doorway of Manchester Town Hall?
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Old 19-05-2016, 21:54
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7/8 eugenespeed and 5/5 will.

1.What term for a circus tent consists of two words that are the direct opposites of small and bottom?
2.In motoring, which word that means without hair is used to describe a tyre that has a worn tread?
3.A daughter is a child who is a family member of which sex?
4.In nature, an owlet is the young of which bird?
5.Which fictional continent is the setting for the TV series Game of Thrones?
6.What is the name of the traditional Kentish tart made with sugar and evaporated or condensed milk?
7.Which British prime minister signed the Munich Agreement with French politician Edouard Deladier in a bid to avoid World War Two?
8.Dedicated to Saint John, which building in Florence has a gilded bronze door known as the Gates of Paradise, designed by Lorenzo Ghiberti?
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Old 19-05-2016, 21:55
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1) Big Top
2) Bald
3) Female
4) Owl
5) Anthony Eden
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Old 19-05-2016, 21:56
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1. Top?
2. Bald
3. Female
4. Too obvious to be owl?
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Old 19-05-2016, 21:57
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1 Big Top
2 Bald
3 Female
4 Owl
5 Wester Oss
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7 Clement Atlee
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Old 19-05-2016, 21:57
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ah got 5 wrong just remembered!


5) Neville Chamberlain
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Old 19-05-2016, 21:58
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All correct except Dare Devil's 1, bcdee's 7

6-8
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Old 19-05-2016, 21:59
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1. big top
2.bald
3. female
4. owl
5. Westeros
6. Gypsy tart
7. Neville Chamberlain?
8. The Baptistry
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Old 19-05-2016, 22:00
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8/8 Sallysally

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Old 19-05-2016, 22:05
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Wow. A couple of guesses there.
Anyway, I have to bid you adieu for a short while. Will be working all hours of the day and night for about 3 weeks now, so many not have time to answer questions.

Have a nice time quizzing! I'll be back as soon as I can.
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Old 20-05-2016, 14:33
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1.What term for a circus tent consists of two words that are the direct opposites of small and bottom? Big top.
2.In motoring, which word that means without hair is used to describe a tyre that has a worn tread? Bald.
3.A daughter is a child who is a family member of which sex? Female.
4.In nature, an owlet is the young of which bird? Owl.
5.Which fictional continent is the setting for the TV series Game of Thrones?
6.What is the name of the traditional Kentish tart made with sugar and evaporated or condensed milk?
7.Which British prime minister signed the Munich Agreement with French politician Edouard Deladier in a bid to avoid World War Two?
8.Dedicated to Saint John, which building in Florence has a gilded bronze door known as the Gates of Paradise, designed by Lorenzo Ghiberti?
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Old 23-05-2016, 21:52
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4/4 from last quiz will.

Connection 1

1.What M can be a spy, a skin marking, or a burrowing mammal?
2.Which London street links Seething Lane in the west to Cooper's Row in the east?
3.What is the first name of the British boxer who beat Oliver McCall in a packed Wembley Stadium in 1995 to win the WBC heavyweight title?
4.What was Renee Zellweger's famous role in a 2001 British romcom?
5.Who served as the Lord Mayor of London (2013-2014)?

What is the connection?

Connection 2

6.What was the first name of Bonnie Parker's infamous partner?
7.Picture: who is this comedian? http://www.postimage.org/image/ajwnkah6j/
8.Famous cricket stadium in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire?
9.What D is a bird that is the symbol of peace?
10.In plane geometry, what is the concave-convex area bounded by two circular arcs?

What is the connection?
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Old 23-05-2016, 21:58
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1) Mole
3) Frank Bruno
4) Bridget Jones

6) Clyde (Barrow)
7) Jack Dee
8) Trent Bridge
9) Dove


No idea on the connections !??!

edit - just had a thought is 2 RIVERS?
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Old 23-05-2016, 22:16
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ok heres a really wild guess for connection 1 -

Diaries?

Adrian MOLE
Anne FRANK
Bridget Jones.....?
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Old 23-05-2016, 22:24
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10. Meniscus?
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Old 23-05-2016, 22:41
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1 Mole
2 Oxford St
3 Frank Bruno
4 Bridget Jones
5 Ken Livingstone

6 Clyde
7 Jack Dee
8 Trent Bridge
9 Dove
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Old 23-05-2016, 22:49
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1. Mole

7. Jack Dee
9. Dove

Monday night special being tough - there's a surprise!
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Old 24-05-2016, 11:57
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Last night from Barracute - all correct except atg's 10, bcdee's 2,5
2-Pepys Street
5-Fiona Woolf
10-Lune

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Old 24-05-2016, 14:32
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Connection 1

1.What M can be a spy, a skin marking, or a burrowing mammal? Mole.
2.Which London street links Seething Lane in the west to Cooper's Row in the east?
3.What is the first name of the British boxer who beat Oliver McCall in a packed Wembley Stadium in 1995 to win the WBC heavyweight title?
4.What was Renee Zellweger's famous role in a 2001 British romcom? Bridget Jones.
5.Who served as the Lord Mayor of London (2013-2014)?

What is the connection?

Connection 2

6.What was the first name of Bonnie Parker's infamous partner? Clyde.
7.Picture: who is this comedian? http://www.postimage.org/image/ajwnkah6j/ Jack Dee.
8.Famous cricket stadium in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire?
9.What D is a bird that is the symbol of peace? Dove.
10.In plane geometry, what is the concave-convex area bounded by two circular arcs?

What is the connection?
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Old 24-05-2016, 21:54
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All correct from last night will.

1.What is 6 - 1?
2.A fish and chip shop is known as what: fishy or chippy?
3.On a digital clock, the numbers on the left hand side of the display represent what units of time?
4.In science, Celsius, Kelvin and Farenheit are all scales used to measure what?
5.Brasilia is the capital of which South American country?
6."He receives comfort like cold porridge." In which play by Shakespeare does Alonso's brother Sebastian say these words?
7.In January 1961, Ham returned safely after being sent into space by the USA. What species was he?
8.What was the name given to the groups of youths instructed by Chairman Mao to expose bourgeois power holders?
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Old 24-05-2016, 21:56
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1) 5
2) Chippy
3) Hours
4) Temperature
5) Brazil
7) Monkey?
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