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Old 30-06-2016, 22:03
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4/4 Barracute

6,8
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Old 30-06-2016, 22:27
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8) Bragg
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Old 30-06-2016, 22:58
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Old 01-07-2016, 11:56
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William Bragg is right tanstaafl and 6 is Hornet (The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest)

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Old 01-07-2016, 13:35
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1.Which two-letter word is the opposite of out? In.
2.According to the saying, if people don't fully believe you, they take what you say with a pinch of which condiment? Salt.
3.If something costs a bomb it is said to be what - cheap or expensive? Expensive.
4.Which sport does Andy Murray play professionally? Tennis.
5.The English singer Jessica Cornish is better known by what name? Jessie J.
6.What creature is mentioned in the title in the final book of Stieg Larsson's Millenium Trilogy?
7.Which Australian is the founder of the Wikileaks website?
8.Which physicist constructed the first X-ray spectrometer in 1913, using it, with his son Lawrence to determine crystal structures on the basis that X-rays passing through them are defracted by the regular array of atoms within the crystal?
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Old 04-07-2016, 21:54
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5/5 from last quiz will.

1.What London is to England and Edinburgh is to Scotland?
2.What disposable container is used to contain rubbish in britain?
3.What name is given to small peas in French?
4.Which double Oscar-nominated actress plays the title character in the ITV detective drama Vera?
5.Which American tennis player won his only Wimbledon men's singles title in 1992?
6.Who described herself as "the only sex symbol Britain has produced since Lady Godiva"?
7.Which British naval commander was Horatio Nelson's second in command at the Battle of Trafalgar?
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Old 04-07-2016, 21:57
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1) capital city
2) bin
5) Andre Agassi
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Old 04-07-2016, 21:57
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1 Capital
2 Bin
3 Petit Pois
4 Brenda Blethyn
5 Jim Courier
6 Kate Moss
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Old 04-07-2016, 21:58
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3/3 neil, 5 and 6 are wrong bcdee. I should have worded q2 differently - I was thinking bin bag
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Old 04-07-2016, 21:59
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1) Capital
2) Bin
3) Petit Pois
4) Brenda Blethyn
5) Andre Agassi
6) Katie Price (joke!)
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Old 04-07-2016, 22:02
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Just 6 is wrong Barracute
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Old 04-07-2016, 22:20
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1. capital city
2. bin bag?
3. petit pois
4. Brenda Blethyn
5. Arthur Ashe
6. Diana Dors
7.
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Old 05-07-2016, 12:06
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Just 5 is wrong Sallysally

7-Cuthbert Collingwood

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Old 05-07-2016, 13:35
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1.What London is to England and Edinburgh is to Scotland? Capital City.
2.What disposable container is used to contain rubbish in Britain? Bin Bag.
3.What name is given to small peas in French? Petit Pois.
4.Which double Oscar-nominated actress plays the title character in the ITV detective drama Vera?
5.Which American tennis player won his only Wimbledon men's singles title in 1992?
6.Who described herself as "the only sex symbol Britain has produced since Lady Godiva"?
7.Which British naval commander was Horatio Nelson's second in command at the Battle of Trafalgar?
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Old 05-07-2016, 19:34
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1) Capital Cities.
2) A dustbin.
3) Petits Pois
4) Penelope Wilton?
5) John McEnroe
6) Kate Moss
7) Thomas Hardy
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Old 05-07-2016, 21:53
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3/3 will and 4-7 are wrong Chief_Wiggum

1.What L are there 26 of in the British alphabet?
2.The secret service number of James Bond is 00 - 6 or 7?
3.What time is 15 hours after midday?
4.Which two colours of the rainbow come first and last alphabetically?
5.Picture: who is this controversial British broadcaster? http://www.postimage.org/image/ril62gpsn/
6.What was the name of the former Russian spy who died in London in 2006 after being poisoned with radioactive polonium-210?
7.Which Italian liqueur is coloured with saffron and contains around 70 herbal ingredients?
8.Anne of Denmark was the wife of which English monarch?
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Old 05-07-2016, 21:55
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1 Letters
2 007
3 3am
4 Blue, Violet
5 Jeremy Kyle
6 Litchenko
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Old 05-07-2016, 21:56
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Just 6 is wrong bcdee
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Old 05-07-2016, 22:01
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1 Letters
2. 7
3. 3am
4. blue, violet
5. Jeremy Kyle?
6. Litvinenko
7. Strega
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Old 05-07-2016, 22:01
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1.What L are there 26 of in the British alphabet? Letters.
2.The secret service number of James Bond is 00 - 6 or 7? 7.
3.What time is 15 hours after midday? 3am.
4.Which two colours of the rainbow come first and last alphabetically? Blue and Violet.
5.Picture: who is this controversial British broadcaster? http://www.postimage.org/image/ril62gpsn/ Jeremy Kyle.
6.What was the name of the former Russian spy who died in London in 2006 after being poisoned with radioactive polonium-210?
7.Which Italian liqueur is coloured with saffron and contains around 70 herbal ingredients?
8.Anne of Denmark was the wife of which English monarch?
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Old 05-07-2016, 22:02
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1) Letters
2) 007
3) 12.15
4) Blue and Yellow
5) Jeremy Kyle
7) Henry V111
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Old 05-07-2016, 22:04
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7/8 Sallysally 5/5 will, and 3,7 are wrong Barracute

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Old 05-07-2016, 22:18
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8. James I
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Old 05-07-2016, 23:42
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1) Letters
2) 007
3) 3am
4) Blue and Yellow
5) Jeremy Kyle
6) Alexander Litvinenko
7) -
8) George I?
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Old 06-07-2016, 21:52
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James I is right tanstaafl and just 8 is wrong Chief_Wiggum

1.In the human body, there are normally how many toes on each foot?
2.What is the usual three-letter abbreviation of the word magazine?
3.A calorie is a measure of what - energy or fat content?
4.What word goes after boxing and before puppet?
5.In November 2015, which Canadian singer broke the UK chart record for having the most tracks in the top 40 with eight songs?
6.The Stait of Hormuz separates Iran from the Musandam Peninsula, an exclave of which country?
7.Which two British explorers became, in February 1858, the first Europeans to reach Lake Tanganyika?
8.Which mythological hybrid is the offspring of a griffin and a mare, and appears in Cano Four of the sixteenth-century poem Orlando Furioso?
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