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Old 12-07-2016, 21:53
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1.Becky is an abbreviated form of which girl's name?
2.What is 37 + 6?
3.What C is a metal drinks container that is opened by a ring pull?
4.In tennis, what is the three-letter word for a winning serve that the opponent cannot reach?
5.£54.85 is the maximum cost for what service to a car?
6.Which annual parade or event in London marks the Queen's official birthday in June?
7.In Greek mythology, what happened to anyone who looked the Gorgons straight in the eye?
8.What is the name given to an exploding star whose luminosity increases greatly before returning to its former strength?
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Old 12-07-2016, 21:55
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5 Topping up widscreen wash in a Mercedes .........an MOT
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Old 12-07-2016, 21:56
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All correct bcdee
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Old 12-07-2016, 21:58
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1. Rebecca.... been at her house all afternoon
2. 43
3. Can
4. Ace?
5. MOT
7. Dragon?
8. Supernova

Got to go for a full house, I know it's wrong but 6. Pagent??

Misread Q7. Turns to stone?
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Old 12-07-2016, 21:59
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6,8 are wrong Dare Devil

8
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Old 12-07-2016, 22:00
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3. can
4. ace
5. MOT
6. Trooping the Colour
7. turned to stone
8. supernova?
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Old 12-07-2016, 22:01
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1) Rebecca
2) 43
3) Can
4) Ace
5) MOT
6) Trooping the colour
7) Blinded?
8) Shooting Star?
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Old 12-07-2016, 22:04
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Just 8 is wrong Sallysally and 7,8 Barracute
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Old 12-07-2016, 22:07
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8. Sorry, meant nova, not supernova
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Old 12-07-2016, 22:16
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1.Becky is an abbreviated form of which girl's name? Rebecca.
2.What is 37 + 6? 43.
3.What C is a metal drinks container that is opened by a ring pull? Can.
4.In tennis, what is the three-letter word for a winning serve that the opponent cannot reach? Ace.
5.£54.85 is the maximum cost for what service to a car? MOT?
6.Which annual parade or event in London marks the Queen's official birthday in June?
7.In Greek mythology, what happened to anyone who looked the Gorgons straight in the eye?
8.What is the name given to an exploding star whose luminosity increases greatly before returning to its former strength?
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Old 12-07-2016, 22:28
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Old 13-07-2016, 08:34
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By the way, quizmaster, what was connection 2 for the quiz earlier this week. I put down cricketers, but you gave no alternative. I would love to know.
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Old 13-07-2016, 11:47
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Just 8 is wrong farmer bob Cricketers was right Sallysally
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Old 13-07-2016, 12:20
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Thanks QM 👍
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Old 13-07-2016, 21:53
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Nova is right Sallysally and 5/5 will. Missed your posts earlier

1.What B is a dairy product that is often spread on bread and toast?
2.On a computer keyboard, which key is at the farthest left hand side?
3.What small shallow dish often accompanies a teacup?
4.What word that means wealth or luck, goes before teller to give a term for a person who makes predictions?
5.In literature, which word goes after Coral and Treasure in the titles of books by R.M Valentine and Robert Louis Stevenson?
6.Which English pudding was known as Dead Man's Arm, because it was often steamed in a shirt sleeve?
7.From which Asian country does the wind instrument bawu originate?
8.A lamb is the emblem of which fourth-century AD Roman virgin and martyr?
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Old 13-07-2016, 21:54
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Old 13-07-2016, 21:56
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5/5 bcdee
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Old 13-07-2016, 21:56
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5. Island
6. jam roly poly
7. china
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Old 13-07-2016, 21:59
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Just 2 is wrong Sallysally

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Old 13-07-2016, 22:04
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1. Butter
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4. Fortune
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Old 13-07-2016, 22:09
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Old 14-07-2016, 13:44
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1.What B is a dairy product that is often spread on bread and toast? Butter.
2.On a computer keyboard, which key is at the farthest left hand side? Escape?
3.What small shallow dish often accompanies a teacup? Saucer.
4.What word that means wealth or luck, goes before teller to give a term for a person who makes predictions? Fortune.
5.In literature, which word goes after Coral and Treasure in the titles of books by R.M Valentine and Robert Louis Stevenson? Island.
6.Which English pudding was known as Dead Man's Arm, because it was often steamed in a shirt sleeve?
7.From which Asian country does the wind instrument bawu originate?
8.A lamb is the emblem of which fourth-century AD Roman virgin and martyr?
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Old 14-07-2016, 21:54
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Last night from Dare Devil - all correct except Dare Devil's 5.
8-St. Agnes

1.What T is the three-letter name for the children's game in which a player tries to touch one of the others who then becomes the chaser?
2.When the phrase po box is featured as part of an address in the UK, the letters po stand for what?
3.In athletics, a bronze medal is awarded to the winner who finishes in which position?
4.If its pickled before it is ripe, which long green salad ingredient is known as a gherkin?
5.Current affairs: who recently became the new British Prime Minister?
6.Picture: a still from which 2016 film? http://www.postimage.org/image/3pj5a0y1t/
7.In which group of Polynesian islands would you find Tahiti?
8.Who was the Viennese physician who first used hypnotism in the treatment of patients in the late eighteenth-century?
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Old 14-07-2016, 21:57
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Old 14-07-2016, 21:57
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1. Tag
2. Post office?
3. Third... I seee what you did there
4. Cucumber?
5. Theresa May
6. Who are gonna call? ..... Ghost Busters!
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