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Old 01-09-2016, 22:02
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1.How many minutes are there in a third of an hour? 20.
2.What F is a small brown spot found on the skin in excess of the pigment melanin? Freckle.
3.Through which medium does sound travel at a greater speed - air or water? Water.
4.What does an odometer measure in a car? Miles travelled?
5.In computing, which video streaming service was founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph? YouTube?
6.What was notable about the 1994 FIFA World Cup final between Brazil and Italy?
7.Which Polish-born Dame established Britain's oldest ballet company in the late 1920s?
8.Who was the Roman goddess of sorcery and witchcraft who haunted crossroads and graveyards?
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Old 01-09-2016, 22:02
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3. Water
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Old 01-09-2016, 22:03
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Just 5 is wrong will and water is right Dare Devil

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Old 05-09-2016, 21:53
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7-Dame Marie Rambert
8-Trivia

Back this week with a new set of groupies

1.What are the next four numbers in this sequence - 1, 3, 5, 7, 9?
2.What three letters are used in the classification of blood?
3.Name three chemical elements that begin with the letter I?
4.Name the five British cyclists who won an individual Olympic gold medal at London 2012 (excluding team events)?
5.What are the eight US Rocky Mountain States?
6.Supergroupies: what are the twelve birthstones for the months of the year?
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Old 05-09-2016, 21:55
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1) 11,13,15,17
2) A,B and O
3) Laura Trott, Jason Kenny,
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Old 05-09-2016, 21:57
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All correct Barracute
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Old 05-09-2016, 21:59
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2 A, B, O
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4 Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny, Bradley Wiggins
5 Arizona, Nevada
6 Sapphire, Amber, Amythest, Emerald, Ruby
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Old 05-09-2016, 22:00
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4 Forgot about female cyclists .........Victoria Pendleton
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Old 05-09-2016, 22:01
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Just amber is wrong bcdee

3-3 left
5-6 left
6-8 left
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Old 05-09-2016, 22:46
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I nearly said Imodium for one of the elements

6 Garnet
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Old 05-09-2016, 22:49
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3.Iron iodine iridium
7. Colorado, washington
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Old 06-09-2016, 21:54
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Garnet is another bcdee, and just Washington is wrong atg.
The others are - Q5-Idaho, Montana, New Mexico Utah and Wyoming, Q6-aquamarine, diamond, pearl, peridot, opal, topaz and turquoise

1.In maths, what is 65 x 4?
2.In cockney rhyming slang, what part of your trousers is a sky rocket?
3.According to the superstition, which article of a bride's attire must the groom not see before the wedding day?
4.What would you do with a baldric - eat it or wear it?
5.For which part of a hospital are the initials ICU an abbreviation?
6.Quotations: which actress said "I'm prouder of my weight loss than my Oscar"?
7.Warriors from which North American Indian nation were massacred by the US 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890?
8.The most notable work of which Roman philosopher was the hexameter poem De Rerum Natura?
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Old 06-09-2016, 21:58
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1) 260
2) Pocket
3) Wedding Dress
4) Wear it
5) Intensive Care Unit
7) Sioux
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Old 06-09-2016, 21:59
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2. Pocket
3. The dress
4. Wear it
5. Intensive Care Unit
6. Jennifer Hudson
7. Lakota
8. Lucretius
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Old 06-09-2016, 22:01
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All correct Barracute and just 7 is wrong eugenspeed

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Old 06-09-2016, 22:10
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I was going to go with Sioux, but thought it was too obvious for a later question.

Anyway, hello
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Old 07-09-2016, 21:54
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1.Often shown on TV, what is an anagram of starved?
2.What mushy vegetables are traditionally served with fish and chips?
3.What parts of your face are protected by goggles?
4.In science, is lime an acid or an alkaline?
5.What George Harrison song topped the charts in 2002, 31 years after it first reached number one?
6.Who returned to Manchester United last month on a five-year contract for an all-time record for highest football transfer fee at just over £89m, surpassing the former record holder Gareth Bale?
7.Oranjestad is the capial city of which tiny island in the Caribbean?
8.What term is used to describe classical music from 1600 to around 1760?
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Old 07-09-2016, 21:57
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1) Adverts
2) Pea's
3) Eyes
4) Alkaline
6) Paul "loadsamoney" Pogba
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Old 07-09-2016, 21:57
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5 My Sweet Lord
6 Paul Pogba
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Old 07-09-2016, 21:58
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Just 4 is wrong bcdee and all correct Barracute

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Old 08-09-2016, 00:29
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Old 08-09-2016, 21:54
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Baroque is right atg, which finished last night

1.What sport represents the letter G in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet?
2.What is the sex of a prima donna singer?
3.By what name is the toy doll Barbara Millicent Roberts better known?
4.In broadcasting, for what do the letters MTV stand for?
5.Which Sunday newspaper was launched on 2 May 1982?
6.The extremely dangerous funnel web spider is native to which country?
7.Crab, the only dog to feature in a Shakespeare play, appeared in which play?
8.Hangul is the name of the alphabet used in which language?
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Old 08-09-2016, 21:57
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3 Barbie
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Old 08-09-2016, 21:58
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Just 5 is wrong bcdee
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Old 08-09-2016, 21:58
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