1.In food, what are pecans and pistachios? Nuts.
2.The phrase tickling the ivories refers to the playing of which keyboard instrument? Piano.
3.What three-letter word is the dense coat of hair found on many animals? Fur.
4.How many inches are there in two feet? 24.
5.In the board game Monopoly, how much do you receive for passing Go? £200.
6.Who became Formula 1 World Champion for the first time in 1994? Michael Schumacher.
7.Picture: name this famous building? http://www.postimage.org/image/5owpjix37/
8.Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954, and the Nobel Prize in Peace eight years later, the only man ever to be awarded both?

All correct from last quiz will.
7-Windsor Castle
8-Linus Pauling

1.What name involving wooden shoes is the name given to an irritatingly knowledgeable person?
2.How many units of time make up one minute?
3.With which boy band did Lulu sing Relight My Fire in a 1993 hit single?
4.Which small Scottish breed of dog is also a character in Sir Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering?
5.Who was the love interest of the outlaw Robin Hood?
6.Who was the first African-American man to win a Grand Slam singles title, at the US Open in 1968?
7.Who composed the 1924 musical composition Rhapsody in Blue?

1 Clever Clogs
2 Sixty Seconds
3 Take That
4
5 Maid Marion
6 Arthur Ashe
7 Edward Elgar

1. Smart alek?
2. 60 seconds
3. Take That
4. Terrier??

1) Clever Clogs
2) 60 seconds
3) Boyzone
5) Maid Marian
6) Arthur Ashe
7) George Gershwin

Just 7 is wrong bcdee, 1, 4 Dare Devil

4,7

Just 3 is wrong Barracute

4,7

4-Dandie Dinmont

1.Which point on a compass is abbreviated to nw?
2.Which of the sensory organs in the head produces wax?
3.What is the third vowel in the English alphabet?
4.Of which form of transport are coupe and convertibles examples?
5.I Will Never Let You Down became which singer's fourth UK number one in 2014?
6.The World Heritage Site of the Jurassic Coast is located in which two counties of England?
7.In politics, who was the last Governor of Hong Kong?
8.What is the name of the Swedish warship that sank in 1628, was raised from the sea bed and is now preserved in Stockholm?

1. North west
2. Ears
3. I
4. Cars

1) North West
2) Ear
3) I
4) Car
5) Adele
7) Chris Patton

1 North West
2 Ears
3 I
4 Cars
5 Rita Ora
6 Cornwall and Devon
7 Chris.....

All correct except Barracute's 5, bcdee's 6 (Cornwall)

6,8

1.What name involving wooden shoes is the name given to an irritatingly knowledgeable person? Clever Cloggs
2.How many units of time make up one minute? Sixty Seconds.
3.With which boy band did Lulu sing Relight My Fire in a 1993 hit single? Take That.
4.Which small Scottish breed of dog is also a character in Sir Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering?
5.Who was the love interest of the outlaw Robin Hood?
6.Who was the first African-American man to win a Grand Slam singles title, at the US Open in 1968?
7.Who composed the 1924 musical composition Rhapsody in Blue?

1.Which point on a compass is abbreviated to nw? North West.
2.Which of the sensory organs in the head produces wax? Ears.
3.What is the third vowel in the English alphabet? I.
4.Of which form of transport are coupe and convertibles examples? Car.
5.I Will Never Let You Down became which singer's fourth UK number one in 2014? Rita Ora.
6.The World Heritage Site of the Jurassic Coast is located in which two counties of England?
7.In politics, who was the last Governor of Hong Kong?
8.What is the name of the Swedish warship that sank in 1628, was raised from the sea bed and is now preserved in Stockholm?

All correct will for both quizzes.
6-Devon and Dorset
8-Vasa

1.What is the usual term for the type of weather that is said to spit and drizzle?
2.What is the usual name of the folded paper case in which a letter is posted and bears the address of the recipient?
3.People who live in adjacent homes are known as next-door.... what?
4.Where on the body would a choker be worn?
5.What colours are the two discs used in a game of Connect4?
6.Which spirit is mixed with lillet and vermouth to make a Hoots Mon cocktail?
7.Which English statesman, scientist and lawyer died after catching pneumonia when stuffing a chicken with snow to test the effects of freezing meat?
8.Who invented the artificial language Esperanto?

1) Rain
2) Envelope
3) Neighbours
4) Neck
5) Blue and Yellow

1 Rain
2 Envelope
3 Neighbours
4 Neck
5 Red and Yellow
6 Whisky

Just 5 is wrong Barracute (Blue)

6/6 bcdee

7,8

Is Francis Bacon No 7?

1.What is the usual term for the type of weather that is said to spit and drizzle? Rain.
2.What is the usual name of the folded paper case in which a letter is posted and bears the address of the recipient? Envelope.
3.People who live in adjacent homes are known as next-door.... what? Neighbours.
4.Where on the body would a choker be worn? Neck.
5.What colours are the two discs used in a game of Connect4? Red and Yellow?
6.Which spirit is mixed with lillet and vermouth to make a Hoots Mon cocktail?
7.Which English statesman, scientist and lawyer died after catching pneumonia when stuffing a chicken with snow to test the effects of freezing meat?
8.Who invented the artificial language Esperanto?

It is Cissy, and all correct will.
8-Dr Lazarus Ludwig Zamenhof

1.What K is the name for a small shelter for a dog?
2.What is the colour of the flower the buttercup?
3.What is hit by a racket in the sport of badminton - ball or shuttlecock?
4.What is 25% of 1000?
5.Current affairs: which British singer is suing the BBC and South Yorkshire Police over l ive coverage of a raid on his house in 2014?
6.Quotations: which chef, on being appointed a director of Norwich City Football Club, said: "Football and cookery are the two most important subjects in the country"?
7.Which son of Genghis Khan succeeded him as Great Khan in 1227?
8.Viracocha was the creator god in the mythology of which people?

1 Kennel
2 Yellow
3 Shuttlecock
4 250
5 Cliff Richards
6 Delia Smith

6/6 bcdee

It is so nice to be back!

1. kennel
2. yellow
3. shuttlecock
4. 250
5 Cliff Richard
6. Delia Smith
7. Kubla Khan
8 Inca

Just 7 is wrong Sallysally - glad to see you back with us