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Old 12-10-2016, 21:58
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All correct Sallysally

8
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Old 13-10-2016, 14:01
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1.How is 2000 represented in Roman numerals - XX or MM? MM.
2.What R is a type of fundraising lottery in which players buy a numbered ticket and win a prize if it is drawn? Raffle.
3.Which of these names is male - Frances or Francis? Francis.
4.In 1970s advertising, Clunk Click Every Trip was the slogan used to encourage the use of which car safety device? Seatbelt.
5.A hexagon has how many sides? Six.
6.According to the New Testament, how many days did Jesus spend in the wilderness being tempted and fasting?
7.At 4,167 metres above sea level, Mount Toubkal is the highest peak in which North African mountain range?
8.Which Admiral died when his flagship HMS Association was wrecked off the Scilly Isles in 1707?
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Old 13-10-2016, 21:53
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All correct will.
8-Sir Cloudesley Shovell

1.What is 90 + 70?
2.According to the nursery rhyme, in order to extract a plum, Little Jack Horner inserted which part of his body into a pie?
3.Most computers can be switched off by using which command - shutdown or boot up?
4.In the home, beds, chairs and cupboards are often referred to as items of... what?
5.Which number in bingo calls is prefixed by the word legs?
6.Which line on the London Underground map, running from Elephant and Castle to Harrow and Wealdstone, is coloured brown?
7.Which astronomer discovered Jupiter's moons Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto?
8.Picture: which Flemish painter painted this? http://www.postimage.org/image/lbegej4m5/
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Old 13-10-2016, 21:56
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1) 160
2) Thumb
3) Shutdown
4) Furniture
5) 11
6) Picadilly
7) Gallileo
8) Reubens
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Old 13-10-2016, 21:57
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Just 6 and 8 are wrong Barracute

6,8
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Old 13-10-2016, 21:58
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1. 160
2. thumb
3. shut down
4. furniture?
5. 11
6. bakerloo
7. Galileo
8. Breughel (sp?)
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Old 13-10-2016, 21:58
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8/8 Sallysally

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Old 14-10-2016, 15:01
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1.What is 90 + 70? 160.
2.According to the nursery rhyme, in order to extract a plum, Little Jack Horner inserted which part of his body into a pie? Thumb?
3.Most computers can be switched off by using which command - shutdown or boot up? Shutdown.
4.In the home, beds, chairs and cupboards are often referred to as items of... what? Furniture.
5.Which number in bingo calls is prefixed by the word legs? Eleven.
6.Which line on the London Underground map, running from Elephant and Castle to Harrow and Wealdstone, is coloured brown?
7.Which astronomer discovered Jupiter's moons Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto?
8.Picture: which Flemish painter painted this? http://www.postimage.org/image/lbegej4m5/
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Old 17-10-2016, 21:54
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All correct from last quiz will.

Connection 1

1.What metal alloy is composed principally of iron and carbon?
2.What part of the body can also be the top part of a grain plant, such as wheat?
3.What word goes after olive and before can?
4.What B is a container or package, often rectangular?
5.What name is given to a kind of trap used for capturing animals?

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Connection 2

6.What red gemstone is traditionally given for a fortieth wedding anniversary?
7.What nickname is given to the names Edward and Theodore?
8. Which eight-century king of Mercia gives his name to an earthwork between the England-Wales border?
9.Which Canadian author wrote Anne of Green Gables?
10.The British fashion label Frost French was run by which British actress?
11.Which American sitcom was loosely based on One Foot in the Grave?

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Old 17-10-2016, 21:56
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2) Head
5) Snare

6) Ruby
7) Teddy
8) Offa
10) Sadie Frost
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Old 17-10-2016, 21:57
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Just 2 is wrong Barracute
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Old 17-10-2016, 21:57
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1. Steel?
4. Box

6. Ruby
7. Ed?
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Old 17-10-2016, 21:58
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2 Ear
3
4 Box
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6 Ruby
7 Teddy
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Old 17-10-2016, 21:58
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Just 7 is wrong Dare Devil

3,9,cs
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Old 17-10-2016, 21:58
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Connection 1 Drums
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Old 17-10-2016, 21:59
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4/4 bcdee

3,9 and connections
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Old 17-10-2016, 21:59
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Drums is right for connection bcdee
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Old 17-10-2016, 22:00
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I think Connection 2 is something to do with American presidents but cant think what

Connection 2 Nixon?
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Old 17-10-2016, 22:01
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Sorry bcdee, nothing to do with American presidents
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Old 17-10-2016, 22:02
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Connection 1

1. steel
2 ear
3. oil
4. box
5. snare
What is the connection? drums

Connection 2

6. ruby
7. teddy
8. Offa
9.
10. Dawn French? ETA SADIE fROST?
11.

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Old 17-10-2016, 22:02
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3. Tree......??
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Old 17-10-2016, 22:05
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All correct Sallysally Not tree Dare Devil

9,C2
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Old 18-10-2016, 14:30
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Connection 1

1.What metal alloy is composed principally of iron and carbon? Steel?
2.What part of the body can also be the top part of a grain plant, such as wheat?
3.What word goes after olive and before can? Oil?
4.What B is a container or package, often rectangular? Box.
5.What name is given to a kind of trap used for capturing animals?

What is the connection?

Connection 2

6.What red gemstone is traditionally given for a fortieth wedding anniversary? Ruby.
7.What nickname is given to the names Edward and Theodore?
8. Which eight-century king of Mercia gives his name to an earthwork between the England-Wales border?
9.Which Canadian author wrote Anne of Green Gables?
10.The British fashion label Frost French was run by which British actress?
11.Which American sitcom was loosely based on One Foot in the Grave?

What is the connection?
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Old 18-10-2016, 21:53
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4/4 will
9-Lucy Laud Montgomery
11-Cosby
Connection - David Blunkett's guide dogs

1.What H is an institution that provides surgical and medical treatment for both in-patients and out-patients?
2.The yolk of an egg is which primary colour?
3.A toupee is worn on which pat of the body - head or leg?
4.What name is shared by an implement used to play a violin and a decorative knot usually with two loops and two loose ends?
5.What accessory in a car might be manufactured by Garmin or Tom-Tom?
6.In 1969, Colonel Gaddafi became the leader of which North African country?
7.As well as Charles Darwin, which Victorian naturalist also came up with the theory of evolution?
8.Which composer died after being run over by a horse-drawn trolley in 1890?
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Old 18-10-2016, 21:55
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1) Hospital
2) Yellow
3) Head
4) Bow
5) Sat Nav
6) Libya
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