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Just 8 and 10 are wrong P_P
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I've seen the first three.
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Quiz night 20/11 10,783
1.What R goes before family and mail?
2.What is 11.30 pm on a 24-hour clock? 3.How many 2p coins are needed to make £5? 4.What disposable item of baby clothing was first introduced in 1949 to Britain? 5.Current affairs: what is the name of the disgraced former Co-operative bank chairman who police are investigating for drugs offences? 6.What type of fairground ride opened for the first time in 1884 at Luna Park in New York? 7.In the board game Scrabble, how many bonus points are awarded if a player uses all seven tiles in a single turn? 8.For which book about a young boy growing up in Dublin did Roddy Doyle win the 1993 Booker Prize? 9.Which canal links the Ionian Sea with the Aegean Sea? 10.Winner of the Copley Medal in 1808, which Manchester-born chemist gives his name to the law that the concentration of a solute gas in a solution is directly proportional to the partial pressure of that gas above the solution? 11.Reigning from 843 to 858, which king was the founder of the dynasty which ruled Scotland for much of the medieval period? 12.What event of 1814 to 1815 led Beethoven to compose the cantata The Glorious Moment? |
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1 Royal
2 23:30 3 250 4 Nappy 5 Paul Flowers 6 Rollercoaster 7 50 |
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All seven correct bcdee
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1.Royal
2.23:30 3.250 4.Nappie 5.Paul Flowers 6.Roller-coaster? 7.50? 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. |
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8. Paddy Clark, Ha ha (ha?)
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All correct AxG, irishguy
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1) Royal
2) 23:30 3) 250 4) disposable nappy? 5) arggggh ! read about him in the paper today but no cant remember !! 6) Ferris Wheel 7) 10? 8) About a boy |
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Is 9 Robert Boyle?... opps sorry make that question 10
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6-8 are wrong Barracute
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1. Royal
2. 23.30 3.250 4. nappy 5 Flowers 6. rollercoaster? 7. 50? 8. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha 9. Corinth 12. the defeat of Napoleon? |
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Just 12 is wrong Sallysally
10-12 I have it as the Congress of Vienna Sallysally. Napoleon's defeat is one of the things mentioned in that so you are correct ![]() 10,11 |
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1. royal
2. 23:30 3. 250 4. Nappy? 5. someone Flower 6. Carousel? 7. 50? |
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Just 6 is wrong Dare Devil
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12. The Congress of Vienna (well, that is what my book on Beethoven says!)
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I have it as that too Sallysally
![]() The immediate background of it was Napoleon's defeat, so on reflection you are right. I did edit a few posts above
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Quiz night 21/11 10,795
10-(William) Henry
11-Kenneth 1.According to the proverb, don't count your chickens until they are what? 2.Which season of the year is known in America as fall? 3.What do the initials VAT stand for? 4.What is the highest value banknote produced by the Bank of England? 5.Which term describes a house that is bought solely to rent out rather than live in? 6.In 2012, which Conservative MP controversially appeared on the reality TV show I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here? 7.Which type of dog has varieties known as flat-coated, curly coated and golden? 8.In mathematics, what is the surface area, in centimetres squared, of a cube whose edges are 4cm in length? 9.The Waikato River, the longest river in New Zealand, enters the Tasman Sea at a point just south of which city? 10.Quotations: which military and political leader said, "Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard"? 11.Who painted the 1856 portrait entitled Madame Moitessier, which is part of the collection of the National Gallery in London? 12.In Norse mythology, what is the name of the land of the elves? |
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Just 4 is wrong bcdee
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1) Hatched
2) Autumn 3) Value Added Tax 4) £50 5) Buy-To-Let 7) Retriever 8) 64cm? |
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Just 8 is wrong Barracute
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There is a £100 note
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There is a £100 note
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