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Old 19-11-2013, 22:02
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Just 8 and 10 are wrong P_P
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Old 19-11-2013, 22:02
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I've seen the first three.
Oh a fan - i see that explains it !



Too late tonight missed all the easy ones
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Old 20-11-2013, 21:53
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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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Old 20-11-2013, 21:54
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1 Royal
2 23:30
3 250
4 Nappy
5 Paul Flowers
6 Rollercoaster
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Old 20-11-2013, 21:55
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All seven correct bcdee
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Old 20-11-2013, 21:56
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1.Royal
2.23:30
3.250
4.Nappie
5.Paul Flowers
6.Roller-coaster?

7.50?
8.
9.
10.
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12.
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Old 20-11-2013, 21:56
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8. Paddy Clark, Ha ha (ha?)
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Old 20-11-2013, 21:57
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All correct AxG, irishguy
9-12
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Old 20-11-2013, 21:57
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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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Old 20-11-2013, 21:58
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Is 9 Robert Boyle?... opps sorry make that question 10
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Old 20-11-2013, 21:59
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6-8 are wrong Barracute
Not him irishguy
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Old 20-11-2013, 22:00
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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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Old 20-11-2013, 22:01
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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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Old 20-11-2013, 22:03
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1. royal
2. 23:30
3. 250
4. Nappy?
5. someone Flower
6. Carousel?
7. 50?
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Old 20-11-2013, 22:04
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Just 6 is wrong Dare Devil
10,11
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Old 20-11-2013, 22:08
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12. The Congress of Vienna (well, that is what my book on Beethoven says!)
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Old 20-11-2013, 22:10
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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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Old 21-11-2013, 21:53
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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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Old 21-11-2013, 21:56
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1 Hatch
2 Autumn
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5 Buy to Let
6 Nadine
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Old 21-11-2013, 21:57
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Just 4 is wrong bcdee
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Old 21-11-2013, 21:57
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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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Old 21-11-2013, 21:58
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Just 8 is wrong Barracute
8-12
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Old 21-11-2013, 21:58
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There is a £100 note

Never knew that !
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Old 21-11-2013, 21:59
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Old 21-11-2013, 22:00
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There is a £100 note There isn't

Never knew that !
Not 384

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