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12 Murmillo
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Quiz night 17/12 10,951
11-Sunjammer (it will also carry cremated remains of Gene/Majel Roddenberry and James Doohan)
Murmillo is right Dingbatts 1.According to the saying, on which cloud are you sitting if you are happy? 2.What H is the name for a vigorous long walk or recreational walking tour? 3.Coin-operated gambling machines, which used to give out fruit gums rather than money, are commonly known as what? 4.What name is given to a word whose letters can be rearranged into another word? 5.Current affairs: which two supermarket giants have cut petrol prices by up to 2p a litre in the run up to Christmas? 6.Which actor stars as Nicholas Brody in the multi award-winning US drama series Homeland? 7.Which French educationalist created a system of reading and writing for blind people? 8.Which rank in the Royal Navy is equivalent to the British Army rank of Brigadier? 9.Which Shakespeare play features foolish servants called Speed and Launce? 10.The skeleton of which British philosopher, complete with a wax head, is preserved and on display at University College London? 11.Picture: where in the world? http://www.postimage.org/image/iwxkf606b/ 12.What was the code name of the first atomic bomb test that was carried out in New Mexico in July 1945? |
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2. Hike 3. Fruit Machines 4. Anagram 5. Sainsbury's and Asda........guessing 7. Lois Braille |
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2. Hike 3. Fruit machine 4. Anagram 5. Tesco and Asda 6. Damian Lewis |
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11. Japan
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Not Sainsbury's Mrs Teapot, but rest are right except 11
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1) 9
2) hike 4) anagram 5) Morrison's and ASDA 7) Braille |
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All correct P_P, bcdee except 3 and 8, and neil except Morrisons
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6) Damian Lewis
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Its him Barracute
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8)Commodore
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Not Sainsbury's Mrs Teapot, but rest are right except 11
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10.Jeremy Bentham
11. The Merlion in Singapore 12. Trinity |
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Commodore is right Barracute
All three correct Sallysally 9-The Two Gentlemen of Verona Back tonight
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Quiz night 18/1 10,963
The Christmas quiz is here tomorrow night
![]() 1.The retina, iris, and pupil are parts of which organ of the human body? 2.What word goes after pork and before sticks? 3.What colour is supposed to infuriate a bull? 4.Does a standard British television use the PAL or NTSC video format? 5.Which type of worm describes someone who is excessively fond of studying and reading? 6.Quotations: "Garlic bread, it's the future, I've tasted it" is said by which comedian, playing Brian Potter, in Phoenix Nights? 7.What word is used to describe someone who is neither left nor right-handed, but can use both hands with equal ease? 8.In science, how many atoms are there in a molecule of water? 9.Which city did the poet Matthew Arnold describe, in his poem Thyrsis, as "Sweet city with her dreaming spires"? 10.Cape Akritas, Cape Matapan and Cape Malea are the three promontories at the southern end of which European peninsula? 11.What nickname is given to Tchaikovsky's Third Symphony? 12.According to Greek mythology, what did Cadmus sow in the ground? |
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1 Eye
2 Chop 3 Red 4 PAL 5 Book 6 Peter Kay 7 Ambidextrous 8 Two |
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Just 8 is wrong bcdee
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2) Chop 3) Red 4) Pal 5) Book 7) Ambidextrous (doesnt look right, prob spelt it wrong!) |
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8) One - just had to guess that for a laugh
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All correct Barracute except 8
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8. 3
12 - Dragons teeth |
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Both correct irishguy
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9. Oxford or Cambridge... I'll plump for Oxford!
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1. eye
2.chop 3.red (wrong obviously as they are colour blind) 4. PAL 5. book 6. Peter Kay? 7. ambidextrous 8.3 9. Oxford 10. Its in Greece, I know, but not the name of the peninsula 11. Polish |
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