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Quiz night 7/1 11,005
Just 11 is wrong Dare Devil
It's her Sallysally 8-Crufts 11-Cyprus 15-Laure Prouvost 1.According to the proverb, what is in the eye of the beholder? 2.Which fast food company uses the "I'm lovin it" slogan? 3.In art, what C is a coloured writing implement, often made of wax or chalk? 4.What G is the name given to drawings or writings casually scratched into walls or similar surfaces? 5.If you are an employee, which official form should you receive from your employer after the 5th of April each year? 6.What form of alternative therapy uses thin metal needles to stimulate parts of the body? 7.In the game of chess, which piece stands between the Castle and Bishop at the start of the game? 8.What is added to bacardi to make a Cuba Libre? 9.Annapurna is a mountain lying within the boundaries of which country? 10.Lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium and francium are elements belonging to which group in the Periodic Table? 11.Picture: the largest and most complex building in which magnificent ancient middle-eastern city was this audience hall called the apadana? http://www.postimage.org/image/q5pby9wy5/ 12.The Dance of the Seven Veils is an interlude during which opera by Richard Strauss? |
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2 McDonalds 3 Crayon 4 Grafitti 5 P60 6 Acupuncture 7 Knight 8 Cola |
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All correct bcdee
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1. Beauty
2. Mcdonalds 3. Crayon 4. Graffiti 5. P60 6. Accupuncture 7. The Knight 8. Cola and Lime 9. Nepal 10. They're all Alkalis 11. Tehran 12. Salome |
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Just 11 is wrong eugenespeed
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Got caught up in a program Quiz Master, will be here tomorrow
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Damascus?
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Not Damascus
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Quiz night 8/1 11,017
On this day in 1959: General Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed first president of the new Fifth Republic in France
1.What B is an offer you can make at an auction? 2.What is 550 x 3? 3.How many letters are there on the bottom row of a standard computer keyboard? 4.Which of these phrases is used to describe the government unnecessarily interfering in people's lives: A-Granny state B-Mummy State C-Nanny State? 5.Which American state gives its name to a famous dessert called mud pie? 6.Which disco diva was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013? 7.Which national radio station broadcasts on 88 to 91FM? 8.In politics, what term descibes a newly elected Parliament in which no party has an overall majority? 9.Ian Rankin's 1987 novel Knots and Crosses was the first to feature which fictional detective? 10.In nature, what is the name of the endangered wildcat that is native to Spain? 11.A festival commemorating which saint is celebrated in Norway and Sweden each year on 13 December? 12.According to legend, which creatures saved the city of Rome from besieging Gauls in 390 BC? |
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1. Bid
2. 1650 3. 7 4. C 7. Where's Spot when you need him ![]() 8. Coalition |
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1.Bid
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12. Dragon
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Just Dare Devil's 8, Mrs Teapot's 12 are wrong
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1 Bid
2 1650 3 7 I counted ![]() 4 C Nanny State 5 Mississippi 6 7 Radio 2 8 Hung Parliament 9 Ispector Rebus Dare quiz lurker
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1. Bargain
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All correct bcdee (3-you cheater
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1,6,8 are wrong P_P
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1 bid
2. 1650 3. 7 4. Nanny state 5. Mississippi 7. Radio 2 8. hung 9. John Rebus 12. geese? |
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I counted the keys too
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All correct Sallysally
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It's hung parliament before the newly elected government take power. A hung parliament can't have an elected government without a coalition.
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Quote:
I counted the keys too
![]() Well, you had to, didn't you?! Just to be sure, like.
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6. Donna Summer
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Both right eugenespeed
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Quiz night 9/1 11,029
10-Iberian Lynx
1.If you are instructed to formally complete a task you might be told to dot your i's and cross your... what? 2.In popular speech, a person or thing one is pleased to see is "a sight for" what sort of eyes? 3.How many days are there in the last four months of the year? 4.On British roads, what shape is a give way sign? 5.Current affairs: a man has spent 20 years and £80,000 on the world's biggest collection of what: A-Postcards B-Lottery scratchcards C-Stamps 6.The TV series The Royal was mainly set in what type of establishment? 7.What is the name given to the interest rate set by the Bank of England at which it will lend to other financial institutions? 8.Quotations: which English designer and authoress is famously quoted as saying "Life is too short to stuff a mushroom"? 9.The name of which historic building in Spain comes from the Arabic for red castle? 10.In Greek mythology, which god is the patron of thieves and merchants and the protector of travellers? 11.Which Roman soldier and statesman, who was Governor of Britain from 78AD TO 85AD, was the subject of a biography by the historian Tacitus? 12.The painting Domplatz, Mailand was sold at auction in May 2013 for $37, the most for a painting by a living artist. Which German painter created it? |
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