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Old 11-02-2011, 04:28 PM   #1
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I found some spare questions from last weeks so here they are, in by Sunday 9pm please. Please PM the answers to Ann.

1 Which Surrey town is proposing to change its name because it feels its reputation has been besmirched
by the comic charachter Ali G ?
Staines
2 Which Northern Ireland city is the only complete walled city in the whole of the UK.
Derry/Londondery
3 In crickets county championship, which is the only Welsh side.
Glamorgan
4 What's the name of the small Island of the south-west coast of Mull, where you would find the graves of 48 scottish kings, 4 irish kings and 8 norwegian kings.
Iona
5 Which street in York was voted the most picturesque in 2010 in the country.
The Shambles
6 Who plays Violet, the Dowager Duchess of Grantham, who isn't sure what a weekend is.
Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey
7 Between 1977 and 1983 where did Mr Roake and Tattoo live.
Fantasy Island
8 Which now familiar verb was coined in the late sixties by the tv show Mission Impossible.
Self Destruct
9 What musical instrument does Alan Rickman play in the film Truly Madly Deeply.
Cello
10 Whose screen characters included Rufus T Firefly, Dr Hugo Z Hackenbush and J Cleever Loophole.
Groucho Marx
11 Which European country had queens as head of state throughout the 20th century.
Netherlands
12 Travelling from Johannesburg in which direction would you go to reach Soweto.
South West
13 In which European country is the slow lane of the motorway known as 'the lane of shame'.
Italy
14 'Sur le pont d'avignon' which river did the bridge at Avignon span.
Rhone
15 Who is Miriam Gonzales Durantez married to.
Nick Clegg
16 What two-word name did Winston Churchill give to the severe depressions to which he was occasionally prone.
Black Dog
17 What, during the first world war was renamed 'liberty cabbage' in the UK.
Sauerkraut
18 What is the horizontal beam over a doorway or window called.
Lintel
19 What is the Irish name for a cudgel traditionally made from the wood of the blackthorn bush.
Shilebash
20 What word is given to the veins that drain blood from the head.
Jugular
21 The sea nettle can sting but its not a plant, what type of creature is it.
Jellyfish


Hope its ok


The Winning order is
Marta 18
Mi shelley 13
Linda 7
Geochelonian 5

Congrats to all and thanks for entering.

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Old 12-02-2011, 10:16 PM   #2
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I've only had two entry's so far come on guys
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Old 13-02-2011, 07:04 PM   #4
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3 hours left to do this weeks quiz folks
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Closed many thanks, answers and result now posted

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sorry ann, it's the first one I've ever missed
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I wondered where you were, hope everything is ok
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thanks. I am not usually the type to not be able to laugh at all but I am struggling at the moment.. but I will be back in action soon hopefully
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