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Only if taken as 100/428.5

i.e. Your 7 answers were correct.

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No need for socks off then...

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Knowing Doc, he can probably count that on one hand.

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Is Doc green socks man?

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should i put my socks back on then?

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only if i use my left

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and the answers in full.


1. What are parentheses otherwise known as? Brackets (in the printed or written word)
2. What type of animal is a caribou? Reindeer - Count a 1/2 mark for "Deer"
3. Who wrote the novel Gulliver's Travels? Jonathan Swift
4. What Age followed the Bronze Age? Iron Age
5. What is the third sign of the Zodiac? Gemini
6. Who composed The Planets suite? Gustav Holst (1874-1934) composed in 1918
7. How many bones are in the human skull? Twenty-eight
8. Who was the first boxer to beat Muhammed Ali as a professional? Joe Frazier
9. What is the collective name for a group of peacocks? A muster
10. In Greek mythology who flew too close to the sun and fell to his death when his wax wings melted? Icarus
11. What type of structure is a campanile? A bell tower
12. How many strings are on a viola? Four
13. What does ASLEF stand for? Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (the railway trade union)
14. What is the second highest mountain in the world? K2
15. Which rock band played the first ever concert at London's Roundhouse (in 1966)? Pink Floyd
16. What does an onomast study? Names
17. In which country is the site of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Iraq (60 miles south of Baghdad)
18. Who was the first person in space? Yuri Gagarin (in Vostok 1, on 12th April 1961)
19. Vulpine relates to which animals? Foxes
20. Which song did Sting sing first at Live Aid in 1985? Roxanne
21. What were the code-names of the five D-Day Landing beaches? Gold, Juno, Sword, Omaha, Utah.
22. A nebuchadnezzar of wine holds the equivalent of how many bottles? Twenty
23. What colour is the mineral malachite? Green
24. Who led the first circumnavigation of the world? Ferdinand Magellan (1519-21 - Ferdinand Magellan led the expedition which started out in 1519 and resulted in the first circumnavigation of the Earth, but he did not complete the voyage himself as he was killed in the Phillipines in April 1521. The expedition was subsequently led by his second-in-command, Juan Elcano, who was one of only 18 to complete the voyage, reaching home in September 1522, almost 3 years to the day after their departure.)
25. Jeera is the Indian name for which spice? Cumin
26. What is the name of the parliament of the Isle of Man? Tynwald

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Another weekend another set of questions (a rather low 8 was my score).

1. Which American writer created Tarzan?
2. What is the art of decorative writing called?
3. In which part of the human body would you find the talus?
4. In which European city is the International Court of Justice based?
5. What type of weather is Brontophobia a fear of?
6. Sandra Goodrich was better known what 1960's singer?
7. Which American artist died in a car crash in 1956?
8. What type of flower is a ladies slipper?
9. In what type of establishment was Lloyds of London formed in 1688?
10. A natatorium is what type of amenity?
11. Who was Henry VIII's fourth wife?
12. What (as at August 2006) is the world's longest running children's TV programme?
13. What was Elvis Presley's first record label?
14. Who designed London's Marble Arch?
15. Which perfume was named for Coco Chanel's birthday?
16. Whose autobiography is entitled Testing Times?
17. What painful custom was outlawed in China in 1912?
18. How many British Open Golf Championships has Nick Faldo won (as at 2006)?
19. What was the first UK colour TV advertisement?
20. Who was actor Tony Curtis' first wife?
21. What is the birthstone for February?
22. Who composed Peter and the Wolf?
23. In which English county is Belvoir (pronounced 'beaver') Castle?
24. What is the name of Al Pacino's character in the 1983 film Scarface?
25. Who designed Princess Diana's wedding dress?

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1. Edgar Rice Burroughs
2. Caligraphy
3. ankle
4. The Hague
8. Orchid
10. Swimming pool
11. Anne of Cleves
13. Sun
16. Graham Gooch?
17. Foot binding
23 Leicestershire
24 Tony Montana
25. Emanuel

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2) Caligraphy
4) The Hague
5) maybe?
9) Shipping Insurance?
12) Blue Peter
16) Freddie?
17) Foot binding
18) 2?

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Score = 13
Let's just say that four of these are not right.

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1. Edgar Rice Burroughs
2. calligraphy
4. the Hague
5. thunder
11. the german one (its been too long since i watched the Tudors)
17. footbinding
24. Tony Montana

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6. Sandie Shaw
9. A coffee house
14. Nash
19. Birds-Eye peas
20. Janet Leigh
22. Sergei Prokofiev

Paul

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The full set of answers


1. Which American writer created Tarzan? Edgar Rice Burroughs
2. What is the art of decorative writing called? Calligraphy
3. In which part of the human body would you find the talus? Ankle
4. In which European city is the International Court of Justice based? The Hague
5. What type of weather is Brontophobia a fear of? Thunder
6. Sandra Goodrich was better known what 1960's singer? Sandy Shaw
7. Which American artist died in a car crash in 1956? Jackson Pollock
8. What type of flower is a ladies slipper? Orchid
9. In what type of establishment was Lloyds of London formed in 1688? A Coffee House (called Edward Lloyd's)
10. A natatorium is what type of amenity? Swimming pool (partcularly indoors)
11. Who was Henry VIII's fourth wife? Anne of Cleves (Jan-Jul 1540)
12. What (as at August 2006) is the world's longest running children's TV programme? Blue Peter
13. What was Elvis Presley's first record label? Sun Records
14. Who designed London's Marble Arch? John Nash
15. Which perfume was named for Coco Chanel's birthday? Chanel No19
16. Whose autobiography is entitled Testing Times? Graham Gooch
17. What painful custom was outlawed in China in 1912? Binding the feet of young girls
18. How many British Open Golf Championships has Nick Faldo won (as at 2006)? Three
19. What was the first UK colour TV advertisement? Birds Eye peas (1969)
20. Who was actor Tony Curtis' first wife? Janet Leigh
21. What is the birthstone for February? Amethyst
22. Who composed Peter and the Wolf? Sergey Prokofiev (1936)
23. In which English county is Belvoir (pronounced 'beaver') Castle? Leicestershire (close to the Lincolnshire border and Grantham)
24. What is the name of Al Pacino's character in the 1983 film Scarface? Tony Montana
25. Who designed Princess Diana's wedding dress? David and Elizabeth Emanuel

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Well done Mister L.

I knew so few it was embarrassing. I have been so busy on video editing that I didn't even have the time to cheat.

I am re adding all those pesky uideos that need the extra codecs and also adding the 1080 format to all the catalogue, what a job!

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Here we go again:


1. Which US state has the longest shoreline?
2. Who was the first cricketer in history to take 300 test match wickets?
3. Which UK newspaper was founded in September 1964?
4. Which is the hottest planet in our solar system (based on generally accepted average surface temperatures)?
5. A Macfarlane is what type of clothing item?
6. What is the capital of the Philippines?
7. What IBM (the IT systems company) stand for?
8. What part of the body does Keratitis affect?
9. What rank in the Royal Navy is above Able Seaman and below Petty Officer?
10. What is a puppet worked by strings called?
11. How many wheels did a hansom cab have?
12. Who discovered Victoria Falls in 1855?
13. The US Labour Day falls in which month?
14. Anosmia is the technical term for the loss of which sense?
15. A carat (gemstone measurement) is the equivalent of how many milligrams?
16. Beriberi is a disease said to be caused by the deficiency of which vitamin?
17. The production of what poisonous substance can be caused by eating raw cassava?
18. Who was the Greek goddess of divine punishment?
19. Astraphobia is a fear of what?
20. Which fragrance was first made for Russian Count Orloff in 1768?
21. Black velvet is a mixture of stout and which other alcoholic drink?
22. What is the title name of the Usher to the House of Lords?
23. Which country suffered the greatest civilian losses in World War II?
24. Which element has the highest melting point?
25. Which country was previously called Mesopotamia?

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Great set of questions Mr L i'm going to have a bit of a think before I give my answers.

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4 The sun

14 sense of smell

18 I am your Nemesis

24 Is it carbon

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8 Eye
16 B
23 I would make a guess Russia

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9) Leading Rate or Leading Hand?
22) Black Rod?

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1. Alaska
4. Venus
6. Manila
9. First Mate
10. Marionette
21. Champagne

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Black Rod......

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