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With new questions waiting to be posted tomorrow, these are the answers for last weekend.

1. What Yorkshire coastal town event gave its name to a medieval song adapted/popularized by Simon and Garfunkle, about two lovers issuing each other impossible tasks? Scarborough Fair
2. Name the Asian country, the South American capital city, and Canadian province in the NATO phonetic alphabet (thee answers required)? India, Lima, Quebec
3. Major, Small, Tiny, Soup Dragon, Iron Chicken, and Blue String Pudding appeared in which popular Children's TV series? The Clangers
4. What modern Western vegetable, elsewhere/historically purple and yellow, became orange in 17th century Holland, allegedly developed by the Dutch House of Orange? Carrot
5. What fictional game is played for real for fun on a footbridge over a River Medway tributary in Posingford Wood in Ashdown Forest, Sussex, England? Poohsticks (as featured in Winnie the Pooh - sticks are dropped into the water to 'race' from one side of the bridge to the other
6. Which child diarist (1929-45) wrote - "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."? Anne Frank
7. According to the popular saying, what is necessity is the mother of? Invention
8. First produced in China 5000BC, what alloy do Copper and Zinc make? Brass
9. What is the tree and large single-seed berry fruit, native to Mexico, called the Alligator Pear, commonly known as? Avocado
10. What global organization open to anyone above a certain IQ score is named after Latin for 'table'? Mensa (so named because a round table symbolizes a membership/gathering of equals)
11. What popular drink is graded according to terminology including dust, fannings and orange pekoe? Tea
12. What do the letters HMV stand for in the music/entertainment brand HMV? His Master's Voice
13. What is the name of the dog in the HMV logo? Nipper
14. In snooker, after all the reds are potted, what ball must be potted after the Brown ball? Blue
15. Cotchford Farm, E Sussex, UK, was home to which famous children's author inspired by the nearby Ashdown Forest, and later which guitarist/founder of the Rolling Stones who died in the swimming pool (two answers required)? AA Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh author) and Brian Jones
16. The ancient and often naturally occurring alloy Electrum is comprised of which two elements? Gold and Silver
17. Name the river that Greek mythology says Thetis held her baby Achilles by the heel to dip him in? The River Styx (hence he died when an arrow struck his heel, and 'Achilles heel' means a serious weakness)
18. Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde devised what in 1557, superseding 'æ' (a shortening of its Latin meaning)? Equals sign (= replaced æ, which stood for 'æqualis' meaning uniform or equal, from from aequus meaning level)
19. Which great Indian statesman and spiritual leader (1869-1948) said: “We must become the change we want to see.”? Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, aka Mahatma Gandhi, Indian statesman and spiritual leader)
20. A 'petabyte' is how many terabytes: 1000; 1m; 10m; or 100m? 1000

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Twenty more questions for you.


1. What Indonesian-originating dried flower buds are traditionally stuck into an orange to make a pomander?
2. What is Pyrimidine dimer, a form of skin damage, a technical consequence of?
3. What is a macchiato a type of?
4. What is the largest planet in the Solar System?
5. Myrrh and Frankincense, of Biblical gift fame, are both aromatic/medicinal resins from what?
6. What drink is named from old German meaning swallow?
7. Popular on ceremonial and traditional military clothing, what is a Chinese frog, or 'frogging'?
8. The English tradition of wassailing/wasselling is singing carols for money, and also singing to (What?) to prompt healthy growth/productivity?
9. The Afroasiatic language Coptic was which nation's until the 17th century?
10. The obelus symbol is commonly known as what sign in mathematics?
11. In theory, what is the least number of strokes a player must make to win a tennis set?
12. Where is the 'Doldrums', which refers to an often calm and sometimes erratic weather region?
13. Who was the first actor to refuse an Oscar for Best Actor?
14. What element composes roughly 75% of the Sun's mass, and what is most of the remainder?
15. What sun/fire-related creature from Greek/Roman mythology symbolizes reincarnation/rebirth, and is the most populous state capital of the USA?
16. What is a traditional Easter pageant dramatic presentation of the end of Christ's life called?
17. What is Linseed oil made from?
18. Name the Nazi leader arrested 1941 in Scotland on a secret peace mission, subsequently imprisoned 1947 in Spandau, Berlin, until his 1987 suicide age 93, and last remaining inmate 1966-87?
19. What is the main metallic element in the core of the moon?
20. Cape Verde was a territory of which European country until independence?

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4. Jupiter
8. Singing and dancing around apple trees for a good harvest for cider. They do it a lot in Somerset.
11. 24
12. Pacific Ocean
14. Hydrogen
15. Phoenix
17. Flax plant

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1. Cloves
2. Sunburn
3. Coffee
5. Sap
7. A type of burron fastener
9. Egypt
12. Along the Equator (traditionally, where there is no wind at sea)
16. Passion
18. Rudolf Hess
19 Iron
20. France?

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1. Cloves
2. Sunburn
3. Coffee
4. Jupiter
5. Sap
6. Schnapps
7. A type of burron fastener or is its it button
8. Singing and dancing around apple trees for a good harvest for cider. They do it a lot in Somerset.
9. Egypt
10. division
11. 24
12. Pacific Ocean
12. Along the Equator (traditionally, where there is no wind at sea)
14. Hydrogen and Helium
15. Phoenix
16. Passion
17. Flax plant
18. Rudolf Hess
19 Iron
20. France

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that's what I was gooing to say

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OK - Right - Well.
11 is wrong
12 is wrong and then right. (Equator)
20 is wrong.

So this just leaves us with.

11. In theory, what is the least number of strokes a player must make to win a tennis set? (It is less than 24)
13. Who was the first actor to refuse an Oscar for Best Actor?
20. Cape Verde was a territory of which European country until independence?

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a successful op

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Wood 20 be Portugal then?

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good to see there are a few questions left.

11. im assuming its 12, if the other player keeps double-faulting and the winner only hits aces.

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Undercover ........

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11. oh yes, 12, the opponent could double fault every time.

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20 is indeed Portugal.

11 is 12. The opponent not returning the serve (or hitting out) and double faulting on their serve.

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or ?

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13. Marlon Brando?

Not quite - it was George C Scott

Here is the full set of answers


1. What Indonesian-originating dried flower buds are traditionally stuck into an orange to make a pomander? Cloves
2. What is Pyrimidine dimer, a form of skin damage, a technical consequence of? Sunburn
3. What is a macchiato a type of? Espresso coffee (with a little steamed milk/foam)
4. What is the largest planet in the Solar System? Jupiter
5. Myrrh and Frankincense, of Biblical gift fame, are both aromatic/medicinal resins from what? Tree sap
6. What drink is named from old German meaning swallow? Schnapps
7. Popular on ceremonial and traditional military clothing, what is a Chinese frog, or 'frogging'? Braided fastener
8. The English tradition of wassailing/wasselling is singing carols for money, and also singing to (What?) to prompt healthy growth/productivity? Cider-apple orchards
9. The Afroasiatic language Coptic was which nation's until the 17th century? Egypt
10. The obelus symbol is commonly known as what sign in mathematics? Division
11. In theory, what is the least number of strokes a player must make to win a tennis set? 12 (assuming the player wins each of his own service points without the need of second stroke, and the opponent double-faults every service)
12. Where is the 'Doldrums', which refers to an often calm and sometimes erratic weather region? The Equator
13. Who was the first actor to refuse an Oscar for Best Actor? George C Scott - for Patton in 1970 (on philosophical grounds, he believed that dramatic performances should not be compared)
14. What element composes roughly 75% of the Sun's mass, and what is most of the remainder? Hydrogen (75%) and Helium (most of the remainder)
15. What sun/fire-related creature from Greek/Roman mythology symbolizes reincarnation/rebirth, and is the most populous state capital of the USA? Phoenix
16. What is a traditional Easter pageant dramatic presentation of the end of Christ's life called? A Passion Play
17. What is Linseed oil made from? Flax
18. Name the Nazi leader arrested 1941 in Scotland on a secret peace mission, subsequently imprisoned 1947 in Spandau, Berlin, until his 1987 suicide age 93, and last remaining inmate 1966-87? Rudolf Hess
19. What is the main metallic element in the core of the moon? Iron
20. Cape Verde was a territory of which European country until independence? Portugal

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Welcome to the latest Weekend Quiz.


1. What word is a prefix for Potato, Slug, Gooseberry, Horse, Cow, Cucumber, Lettuce, and Lion?
2. Author Chris Van Allsburg and actor Robin Williams asserted that (What?) 1981 book/1995 movie about a real-life/jungle-boardgame means 'many effects' in Zulu?
3. If an insect is ‘xylophagous’, what does it feed off?
4. In which British newspaper did the cartoon strip ‘The Perishers’ appear, between 1959 and 2006?
5. ‘The appliance of science’ was an advertising slogan used by which manufacturer of household electrical goods?
6. Which river flows through Settle, Clitheroe and Preston?
7. On which date of the year do the French celebrate ‘Bastille Day’?
8. Which British sitcom was set at the fictional ‘Bayview Retirement Home’?
9. On which continent is the State of Eritrea?
10. Who has written novels entitled ‘High Fidelity’, ‘About a Boy’ and ‘A Long Way Down’?
11. In which Shakespeare play would you find the characters Valentine, Proteus, Silvia and Julia?
12. What is the first name of ITV’s criminal barrister Judge Rinder?
13. Who was acting leader of the Liberal Democrat party for 2 months before the election of Nick Clegg in December 2007?
14. How many points is the letter J worth in a game of Scrabble?
15. Which two men present BBC TV show ‘Eat Well For Less’, in which they try to save the British public money on their weekly grocery shop?
16. Which Christian hymn begins with the words “O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder, Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made”?
17. What shape is rotini pasta?
18. In Judaism what is meant by the Hebrew word ‘Mitzvah’?
19. Who is actor Emilio Estevez’s famous father?
20. Which contains the most calories: A McDonald’s Big Mac or a Burger King Bacon Double Cheeseburger?

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2. Jumanji
5. Zanusi
8. Waiting for God?
13. Vince Cable?
15. Hairy bikers?
16. How great thou art
29. Martin Sheen

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Not the Hairy Bikers, but the rest are correct.

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1. Sea
4. The Daily Mail?
6. Ribble
7. July 14th
9. Africa
10. Nick Hornby

1 Sea
3 Wood
7 14th July
14 8
15 Greg Wallace and Chris Bavin
17 curly
20 double cheese burger

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Grrrr Paul posted while I was answering and I didn't copy his answers....this time

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20. McDonalds?

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