Samdy Gray
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« Reply #30 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 11:58:23 » |
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Would 4. be airsoft?
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #31 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 12:00:52 » |
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Actually, I just cheated too and the real answer is ridiculous.
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Sir Pissalot
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« Reply #32 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 12:02:39 » |
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Actually, I just cheated too and the real answer is ridiculous.
Yeah, I'd never have got it, either.
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Bob's Orange
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« Reply #33 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 15:00:19 » |
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1. A man trapped under a train was released when hundreds of passengers pushed to tilt the train. Where did this happen? Australia 2. An elephant was pictured this week using what rather unusual object as a back-scratcher? A car 3. Which two English counties share a border with Scotland ? Cumbria & Northumberland 4. When would you wear these? When peeling onions
5. What is the name of the railway operating company in the US? AMTRAK 6. Who replaced George Dawes as the scorer on Shooting Stars? Angelos Epithemiou 7. Which two actors have played James Bond just once in the movies? George Lazenby & David Niven 8. What cocktail is made using equal measures of champagne and stout? Black Velvet 9. What name links these pictures? Aphrodite (Mira Sorvino starred in Mighty Aphrodite and ‘Aphrodite’ is a Kylie Minogue album) 10. Who is this? Eddie Van Halen 11. In architecture, what name is used for the decorative end of a gable, often in the form of a spike or a bunch of leaves? Finial 12. Which is the only American president that Queen Elizabeth hasn’t met since she came to the throne? Lyndon B Johnson 13. Name the TV series. The Jetsons 14. In 1972, which form of punishment was finally made illegal in the United States? Flogging 15. In mythology, which monster terrorized the local population by asking them a riddle and devouring them when they couldn’t answer it? The Sphinx 16. According to a famous travel guide, what is the most useful thing an inter-stellar hitchhiker can carry with them? A towel (from ‘The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) 17. The Academy Awards ceremony was delayed in 1968 after the assassination of which person? Martin Luther King 18. You have two containers that fit the same lid. The large one is 12 ounces without the lid. With the lid it weighs twice as much as the small container on its own. The small container with the lid weighs one third more than the large container on its own. How much does each container weigh? Large one 12oz and small 9 1/3 oz 19. What links these pictures: Famous Simons (Amstell; Mayo; Cowell and Pegg)
20. Unscramble the two places : A A C D E E I I L P P S CALAIS & DIEPPE
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise, the gorgie boys, for Hearts in Europe.
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Bob's Orange
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« Reply #34 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 15:00:59 » |
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That is the last quiz for 3 weeks I'm afraid as the quiz guy is on his jollies.
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise, the gorgie boys, for Hearts in Europe.
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jayohaitchenn
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« Reply #35 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 15:02:29 » |
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Not good enough.
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4D
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« Reply #36 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 15:06:25 » |
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Damn, I calculated 9.33 for the small container in 19, but thought the quiz only dealt with round numbers, so assumed the question wasn't quite worded right I see Rich was not quite right with 9
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #37 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 15:12:53 » |
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Damn, I calculated 9.33 for the small container in 19, but thought the quiz only dealt with round numbers, so assumed the question wasn't quite worded right I see Rich was not quite right with 9 4. Is a bit odd as well. You can have too much of a good thing....absence sometimes makes the heart grow fonder
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kerry red
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« Reply #38 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 15:15:05 » |
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Yeah. I would have said you'd wear those glasses when having sex with a munter
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4D
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« Reply #39 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 15:16:24 » |
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Where's DMR when you need him?
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #40 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 15:21:17 » |
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Yeah. I would have said you'd wear those glasses when having sex with a munter
Here they are Amazing...an absolute must for the kitchen every home should have some.
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Sir Pissalot
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« Reply #41 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 15:33:14 » |
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Speaking of DMR, I get the impression he uses these:
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