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 Friday Quiz November 14th 2014
1.   Where can you immerse yourself in the French Revolution today? 
2.   According to a front page headline this week, what culinary skill are we lacking in the UK? 
3.   Who led the mutiny on the Bounty?             
4.   Name the fish.     

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5.   The faces of four US presidents are carved into which American mountain?                                                                       
6.   Which 19th century opera by a French composer is set in Ceylon? 
7.   After roles as a trainee lawyer and a teacher on UK TV, who went on to star in an American zombie series? 
8.   Which X Factor runner-up has represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest?     
9.   What writer links these two pictures? 

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10.   Who is this? 

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11.   Which Aussie rockers have had about 20 UK top 40 singles, but only made the top 10 for the first time last year? 
12.   What is the only Football League club from Somerset?     
13.   Name the TV show.

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14.   Which country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined ? 
15.   What is the only continent that doesn’t have a desert?   
16.   The blue pigment ultramarine was originally obtained from which semi-precious stone? 
17.   Pak Choi is a Chinese variety of what vegetable?

18.   My house is leasehold.  The lease was originally 99 years.  2/3 of the time past on the lease is equal to 4/5 of the time to come.  How much time is Ieft on the lease?     
 
19.   What links these pictures: 

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20.   Unscramble the two 2 connected words  :  A E E G G K M N N O T Y Z

2. Sandwiches. The Daily Mail is convinced we can't make them- probably need to get some immigrants in
8. Oh, the girl with the song about fire. Might have been called Jamelia or a variation on that?
12. Yeovil Town
15. Europe

14. Oh Canada...

3. Fletcher Christian
4. Barracuda
18. 54 years past so 45 years remaining
19. Valleys (Frankie, happy, Chad, silicon, death)
20. Mekong Yangtze

5. Mt. Rushmore

5. Rushmore
7. Andrew Lincoln
13. Rude dog and the dweebs
17. Cabbage. Horrible stuff, ruins many a good dish.

11. AC/DC?

9. Heinz Wolff

That's who I thought.

1. Assassin's Creed: Unity

Damn it. I did the best ever but you've already answered every single one I knew.

Probably the answer wanted, but technically there is a desert in a bit of Spain.  

The lakes question may well be Finland.

16 Pigment is Lapis Lazuli.

You mean 10. Don't think 9 has been got yet.

Is there? Well that makes things interesting then. Africa is obvious, Australasia is mostly desert, North America must have bits of Texas/Nevada that count, Antartica is technically all desert I believe, Asia has Mongolia...so is there one in South America?

Atacama Desert is in South America

I'm sure Europe is the wanted answer, but the Desierto de Tabernas, unsurprisingly in Andalucia, is considered a desert.

 9.  Not convincing myself.....but TS Elliot....wrote a couple of poems.  The Wasteland and the Hollow Man.

9. Waste products/dump :)

No not really.

Telly crap?

But spelt correctly, you have The Wasteland, and an anagram of Toilets.

8. Andy Abraham

Ooh....sexy. I must remember that it's Eliot.

Could well be right then.

 Reckon that's about it, other than the French opera.....possible composers; Berlioz, Bizet, Saint-Saens, Delibes....ooh and Gounod, got to be a few more.

 Friday Quiz November 14th 2014
1.   Where can you immerse yourself in the French Revolution today?  Unity – the new Assassins’ Creed released today 
2.   According to a front page headline this week, what culinary skill are we lacking in the UK?  The ability to make a sandwich 
3.   Who led the mutiny on the Bounty?  Fletcher Christian             
4.   Name the fish.       Barracuda

5.   The faces of four US presidents are carved into which American mountain?  Mount Rushmore                                                                       
6.   Which 19th century opera by a French composer is set in Ceylon?  The Pearl Fishers 
7.   After roles as a trainee lawyer and a teacher on UK TV, who went on to star in an American zombie series?  Andrew Lincoln
8.   Which X Factor runner-up has represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest?   Andy Abrahams 
9.   What writer links these two pictures?        TS Eliot  (The Waste Land; anagram of TOILETS)
 
10.   Who is this?      Professor Heinz Wolff
11.   Which Aussie rockers have had about 20 UK top 40 singles, but only made the top 10 for the first time last year?  AC/DC
12.   What is the only Football League club from Somerset?  Yeovil Town   
13.   Name the TV show.     Rude Dog and the Dweebs
14.   Which country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined ?  Canada 
15.   What is the only continent that doesn’t have a desert?  Europe   
16.   The blue pigment ultramarine was originally obtained from which semi-precious stone?  Lapis Lazuli 
17.   Pak Choi is a Chinese variety of what vegetable?  Cabbage

18.   My house is leasehold.  The lease was originally 99 years.  2/3 of the time past on the lease is equal to 4/5 of the time to come.  How much time is Ieft on the lease?  45 years   
 
19.   What links these pictures:  Valley (Frankie; Happy; Chad; Silicon; Death) 

         

20.   Unscramble the two 2 connected words  :  A E E G G K M N N O T Y Z  MEKONG & YANGTZE

I see the Tabernas, is classified as a semi desert...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabernas_Desert

I had a Rude Dog and the Dweebs t-shirt while I was at uni.

I am sure my wife must have a bit of a clear out on my t-shirts sometimes as I can't recall ever throwing one out but some of the old ones have disappeared.