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1.   In which competition this week did Colombia pip the USA?   
2.   Which singer has just trademarked some of her lyrics? 
3.   What can be correctly used to describe a fraction, a noun and an adjective?             
4.   What 4-letter word is this?   

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5.   Although it has never been seen from the Earth and was only mapped recently, it charted for a record amount of time (over 10 years).  What was it?                                                                       
6.   According to legend, a 9th century girl named Joan spent her life disguised as a man, but the secret was finally revealed when she died giving birth during a procession in Rome.  If true, she was the first and only what? 
7.   If the oriental kind is twelve, then the middle one will be eleven; the lofty one , ten; and the peaceful one, nine.  Nine what? ? 
8.   Apart from the fact it is used in flash lamps, what is strange about the ‘noble’ gas Xenon?     
9.   What  links these two pictures?   

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10.   Name the film.   

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11.   If Roger is checked and Dennis is striped to what party do they belong? 
12.   Which small freshwater duck, the male of which is often richly coloured, usually with an iridescent coloured patch on each wing, is also the name of a colour?     
13.   In which country would you currently find this player?   

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14.   What was the theory expounding that political events are interrelated and that one can trigger off a chain of others developed by a US President to warn of the spread of communism in south-east Asia ? 
15.   What made its full debut in the 1830s, has over 1,000 pieces, 46 or 47 red and blue strings and seven pedals?   
16.   In cricket, how is it possible for a bowler to take a genuine hat-trick spanning three different overs? 
17.   Who is this? 

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18.   The game of frooble has two scoring moves:  the booble and the beeble.  Each is worth an odd prime number of points, with a booble being worth more than a beeble.  If the highest score that can *never* be achieved in a game is 95 points (regardless of how long the game lasts), how many points is each move worth?     
 
19.   What connection links these pictures:
         
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20.   Unscramble the two connected words  :  A B I L O R S S U

16. He can take a wicket with the last ball of one over, then the final wicket of the innings with the first ball of his next over, then take a wicket with the first ball of his first over in the 2nd innings

4. Possibly one of those Dymo label printing things.
5. Dark Side of the Moon
12 Teal
13 Equatorial Guinea

14. Domino Theory - Eisenhower

20. Blur Oasis

6. Only female Pope

            
4.   DYMO                                                                  
6.   Pope
10.   Argo
12.   Teal
13.   Equatorial Guinea

15. Concert harp

18. Booble 7, beeble 3

1. Miss World
2. Taylor Swift
3. Compound?
9. The man in the second pic is actor Richard Swift who played Hyacinth Bucket's husband in the TV comedy.  Don't recognise the kid in the other pic.

Dammit, for once a bird question and someone beat me to it

Is the kid in 9 the actor from Kes? So bird link.

11 looks to be something to do with Roger the Dodger checked jumper and Dennis the Menace stripey jumper....quite what though?

"Beano" means party.

I thought the kid was the 'I see dead people' actor

Ooh so it does  :)

I'm just thinking out loud with Kes....best way to get answers when quizzing, fire out some thoughts however random and spark something.

He's Clive Swift - he played Richard Bucket

I'm not sure it is the kid from The Sixth Sense.  He kind of looks like a kid from a BBC children's drama.

Doh!   :-[

I was thinking Elliott from ET but I think the clothes are different

 How about 19.   Got pea/pea pod and donkey....but?

Struggling with that one.

[Dog's] tail; stained glass?; pea/pea pod; sunset/sunrise;donkey.  You can 'pin the tail on the donkey' but can't connect that with any of the others.

Donkey could be an ass or a mule, though

Donkey Kong, donkey jacket, donkey hotey  :)

smell as sweet as a rose; sweet pea; you can bet your sweet ass   ;D

Anything to do with money to go with

One pea 1p

The boy in number 9 is Freddie Highmore from the remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory if that helps?

Edit: The link is therefore Bucket! Charlie Bucket and Richard Bucket.

Ah thanks

Dog Bollocks ?

But it's pronounced 'Bouquet'.

Bit bizzare but how about

Tailcoat

Pea coat

Donkey jacket

Morning coat

3 I think is "Proper"

Hmmm,  I'm sure the rose is by John Rennie Mackintosh. Mac?

Mackintosh would do just fine

Not really sure I really understand the maths question this week. But it cant be 7 & 3 as surely I can get 95 by scoring 8 Boobles & 13 Beebles ?

I lost faith in these questions after the turnip one a couple of weeks ago  ;)

Pants  :( I'll have another look

Fuck me.....not immediately obvious to say the least.

Never heard of a pea coat or John Mackintosh Rennie

John Rennie Mackintosh,  Reg. Art deco era I believe.

Me neither.  Good shout, if correct.

A Mackintosh is a rain mac, like Columbo wore.

Did I miss the answer to Q7 or are we still short of that one?

I've no idea on 7.

Sure the connection is right.   I thought Art Deco was an ex Porto and Chelsea midfielder.

After thought.....how about steps to heaven

What's 7? Doing my head in  ???

I have the answers. Do you want them now or at 5?

I think it may be merciful to put 4D out of his misery....hopefully it's not too late.

my last post was a little clue regarding Q7. 7 minutes and counting.

Haven't got 8, either

No, all I could think was that it might be the only entry on the periodic table that starts with a "x" but I don't think that's the answer.

It's also used as an anaesthetic

I need some of that for the headache I got thinking about Q 7!

It's an inert Gas

Ah!

Charles. Not John. Designed the Glasgow School of Art that was gutted by fire last year.

1.   In which competition this week did Colombia pip the USA?  Miss Universe   
2.   Which singer has just trademarked some of her lyrics?  Taylor Swift   
3.   What can be correctly used to describe a fraction, a noun and an adjective?  Proper             
4.   What 4-letter word is this?     Dymo

5.   Although it has never been seen from the Earth and was only mapped recently, it charted for a record amount of time (over 10 years).  What was it?  Dark Side of the Moon                                                                       
6.   According to legend, a 9th century girl named Joan spent her life disguised as a man, but the secret was finally revealed when she died giving birth during a procession in Rome.  If true, she was the first and only female what?  Pope 
7.   If the oriental kind is twelve, then the middle one will be eleven; the lofty one , ten; and the peaceful one, nine.  Nine what? ?  Nine o’clock.  These are the time zones of the USA (Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific)
8.   Apart from the fact it is used in flash lamps, what is strange about the ‘noble’ gas Xenon?  Xenon means strange in ancient Greek     
9.   What  links these two pictures?       Bucket.  Charlie Bucket from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Richard Bucket, long-suffering husband of Hyacinth.
 
10.   Name the film.     Argo
11.   If Roger is checked and Dennis is hooped to what party do they belong?  Beano  (Roger the Dodger and Dennis the Menace, from the Beano.  Beano also means party) 
12.   Which small freshwater duck, the male of which is often richly coloured, usually with an iridescent coloured patch on each wing, is also the name of a colour?  Teal   
13.   In which country would you currently find this player?     Equatorial Guinea (for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations)
14.   What was the theory expounding that political events are interrelated and that one can trigger off a chain of others developed by a US President to warn of the spread of communism in south-east Asia ?  Domino
15.   What made its full debut in the 1830s, has over 1,000 pieces, 46 or 47 red and blue strings and seven pedals?  Harp 
16.   In cricket, how is it possible for a bowler to take a genuine hat-trick spanning three different overs?  The last ball of one over, the first ball of the next, which is also the tenth and final wicket of the first innings.  He then takes a third wicket with his first ball of the second innings. 
17.   Who is this?    Film critic James King

18.   The game of frooble has two scoring moves:  the booble and the beeble.  Each is worth an odd prime number of points, with a booble being worth more than a beeble.  If the highest score that can *never* be achieved in a game is 95 points (regardless of how long the game lasts), how many points is each move worth? The booble is worth 17 points and the beeble 7 points.  Full workings below.     
 
19.   What connection links these pictures:   Types of coat or jacket (Tailcoat; Mackintosh; Peacoat; Morning coat; Donkey Jacket)

20.   Unscramble the two connected words  :  A B I L O R S S U  BLUR & OASIS

Maths workings:
The largest score that can not be achieved by some combination of p and q points, with p relatively prime to q, is p*q-p-q = (p-1)*(q-1)-1.
So 96 must be factorable as (p-1)*(q-1), for odd primes p and q.
Since the prime factorization of 96 = 2^5*3, and each of the two
factors must be even, the possible factorizations are:
2*48
4*24
8*12
16*6

Only the last factorization yields two factors each of which is one less
than an odd prime, so 17 and 7 must be the two primes we seek.

How can a bowler bowl two consecutive overs in an innings?  Surely a 'genuine' hat-trick is three consecutive balls bowled?

Also, does a harp have pedals? And over 1000 pieces of what?

It is 3 consecutive balls over 3 overs

but someone else has bowled an over between wickets #1 and 2?  Can it still be a genuine hat-trick if other balls are bowled between them?

Yes,  a hat-trick can only be a hat-trick if it is three wickets taken by the same bowler in three consecutive balls bowled by him/her.  

But a hattrick is just 3 consecutive balls bowled by an individual bowler - the timespan between them makes no difference