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1.   Who is now on the black desert under the endless night?  
2.   Which nation has just been added to the list of those posing a national security threat to the USA?  
3.   What is the maximum number of characters allowed in a message on Twitter?            
4.   Who are they?    

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5.   What species of wild duck was also the title of a James Bond film?                                                                        
6.   What is the name of the British dog show, exclusively for cross-bred and mongrel dogs?  
7.   Which Yorkshire coastal town is home to a twice-yearly Goth festival?  
8.   Which London Underground station shares its name with an open star cluster?    
9.   What  links these three pictures?      

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10.   What ‘O’ is this?  

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11.   Where did Ralph Fiennes succeed Dame Judi Dench?  
12.   Which heavyweight boxing champion is a member of parliament in Ukraine?    
13.   Name the plant.  

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14.   Which European capital will host the final of football’s Champions League this year?  
15.   Which sweet food item, created in Scotland in the 19th century, was named because it contained baking soda and this had supposed medicinal properties?    
16.   The oldest registered British trademark is a red triangle.  Which company?  
17.   Who is this?    

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18.   I was in the local newsagents looking at the magazines for sale.  I chose ‘Scrabble Heat’, ‘Vegetable Secrets’ and ‘Harajuku World’.  I paid at the till, but noticed that the newsagent pressed the multiplication button between each amount instead of the addition button.  When challenged, he smiled and said “It doesn’t matter.  Either way the total amount is £5.70”.  How much were the magazines?

 
19.   What connection links these pictures:

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20.   Unscramble the two synonyms  :  A A C E E E K L L N P P T A

3 140
5 Goldeneye
6. Got to be Scruffs
7. Whitby
8. Seven Sisters
11 MI 5

12. Klitscho
13 Pitcher plant
16 Bass
17 Leon Trotsky

14. Berlin

19. Nobel Peace Prize winners

20. Patella Kneecap

18. £1.25, £1.60 and £2.85

1. Pratchett. :(

No 9 is bugging me. It's Buddy Holly, Don McLean and Roberta Flack, but can't work out the connection.

Edit: I guess it's something to do with American Pie, as Don McLean wrote it about the death of Buddy Holly.

Yep, and Roberta Flack wrote Killing Me Softly about seeing Don McLean perform American Pie.

2 Venezuela

4 Ren and Stimpy

 Looks like 10 and 15, as the only answerless questions.

I think I know the answer to 15. 10 was an item on Bakeoff but I can't remember the name, an Austrian/German name.

4 isn't Ren and Stimpy, but I don't know who it is.

11 is MI6, if I have my secret services the right way around.

Surely 15 is simply a scone

 :doh: You are right - it isn't Ren & Stimpy. Sorry for the senior moment.

Some annoying cartoon on kids tv that the boys watch.

10 looks like an opera gateau but may be talking complete bollocks.

11 is as M, surely?

Yep...tis MI 6, rather than 5, always get them mixed up.

No,you're not talking bollocks ,it's opera cake

On 15., only Scottish thing I can think of (and I've lived in Scotland for 22 years) is tablet but can't see the baking soda connection.  

11. He succeeded her as 'M'. Not MI5 or MI6.  ::)

The question says where, not as whom.

So the answer is in the Bond films?

I suppose specifically as M head of MI 6 in the next Bond film, but that's way too much to type....

1.   Who is now on the black desert under the endless night?  Sir Terry Pratchett   
2.   Which nation has just been added to the list of those posing a national security threat to the USA?  Venezuela 
3.   What is the maximum number of characters allowed in a message on Twitter?  140             
4.   Who are they?      Corneil and Bernie

5.   What species of wild duck was also the title of a James Bond film?  Goldeneye                                                                       
6.   What is the name of the British dog show, exclusively for cross-bred and mongrel dogs? Scruffts
7.   Which Yorkshire coastal town is home to a twice-yearly Goth festival?  Whitby 
8.   Which London Underground station shares its name with an open star cluster?  Seven Sisters     
9.   What  links these three pictures?         Don McLean dedicated ‘American Pie’ to Buddy Holly, and Roberta Flack dedicated ‘Killing Me Softly’ to Don McLean
 
10.   What ‘O’ is this?     Opera cake
11.   Where did Ralph Fiennes succeed Dame Judi Dench?  As ‘M’ in the Bond films 
12.   Which heavyweight boxing champion is a member of parliament in Ukraine? Vitali Klitschko  (1/2 mark for just Klitschko, nothing for Vladimir Klitschko) 
13.   Name the plant.     Pitcher plant
14.   Which European capital will host the final of football’s Champions League this year?  Berlin 
15.   Which sweet food item, created in Scotland in the 19th century, was named because it contained baking soda and this had supposed medicinal properties?  Digestive biscuit   
16.   The oldest registered British trademark is a red triangle.  Which company?  Bass brewers 
17.   Who is this?      Leon Trotsky

18.   I was in the local newsagents looking at the magazines for sale.  I chose ‘Scrabble Heat’, ‘Vegetable Secrets’ and ‘Harajuku World’.  I paid at the till, but noticed that the newsagent pressed the multiplication button between each amount instead of the addition button.  When challenged, he smiled and said “It doesn’t matter.  Either way the total amount is £5.70”.  How much were the magazines? £2.85, £1.60 and £1.25

 
19.   What connection links these pictures:  Nobel Peace Prize laureates 
         

20.   Unscramble the two synonyms  :  A A A C E E E K L L N P P T KNEECAP & PATELLA

 ;)

This one was bugging me this morning. Anywhere I can see how the problem was solved?

They usually put the workings on the quiz answers email but I won't be able to get you it until Monday when I'm back in the office. Sorry HR :(