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« on: Friday, July 25, 2014, 09:16:03 »

1.   What has recently become the UK’s best selling car of all time? 
2.   Which team at the Commonwealth Games represents the smallest population?
3.   Which major African city’s name derives from the Spanish for white house ?           
4.   Name the film.     



5.   What is the only American state that borders only one other state?                                                                     
6.   Which Greek hors d’oeuvre consists of smoked fish roe mixed with olive oil, lemon and soaked breadcrumbs?
7.   I am a place where all deliveries are returned to the sender, those who perform better need to do less work, and a lot of things get knocked over, but in general, nothing gets broken.  What am I?   
8.   What word of Greek origin is used for overconfidence that invites disaster or ruin and is often cited as the flaw in the characters of tragic heroes? 
9.   What links these pictures?     
 


10.   Name the material.

   

11.   In physics, what name is given to the phenomenon in which waves appear to bend or spreadout as they pass through a small aperture or round the edge of a barrier? 
12.   Which Irish province shares its name with a town in Germany?   
13.   Who is this?     



14.   Who was the only artist to have a top 40 hit in the US and the UK every year from 1971 to 1999? 
15.   What sort of victory involves such terrible losses for the winner that it’s almost as bad as a defeat? 
16.   In what game show did members of the losing team receive a photo of themselves and their opponents?
17.   If Easter Sunday falls on 6th April, what is celebrated on 15 May?
   
18.   Use any maths symbols and eleven 8s to make a total of 10,000.
 
19.   What links these pictures:

         

20.   Unscramble the two works:  A A C C E M N O R S T 
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« Reply #1 on: Friday, July 25, 2014, 09:20:19 »

4. Amadeus
3. Casablanca
6 Tarasamalata or something like that.
8 Hubris
9. 1st pic is Hannah Miley....is the 2nd one Miley Cyrus?
12 Munster
15 Pyrhic (sp)
17 Might be Ascension Day
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« Reply #2 on: Friday, July 25, 2014, 09:25:53 »

5. Florida
7. A Bowling Alley
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« Reply #3 on: Friday, July 25, 2014, 09:29:22 »

4. Amadeus
3. Casablanca
6 Tarasamalata or something like that.
8 Hubris
9. 1st pic is Hannah Miley....is the 2nd one Miley Cyrus?
12 Munster
15 Pyrhic (sp)

9 - I think is Melissa George. Had it been Billy Piper the link could have been Swindon I guess.
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« Reply #4 on: Friday, July 25, 2014, 09:31:50 »

5. Florida
7. A Bowling Alley

Florida has Georgia and Alabama I think.
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« Reply #5 on: Friday, July 25, 2014, 09:33:54 »

Unbelievably No. 1 is Ford Fiesta

2 Isle of Man?
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« Reply #6 on: Friday, July 25, 2014, 09:43:51 »

9 - I think is Melissa George. Had it been Billy Piper the link could have been Swindon I guess.

No, Reg got it.
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« Reply #7 on: Friday, July 25, 2014, 09:44:40 »

Could 11. be diffraction?
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« Reply #8 on: Friday, July 25, 2014, 09:55:26 »

Florida has Georgia and Alabama I think.

Very good point. Always thought it was just Georgia.
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« Reply #9 on: Friday, July 25, 2014, 09:56:31 »

Could 11. be diffraction?

Could be...
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« Reply #10 on: Friday, July 25, 2014, 09:59:21 »

Florida has Georgia and Alabama I think.

I'd go for a northern a small northern state bordering Canada, so Maine.
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« Reply #11 on: Friday, July 25, 2014, 09:59:47 »

No, Reg got it.

Really? It doesn't look like Miley Cyrus to me but fair play if it is.
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« Reply #12 on: Friday, July 25, 2014, 10:01:39 »

Unbelievably No. 1 is Ford Fiesta

2 Isle of Man?

I noticed that this place.... Niue, was competing on the first day.  Got to be tiny, as I've never heard of it previously.
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« Reply #13 on: Friday, July 25, 2014, 10:04:35 »

% answer for 14 has to be Elton John.
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, July 25, 2014, 10:08:04 »

5. Maine
10. Seersucker
16. Just a guess - Family Fortunes?
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