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« on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 08:53:24 »

1.   A man trapped under a train was released when hundreds of passengers pushed to tilt the train.  Where did this happen?? 
2.   An elephant was pictured this week using what rather unusual object as a back-scratcher?
3.   Which two English counties share a border with Scotland ?           
4.   When would you wear these?   

 

5.   What is the name of the railway operating company in the US?                                                                     
6.   Who replaced George Dawes as the scorer on Shooting Stars?
7.   Which two actors have played James Bond just once in the movies?   
8.   What cocktail is made using equal measures of champagne and stout? 
9.   What name links these pictures?     


 
10.   Who is this? 



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? 
12.   Which is the only American president that Queen Elizabeth hasn’t met since she came to the throne?   
13.   Name the TV series.


   
14.   In 1972, which form of punishment was finally made illegal in the United States? 
15.   In mythology, which monster terrorized the local population by asking them a riddle and devouring them when they couldn’t answer it? 
16.   According to a famous travel guide, what is the most useful thing an inter-stellar hitchhiker can carry with them?
17.   The Academy Awards ceremony was delayed in 1968 after the assassination of which person?
   
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?
 
19.   What links these pictures:

       

20.   Unscramble the two places  :  A A C D E E I I L P P S
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« Reply #1 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 09:04:54 »

1. May have been Perth, Australia, pretty sure it was in Aus.
 3. Cumbria Northumberland
 5. Amtrak
 7 George Lazenby David Niven
 8 Black Velvet
 11 Could be finial
 12. You'd think it must be Harry Truman
 14 Could be electric chair
17 Bobby Kennedy?
19 Simon.....basing on middle 2 Mayo and Cowell, so could be wrong, will have a think about t'others.....yeah last one Simon Pegg.....sorry Pisser
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« Reply #2 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 09:06:58 »

Definitely Australia, Reginald. I was going to say Sydney, but Perth is ringing a bell.
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« Reply #3 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 09:07:19 »

13, Jetsons?
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« Reply #4 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 09:15:48 »

2. Volkswagen Polo and 8 must be Black Velvet
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« Reply #5 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 09:20:42 »

16. A towel, you hoopy frood.
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« Reply #6 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 09:21:18 »

17 Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968
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« Reply #7 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 09:24:40 »

14. Capital punishment.
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« Reply #8 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 09:25:43 »

17 Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968
I think its King also.
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« Reply #9 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 09:35:00 »

19 Simon.....basing on middle 2 Mayo and Cowell, so could be wrong, will have a think about t'others.....yeah last one Simon Pegg.....sorry Pisser
Definately people called Simon, Simon Amstell, Simon Mayo, Simon Cowell, Simon Stink(i made the last one up)
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« Reply #10 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 09:37:04 »

Simon Pegg.
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« Reply #11 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 09:37:17 »

6. Angelos Epithemiou
12. Lyndon B Johnson
15. The Sphinx
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« Reply #12 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 09:37:53 »

18. Large 12oz, small 10oz,  lid 8oz.
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« Reply #13 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 09:39:26 »

18. Large 12oz, small 10oz,  lid 8oz.

Can always rely on 4D for a mathematical question Smiley
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, August 8, 2014, 09:41:38 »

Number 9 is definitely Mira Sorvino and, I think, Kylie Mingoue.

Oliver Martinez has boffed them both... Is it that sort of quiz?
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