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1.   Who sent their first tweet this week?  (bit vague I thought)
2.   The wreck of which famous explorer’s ship was reported to have been discovered earlier this week?
3.   What car did Dick Dastardly & Muttley drive in The Wacky Races?           
4.   Name the character   

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5.   Which Hollywood star had an audition to join pop group Boyzone?                                                                     
6.   Which one London Underground lines run entirely in Zone 1?
7.   What type of fabric takes its name from the French for ‘cloth of the king?   
8.   What term is used to describe classical music from 1600 to around 1760? 
9.   What links these pictures?     

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10.   What ordinary birds are seen here? 

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11.   Who is the only person to be nominated for producing, writing, acting and directing Oscars in the same year? 
12.   What name is given to someone who makes artificial eyes?   
13.   What is the name of this town that is in the news every 10 years ? 

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14.   Apart from the UK, what are the two Commonwealth countries in Europe? 
15.   What is the sinister common name of the most poisonous of British mushrooms, which accounts for ninety per cent of fungus-related fatalities? 
16.   ‘F’ stands for fibre in which common weight-loss method?   
17.   Which profession eats a traditional breakfast of steak & eggs?   
18.    Can you arrive at a total of 37 by using five fives?  Any maths operator is allowed and you can group the fives as you like (eg 555 5 5).  There is more than one solution

19.   What links these pictures:

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20.   Unscramble the two words:  A A D I I J L M M S S U

16. F plan

1 Prince Harry
5 Colin Farrell

15) Death cap

2. Christopher Columbus
3. The Mean Machine (Car No: 00)

13. Oberammergau

4. Pedro Pony

11) Clint Eastwood?

6. Waterloo & City
7. Corduroy

14.  Malta and Cyprus

Isnt No.1 Morrissey?

12. ocularist

Yes!

Prince Harry sent his first tweet yesterday to announce the Invictus games so could be more than one answer

8. Baroque

10. Common Linnets

11. Warren Beatty

17. Cowboys

20.  ISLAM JUDAISM

9. the woman is Cynthia Payne the brothel madame from the 70's and 80's but no idea on the number link.

The best I can come up with is 'luncheon vouchers' - which her clients used for payment in an attempt to get around the laws.  The Luncheon Voucher Company started up in 1955.  Probably too tenuous, though!

Luncheon Vouchers is right.

Yeah, you're probably right.  It was only 'The Luncheon Voucher Company' that started in 55.  Like I said, probably too tenuous.

I changed it when I read it again I think you are right.

17 has got to be the Beefeaters in the Tower of London........probably

For 18. Can you use 'squared' as an operator? ie do 5^2 rather than 5*5 and only use one 5?

No idea, I never look at the maths question! :) I'll assume you can, it says any maths operator is allowed. (although I don't really know what this means exactly!)

Yes you can use squares and roots etc it would appear.

In that case think one answer is
55 + 5 = 60
60/5 = 12
12 + 5^2 = 37

so 5^2 + (55+5)/5 = 37

So, does that just leave Q19?  What does anyone have for the 3rd and 5th pics?

I would say 3 could be The Man in the Iron Mask - Alexander Dumas

There's a French-speaking origin to 1-4, but can't link the last one - if it's a post-it, they were invented in America...

If the 5th pic is an envelope, there's a French origin to that word, too.

There is a French film festival called the Films on the Green

Ah as the quiz had to be handed in by 3:30 I just put Belgium as the answer to 19!

Problem is Life of Pi is by Yann Martel who, although a Canadian, was actually born in Spain

Yeah, that worried me a bit, too, but there is a tenuous French connection in that Pi's full name is Piscine Molitor (Pi) Patel and he was named after a swimming pool in Paris, apparently.

I would have guessed at France. But, TBH, I didn't notice that nobody had the answer for that one.

Can't help noticing that you don't seem to have shared your winnings from all the previous weeks with the TEF...

1.   Who sent their first tweet this week?  Prince Harry or Morrisey
2.   The wreck of which famous explorer’s ship was reported to have been discovered earlier this week?  Christopher Columbus (accept Santa Maria)
3.   What car did Dick Dastardly & Muttley drive in The Wacky Races?  The Mean Machine           
4.   Name the character     Pedro Pony

5.   Which Hollywood star had an audition to join pop group Boyzone?  Colin Farrell                                                                     
6.   Which two London Underground lines run entirely in Zone 1?  Waterloo & City Line  (Circle Line now spreads into Zone 2)
7.   What type of fabric takes its name from the French for ‘cloth of the king?  Corduroy  (although it’s been pointed out that this is folk etymology) 
8.   What term is used to describe classical music from 1600 to around 1760?  Baroque 
9.   What links these pictures?        Luncheon Vouchers (Cynthia Payne, who sold services for luncheon vouchers; another way of writing 55 is LV)
 
10.   What ordinary birds are seen here?    Common Linnets

11.   Who is the only person to be nominated for producing, writing, acting and directing Oscars in the same year?  Warren Beatty 
12.   What name is given to someone who makes artificial eyes?  Ocularist   
13.   What is the name of this town that is in the news every 10 years ?     Oberammergau
14.   Apart from the UK, what are the two Commonwealth countries in Europe?  Cyprus & Malta 
15.   What is the sinister common name of the most poisonous of British mushrooms, which accounts for ninety per cent of fungus-related fatalities?  Death’s Cap 
16.   ‘F’ stands for fibre in which common weight-loss method?  F-Plan Diet   
17.   Which profession eats a traditional breakfast of steak & eggs?  Astronaut   
18.    Can you arrive at a total of 37 by using five fives?  Any maths operator is allowed and you can group the fives as you like (eg 555 5 5).  There is more than one solution
The four basic operators are not enough, this time you will either need to use ‘factorial’! or ‘to the power of ‘^’
((5+5)/5)^5 +5 = 37 
((5!+5!)-55)/5 = 37
5!/(5+5)+5x5 = 37
(Answers involving 0.5 or ^2  disallowed)

19.   What links these pictures:  Gerard Depardieu films (Life of Pi; Asterix at the Olympic Games; Man in the Iron Mask; Cyrano; Green Card)

         

20.   Unscramble the two words:  A A D I I J L M M S S U  ISLAM & JUDAISM

No winnings! Merely a bit of fun on a Friday!

"Green Card"     >:(

55 = LV  :doh:  (but at least we got the answer right)