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I already have the answers which I'll post around 4 if anyone wants to do the quiz today?  :sherlock:

1.   Which technology company could be said to have set the world alight this week? 
2.   What is the theoretical minimum number of points a team needs to progress to stage 2 of the World Cup finals?  How many teams in the current competition can still theoretically achieve this minimum and progress?
3.   What term, meaning an ‘entrance hall’ in Latin, is used for the two upper cavities of the heart?           
4.   Name the artist. 

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5.   Which acid can build up in the muscles during strenuous exercise, causing cramp-like pains?                                                                     
6.   In The Simpsons, what is the name of the nearby town with which Springfield has a great rivalry in all things?
7.   In which Dickens’ novel is the eponymous establishment taken over by an evil dwarf ?   
8.   What term for a measure of length in the Ancient World is now applied to many sporting venues? 
9.   What links these pictures?     
 
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10.   Name the group 

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11.   What name, from the Latin for ‘seaweed, is given to the simple plant-like organisms, that typically lack true root stems, roots and leaves? 
12.   Which comedy duo starred in a 1930s film about two delivery men attempting to take a piano up a flight of stairs to a house?   
13.   Who is this?   

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14.   What name is given to the method of sending messages using two flags, held in different positions by a signalman, to represent individual letters or numbers? 
15.   In which film does Michael Palin slay the dragon that is menacing a medieval kingdom? 
16.   Which Earl gave his name to a mechanical model of the solar system that was designed to show the motion of the planets around the sun?
17.   According to Islamic tradition, which angel dictated the Koran to the prophet Muhammad?   
18.   You have a traditional fizzy pop bottle, shaped so that the bottom three-quarters is a perfect cylinder and the top quarter is an irregular shape.  The bottle is about half-full with limeade.  Using only a ruler, how can you work out exactly what percentage of the bottle is filled?
 
19.   What links these pictures:

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20.   Unscramble the two words:  E F G G I I M N O O R S W 

14. Semaphore.

3. Ventricle.

5. Lactic
6. Shelbyville
7. Old Curiosity Shop
8. Stadium
12. Laurel and Hardy
10. Kiss
14. Semaphore
17. Gabriel

19. A early punt here as I only recognise 2 of them - their initials are all used in another sense i.e Kw for Kate Winslet and BC for Barbara Cartland

15. Jabberwocky

4. Has to be Edgar Degas

is 10 Dr and the Medics
13 Hilary Swank?

I know most of the pictures in 19
Natalie Wood, Kate Winslet, Jean Marsh, Betty White

I'm too old to know who the first picture is and work out the connection though

Atrium

2. 2

Haha, of course. Silly me  :-[

9. John Kerry and James Galway so Irish counties

11 is alga

16 orrery

19 could be something to do with being announced as dead when still alive....or hoaxes regarding death.

The first pic looks like Helena Barlow (who played Rose Weasley in the Harry Potter films).

It is indeed

Or alluding to:


They all played characters called Rose.

 :nod:   :clap:

Who the feck is Betty White?

1.  Amazon (Fire phone) ?

She played Rose in the Golden Girls TV series.

Golden girls and much more

Ah, I remember now. Also had some loud mouthed broad in it as well.

1.   Which technology company could be said to have set the world alight this week?  Amazon with the announcement of their new Fire smartphone. 
2.   What is the theoretical minimum number of points a team needs to progress to stage 2 of the World Cup finals?  How many teams in the current competition can still theoretically achieve this minimum and progress?  2 points.  Any of 6 teams (Iran, Nigeria, Bosnia, Russia, South Korea and Algeria) could still do this.
3.   What term, meaning an ‘entrance hall’ in Latin, is used for the two upper cavities of the heart?  Atrium           
4.   Name the artist.    Degas

5.   Which acid can build up in the muscles during strenuous exercise, causing cramp-like pains?  Lactic acid                                                                     
6.   In The Simpsons, what is the name of the nearby town with which Springfield has a great rivalry in all things?  Shelbyville
7.   In which Dickens’ novel is the eponymous establishment taken over by an evil dwarf ?  The Old Curiosity Shop   
8.   What term for a measure of length in the Ancient World is now applied to many sporting venues?  Stadium 
9.   What links these pictures?       Irish counties (Kerry; Galway)
 
10.   Name the group    Dr and The Medics

11.   What name, from the Latin for ‘seaweed, is given to the simple plant-like organisms, that typically lack true root stems, roots and leaves?  Algae 
12.   Which comedy duo starred in a 1930s film about two delivery men attempting to take a piano up a flight of stairs to a house?   Laurel & Hardy
13.   Who is this?     Hilary Swank
14.   What name is given to the method of sending messages using two flags, held in different positions by a signalman, to represent individual letters or numbers?  Semaphore 
15.   In which film does Michael Palin slay the dragon that is menacing a medieval kingdom?  Jabberwocky 
16.   Which Earl gave his name to a mechanical model of the solar system that was designed to show the motion of the planets around the sun?  Orrery
17.   According to Islamic tradition, which angel dictated the Koran to the prophet Muhammad?  Jibril / Gabriel   
18.   You have a traditional fizzy pop bottle, shaped so that the bottom three-quarters is a perfect cylinder and the top quarter is an irregular shape.  The bottle is about half-full with limeade.  Using only a ruler, how can you work out exactly what percentage of the bottle is filled?   Measure the height of the liquid in the bottle with the bottle upright.  Then turn it upside-down and measure the amount of space:  the distance from the top of the liquid to the bottom of the bottle.  You can now divide the height of the liquid by the sum of  the two heights to get the volume percent of the liquid in the bottle.
 
19.   What links these pictures:  All have played famous Rose’s (Rose Weasley in Harry Potter; Gypsy Rose Lee; Rose in Titanic; Rose in Upstairs Downstairs; Rose in The Golden Girls)

         

20.   Unscramble the two words:  E F G G I I M N O O R S W  WIGGINS & FROOME