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« on: Friday, May 23, 2014, 08:57:25 »

1.   Which store has been voted worst in the High St for two years in a row?  WH Smiths
2.   What should have lasted 311 days but was called off this week after just 141?
3.   Since 1928, athletes from which country have led the parade at the opening of the Olympic Games?          
4.   Who is this?    



5.   What Latin legal term means ‘under judicial consideration’?                                                                  
6.   In Japanese cuisine, which name indicates a dish of meat or shellfish marinated in a soy sauce and grilled or broiled?
7.   Which British finch gets its name from its unusually shaped beak, which it uses for extracting seeds from conifer cones?  
8.   In Norse mythology, what name is given to the final battle between the gods and the powers of evil?  
9.   What links these pictures?  
 
 
 
10.   Name the film.  

 

11.   Which pungent gas is a compound whose molecules contain three atoms of hydrogen and one of nitrogen?  
12.   Which sea, the northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean, is named after a Danish navigator?  
13.   What this ?  



14.   What name is given to inflammation of the thin, double-layered membrane separating the lungs from the chest cavity caused by a virus?  
15.   What Spanish name is given to the periodic warming of the Eastern Pacific that disrupts weather patterns?  
16.   Which kind of soft felt hat, popularized by King Edwrad VII, takes its name from the town in Germany where it was first worn?
17.   What was abolished in Britain initially for a trial period of five years following a Private Members bill of 1965?   British Summer Time or Greenwich Meantime?
18.    Paul went to the shop and paid 50p for a bag of crisps, but was mistakenly given four times the change to which he was entitled.  He observed that this was equivalent to twice the amount he’d given to the shopkeeper.   What was Paul’s total profit?
  
19.   What links these pictures:

       

20.   Unscramble the two words:  B C C E E G I O R S
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise,
the gorgie boys, for Hearts in Europe.
kerry red

« Reply #1 on: Friday, May 23, 2014, 09:11:44 »

looks like some of the answers have already been given directly after the questions

9. Chippendale and Chip 'n Dale

16. Homburg
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« Reply #2 on: Friday, May 23, 2014, 09:12:09 »

3. Greece
4. Olly Murs
5. sub judice?
7. Crossbill
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« Reply #3 on: Friday, May 23, 2014, 09:13:51 »

10. Around the World in Eighty Days
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« Reply #4 on: Friday, May 23, 2014, 09:14:54 »

13. Turmeric
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« Reply #5 on: Friday, May 23, 2014, 09:15:47 »

A stab in the dark tells me the 1 is WH Smiths
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« Reply #6 on: Friday, May 23, 2014, 09:17:31 »

8 is Ragnarok
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« Reply #7 on: Friday, May 23, 2014, 09:17:44 »

8 Armageddon
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« Reply #8 on: Friday, May 23, 2014, 09:18:09 »

18 is £1.50
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« Reply #9 on: Friday, May 23, 2014, 09:19:43 »

15 El nino
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« Reply #10 on: Friday, May 23, 2014, 09:26:13 »

 
looks like some of the answers have already been given directly after the questions

9. Chippendale and Chip 'n Dale

16. Homburg

Bollocks I forgot to take those out. Those were working notes from people    Embarrassed

Amended now.
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise,
the gorgie boys, for Hearts in Europe.
kerry red

« Reply #11 on: Friday, May 23, 2014, 09:28:44 »

3. Greek

ps i didnt know that some of the miusic at the opening ceremony was by a band called the Fuck Buttons

wonder if Lord Snooty Coe knew
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« Reply #12 on: Friday, May 23, 2014, 09:29:27 »

5: Sub Judice
11: Ammonia
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« Reply #13 on: Friday, May 23, 2014, 09:29:45 »

14 = Pleurisy, i think
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, May 23, 2014, 09:41:51 »

3. Greek

ps i didnt know that some of the miusic at the opening ceremony was by a band called the Fuck Buttons

wonder if Lord Snooty Coe knew

I saw Fuck Buttons live in Luxembourg.

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the gorgie boys, for Hearts in Europe.
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