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« on: Friday, July 4, 2014, 09:05:20 »

1.   Where is Arthur being disruptive? 
2.   What will be named with a bottle of whisky today?
3.   The insect-repellent citronella is derived from a close relative of which plant often used in Thai cooking?           
4.   Where is this?     



5.   In biology, what name is given to the threadlike structures normally occurring in pairs in the cell nucleus that carry hereditary information in the form of genes?                                                                     
6.   In a standard three-pin electrical plug, two of the pins should be connected to the live and earth wires, respectively:  what should the third pin be connected to?
7.   Which Anglo-Saxon king, whose name means ‘noble counsel’, was given a nickname that meant ‘bad’ or ‘no counsel’?   
8.   The north-eastern corner of the isle of Corfu lies just off the coast of which country? 
9.   What nominally links these pictures?     


 
10.   Who is this?   



11.   In Ancient Greece, which city-state in the southern Peloponnese was characterized by its rigorous military discipline? 
12.   Which traditional Christmas treat originally contained meat and was made in the shape of a cradle, as a reminder of the manger in which Jesus lay?   
13.   Name the ‘S’.     



14.   Who is the oldest female artiste to top the UK singles chart? 
15.   The Polish refusal to hand over which port to the Germans was used by Hitler as a pretext for invading the country to start the Second World War ? 
16.   Part of the Biblical book of Daniel was originally written in which language that is closely related to Hebrew and is said to have been Jesus’s mother-tongue?
17.   Which phrase, meaning that your prospects are bleak, refers to a breakfast item, and can be traced back to a best-selling 1984 film comedy ?   
18.   My neighbour has nine children born at regular intervals.  The sum of the square of their ages is equal to the square of his own age.  How old are his children?
 
19.   What links these pictures:

         


20.   Unscramble the two words:  A C C D E H I O O O O P R S Z 
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« Reply #1 on: Friday, July 4, 2014, 09:11:12 »

13. smörgåsbord
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« Reply #2 on: Friday, July 4, 2014, 09:14:15 »

4. Czech Republic?

Edit. No  Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: Friday, July 4, 2014, 09:16:32 »

 
2. The new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth
3. Lemongrass           
5. Chromosomes                                                                    
6. Neutral
7. Ethelred the Unready   
8. Albania
11. Sparta
12. Mince pies?
15. Gdansk/Danzig
16. Aramaic?
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« Reply #4 on: Friday, July 4, 2014, 09:16:57 »

3. Lemon grass
8. Albania
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« Reply #5 on: Friday, July 4, 2014, 09:17:27 »

7. Ethelraed the Unready

The 1 st picture connection is Holy......Holy Island, Holy City
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« Reply #6 on: Friday, July 4, 2014, 09:19:39 »

18. His children are aged 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12and13 and he will be 81
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« Reply #7 on: Friday, July 4, 2014, 09:20:31 »

4.  Greater London
9. St Michael
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« Reply #8 on: Friday, July 4, 2014, 09:22:14 »

9. Saints - Mont St Michel and St Peters Square
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« Reply #9 on: Friday, July 4, 2014, 09:22:37 »

19. 2,5,8,11,14,17,20,23,26

He is 48  Wink
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« Reply #10 on: Friday, July 4, 2014, 09:22:51 »

10. Pete Sampras (?)
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« Reply #11 on: Friday, July 4, 2014, 09:25:44 »

9.I thought it was Holy island and then you have the Holy See Vatican
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« Reply #12 on: Friday, July 4, 2014, 09:27:04 »

14. Cher?
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« Reply #13 on: Friday, July 4, 2014, 09:29:16 »

4.  Greater London
9. St Michael

That was my first thought for 9....what with nominally being there....but wasn't convinced it was St Michael's Mount....looks more like Lindisfarne to me....maybe the church is called St Michael's
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, July 4, 2014, 09:30:59 »

10. Nick Kyrgios
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