I have most of my answers done...
I have most of my answers done...
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OldMike (26-10-18)
OOOO it's even more exciting!
Do a little of something that makes you happy every day!
My answers are in!!!
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Paula (27-10-18)
Go Team Jaq
Edit:
Added closing date to first post.
Closing date Sunday 28th October 2018 @ 23:59 GMT (UTC).
There's still time to enter and if you notify me on this thread or by pm (private message) that you need more time I can defer the closing date
Last edited by OldMike; 27-10-18 at 02:42 PM. Reason: Updating info.
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Must look in to marking the quiz now that all entries are in, trouble with being retired you don't have much spare time to do bugger all
77 and counting, less of the "Old" call me "Mike"
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
Tên përdu, jhamâi së rëcôbro
Do a little of something that makes you happy every day!
Quiz episode 6 (16/10/2018) - Answers
1. In which year was X Factor first broadcast? - 2004
2. How many players are on a cricket field during normal play? - 13 (11 on the fielding side and 2 batsmen)
3. What fruit comes from a rose? - Hip
4. The river Danube flows out in to which sea? - Black Sea
5. Which gas puts bubbles in to bottled fizzy drinks? Carbon dioxide
6. What gift was forthcoming on the tenth day of Christmas (according to the carol)? - Ten Lords a Leaping
7. The Harlem Globe Trotters are famous in which sport? - Basketball
8. Who is older Richard Branson or William Hague? - Richard Branson
9. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious comes from which Disney movie? - Mary Poppins
10. How many noughts are there in the written number ten million? - Seven
11. Which month of the year in Britain contains the longest day? - June
12. Copies of the Bible are left in hotel rooms by which religious organisation? - Gideons
13. Who wrote the play A winter's Tale? - Shakespeare
14. What do the initials M.B.E. (in honours) stand for? - Member (of the order) of the British Empire
15. What have you betrayed if you commit treason? - Country
16. Who was swallowed by a whale in the Bible? - Jonah
17. Gareth Bale left Tottenham Hotspur to join which club in 2013? - Real Madrid
18. Which musician had the nickname "Satchmo"? - Louis Armstrong
19. Who played Jamie Bell's teacher in the movie Billie Eliot? - Julie Walters
20. What is the children's version of backgammon called? - Ludo *
21. Which boy band came third in The X factor (2010)? - One Direction
22. Which scientific word deals with the structure of the body? - Anatomy
23. Debra Messing played which character in Will and Grace? - Grace
24. What does a chronometer measure? - Time
25. Chichester is the county town of which county? - West Sussex (1/2 point for Sussex)
26. Jerez in Spain is famous for which alcoholic drink? - Sherry
27. In crime what do the letters A.B.H. stand for? - Actual Bodily Harm
28. In a bull fight what name is given to the person who kills the bull? - Matador
29. Which is the lower house in British politics? - House of Commons
30. What is the German word for the number five? - Funf
* The person who gave Backpiglet as the answer to question 20 gets half a point for lateral thinking and humour, it might not be a game but should be
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The winner of Quiz 6 by a small margin with 28 points is, cue music video:-
Paula (Team Sparkles)
77 and counting, less of the "Old" call me "Mike"