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Starting a new thread for this one, it was hard keeping track of the answers on the last one.

1. What is the official language of Fiji? English - Get 'A' Grip
   
   
2. Whose backing band was The Range? Bruce Hornsby's - Phylum
   
   
3. Which war included the battles of Cassino, Iwo Jima and Salerno? World War II - Team Katex and Jeeves :D
   
   
4. Which country is the setting for The Thorn Birds? Australia - Rind
   
   
5. Which part of the body is affected by trachoma? Eyes - slinky
   
   
6. What is the capital of Guatemala? Guatemala City - Get 'A' Grip
   
   
7. Who received co-credit with Elton John on the hit Runaway Train? Eric Clapton - buttonsmum
   
   
8. Who described naval tradition as ‘nothing more than rum, sodomy and the lash’? Winston Churchill - John Timmins
   
   
9. Which Tchaikovsky ballet includes Red Riding Hood and Cinderella? Sleeping Beauty - Stanaccy
   
10. What are eisoptrophobics afraid of looking at? Mirrors - buttonsmum
    
    
11. Who waved an Americn fag at the crowd after winning the 1968 Olympics heavyweight boxing gold? George Foreman - Get 'A' Grip and his porking piggies :D
    
    
12. Which desert boasts the spot with the world’s best annul sunshine record? The Sahara - Stanaccy
    
    
13. Which film starred Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly? Breakfast At Tiffany's - Rind
    
    
14. Who was the first member of the Royal Family to fly supersonic on Concorde? Prince Philip - Grannyclaret
    
    
15. How many Concorde’s did British Airways own at the start of 1995? Seven - Chesty cougher Phylum :D
    
    
16. What is a Turkey in ten-pin bowling? 3 consecutive strikes - slinky
    
    
17. What is Venice’s main thoroughfare called? The Grand Canal - carolef
    
    
18. Which 1972 movie saw Marlon Brando slide up the top-grossing chart and up his co-star? Last Tango In Paris - Rind
    
    
19. What were the sides of the American ship Old Ironsides made from? Wood - Phylum
    
    
20. How many years make up a vicennial period? Twenty - slinky

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Which part of the body is affected by trachoma? EYES

How many years make up a vicennial period? Twenty

What were the sides of the American ship Old Ironsides made from? IRON (hmm)

What is Venice’s main thoroughfare called? Canalazzo

What is a Turkey in ten-pin bowling? Three strikes in a row

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4/ Australia.
13/ Breakfast at Tiffany's.
18/ Last Tango in Paris.

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Correct :)

Nope

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Yep all right Rindy Roo :D

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Thanks.......:)

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1. English

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6. Guatemala City

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Yep both correct :)

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Are you referring to a sodomite or a cigarette? Neither of these were waved in Mexico if I recall correctly. However, I suspect that come London Olympiad 2012, any waving of the latter will be an arrestable offence carrying a sentance of no less than life imprisonment.

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Ooops!!! :o :D

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10. Mirrors

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7. Eric Clapton

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3. World War ll , but only because I looked it up on Ask Jeeves, is this cheating ? Least I admit it. :)

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8 winston church hill

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Correct :)

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17. is it the grand canal?

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:eek: You and Granny are terrible :D lol!!! Yes Jeeves is correct ;)

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Correct John :)

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It most certainly is carole :)

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[quote=Tinkerbelle]Starting a new thread for this one, it was hard keeping track of the answers on the last one.

1. Which desert boasts the spot with the world’s best annul sunshine record?

Is this the desert where the sun shines out of your backside :eek: Guess another whoops Tinkers. (not spelt same, but sounds same). Could, therefore, be the Great Basin ?

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PMSL Katex !!!! Oh the shame of it!! :o I might have been better posting this quiz in over 18's section lol! :o

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2. Bruce Hornsby

19. Oak

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Correct Phylum :)

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7. 7, Boaa, Boab, Boac, Boad, Boae, Boaf, Boag!

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Are you choking or something Phyl? :D lol!

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Umm, might look like that. Those are the serials. Hubby worked on the prototype. Very handy!

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Aahhh your answering question No. 15 about the concorde's ;) I had just rung 999 for you then :D

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*splutter*

Sorry, revised Question Number 15

7

Pass the Benylin

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Correct ...... :)

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11. George Foreman

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Correct ....... :)

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9 Sleeping Beauty
14 I think (well gnawing thought at back of my head) it's Princess Royal?

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Yes that's correct but ......
this one isn't

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Just 2 left I think .... they gotta be worth a guess :)

12. Which desert boasts the spot with the world’s best annul sunshine record?

14. Who was the first member of the Royal Family to fly supersonic on Concorde?

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So much for the gnawing in the back of my head then.

Is number 12 The Mojave? (If my memory of o level geography serves me right it's Death Valley mind you that is xty x years ago)

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No it's not sorry Stanaccy :)

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Bet it's one of those Antartic thingies that throw us off the scent. The desert thing .. losing track sorry. :confused:

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:eek: Now would I do that to you Katex!! :D

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Ye... eh . Ok goin' to ring son who has degree in Geography. ****** .. he on answer machine .. what's he doing that's more important than me finding out the answer to this then :rolleyes:

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Right I'm going for the bleeding obvious because the hottest place in the world is there.

Sahara

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12. Yuma, Arizona???

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YESSSSSSSSSSS :D lol!!

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14... prince philip ......

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Correct Granny :D

All done!!!! ;)

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just came on line in time to catch the last question.....i would have hated to have missed out..

ANY MORE TINKS?:engsmil: