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Post by Lonely on Dec 4, 2020 7:39:08 GMT
The questions:
1/- Which aristocratic writer fronted the band Decca and the Dectones?
2/- What is the longest river on the Iberian peninsula?
3/- During the world wars, what was the WLA?
4/- The rod of Asclepius is a symbol of which profession?
5/- Which pub name celebrates Charles II’s hiding place?
6/- What type of artwork comprises tesserae?
7/- What nocturnal primate is named from the Dutch for “clown”?
8/- What country calls itself the Bolivarian Republic?
What links…
9/- 13 and 17 (Italy); 9 and 13 (Norway); 7 and 13 (UK); 8 and 4 (China)?
10/- Geographic; magnetic; geomagnetic?
11/- Orson Welles; Robert Lindsay; Adil Ray? 12/- Riddley Walker; A Clockwork Orange; The Wake?
13/- Loop; arch; whorl?
14/- Lungfish; mudskipper; northern snakehead; woolly sculpin?
15/- Mojang; Valve; EA; Rockstar?
The answers:
1/- Jessica Mitford.
2/- Tagus.
3/- Women’s Land Army.
4/- Medicine.
5/- The Royal Oak.
6/- Mosaic.
7/- Loris.
8/- Venezuela.
9/- Lucky and unlucky numbers in those countries.
10/- Types of pole on Earth.
11/- Citizen… on film and TV: Citizen Kane; Citizen Smith; Citizen Khan. 12/- Novels in invented languages: Russell Hoban; Anthony Burgess; Paul Kingsnorth.
13/- Fingerprint pattern types.
14/- Amphibious fish.
15/- Computer game developers.
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Post by Bozo on Dec 4, 2020 23:18:35 GMT
Not so good this week - got 5 but really should have got 2 others (5+11)
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