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wildrover
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| I think this is tough but we'll see - what connects spade, mushroom, fisherman, screw, Bruce and Winston Churchill? |
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wildrover
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OK, that was a tough one. The answer is anchors - the first five are the five main classes of anchor and Winston had a tattoo of an anchor on his arm...
What connects the cities of New York, Venice, Bilbao and Berlin in a list that by 2011 will also include Gauadalajara, Abu Dhabi, Bucharest and Vilnius? |
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Red Devil 66
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| I can only guess at a Guggeheim museum |
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wildrover
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| Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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 - correct, 4 exisiting Guggenheims and 4 in progress... |
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Red Devil 66
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OK my turn I guess.
Here's one I used in a quiz this week...slightly adapted from one used before.Aplogies if that's the case.
Which footballer transfered from Southampton to Arsenal in January 2006?
Which Sacha Baron Cohen character was the leader of the West Staines Massive?
Which crimefighter did Michael Brandon play on TV?
Who created the literary character of Aslan ?
which novel is on an island named New Switzerland?
Who was the first wife of comedian/actor Craig Charles?
Which Trotkskyite Miltant Tendency politician became deputy leader of Liverpool City council in the '80's?
Who was born Ray Robinson but later changed his name?
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wildrover
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Good one this - I always like a connections quiz where the connection allows me to backfill some of the answers I haven't got. Still two I don't know though...
Theo Walcott (Jersey Joe)
Ali G (Muhammad)
Dempsey (Jack)
C.S. Lewis (Lennox)
Swiss Family Robinson (Sugar Ray)
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Derek Hatton (Ricky)
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rodbox
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Which footballer transfered from Southampton to Arsenal in January 2006?
THEO WALCOTT - JERSEY JOE WALCOTT
Which Sacha Baron Cohen character was the leader of the West Staines Massive?
ALI G - MUHAMMAD ALI
Which crimefighter did Michael Brandon play on TV?
LT JAMES DEMPSEY - JACK DEMPSEY
Who created the literary character of Aslan ?
C.S. LEWIS - LENNOX LEWIS
which novel is on an island named New Switzerland?
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON - SUGAR RAY ROBINSON
Who was the first wife of comedian/actor Craig Charles?
CATHY TYSON - MIKE TYSON
Which Trotkskyite Miltant Tendency politician became deputy leader of Liverpool City council in the '80's?
DEREK HATTON - RICKY HATTON
Who was born Ray Robinson but later changed his name?
RAY CHARLES - EZZARD CHARLES
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My first ever post so go easy on me:
What word connects beer, cigars, a solar eclipse and a 90s pop star? |
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| CORONA? |
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JUS
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What connects cloaks, a game and pizza?
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Dominoes
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1.Which actress, once engaged to Leonard Cohen, played Peyton Flanders in The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
2.What is the chief city and largest port in Morocco?
3.Which crooner duetted with David Bowie on Little Drummer Boy in 1982?
4.Who was MP for Hampstead and Highgate from 1992-1999 before running for the position of Mayor of London?
5.Which singer died of a heart attack at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles on May 14th, 1998?
6.What is the name of Judy Garland’s actress daughter?
7.How was British lieutenant Thomas Edward Lawrence better known?
8.Which Jules Verne novel begins; “Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814�
9.Which cigar was advertised with the slogan; “Happiness is a cigar called…�
10.What is the connection between all or part of each answer?
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