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Here you all go - standard Graham rules apply :D

1. In the entire English football league, which football team has the shortest name?

2. As Melanie, Bonnie Langford was the Doctors Companion when he regenerated. Who played the two Doctors?

3. What was the first country to allow women the vote?

4. In 2000, who became the first female to have a number one in the charts as a soloist, in a duo, and as part of a group?

5. Of the four different Olympic jumping events, two are only performed by men. What are they?

6. In what year did it become compulsory to wear seatbelts in the front seat of a car?

7. In Monopoly, which two properties cost £260?

8. In 1996, Julia Roberts became the first actress to be paid £10mill ion for a role in a film. What was the film?

9. Who was the first singer to get 5 top ten hits from the same album?

10. In which sport are competitors forbidden to play left-handed?

11. In football, what rule was changed in the 1981/82 season that resulted in records being broken?

12. What is the second most commonly used letter in the English alphabet?

13. What is the only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible?

14. How many keys are there on a standard piano?

15. Who provided the voices for Dangermouse and Penfold?

16. What does the musical term †˜da capoâ₠¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ mean?

17. Who played the role of Ton Hanksââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ lover in the film †˜PhiladelphiaÃÂà ‚¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã¢ââ⠀šÂ¬Ã…¾Ã‚¢?

18. On the London Underground, which is the only line that connects with every other one?

19. Which American rock star was the first to release an album on CD?

20. Which historic event is commemorated by the rhyme †˜Ring-a-ring of rosesââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢?

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1/ Bury?

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20/ Plague?

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Both right :) (and good timing on that additional post)

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5. Triple Jump & Pole Vault
9. Michael Jackson (Thriller?)

18. Circle

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11 3 points for a win

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12: 's'

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10 Field Hockey?

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14. 80?
12. A
7. The Strand, Fleet Street

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15 Penfold was Terry Scott, and Danger mouse was David Jason

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Another one for you :)

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Sorry, not right :(

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Nope

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All wrong, I'm afraid

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But this one's spot on :)

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8: Woman in Red (?)

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Afraid not matey :(

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4. Annie Lennox?

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12: try 'T' then

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Nah, sorry

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8. Pretty Woman

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Now you've got one :)

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10 polo?

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Wrong again, sorry :(

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18: Central line?

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18 District

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18 District line?

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And the weeman swoops straight onto that one - one for you :)

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Sorry, that's wrong :(

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18 District
12 O

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'Fraid not :(

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Nope, sorry (and 12's gone anyway ;) )

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18 Circle line?

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'Fraid not :(

(Ever get the impression that everyone's going to argue with me about the answer ;) )

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18 Northern

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It's not that one either (although the process of elimination's gonna come into play soon :D )

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4: Melanie C (duo with Brian Adams, and was in the Spice Girls).

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18 Metropolitan then

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Another one for you matey :)

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18: Victoria

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:erm: ... no ... :disturbd:

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18: Hammersmith & City?

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Nope :(

(I'm getting a bit worried about this you know :erm: )

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3 Ireland

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Still no :disturbd:

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18 Bakerloo :rofl:

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'Fraid not :(

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11. Was that three points for a win?
14. 81?
19 Springsteen?

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Guess what?

Nope :p:

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10 : Football ;)

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16 Play again from the beginning

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Nah ;) (and it's already gone)

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18 Jubilee :p:

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Yep :)

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18: Picadilly

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Put it this way - that's the answer I've got :D

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'Fraid not - see my last post

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13 Cat

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So what is left? :D

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Another one for you (are you sure you're not Googling :p: )

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There's 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 14 & 17 left to go :)

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No, but I am gonna stop there - just in case!

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6 1979

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'Fraid not :(

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7: Leicester Sq, Coventry St. (Giggle)

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6 1978 then

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Google is open, my friends

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Well, it made me chuckle :D - another one for you!

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Nope (and you're going the wrong way ;) )

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6 1980 Goggled 1982 (thought it was soon after I passed my test :shrug: didn't realise it was 4 years later)
17 Antonio Banderas (Goggled)

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2, 3, 6, 8 & 14 to go

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3: New Zealand (Goggle)

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I spotted that edit (and you're lucky it's right :D )

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There you go, you clever boy :)

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14: 88 keys (Gaggle well, Wiki actually)

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And another :)

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Just 2 and 8 to go :)

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2 Tom Baker / Colin Baker (IMDB)

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2 Colin Baker & Sylvester McCoy :google:

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Nope, sorry...

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There you go, my wee chum (I think Aragorn got his Bakers messed up :D )

Just 8 to go then

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8: Mary Reilly

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8 Notting Hill :google:

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And that's yer lot! Cheers for that guys and gals - answers and scores coming up...

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:erm: Just beaten to it, and wrong anyway :D

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8. Erin Brockovich??

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oh dammit! ur all too quick!!!!!

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...and im rubbish at quizzes too so that doesn't help either!!!

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1. Bury
2. Colin Baker & Sylvester McCoy
3. New Zealand
4. Mel C
5. Pole Vault and Triple Jump
6. 1982
7. Coventry Street and Leicester Square
8. Mary Reilly
9. Michael Jackson
10. Polo
11. 3 points for a win
12. T
13. The cat
14. 88
15. David Jason and Terry Scott
16. Repeat from the beginning
17. Antonio Banderas
18. The Jubilee Line
19. Bruce Springsteen
20. The Plague


1. gazzae
2. homealone
3. altis
4. Stuart C
5. Aragorn
6. Angua
7. altis
8. altis
9. Aragorn
10. homealone
11. gazzae
12. altis
13. Aragorn
14. altis
15. Stuart C
16. Angua
17. Angua
18. Angua
19. Aragorn
20. gazzae

Scores
altis = 5
Angua = 4
Aragorn = 4
gazzae = 3
homealone = 2
Stuart C = 2

So, with no further ado, I declare altis to be the winner (which probably means youââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢ll get a quiz next week :D )

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nice one, thanks matey :tu:

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Oh bugger! I must learn to google less efficiently. Thinking caps on then :)

Thanks, Nugget, for a very tricky quiz indeed.

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Cheers Nug :tu:

Saved by my connection going off line ;)

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Well, I was slightly worried seeing as last time I did the quiz there was a thunderstorm which took the power out at work. Halfway through today, guess what happened ... :erm: :disturbd:

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Good quiz, Nugg.
Glad I stopped when I did ;)
Well done to Altis.

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Was this quiz courtesy of your employer then?

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Missed it :(

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Anything I do is...:disturbd:

EDIT: Although I would like to point out that I did this during my lunch :erm:

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Of course ;)

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You youngsters - you'll believe anything ;) :D

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I don't recall the one that says "hold it at such short notice that Graham doesn't get to play...!" :mad:

Oh what the hell...

1. In the entire English football league, which football team has the shortest name?

Arsenal?

2. As Melanie, Bonnie Langford was the Doctors Companion when he regenerated. Who played the two Doctors?

Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy

5. Of the four different Olympic jumping events, two are only performed by men. What are they?

Pole Vault is one. Women used not to compete in the Triple Jump, but I thought that had been changed.

10. In which sport are competitors forbidden to play left-handed?

Polo

11. In football, what rule was changed in the 1981/82 season that resulted in records being broken?

The restrictions on players' wages.

12. What is the second most commonly used letter in the English alphabet?

T

13. What is the only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible?

Cat?

14. How many keys are there on a standard piano?

84

15. Who provided the voices for Dangermouse and Penfold?

David Jason and Terry Scott

16. What does the musical term †˜da capoâ₠¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ mean?

To the end.

18. On the London Underground, which is the only line that connects with every other one?

Northern?

19. Which American rock star was the first to release an album on CD?

Bruce Springstein

20. Which historic event is commemorated by the rhyme †˜Ring-a-ring of rosesââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢?

Not the Great Plague. This is an urban myth!

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5. Pole Vault and Triple Jump

Ahem: Olympics 2004 - Women's Triple Jump Results! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olym...ts/3532970.stm

Women's pole vault results
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olym...ts/3532982.stm

20. The Plague

*WHOOOOP* *WHOOOOP* *WHOOOOP*

http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/rosie.htm

:D

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Okay guys and gals, I have all the questions so get ready for another quiz today. I have to go out this afternoon so it will be at the slightly earlier time of:

12:30

Be there!