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OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

Discussion in 'Queens Park Rangers' started by Rollercoaster Ranger, Jun 15, 2013.

  1. KooPeeArr

    KooPeeArr Well-Known Member

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    Axl Rose is older than he looks!

    (sorry)
     
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  2. sb_73

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    Nice one Nines.
     
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  3. QPR999

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    Cheers mate, that degree I did on London is certainly coming to fruition on here.


    You need to alter a single letter in each of these words to get a group of five different words that then form a set. List the words and find the connection.

    Tight

    Caste

    Heaving

    Tough

    Small
     
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  4. Shawswood

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    Sight
    Taste
    Hearing
    Touch
    Smell
     
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  5. QPR999

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    The five senses.

    Well done mate. Take it away Twins...
     
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  6. Shawswood

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    There may be more than three, but can you name 3 English words that contain the vowels in their reverse alphabetical order,
    u-o-i-e-a.

    (Not place or people's names)
     
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  7. qprbeth

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    Unnoticeably
     
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  8. Shawswood

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    Correct Beth; clue for two more (that I know) would be 'unflattering Indian'
     
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  9. qprbeth

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    Do we need all three?
    Unquoteable if a word might be one
     
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  10. Shawswood

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    No 'i' in unquoteable, but 1 will do, take it away yourself girlie
     
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  11. qprbeth

    qprbeth Wicked Witch of West12
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    OK
    Which Queens Park links a knight of the National Order of Merit with a housewife superstar
     
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  12. sb_73

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    Green Park.
     
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  13. qprbeth

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    Nope!
     
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  14. sb_73

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    Hyde Park (is my thinking right Beth....I had 50% of a reason for Green Park, but none for Hyde.......)
     
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  15. qprbeth

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    Wrong continent Stan...worried about your signature too
     
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  16. sb_73

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    Queen's Park Melbourne....Moonee Ponds home of "Dame" Edna Everage, housewife superstar. I was trying the cryptic version.....

    Sig is just my little tracker
     
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  17. qprbeth

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    Correct ...the " knight of the National Order of Merit" is Tina Arena, a real life inhabitant of Moonee Ponds.... from Wiki:- "In 2009, Arena was awarded the Knighthood of the Order of National Merit by the President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy for her contributions to French culture. She is the first Australian to have received the Order of State"

    Perhaps a better question would have been what the @@@@ has Tina Arena done to deserve that honour.

    But take it away Stan
     
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  18. sb_73

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    Where would be the best place to look for the Golden Fleece today?
     
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    High W*****e.
    No doubt many other towns have pubs with that name too!

    No that is the wrong answer. Stan asked for the best place so it can't be in that town!
     
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  20. sb_73

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    ...and it's a real fleece Terry.......
     
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