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  1. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Congratulations Yorkie <applause>
    50% of the diet of this animal is made up of sugarcane, tubers and fruit - especially the wolf apple, which is the fruit of Solanum lycocarpum (closely related to the tomato). It lives mostly in Brazil - looks like a cross between a wolf and a fox on stilts, with large floppy ears like an African wild dog - standing on stilts helps it navigate through the pampas grass. Despite its appearance it is not related to either a fox or a wolf but forms its own genus within the canid family. The clue about ants refers to them deficating on the nests of leafcutter ants, who then use the dung on their fungus gardens but discard the seeds first which then germinate extra quickly around their nests - thus ensuring a constant supply of the wolf apple. The Maned Wolf helps even further by eating anteaters ! Over to you.
     
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    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Yorkie was 6 minutes quicker BB
     
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    I realised that - was just pointing out the connection. ;)
     
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  4. yorkshirehornet

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    Which Indian Madeline became a war hero?
     
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  5. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Is this a code name for some operation ?
     
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    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    Noor Inayat Khan - a radio operator for SOE who worked with the French Resistance using the codename Madeleine?
     
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    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    Yes. You got it.. They detailed her story on the BBC website earlier this week...
     
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    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    Which inventor famously said "My God, if I'd known what they were going to do with it, I'd have never have invented it!" after his invention brought him a fine?
     
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    It ....was in Canada , in 1956, that Watson-Watt got a glimpse of a less popular application for the technology he helped develop - when he was pulled over for speeding by a policeman using a radar gun.
    According to Mr Herriot: "He said, 'My God, if I'd known what they were going to do with it, I'd have never have invented it!'"
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    Spot on - over to you...
     
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  11. yorkshirehornet

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    What was another first in Portugal this week....?
     
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    Jota scored his first goal for Portugal and Ronaldo was the first to score 100 goals.
     
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    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    No.. This involves a woman...
     
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    Ronaldo became the first to sire 100 children? ;)
     
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    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    noooo
    Clue:

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    a wave..................
     
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    Anything to do with coronavirus?
     
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  18. yorkshirehornet

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    No... but liquid is involved
     
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    Is this the woman who surfed the biggest wave this year?
     
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  20. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    Yes you got it... over t you
     
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