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17 Responses to “See how many you get …”

1. microdave, on January 2nd, 2013 at 16:24 Said:

   1) Vertical Take Off and Landing
   2) Pawnbroker
   3) Duet
   4) He never aged?
   5) Albumen?
   6) Eire
   7) It’s been too long since I was at skool, and I’m not going to look it up…
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   11) My old Fiat Panda…
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   13) Chile?
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   16) Random Access Memory ~ Read Only Memory ~ Central Processing Unit
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   20) Four?

   I guess that makes me a thicko..

   
   
2. Mark, on January 2nd, 2013 at 16:46 Said:

   1) vertical take-off and landing
   2) Pawnbroker
   3) Duet
   4) He never grew old
   5) I always call it the white, but I think the posh word is albumen
   6) Ireland
   7) Helium
   8) Absolutely no idea Guess: Porcupine?
   9) Contageous is spread by human contact?
   10) No idea
   11) Pyramids/sphinx? Hanging gardens of Babylon?
   11) A shell (scallop kind of thing)
   13) I was about to look this up but that’s not the spirit, is it?
   14) Merchant of venice (Portia asking Shylock for mercy?)
   15) ….. that he giveth his life for his friend
   16) Random access memory, read-only memory, central processing unit
   17) Casablanca
   18) City of London?
   19) Appalachians
   20) 4?

   
   
3. Mark, on January 2nd, 2013 at 16:47 Said:

   11 Wasn’t the lightouse at Alexandrea one too?

   
   
4. Mark, on January 2nd, 2013 at 16:48 Said:

   16) .. lay down his life…

   
   
5. Stephen Brown, on January 2nd, 2013 at 16:49 Said:

   7) Helium
   8) Platypus
   9) Infectious, transmitted by different vectors.
   Contagious, transmitted from person to person.
   10) Dunno, don’t care.
   11) Colossus of Rhodes
   12) Scallop shell
   14 Merchant of Venice
   15) … that a man lays down his life for a friend.
   17) Casablanca
   18) City of London
   19) Appalachians
   20) Eight (four couples).

   
   
6. Stephen Brown, on January 2nd, 2013 at 16:50 Said:

   I was filling in microdave’s blanks and making one correction!

   
   
7. Mark, on January 2nd, 2013 at 16:53 Said:

   9) I used to know this one for sure sure, but people started using the words wrongly and now I’ve forgotten. As I remember contageous is the one you’ve got to worry about so maybe infectious requires physical contact and contageous can be transmitted throug e;g. air?

   
   
8. Kevin B, on January 2nd, 2013 at 17:00 Said:

   13 Chile, (chilly. Geddit?)
   11 Hanging Gardens of Babylon

   
   
9. dearieme, on January 2nd, 2013 at 17:02 Said:

   “Who played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films?” You mean they’re not documentaries?

   
   
10. Woodsy42, on January 2nd, 2013 at 17:17 Said:

    1 – it means exactly he same as when applied to a moon lander.
    2 – That 1.5 brass monkeys were very very cold.
    3 – nostalgia.
    4 – discussion is not allowed on this topic due to anti-discrimination laws.
    5 – tasteless.
    6 – The druidic country of Ireland.
    7 – Elium.
    8 – a fat celulite covered aged actress
    9 – It’s not what you have but how you got it.
    10 -Lancome cosmetics
    11 – Dis hanging gardens is good reggae man.
    12 – her feet.
    13, I’m bored now, sorry

    
    
11. Dave, on January 2nd, 2013 at 17:40 Said:

    1.  What does VTOL mean when applied to an aircraft? Very Tall Overhead Luggagerack
    2. What does the sign of the three brass balls signify? Pawnny
    3. What is a song for two called? Duo
    4. What was different about Peter Pan? Gay
    5. What is the white part of an egg called? Album
    6. For which country is the shamrock the symbol? Eire
    7. Which element has atomic number 2? atom bomb No.2
    8. If the Echidna is a monotreme, what is the other one with a funny shape? BioGeorgeian
    9. What is the difference between infectious and contagious? Death
    10. Who played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films? An old bird
    11. Name one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Inverness
    12. In Botticelli’s ‘The Birth of Venus’, what is Venus standing on? Clamb shell
    13. It is long and thin and near the coast. It actually elected a communist leader years ago and is next door to a country whose colours are light blue and white. It might sound cold but in fact it crosses many climactic regions from warm to cool. Calmbodia
    14. Which Shakespeare play has “the quality of mercy is not strained”?
    The one where the yid gets it.
    15. Greater love hath no man than this…. . Complete. Huge cock
    16. What are RAM and ROM? What is CPU? Random Acess Mem -Read Only – Central Pro Unit
    17. Which N. African seaport is Spanish for white house? Casablanca (bin There)
    18. In which financial district is the Bank of England? City of London?
    19. What’s the major mountain range inland of the eastern US seaboard? Not the Rockys
    20. How many people take part in the quadrille dance? 4

    
    
12. James Higham, on January 2nd, 2013 at 18:55 Said:

    OK, now I go through and see if there are any left unanswered:

    1 Microdave, Mark
    2 Microdave, Mark
    3 Microdave, Mark
    4 Microdave, Mark
    5 Microdave, Mark
    6 Microdave, Mark, Woodsy, Dave
    7 Mark, Stephen, Woodsy
    8 Stephen
    9 Mark, Stephen
    10 No one yet
    11 Mark, Stephen, Kevin, Woodsy
    12 Stephen, Dave
    13 Microdave, Kevin
    14 Mark, Stephen
    15 Mark, Stephen
    16 Microdave, Mark, Dave
    17 Mark, Stephen, Dave
    18 Mark, Stephen, Dave
    19 Mark, Stephen
    20 Stephen

    All questions answered except 10. Let’s leave it for now and I’ll put it in at 20:00.

    
    
13. Chuckles, on January 2nd, 2013 at 19:08 Said:

    1. Disposable
    2. Monkeys and cold weather about
    3. A Discord
    4 Botox
    5. Shell
    6. Perfidious Petra
    7. My kettles.
    8. Apteryx
    9. Infectious – means catchy. See infectious rock.
    Contagious – Many years ago I was visiting my uncle in his corner shop, when the driver of a soft drink truck lost it on the corner and drove straight through the front windows of the shop and dumped it’s entire load of bottles all over the shop.
    My uncle looked up and said, ‘Jeez, it’s gonna take that contagious to clear that mess up.’
    10. Ron Weasley
    11. I wonder where I left my car-keys
    12. Certainly not ceremony
    13. My neighbour
    14. The Bacon one
    15. Full stop.
    16. Twins who founded Rome. The guy standing next to me at the urinal.
    17. There is none. ‘White House’ is English, not Spanish
    18. The Dodgy, or the Dogey.
    19. All of them
    20. The fewer the better.

    
    
14. Sniper, on January 2nd, 2013 at 19:10 Said:

    All but 9.

    
    
15. James Higham, on January 2nd, 2013 at 22:14 Said:

    No Stawemma

    
    
16. Rossa, on January 3rd, 2013 at 08:01 Said:

    Emma Watson – by Rossa’s Mum!

    
    
17. James Higham, on January 3rd, 2013 at 10:45 Said:

    Well done.