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Pub Quiz Nght #1367537
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-1. Which troubled fictional detective lives and works in and around the small town of Ystad?
-2. What are the names of the first five men Paul Simon gives advice to in 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover?
-3. The extinct Dodo bird was native to which island in the Indian Ocean?
-4. Which seemingly indestructible musician's autobiography is titled Life?
-5. On the 18th of March 1965 Aleksei Leonov became the first person in history to do what?
-6. What occupation was carried out in the Brill Building in New York?
-7. Gamophobia is the fear of what?
-8. Fuseki, Moyo, Seki and Sabaki are some of the terms used in which game?
-9. In which geological period are we living today?
-10. What is the title of the famous Sandro Botticelli painting also known as the 'Allegory of Spring'?
-11. When translated, the name of which toy is a combination of the words 'egg' and 'watch'?
-12. This is the intro to which hit of the 70s? (Being all heart, I’ve given you a whole 630 milliseconds-worth evil )


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Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1367538
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12. Goin" Up the Country - Canned Heat

This is thanks to "The Blind Side"

Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1367540
05/31/26 12:30 PM
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1. Kurt Wallander wave great series


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Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1367541
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Good ones, chaps! smile

Are you referring to the original Swedish version or the British remake, manxman? think


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Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1367543
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2. Jack, Stan, Roy, Gus, Lee grin

Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1367546
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Five out of five, michele! wave


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Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1367547
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4. Keith Richards wave

Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1367549
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"Mr Indestructible" himself! lol


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Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1367554
05/31/26 04:49 PM
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11. Is it tamagotchi?


Quantity has a quality all of its own
Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: flotsam] #1367558
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3. Mauritius (Madagascar).


Time : The Most Precious Commodity
Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1367560
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Swedish version I think, UW. think

On second thought I think it was the BBC version with Kenneth Branagh?

Last edited by manxman; 05/31/26 05:30 PM.

Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.
Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1367565
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8. Go wave


If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba",
which ironically means absolutely nothing.
Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1367694
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Pandora, flotsam, Mad - all good! wave


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Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1367698
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5. Leonov was the first to take a space walk.


Common sense is a flower that does not grow in everyone's garden.
Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1367699
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He (she?) was indeed, Lady K smile


To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1367712
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7. Fear of commitment?


It's nice to be important but it is much more important to be nice.
Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1367817
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Good call, SQF! smile

Have seen it as fear of marriage, or more generally commitment


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Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1367820
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Rog,
Alexei Leonov was definitely a "he."

6. The Brill building was known for the pop songs composed and made there.


Common sense is a flower that does not grow in everyone's garden.
Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1367823
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10. Is it Primavera?


Quantity has a quality all of its own
Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1367837
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Both good, which leaves just the one... smile


To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1368211
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9. The Age of Rock!!

[Linked Image]

No? Then we live in the most recent period, the Quaternary, which is then broken down into two epochs: the current Holocene, and the previous Pleistocene, which ended 11,700 years ago. smile


If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba",
which ironically means absolutely nothing.
Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1368248
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Wow, but time does fly...


Dan

To learn, read...To know, write...To master, teach...To live, play games & listen to whale music Stay Smart & Stay Safe
Re: Pub Quiz Nght [Re: Urban Worrier] #1368301
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lol

Nice finish m'dear! bravo


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