Can you guess who I was sketching here? Initials and asterisks only please.

Here’s a new style quiz we can try out as mentioned yesterday. The challenge for you is to provide a list of 10 Freeview TV channels that contains ones that you think others may be less likely to choose. The winner would be the person whose list contains the most channels that no-one else has chosen. No use of reference material or the internet to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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I've been thinking of introducing a new type of quiz but it would only work with several participants. So I thought I would sound it out.
You will all be familiar with Pointless I'm sure. Loosely based on this, for the quiz I would invite you to name 10 examples of something (such as English counties or Elvis films for example). The idea would be to list examples that you think others may be less likely to choose. The winner would be the person whose list contains the most examples that no-one else has chosen.
So do please let me know if this idea appeals.

In this quiz you have to identify the song. You have five clues – the song title is one word, the word begins with ‘A’, the name of the artist, the year it was a UK top 40 hit and the number of letters in the word (in brackets). No use of reference material or the internet to ensure fair play. Good luck.
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1. Def Leppard 1994 (6)

2. Black Lace 1984 (6)

3. Fleetwood Mac 1968 (9)

4. Cilla Black 1966 (5)

5. Petula Clark 1957 (5) 57

6. Randy Crawford 1986 (5)

7. Cast 1995 (7)

8. Erasure 1994 (6)

9. Stuart Gillies 1973 (6)

10. Kiki Dee 1973 (9)

11. The Eurythmics 1990 (5)

12. Brotherhood of Man 1977 (6)

13. Culture Beat 1984 (8)

14. Adam and the Ants 1980 (8)

15. The Shadows 1960 (6)

16. Acker Bilk 1976 (4)

A difficult one as so young bu, without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is from this photo as a child? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.

All the clues in the list below have two answers with a movie theme. A point for each correct answer with a maximum of 34 possible (only two guesses allowed per clue of course). No use of reference material or the internet to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1. Star Wars droids (original trilogy)


2. Famous Hepburns


3. Sisters from the movie "Frozen"


4. Hobbits who went to Mordor


5. Stars of "Lethal Weapon"


6. Affleck brothers



7. Characters who sang
"Hakuna Matata"


8. Movies for which Tom Hanks
won an Oscar for Best Actor


9. Asteroid disaster movies
of 1998


10. Main Toy Story characters


11. Superheroes portrayed by
Ryan Reynolds


12. Cities where "The Hangover"
series takes place


13. Main stars of "Fight Club"


14. Movies starring Paul Newmanand Robert Redford


15. Actors who have portrayed Mr Spock in movies


16. Main stars of "Grease" the movie


17. Coen brothers

Can you guess who I was sketching here? Initials and asterisks only please.

Can you guess which type of animal this is? Initial(s) and asterisks ony please and no internet etc use of course.

Below is a list of the 12 officer ranks in the British Army in random order. Your task is to put them into order starting with the lowest rank and ending with the highest. One point for every rank you place in its correct position.
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General


Major General


Lieutenant Colonel

Second Lieutenant

Brigadier

Lieutenant

Colonel

Lieutenant General

Officer Cadet

Field Marshall

Major

Captain

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is from this photo as a child? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.

How well do you know the real names of recording artists? Can you identify the more familiar name used by those in the list? A number of them may be deduced from their real names – others not. No internet use of course.

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1. Walden Waldo Robert Cassotto

2. John Henry Deutschendorf

3. Antoine Domino


4. Donovan Phillip Leitch


5. Aubrey Drake Graham

6. Fabiona Forte Bonaparte


7. Concetta Maria Franconero

8. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta


9. Brenda Gail Webb


10. Paul Gadd

11. Charles Hardin Holley

12. Reginald Kenneth Dwight

13. Richard Graham Sarstedt

14. Brenda Mae Tarpley


15. Norma Deloris Egstrom


16. Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie

17. Ellen Naomi Cohen


18. Barry Alan Pincus


19. Manfred Lubowitz


20. Dino Paul Crocetti

Can you guess who I was sketching here? Initials and asterisks only please.

Sadly Gerry has passed away aged 78. I remember seeing him on the Beatles/Roy Orbison tour in Woolwich in 1963 when they peformed You'll never walk alone fot he first time.

In this quiz, for each hint, enter a 4-letter word. The last letter of this word will then be the first letter of the next word. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck and I hope you will enjoy.

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1. "Fight Club" star


2. Movie about a man who goes inside a computer


3. Nautilus Captain


4. Han Solo: "Never tell me the ____"


5. To deny an Oscar to one who is considered to be deserving


6. To fail disastrously at the box office


7. Johnny Depp movie, or slang for cocaine


8. Creature from "Tremors": Giant ____


9. Hawaiian island or "Moana" character


10. Dr. Frankenstein's hunchbacked assistant


11. B Side of Paperback Writer


12. Feral woman with her own language portrayed by Jodie Foster


13. Anakin's son


14. Type of movie that is long and has lots of heroic deeds


15. Automotive Pixar movie


16. Black Pearl, Pequod, or Poseidon


17. Doris Day hit "A bushel and a ____"


18. Citizen with a sled named Rosebud


19. Little creatures from "Return of the Jedi"


20. Northern Church


21. Donkey ____ from Mario games


22. Lighting and rigging supervisor: Key ____

Can you guess to which type of animal these legs belong? Initial(s) and asterisks ony please and no internet etc use of course.

Can you guess who I was sketching here? Initials and asterisks only please.

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is from this photo as a child? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.

In this quiz, you have to guess the demonym for each of the listed countries and territories in South America. A demonym is the word used to denote the natives or inhabitants of a particular country, state or territory etc – for France the answer would be French for example. I’m looking for the official names and not slang. Where there are two official demonyms for a particular country either can be accepted. I suspect most will be easy but a few may need some thought. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck and I hope you will enjoy.

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1. Colombia


2. Venezuela


3. Guyana


4. Suriname


5. French Guiana


6. Ecuador


7. Brazil


8. Peru


9. Bolivia


10. Paraguay


11. Uruguay


12. Chile


13. Argentina


14. Falkland Islands

Another less easy one. Can you guess which type of cheese this is? Initial(s) and asterisks ony please and no internet etc use of course.

A difficult one perhaps but can you guess of which type of animal this is part? Initial(s) and asterisks ony please and no internet etc use of course.

In this quiz, for each hint, enter a 4-letter word. The last letter of this word will then be the first letter of the next word.. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck and I hope you will enjoy.

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1. Currency of Germany and Greece

2. Neighbour of Michigan

3. Honolulu's island

4. Mountain range between Europe and Asia

5. Third biggest city in France

6. Pleasant French city

7. Irish name of Ireland

8. Title for a ruler of Dubai or Abu Dhabi

9. Heavily populated river valley in Germany

10. Capital of Latvia

11. Place to find the Taj Mahal

12. Shrunken sea of Central Asia

13. Former currency of Italy

14. Major ethnic group of the Middle East


15. Indonesian island with many tourists

16. Also known as Persia

17. World's longest river

18. England's most famous boys college

19. Well known Scottish loch

20. Largest island in the Inner Hebrides

21. Sicilian volcano

22. The largest continent

23. Former English county

24. Capital of Greenland

25. Superman's real name
26. Ancient city in Turkey described in the Iliad

27. New Haven University

Can you guess who I was sketching here? Initials and asterisks only please.

Today’s quiz involves identifying 20 well-known movie titles from the obfuscated descriptions given. Needs a bit of thought but not as difficult as it might at first seem.

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1. Adult male Homo sapiens composed of the element with atomic symbol Fe


2. The daughter of the monarch who is also a woman whose nuptials are pending


3. 0.5 x [10 to the power of 2] monochromatic hues neither white nor black


4. Circulatory organ whose fear response is at lower than normal levels


5. The ability of humans to perceive the natural world that exists beyond the five

6. Cycle of terrestrial rotation dedicated to the species Marmota monax


7. Insanely affluent people from east of the Urals


8. Extended military engagements of the gravitationally-bound masses of celestial plasma


9. My parent's sibling's child whose given name is Vincent


10. Location in which the remains of companionship animals are subterraneanly interred


11. The firearm which is completely devoid of garments


12. Visually locating the locomotives


13. The future state will include the presence of sanguinal fluid


14. Narrative concerning the objects designed for the amusement of prepubescent humans


15. Visage disfigured by a healed wound


16. The social organization devoted to the initial repast of the day


17. The period of unease subsequent to abnormally high [C to the power of 2 H to the power of 6 O] consumption


18. Armaments located on a fictional Aegean island


19. Type of person of the female gender epitomised by Tara Palmer-Tomkinson


20. Shortened but doubled US City where everyone is crazy

Thanks for your support and participation during this awful year. Let's hope next year is a lot better.
And my last word on Christmas comes in the form of two of my favourite Christmas songs which, I suspect, many of you will never have heard (and which oddly enough both concern San Francisco):
Christmas by the Bay by Tim Hockenberry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oduvzanzxpE

...and Christmas in San Francisco by Vic Damone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA_0cvyh3oE&t=13s

Merry Christmas everybody (to quote Noddy Holder). Here's a final animal puzzle before the big day.

Can you guess to which animal this belongs? Initial(s) and asterisks ony please and no internet etc use of course.

Can you guess who I was sketching here? Initials and asterisks only please.

Today a topical subject for our quiz. Mary Berry’s recipe for Christmas pudding lists 11 ingredients (disregarding those for the brandy butter). You have to guess what the 11 items are. So each entry must be limited to 11 guesses – any guesses in excess of that will be disregarded. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck and I hope you will enjoy.

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Who plays Monopoly? Today's quiz concerns the traditional UK Monopoly board. Below is list of the squares on the board going clockwise starting with Go. What you have to do is to identify the properties which occupy the numbered squares where the colour has been shown. Two points for every correct answer and one point for getting a property in the right colour but wrong square. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck and I hope you will enjoy getting your memory buds working overtime.

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Go

1. Brown


Community chest

2. Brown


Income tax

Kings Cross Station

3. Blue


Chance

4. Blue


5. Blue


Jail

6. Purple


Electricity

7. Purple


8. Purple


Marylebone Station

9. Orange


Community chest

10. Orange


11. Orange


Free parking

12. Red


Chance

13. Red


14. Red


Fenchurch Street Station

15. Yellow


16. Yellow


Water works

17. Yellow


Go to jail

18 Green


19. Green


Community chest

20. Green


Liverpool Street Station


Chance


21. Dark Blue


Super tax

22. Dark blue

Can you guess to which animal this belongs? Initial(s) and asterisks ony please and no internet etc use of course.

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is from this photo as a child? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.

Below are the real names of 20 well-known recording artists/musicians. You have to guess their real names. Although a number may be unfamiliar, many contain a clue as to the name they chose to adopt. No internet use of course.

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1. Stuart Leslie Goddard


2. Francis Thomas Avallone

3. Peter Edward Baker


4. Anthony Dominick Benedetto


5. Marc Feld


6. Michael Bolotin


7. Jiles Perry Richardson

8. Gary Anderson

9. John Francis Bongiovi Jr.


10. Paul David Hewson


11. Salvatore Philip Bono


12. Charles Eugene Boone


13. David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones

14. Ernest Evans


15. Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere


16. Charlotte Maria Reed


17. Virginia Patterson Hensley


18. Nathaniel Adams Coles


19. Vincent Damon Furnier


20. Declan Patrick McManus

Can you guess who I was sketching here? Initials and asterisks only please.

A music-based quiz today covering the 1950s to the modern day. Below are 25 pairs of songs, each pair being top 30 UK hits for the same recording artist(s) – you have to name them.

You have two big clues to each pair of songs – the year they were hits and the fact that every artist(s)’ name begins with the letter E. To clarify, the E will be the first letter of the name on the record with the one exception of groups starting with The. So, for example, Cliff Richard would be regarded as beginning with C but The Shadows would be regarded as beginning with S. Some easy but some more difficult. No internet use of course.

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1. 2019 Cross me | I don’t care



2. 2015 On my mind | Love me like you do



3. 2003 Bring me to life | Going under



4. 2002 Without me | Lose yourself



5. 2001-02 Hero | Escape



6. 1994 Around the world | Steam



7. 1992-95 Book of days | Anywhere is



8. 1990-94 Sadness | Return to innocence



9. 1986-87 The final countdown | Rock the night



10. 1983 Love is a stranger | Who’s that girl



11. 1977-78 Saturday nite | Fantasy



12. 1976-77 Take it to the limit | New kid in town



13. 1977-78 Sunshine after the rain | Lilac wine



14. 1976-77 Livin’ thing | Telephone line



15. 1969-70 Viva Bobby Joe | Black skin blue eyed boys



16. 1968 Cinderella Rockefella



17. 1966-68 Friday on my mind | Hello, how are you



18. 1966-67 Help me girl | Good times



19. 1963 So it always will be | It’s been nice



20. 1962-64 I don’t know why | Boys cry



21. 1960-61 Hallelujah, I love her so | Weekend



22. 1960 Them there eyes | Counting teardrops



23. 1958-62 Love me forever | Yes my darling daughter



24. 1957-58 Tryin’ to get to you | I’m left, you’re right, she’s gone



25. 1953-58 Oh mein papa | Mandy

Can you guess to which animal this belongs? Initial(s) and asterisks ony please and no internet etc use of course.

For today’s quiz, we have a list of clues to a particular country in Asia. Your task is to identify each country - I believe there is only one answer to each clue but in the event that I am mistaken you have to get mine. Without using reference material or the internet, of course. Some easy and some less so - good luck.

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1. starts with the letter Y


2. is majority Jewish


3. most of the railways operate at a 199% overcapacity


4. has a GDP over $10 trillion


5. borders the Black and Mediterranean seas


6. has over 50 million people living on less than £2 a day


7. Is technically at war with its southern neighbour


8. has the same name as a U.S. state


9. Ends in the letter Q


10. has land on the Equator


11. has a population that is 30% nomadic (or semi-nomadic)


12. has more than one skyscraper per ten square kilometers


13. has a capital whose name starts with H


14. has a capital city with an elevation over 2500 meters


15. Grigoryan is the most common surname


16. has Portuguese as an official language


17. lost its seat in the United Nations


18. had a population decline during the 1970s


19. was named for a Spanish king


20. was led by a one-eyed mullah

Last week's new member @Kaylawashere has been removed from the group for failing to provide required location information.

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is from this photo as a child? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.

Today’s quiz involves identifying 25 rock and pop groups from the clues given below. Some easy, some not so. No interent use of course to ensure fair play and good luck.

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1. Pistols + Flowers


2. Shore + Guys


3. The Undead


4. State of enlightenment


5. Dark + Sunday


6. Spinning Pebbles


7. Mean + Pale + Group


8. Speaking Noggins


9. Thankful Deceased


10. Bobbies


11. Rotten + Firm

12. Monarchs of Castille


13. SCUBA gear


14. Changed pictures


15. First man + insect


16. Nobleman + Cavaliers


17. Betrayer + Deacon


18. Fate's Offspring


19. Polar + Simians


20. Royal colour + Möllusc + Sect


21. Albino Serpent


22. Male only area


23. Metal + Lassie


24. Wipe-out


25. Electricity both ways

Can you guess to which animal this belongs? Initial(s) and asterisks ony please and no internet etc use of course.

A big welcome to the group to Mohammad Khan @FreeLocator and BridgetB @Grannyb.

Can you guess who I was sketching here? Initials and asterisks only please.

Today’s quiz involves unusual or irregular singular or plural words. Below are two sets of words – one of fairly common singulars and the other plurals. You have to identify the plural or singular as the case may be. Some of the singulars can be pluralised simply by adding ‘s’ but in those cases I’m looking for the alternative way of making them plural. Some easy, others not so - but there are clues within the list. No internet use to ensure fair play of course and good luck.

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SINGLULAR WORDS – GIVE THE UNUSUAL/IRREGULAR PLURAL

1. Amoeba - Amoebae



2. Colon - Cola



3. Confetto - Confetti



4. Ox - Oxen



5. Dormouse - Dormice



6. Grouse - Grouse



7. Diagnosis - Diagnoses



8. Polyhedron - Polyhedra



9. Quantum - Quanta



10 .Syllabus - Syllabi



11. Vertebra - Vertebrae



12. Focus - Foci



13. Phenomenon - Phenomena



14. Brother - Brethren



15. Elf - Elves



16. Cul-de-sac - Culs -de-sac





IRREGULAR PLURAL WORDS – GIVE THE SINGULAR



17. Vertices - Vertex



18. Ova - Ovum



19. Viscera - Viscera



20. Dice - Die



21. Alumni - Alumnus



22. Bacteria - Bacterium



23. Genera - Genus



24. People - Person



25. Criteria - Criterion



26. Data - Datum



27. Media - Medium



28. Paparazzi - Paparazzo



29. Lice - Louse



30. Graffiti - Graffito

Another big hello, this time to Viv W @Vivw Locksbottom who has joined our group today.

The reason that conjoined twins were once called "Siamese twins" is because of Cheng and Eng Bunker, born in Siam (modern-day Thailand) in 1811. In 1829, the twins traveled to the United States and toured the country, becoming rich and famous in the process. After a decade of touring, they settled in North Carolina, where they became American citizens, bought slaves, married local sisters, and fathered 21 children.

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is from this photo as a child? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.

Another big welcome this time to Hameed Youssef @Hameed90.

For today’s quiz we have clues to a number of words which all begin with a lower or upper case ‘K’. All you have to do is name each. Most are guessable but a few may be more difficult. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play.

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1. Scottish skirt for men


2. Largest city in Pakistan


3. Mongolian ruler


4. Norse sea monster


5. Oven used to bake pottery

6. Loose Japanese robe


7. What blue whales eat


8. Type of large seaweed


9. Glen Miller song about where ‘I’ve got a girl’


10. Japanese suicide bomber


11. To bow deeply, touching
one's forehead to the ground



12. Israeli commune


13. Person who spoils all the fun


14. The main speech of a conference


15. To punish by dragging under a ship

16. Person who steals compulsively


17. Relatives


18. German emperor


19. Toy musical instrument


20. Small rounded hill


21. Backpack


22. British spelling of US word curb


23. Wild Tibetan horse


24. Loose breeches gathered in at the knee


25. Variety of cabbage


26. Government by thieves


27. Weekly comic that featured Bill Bunter

28. Old Mother Riley’s daughter

A big welcome to Kayla @Kaylawashere who has just joined our quiz group.

Can you guess to which animal this belongs? Initial(s) and asterisks ony please and no internet etc use of course.

Today’s quiz concerns Shakespeare plays that contain people’s names in the title. I’m looking for each Christian name and each surname that appears at least once in the title of his plays (so if the title has a character’s Christian name and surname that will be two answers). If the same name is used in more than one play title and refers to a different character the name only counts once - all 23 answers are different to one another. There are 23 names in total and Sir Thomas Moore is not included as the play is disputed as to who actually wrote it I believe. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play.

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