Each of the below is a clue to a single word which begins with NA . The word I am looking for has the number of letters shown in brackets. How many can you guess? One guess per clue and you have to get the word I was looking for. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. The act or process of the taking over of private industry by government (15)

2. The science of devices and materials, such as electronic circuits, constructed using single atoms and molecules (14)

3. Loyal to your country (13)

4. Describes someone who is in love with his or her self (12)

5. Lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement (7)

6. Chuck Berry hit from 1964 (6)

7. Large British mutual society (10)

8. A Muslim official or governor under the Mogul empire (5)

9. An account, report, or story, as of events, experiences, etc (9)

10. What Ringo Starr sang about ‘acting’ in 1965 (9)

11. Former German held territory in South Africa (7)

12. Whale which spends its life in the Arctic (7)

13. A person or thing named after another (8)

14. African capital city (7)

15. Fictional land (5)

16. Market town in East Cheshire (8)

17. Flowering plant whose name literally means "nose-twister" or "nose-tweaker" (10)

18. Incendiary mixture of a gelling agent and a volatile petrochemical (6)

19. What an unsuccessful attempt comes to (6)

20. Surname of Daleks creator (6)

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Ten more questions about food and drink (not difficult) – can you answer them all? One guess per clue. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1. Which nuts are used in marzipan?

2. Which bakery launched a sell-out vegan sausage roll in January 2019?

3. What type of food is Pumpernickel?

4. What is the best selling flavour of soup in the UK?

5. Calamari is a dish made from which animal?

6. Which foul-mouthed chef hosted the Kitchen Nightmares series?

7. Which bread ingredient causes it to rise?

8. Aduki, borlotti and cannellini are types of what?

9. What is the most expensive spice in the world by weight?

10. What cocktail do you get if vodka is mixed with ginger beer?

Think you know the Beatles’ song Penny Lane quite well. This is your chance to show it by guessing the word or words that is/are missing from the lyrics shown below. One guess for each of the 16 numbered gaps. To get the point you have to get all the missing words from each gap correct. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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Penny Lane, there is a barber (1) ????????????????
Of every head he's had the pleasure to know
And all the people that come and go (2) ??????????

On the corner is a banker (3) ??????????????
And little children (4) ?????????? behind his back
And the banker never wears a (5) ?????????????????
Very strange

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the (6) ?????????????
I sit and meanwhile back in Penny Lane,
there is a fireman (7) ???????????
And in his pocket is a (8) ?????????????
He likes to keep his (9) ????????? clean
It's a clean machine

Penny Lane, is in my ears and in my eyes
A four of (10) ???????????? pies
In summer, meanwhile back

Behind the shelter in the (11) ???????????
A pretty nurse is selling (12) ????????????
And though she feels as if she's (13) ???????????
She is anyway

Penny Lane, the barber (14) ?????????????
We see the banker sitting (15) ??????????
And then, the (16) ???????????? from the pouring rain
Very strange

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the (6) ?????????????
I sit and meanwhile back

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the (6) ?????????????
Penny Lane

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Here you have the answer – you just have to guess which thing in each pair is the biggest. How many can you get right? No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1.Africa or South America (both in area and population)

2.A gigabyte or a terabyte

3.The tallest building or the tallest tree

4.Buckingham Palace or the White House, by number of bedrooms

5.Your pancreas or your pituitary gland

6.The number of people on Earth or the number of trees

7.Earth or Mars

8.The Old Testament or the New Testament, by length

9.A violin or a viola

10.The annual budget of the French government or the annual revenue of Google.

11.The population of Arizona or the population of Estonia

12.An atom of Nitrogen or an atom of Uranium

13.The heaviest human ever or the heaviest pumpkin ever

14.A chromosome or a gene

15.A division or a regiment

This is a, not too difficult, chain quiz based on matters to do with love. The last letter of each word is the first letter of the next one. How many can you get? No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1.Juliet's lover

2.According to a cliché, they attract

3.Language that the Kama Sutra was written in

4.Movie about love interrupted by an iceberg

5.The Roman god of love

6.Bird that symbolizes love

7.The Greek god of love

8.Love at first sight or static electricity?

9.A way to wake up a sleeping princess

10.25th wedding anniversary

11.You can stand under her umbrella

12.Italian for love

13.Betrothed

14.Until ????? do us part

15.Musical instrument that is a symbol of love

16.Native American who allegedly saved an Englishman and married another one

17.Synonym of kiss

18.Greek woman over whom the Trojan War was fought

19.First country to legalize same-sex marriage

20.Way to a man's heart?

21.Dance performed at a Jewish wedding

22.Something you eat or drink that puts you in mood

23.Going to the ??????? and we're gonna get married

24.Cute misspelling found on candy hearts

25.Patron saint of romantic love (and also beekeeping)

26.King who abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson

27.Break-up letter: ???? John

Notmany beaks left but here are four more. Can you guess the bird to which they belong? One guess for each image. Label your answers 1 to 4 left to right, top line first. PM me with your guesses by 5am tomorrow. No use of the internet of course to ensure a fair result. Good luck.Oh and apologies if they come up rather small.

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Ten questions about food and drink – can you answer them all? One guess per clue. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1. Are Jaffa Cakes legally a cake or a biscuit?

2. Which MasterChef presenter was formerly a greengrocer?

3. Which three sauces make up Prawn Cocktail Sauce?

4. What is James Bond's favourite tipple?

5. What is the most consumed manufactured drink in the world?

6. If you are diagnosed with Coeliac disease, which protein are you unable to eat?

7. In a Thanksgiving episode of Friends, which unconventional ingredient does Rachel include in her "traditional English trifle"?

8. What type of pasta has a name meaning "little worms"?

9. Of what type of pastry are profiteroles made?

10. From which type of flower does a vanilla pod come?

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Below are images of some more beaks. Can you guess the bird to which they belong? One guess for each image. Label your answers 1 to 4 left to right, top line first. PM me with your guesses by 5am tomorrow. No use of the internet of course to ensure a fair result. Good luck.Oh and apologies if they come up rather small.

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Can you guess the names of the 10 countries which will contribute the largest amount of funding to the United Nations in 2023. Entries limited to 10 guesses. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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Spanish yesterday - now for German😎. Do you know or can you guess what these basic German words mean? One guess per clue. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. Guten Tag

2. Auf Wiedersehen

3. Bitte

4. Danke

5. Entschuldigung

6. Gesundheit

7. Wer

8. Guten Morgen

9. Warum

10. Woher

11. Montag

12. Samstag

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Your challenge today is to identify the name of the place (country, state, city or geographical feature) which derives from the Spanish for the words or expressions given below. One guess per clue. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. The Angels

2. Rich Coast

3. Equator

4. Large River

5. The Peace

6. Good Airs

7. Flowery

8. The Savior

9. Assumption

10. The Pass

11. River of the Silver

12. Snow-Covered Mountain Range

13. Saint Anthony

14. Saint Joseph

15. Holy Faith

16. Rich Port

17. Holy Cross

18. The Palms

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Each of the below is a clue to a single word which begins with MA . The word I am looking for has the number of letters shown in brackets. How many can you guess? One guess per clue and you have to get the word I was looking for. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. An event, action, or object that clearly shows or embodies something abstract or theoretical (13)

2. The quality of showing emotion or love in an awkward or silly way (11)

3. Physical weakness and bad health caused by having too little food (12)

4. The Sistine Chapel ceiling for example (11)

5. The quality of causing or wanting to cause harm or evil (11)

6. Bee Gees big hit (13)

7. Formerly known as Nyasaland (6)

8. A small apartment that is usually part of a larger building with two levels and that has its own entrance (10)

9. 2014 Angelina Jolie film (10)

10. Airport in Kent (7)

11. One of the two types of mammal under the order Sirenia (7)

12. West African primate with species named Sooty, Crested and Highland (8)

13. Used to display clothes (9)

14. 1960s western TV series (8)

15. Large house (7)

16. Basically a large courgette (6)

17. Princess Alexandra’s daughter (6)

18. A word or phrase that has meaning for you (6)

19. Plant family of which lavatera is an example (6)

20. Famous footballer who died in 2020 (8)

Below are images of some more beaks. Can you guess the bird to which they belong? One guess for each image. Label your answers 1 to 4 left to right, top line first. PM me with your guesses by 5am tomorrow. No use of the internet of course to ensure a fair result. Good luck.Oh and apologies if they come up rather small.

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Assuming that you watch British TV programmes you'll most likely recognise all of the actors shown below. But for how many do you know their real names? One guess for each image. Label your answers 1 to 4 left to right, top line first. PM me with your guesses by 5am tomorrow. No use of the internet of course to ensure a fair result. Good luck.Oh and apologies if they come up rather small.

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Below are stills from 4 more films of the 2000s. Can you guess the name of the film? One guess for each image. Label your answers 1 to 4 left to right, top line first. PM me with your guesses by 5am tomorrow. No use of the internet of course to ensure a fair result. Good luck.Oh and apologies if they come up rather small.

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Below in random order are 10 #1 hits from the 1980s, each of which was in a different year from 1980 to 1989. You have to guess in which of the years each record reached #1. How many can you guess? No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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Woman – John Lennon

Relax – Frankie goes to Hollywood

Orinoco flow – Enya

Call me – Blondie

True – Spandau Ballet

Star Trekkin’ - Firm

All around the world – Lisa Stansfield

Oh Julie – Shakin’ Stevens

Chain reaction – Diana Ross

I’m your man – Wham

Each of the clues below is to the name of a type or species of animal. How many can you guess? No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. Unhealthy zero wearing protective metal suit

2. Segment of a long narrow hill

3. Write the mistress of King Charles II

4. Performer of operations with a cuppa inside

5. Not very good snooker stick wood

6. Possible acronym for the Euro

7. One of the Teletubbies' calculation

8. Elliott's friend on Scottish Island

9. Cockney solid five join Noah’s vehicle

10. Abbott behind partition

The clues below are each to a city (in the general sense of the word) whose name begins with the letter M. How many can you guess? You have to get the answer I had in mind should there be more than one possible valid answer. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. Wisconsin city that is also the name of a dance

2. Dutch city most associated with a Treaty

3. Capital city of Eswatini

4. Known as the second-holiest city in Islam

5. Most populous city in Wisconsin whose name comes from an Algonquian word

6. Capital city on the mouth of the Rio de la Plata

7. City about 50 miles North West of London

8. City which has exactly the same name as its country

9. Spanish city about 40 miles south of Alicante

10. Suffolk town with a large Royal Air Force base

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The answer to each clue below consists of a single word beginning with A - how many can you get? One guess per clue. I believe there should only be one valid answer to each clue but, if not, you have to get the word of which I was thinking. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1. Turkey is the world’s main producer of what fruit?

2. What is the largest city in New Mexico?

3. What was the largest Nazi concentration camp?

4. What is the fear of Spiders called?

5. What is the name of the main character in Disney's "The Little Mermaid"?

6. What island chain is located between Myanmar and India?

7. Surname of British author who died in Winchester in 1817 aged 41

8. The US holiday "Veterans Day" was formerly known as “?????? Day”?

9. Surname of the second POTUS

10. Who was the first Roman emperor?

11. In what do clownfish usually live?

12. What forested region did Germany pass through to get to France in the World Wars?

13. What literary device involves the repetition of a certain sound at the beginning of words?

14. What Canadian Province is home to Banff National Park?

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There were six monarchs of Great Britain (of England until the Act of Union in 1707) during the 18th Century. How many can you name? Entries limited to six guesses. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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Below are images of some beaks. Can you guess the bird to which they belong? One guess for each image. Label your answers 1 to 4 left to right, top line first. PM me with your guesses by 5am tomorrow. No use of the internet of course to ensure a fair result. Good luck.Oh and apologies if they come up rather small.

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Below are stills from 4 more films of the 1990s. Can you guess the name of the film? One guess for each image. Label your answers 1 to 4 left to right, top line first. PM me with your guesses by 5am tomorrow. No use of the internet of course to ensure a fair result. Good luck.Oh and apologies if they come up rather small.

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There are 8 European countries that have territory located in the Alps. Can you guess what they are? Entries limited to eight guesses. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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Each of the below is a clue to a single word which begins with LA . The word I am looking for has the number of letters shown in brackets. How many can you guess? One guess per clue and you have to get the word I was looking for. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. Characterized by a lack of effort, care, or involvement: (15)

2. A person who is honoured with an award for outstanding creative or intellectual achievement (8)

3. 1986 fantasy movie (9)

4. Requiring considerable time and effort (9)

5. Tearful or given to weeping (10)

6. Criticise by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm (7)

7. A large prawn or small lobster (11)

8. Job which died out with the introduction of electricity (11)

9. A person unfamiliar with the sea (10)

10. Country that was part of the USSR (6)

11. Fish sometimes wrongly called an eel (7)

12. Surname of former West Ham full back with footballing son (7)

13. Theft of personal property (7)

14. Evergreen tree or large shrub with green, glabrous leaves. (6)

15. Type of flooring (8)

16. 1966 hit for Roy Orbison (4)

17. Town on the Sussex coast (7)

18. A very close relative of the delphinium (8)

19. Brazilian dance (7)

20. Spear formerly used by a mounted warrior (5)

Below are clues to movies from the 1970s. How many can you guess? One answer per clue. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck

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1. What James Bond movie involved a villain named Drax?

2. Who was the villain in the movie "Halloween"?

3. Whose music does the main character of "A Clockwork Orange" love to listen to?

4. What cult movie has inspired audiences to throw rice, toast, and hot dogs at the screen?

5. What American general was portrayed by George C. Scott?

6. What movie was a Vietnam War version of the book "Heart of Darkness"?

7. In what city did "Dirty Harry" take place?

8. What Monty Python movie was about a man who is mistaken for Jesus?

9. What sexy actress was a perfect "10"?

10. Who directed "Annie Hall"?

What animal is shown in this distorted image? No need to PM - just guess with initials and asterisks

Below are images of some beaks. Can you guess the bird to which they belong? One guess for each image. Label your answers 1 to 4 left to right, top line first. PM me with your guesses by 5am tomorrow. No use of the internet of course to ensure a fair result. Good luck.Oh and apologies if they come up rather small.

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The clues below are each to a city (in the general sense of the word) whose name begins with the letter L. How many can you guess? You have to get the answer I had in mind should there be more than one possible valid answer. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. Former African capital city

2. South American ‘bean’ city

3. The second most populous city in Pakistan

4. The highest capital city in the world

5. City in central Poland, known as a former textile-manufacturing hub

6. European city on the River Tagus

7. Town with team in 1959 FA Cup final

8. Swiss city situated on a lake bearing its name

9. Chinese city that used to be the capital of Tibet

10. Village in Suffolk with famous air forcebase

What animal is shown in this distorted image? No need to PM - just guess with initials and asterisks

Below are clues to well-known sayings which have been obfuscated. How many can you turn into normal speak? One guess per clue. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. It hath been deemed unwise to calculate upon the quantity of junior poultry prior to the completion of proper incubation.

2. Where there are visible vapours having their provenance in ignited carbonaceous materials, there will be also observed conflagration.

3. Unwanted egotism prophesies the speedy effect of the force of gravity.

4. A small, one-eyed steel instrument used at the crucial moment may rescue the square of three.

5. To depart from the path of rectitude is characteristic of the human species, but to be tolerant, loving and kind toward wrongdoers is Godlike.

6. Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.

7. Male cadavers are incapable of yielding testimony.

8. The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation.

9. When the humidity attains the bursting point it does so profusely.

How’s your Latin these days? Below are Latin words or phrases which you may well have encountered. Can you guess what each means? No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1. ad hoc

2. alter ego

3. bona fide

4. carpe diem

5. caveat

6. de facto

7. de jure

8. ergo

9. mea culpa

10.per capita

11. per diem

12. per se

13. status quo

14. verbatim

15. vice versa – the other way around  

16. ad nauseam

17. compos mentis

18. habeas corpus

19. 1nter alia

20. quid pro quo

21. sine qua non

Whose famous face is this distorted? No need to PM - just guess with initials and asterisks

Below in random order are 10 #1 hits from the 1970s, each of which was in a different year from 1970 to 1979. You have to guess in which of the years each record reached #1. How many can you guess? No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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YMCA – Village People

Sailing – Rod Stewart

Ernie – Benny Hill

Knowing me. Knowing you - ABBA

She – Charles Aznavour

December ‘63 – 4 Seasons

Band of Gold – Freda Payne

Without you – Nilsson

Night Fever – BeeGees

Can the can - Suzi Quatro

Below are stills from 4 more films of the 1980s. Can you guess the name of the film? One guess for each image. Label your answers 1 to 4 left to right, top line first. PM me with your guesses by 5am tomorrow. No use of the internet of course to ensure a fair result. Good luck.Oh and apologies if they come up rather small.

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Each of the clues below is to the name of a type or species of animal. How many can you guess? No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. Chap adds a type of shirt

2. Say hello to rows of shelves

3. The Queen’s cockney tough

4. Tree biter

5. Former US President's offspring

6. What our teacher did

7. Erie nerd gets mixed up

8. Many of us will often handle this

9. Put on a door opening device

10. As an alternative California

Each of the below is a clue to a single word which begins with KA . The word I am looking for has the number of letters shown in brackets. How many can you guess? One guess per clue and you have to get the word I was looking for. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. A changing and enjoyable mixture or pattern (12)

2. Large species of marsupial (8)

3. Mid-Western US State (6)

4. You might embarrass yourself doing this at the pub (7)

5. The largest land-locked country in the world (9)

6. A loose shirt or top (6)

7. A type of clay found in nature and sometimes used to make medicine (6)

8. A variety of Jewish mysticism of which Madonna is a devotee (8)

9. Himalayan territory disputed between India and Pakistan (7)

10. Marshall art (6)

11. Flightless bird from New Zealand (6)

12. Arabic word that means fortress (6)

13. Online American travel agency also a watercraft (5)

14. City in British Columbia situated between Vancouver and the Canadian Rockies - (8)

15. Also known as leaf cabbage (4)

16. 1985 #2 hit for Marillion (8)

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Below are clues to movies from the 1960s. How many can you guess? One answer per clue. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck

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1. Who directed "The Birds"?

2. What is the name of the family in "The Sound of Music" ?

3. Which film centred on a raid on Fort Knox?

4. Who starred as Hannibal Brooks in the eponymous movie?

5. What model of car was Herbie?

6. What genre of films were directed by Sergio Leone? (Two words needed)

7. Who starred as Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

8. What gang battled against the Sharks in "West Side Story"?

9. What movie, starring Audrey Hepburn, was based on "Pygmalion"?

10. Who was the father of Rosemary's baby?

11. In the movie "The Pink Panther", who or what was the Pink Panther?

12. What substance did the Absent-Minded Professor invent?

Below are three lists – 10 US States, their capital cities and their nickname. All you have to do is match each State to its capital and nickname. Two points for getting both correct and one point for just getting one. You have all the answers – so how many can you match correctly? One answer per clue. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck

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1. Alabama

2. Alaska

3. Arizona

4. Arkansas

5. California

6. Colorado

7. Connecticut

8. Delaware

9. Florida

10. Georgia


Juneau

Sacramento

Tallahassee

Montgomery

Little Rock

Hartford

Atlanta

Phoenix

Denver

Dover


The Last Frontier

The Golden State

The Sunshine State

Yellowhammer State

The Natural State

The First State

The Peach State

The Grand Canyon State

The Constitution State

The Centennial State

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Below are stills from 4 more films of the 1970s. Can you guess the name of the film? One guess for each image. Label your answers 1 to 4 left to right, top line first. PM me with your guesses by 5am tomorrow. No use of the internet of course to ensure a fair result. Good luck.Oh and apologies if they come up rather small.

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Today’s quiz involves guessing how many players in one of the teams are on the pitch/field/court etc (i.e. not counting subs or reserves) when playing the following sports. One answer per sport - how many can you guess? No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. Baseball

2. Basketball

3. Volleyball

4. Cricket

5. Field hockey

6. Ice hockey

7. Lacrosse

8. Netball

9. Polo

10. Rugby Union

11. Rugby League

12. Water polo

13. American football