Name the children's book series by Francesca Simon , illustrated by Tony Ross?

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Name the English actor whose tv roles include Dr Tertius Lydgate in Middlemarch?
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Predict the score - Chelsea v Manchester United
Saturday night football is a blockbuster from The Bridge. Get your predictions in by 5.00pm for the 5.30pm kick off.
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Predict the score - Ipswich Town v Derby County
Can't believe this is a League One match tonight. I remember them both being in the top division, and very recently both in the Championship. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8.00pm kick off
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What was Bertie Wooster's name for Lady Worplesdon in the Jeeves stories by P G Wodehouse?
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Predict the score - Arsenal v PSV Eindhoven
Tonight we have the re-arranged Europa League match that was postponed because The Queen has died that day. Earlier than usual start, so get your predictions in by 5.30pm for the 6.00pm kick off
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Predict the score - Millwall v Watford
A London derby from the Championship is tonight game. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8.00pm kick off.
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Predict the score - Blackburn Rovers v Sunderland
Tonight's match come from the Championship. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8.00pm kick off.
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Name the 1967 film starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda adapted by Neil Simon from his play of the same name?
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Predict the score - Charlton Athletic v Portsmouth
We are dropping down to the Sky Bet League One for tonight's match. The old 3rd Division. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8pm kick off.
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Predict the score - Liverpool v Manchester City
Time for Super Sunday in the Premier League. Get your predictions in by 4.00pm for the 4.30pm kick off.
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Who is the Brentford striker who received his first England call up last month?
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Predict the score - Tottenham Hotspur v Everton
Premier League action from North London. Get your predictions in by 5.00pm for the 5.30pm kick off.
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Keeping it simple. I post a question, you have to answer it. Only rule is, don't google the answer until after I might have to give a clue. Most days there will be 1 question but some days I may post a 2nd question.
Here we go with the first question
What is the common name of the soft bodied beetle of the family Lampyridae , many of which are light-emitting? -
Predict the score - Brentford v Brighton
Friday night football from the Premier League. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8.00pm kick off.
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Predict the score - West Ham United v Anderlecht
Tonight is the turn of the Europa Conference League. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8.00pm kick off.
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Predict the score - Tottenham Hotspur v Eintracht Frankfurt
Another Champions League match. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8.00pm kick off.
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Predict the score - AC Milan v Chelsea
Champions League tonight. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8.00pm kick off.
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Bad news about the trivia quiz
It seems the quiz website I was using has been hacked. Firstly I got the fake McAfee pop up claiming to have found 5 viruses. That was easy to get rid. But then I got the full screen that you can't just close, and the constant voice saying you facebook login and banking details have been compromised, you must phone the toll free number on screen for us to unlock your computer.
It's total rubbish as I unlocked it by restarting. But I'm not risking that website again. And I done a full scan just to make sure. -
Predict the score - Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa
Monday night football from the midlands. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8.00pm kick off.
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Predict the score - Everton v Manchester United
A later than usual game for Super Sunday. Get your predictions in by 6.30pm for the 7.00pm kick off
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Today is a 1960s lyrics quiz
1. Dionne Warwick asked if you knew the way to which town?
2. What flower is in the first line of "Spanish Harlem" by Ben E King?
3. What kind of horses are mentioned in the lyrics of Two Little Boys?
4. Big who stood "six foot six and weighed two forty five"?
5. What is the next line after "Sometimes it's hard to be a woman"?
6. What planet name was "in blue jeans" in a 1962 hit?
7. What type of shakes did the Swinging Blue Jeans have?
8. There’s a crazy little _____ beyond the tracks and everybody calls it the sugar
9. "Let me take you down, 'Cause I'm going to" is the start of which Beatles hit?
10. Who has a barrow in the marketplace in Ob-La-Di? -
Predict the score - Brighton & Hove Albion v Tottenham Hotspur
Time for Saturday Soccer. Get your predictions in by 5.00pm for the 5.30pm kick off.
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This is a nostalgia trivia quiz
1. Horses and men belonging to which person couldn't put Humpty together again?
2. Larry Hagman, the male lead in I Dream of Jeannie, went on to star in which famous soap?
3. In Rub A Dub Dub, how many men were in the tub?
4. Which UK airport saw the first Jumbo Jet land in 1970?
5. Soft toy figures Pinky and Perky from the 1960s were which type of animal?
6. What was the name of Simon Groom's Blue Peter golden retriever?
7. What flavour was Nestle's Cabana bar?
8. Which type of oven is used in creating Asian dishes such as chicken tikka and kalmi kebabs?
9. Porridge was set in which type of establishment?
10. Lord Mountbatten was killed during a fishing trip to which country? -
Predict the score - Queens Park Rangers v Reading (Edited)
Tonight a match from the Championship. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8.00pm kick off.
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1. Which fruit is called "halakahiki" in Hawaiian and has been grown in Hawaii since the early 1800's?
2. What famous actor did Demi Moore marry in 1987?
3. XRX is the ticker symbol for which company?
4. In which French building would you associate with Quasimodo?
5. Arrange these high profile murders in the order they occurred.
a) Abraham Lincoln
b) Gianni Versace
c) Julius Caesar
d) Marvin Gaye
6. After the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo was referred to as "il divino", which is Italian for what?
7. Which of these historical eras came first?
a) Iron Age
b) Stone Age
c) The Dark Ages
d) The Renaissance
8.Who wrote the classic novels 'Around the World in Eighty Days' and 'A Journey to the Center of the Earth'?
9. What type of batter is a corndog cooked with?
10. What kind of footwear would you have seen on a '70s glam rocker? -
Top Ten Trivia quiz #32 (Edited)
Today is a history quiz
1. Who was United States Secretary of State from 1973-1977
2. During the Cold War, which country owned the missiles in Cuba that were aimed at the U.S.?
3. What was the Allied's name for any member of the group of female anti-American radio announcers who broadcasted Japanese propaganda during WWII?
4. What was the first city in history to be devastated by a nuclear bomb?
5. Who was one of the people that President Richard Nixon raced against during his first election in 1968?
6. During the American Revolution, which of these men was a Commander at the 1777 'Battle of Princeton'?
a) Charles Cornwallis
b) Jacob Gentry
c) Peter Politah
d) Samuel Rench
7. Which of these musical genres influenced the creation of rock and roll?
a) Blues
b) Electronica
c) Heavy Metal
d) Hip Hop
8. US Presidents: Who was President before the Others?
a) Gerald Ford
b) JFK
c) Lyndon B Johnson
d) Richard Nixon
9. Florence Harding was the wife of which American president?
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Predict the score - Arsenal v Bodo/Glimt
Tonight's match is from the Europa League. Bodo are from Norway. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8.00pm kick off.
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Predict the score - Chelsea v AC Milan
Another Champions League night. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8.00pm kick off.
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Top Ten Trivia quiz #31 (Edited)
1. What street does the Prime Minister live?
2. Which J.R.R. Tolkien fiction was published in the 1950s?
3. What was developed by André and Édouard Michelin?
4. Libya is on which continent?
5. Who won the 2001 Masters in Augusta with scores of 70, 66, 68 and 68?
6. A serious, potentially life threatening allergic reaction is known as what condition?
7. Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds appeared together in what famous musical?
8. What is 3.4 + 0.76?
9. Those born on Christmas Day are which star sign?
10. Corfu is in what country? -
1. What type of building is the Chateau de Versailles?
2. Jakarta is the capital of what country?
3. The definition of "process in which geographic information is collected" best fits this geography term?
4. What refers to wireless network components?
5. What was the nationality of the gospel singer Mahalia Jackson?
6. Who starred in Funny Girl?
7. "You better watch out, You better not cry" and what?
8. The seven brightest stars of the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear, are known as what?
9. Pastora Solers 2012 Spanish entry "Quedate Conmigo" had which subtitle?
10. Which currency, represented by the symbol L$, is used in "Second Life"? -
Predict the score - Eintracht Frankfurt v Tottenham Hotspur
Another week of the Champions League starts tonight. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8.00pm kick off.
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Today is a quiz about art
1. Which artist was called, "Jack the Dripper"?
2. Aside from his painting, Salvador Dali was known for what recognizable feature?
3. By his career's end, Joan Miro had made 500 sculptures, 5,000 drawings and 2,000 what?
4. Which quick, easily mass-produced art form did Joan Miro create?
5. A lover of color, what type of art did Marc Chagall get into in his later years?
6. Raphael once painted a picture of what major Bible figure giving keys to St. Peter?
7. Which of Diego Velazquez's relatives was the only of his pupils to be a pretty good painter?
8. Which word is used to describe the degree of lightness in a color?
9. Francisco Goya painted the walls of his house with dark visions in a series he called what?
10. Which Renaissance painter is buried in Rome's Pantheon? -
Predict the score - Leicester City v Nottingham Forest
It's the battle of the bottom two, the East Midlands derby. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8.00pm kick off.
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Predict the score - Leeds United v Aston Villa
Today's Super Sunday match. Get your predictions in by 4.00pm for the 4.30pm kick off.
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1. Which aeronautical term is an aircraft that derives its lift from rotating lifting surfaces?
2. Genghis Khan led which people in the 13th century?
3. What is "Dirty Harry's" weapon of choice from the "Dirty Harry" movies?
4. What is browning meat or poultry in liquid or fat, then cooking covered on low heat for a long time?
5. Which European country was gripped by pro-EU protests in 2013?
6. What is the attempt to overthrow a government by force or at least interrupt its activities called?
7. 14th July is National Day in which country?
8. is a repeat of the question about maglev trains.
9. What do we call creatures which have a backbone?
10. What group hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971 with "Joy to the World"? -
Predict the score - West Ham United v Wolverhampton Wanderers
The Premier league is back. Get your predictions in by 5.00pm for the 5.30pm kick off.
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1. Which of these cars are made in Italy?
a) Fiat
b) Ford
c) Opel
d) Volkswagen
2. Over which city was the first atomic bomb detonated in 1945?
3. Who did Mark David Chapman shoot to death in New York on 8 December 1980?
4. What woman, despite the fact she was blind and deaf, became a world famous speaker?
5. Which film is abouit a Master Builder?
6. Who is chief of the laboratory that produces James Bond's hi-tech gadgets?
7. What force is used to make Maglev trains run along their tracks?
8. Plato was born in which country?
9. Which Russian-born American composer died in 1971?
10. Eruptions of a volcano in which country stopped European air travel in 2010? -
Predict the score - Hull City v Luton Town
Football is back with a match from the Championship. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm for the 8.00pm kick off
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Today is a 1950's song quiz
1. Who sang this song, "Walkin My Baby Back Home"?
2. Who sang this song, "I Only Have Eyes For You"?
3. Who sang this song, "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" ?
4. Who sang this song, "Slow Poke"?
5. Who sang this song, "No Not Much" ?
6. Who sang this song, "Bony Maronie"?
7. Who sang this song, "Honky Tonk"?
8. Who sang this song, "Hard To Get"?
9. Who sang this song, "Dance With Me Henry" ?
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1. Which kingdom has organisms with cell walls, stems, and leaves?
2. What is the NFL team from Jacksonville called?
3. What colour is the rabbit Alice meets in Wonderland?
4. Who wrote the Sherlock Holmes books?
5. In which direction does the sun set?
6. Which scientific project was responsible for the development of nuclear weapons?
7. What is the distance around a shape called?
8. What is the term used to describe the ovum producing organ in a female reproductive system?
9. On what day was Jesus crucified?
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1. Which two Japanese cities were bombed by atomic bombs in World War II?
2. Which of these continents has the highest tornado count?
a) Africa
b) America
c) Australia
d) Europe
3. In television technology, what was introduced in 1971 and is represented by the acronym VCR?
4. Canada expelled three workers accused of spying from the embassy of which country in 1980?
5. Simon Cowell originates from which country?
6. Which actor is also the father of Angelina Jolie?
7. What is the capital of Uganda?
8. no question.
9. In the popular meme, "that escalated...." What?
10. Which word did we remove from this proverbial phrase? " ***** makes right." -
Predict the score - England v Germany
Can England end their bad run of results? Get your predictions in by 7.15pm for the 7.45pm kick off
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Predict The Score - Italy v England
We are back with some international football from the Nations League. Live on Channel 4 tonight. Get your predictions in by 7.15pm for the 7.45pm kick off
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This quiz is for anyone over 60, apparently.
1. John Lennon has an airport named after him in which English city?
2. What is the capital of Kuwait?
3. Which of these cities is the capital of New Mexico?
a) Gallup
b) Roswell
c) Santa Fe
d) Taos
4. missing this question
5. FIS Alpine world ski championship medal winner Marc Girardelli began skiing at what age?
6. River Phoenix, who passed away in 1993, was the actor brother of whom?
7. Britney Spears shared an on stage kiss at the 2003 VMAs with which other singer?
8. Which of these is an alternate spelling of jail?
a) Gaol
b) Gayle
c) Gail
d) Gayol
9. Which Norwegian explorer died during a rescue mission?
10. In 1966, oil was pumped out of the North Sea by which European company? -
Today is a 1970s music quiz
1. 1972 was the year that this The Carpenters song was on the hit lists?
2. Which of these songs did Queen have a hit with in 1979?
a) Grease
b) I Love The Nightlife
c) Take a Chance on Me
d) We are The Champion
3. Which of these songs did Olivia Newton-John have a hit with in 1979?
a) Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue
b) Hopelessly Devoted To You
c) Love Is Like Oxygen
d) Miss You
4. Do you remember which song Glen Campbell had a hit with in 1970?
5. Which of these songs did Dolly Parton have a hit with in 1979?
a) (love is) Thicker Than Water
b) Boogie Oogie Oogie
c) Get Off
d) Here You Come Again
6. Which of these songs did The Bee Gees have a hit with in 1979?
a) Always and Forever
b) Boogie Oogie Oogie
c) Grease
d) Night Fever
7. Do you remember which song Stevie Wonder had a hit with in 1970?
8. Which of these songs did Debby Boone have a hit with in 1979?
a) Hey Deanie
b) Sweet Talking Woman
c) The Groove Line
d) You Light Up My Life
9. 1972 was the year this Andy Williams song was on the hit list?
10. Even if you did not live in 1977, you probably heard about this song from David Bowie?