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Fionn · 24/10/2002 13:58

I couldn't go for the last 3 weeks as dp had the cheek to want to go out for a change, but I went last night and here are some of the more interesting questions:

Lyric: We passed upon the stair, we talked of when and where...

Anagram: UNDO A CLASS

1 Whose last words were "great game of golf guys!"

2 What's the other, shorter name for a wildebeest?

3 Which duo had a hit in 1998 with "Especially For you"?

4 What's the name of Ross' monkey in Friends?

5 Which monarch was recently widowed?

6 Which drink supposedly had its origin in the Congo?

7 What nationality was the World War II traitor Quisling?

8 Wolfran is the former name of which chemical element?

9 Name either of the two films in which Peter O'Toole played Henry II.

10 Which North American city is served by Mirabel airport?

11 Which US entertainer has been married to the reclusive Karl Dean for 37 years?

12 Which famous historical figure was married to Earl Leofric of Mercia?

Apologies if any names are misspelt, I jotted the questions down on hearing them.

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CAM · 24/10/2002 14:16
  1. Bing
2. Bison 3. Kylie and Jason
GillW · 24/10/2002 14:23

1 Bing Crosby
2 Gnu
6 Coffee??
7 Norwegian
8 Tungsten?
10 Montreal
12 Godiva

ellasmum · 24/10/2002 14:25
  1. Marcel
5. Danish??
Azzie · 24/10/2002 14:27

2 Gnu

7 Norwegian

8 Tungsten

10 Montreal

Azzie · 24/10/2002 14:29

9 The Lion in Winter.

GillW · 24/10/2002 14:30

Anagram: Scandalous
Lyric: the man who sold the world??

5 is this (ex)King Zog?

bossykate · 24/10/2002 14:31

oh excellent, fionn! not too sure of my answers today, but here goes!

  1. Bob Hope ?
  2. Ibex?
  3. Queen of the Netherlands - Wilhelmina?
  4. Coke?
  5. Norwegian
  6. Tungsten
  7. The Lion in Winter
  8. Joan Rivers?
  9. Lady Godiva?

no idea on anagram or lyrics as per usual.

thanks

Azzie · 24/10/2002 14:40

11 Dolly Parton?

prufrock · 24/10/2002 15:15

6 Um Bongo? - or is that just the advert?

GillW · 24/10/2002 15:54

3 Kylie Minogue
4 Marcel
9 Becket

Marina · 24/10/2002 16:27

2 Gnu
5 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
6 Coca Cola?
9 Lion in Winter
11 Dolly Parton
12 Lady Godiva

Don't let him go out again, Fionn!

Fionn · 24/10/2002 18:48

Do you want to know yet which ones are right/wrong or should I wait until tomorrow or later? I'm never sure when to respond - don't want to do it too early so that people don't have a chance to reply but also leaving it more than a day or so may mean that people have lost interest. Suggestions please...!

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GillW · 25/10/2002 14:31

Answers please - I think we must have got most of them between us now, so at least let us know if there any we should still be racking our brains about!

Fionn · 25/10/2002 20:35

1 Bing Crosby
2 gnu
4 Marcel
5 Queen Juliana (Netherlands)
6 Yes, Umbongo
7 Norwegian
8 tungsten
9 Lion in Winter and Becket
10 Montreal
11 Dolly Parton
12 Lady Godiva

well done to all you clever people and GillW for getting the lyric and anagram! The only one of these I knew was no. 1 and that was only a guess.

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Fionn · 25/10/2002 20:36

PS still need no. 3 (it was a UK cover of the Kylie/Jason song)

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GillW · 25/10/2002 22:56
  1. Johnny Vaughan & Denise Van Outen
Fionn · 25/10/2002 22:56

Yes, how did you know that?!

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