Below are 4 shots featuring food items or dishes. How many can you identify? One guess for each picture. NB The answer to #4 is more than one word. Label your answers 1 to 4 left to right, top line first. PM me with your guesses by midnight. No use of the internet of course to ensure a fair result. Good luck

Below is a list of 18 slang words used in Australia. Your challenge is to guess the English equivalent word. Some easy, others less so. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1.Arvo

2.Brekkie

3.Mozzie

4.Fair dinkum

5.Sheila

6.Dunny

7.Barbie

8.Macca's

9.Sunnies

10.Chook

11.Brumby

12.Chokkie

13.Prezzie

14.Digger

15.Bathers

16.Servo

17.Brizzie

18.Thong

In 1894, the New York State constitution was amended to protect the lands of the Adirondack Forest and keep them "forever wild". The results of this protection can be clearly seen as a huge, dark green area on satellite maps of the state - try it on Google Maps.

Here’s a quiz where you already know the answer because it’s either Yes or No. But, of course, you have to guess which word applies to each question. Some easy, others less so. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. Did the ancient Greeks have wine?


2. Did they have television during the first moon landing?


3. Did they have radio during the Great Depression?


4. Did the ancient Romans have gunpowder?


5. Did they have airplanes in World War One?


6. Did they have plastic in ancient China?


7. Did the ancient Romans eat spaghetti with marinara sauce?


8. Did they have photography during the U.S. Civil War?


9. Did they have penicillin during the Victorian era?


10. Did aboriginal Australians have written language before European colonization?


11. Did they have eyeglasses in ancient Persia?


12. Did women wear bras in the 1700s?


13. Did they have domesticated dogs at any time during the Stone Age?


14. Did they have bicycles during the French Revolution?


15. Did the Incas have wheeled carts?

Below are 4 shots featuring the logos of well known brands. How many can you identify? One guess for each picture. Label your answers 1 to 4 left to right, top line first. PM me with your guesses by midnight. No use of the internet of course to ensure a fair result. Good luck

Below are 4 shots featuring the foreheads of well known people. How many can you identify? One guess for each picture. Label your answers 1 to 4 left to right, top line first. PM me with your guesses by midnight. No use of the internet of course to ensure a fair result. Good luck

How well do you know Central London? For this challenge you are arriving at Victoria Station and you are going to walk to the London Palladium in Argyll Street. Your route takes you along or through all of the following streets or squares, which are listed in random order. All you have to do is place them in the order in which you would encounter them. There are 11 to get as shown below. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. Victoria Station/VictoriaStreet

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13. Argyll Street/TheLondon Palladium


Birdcage Walk

Trafalgar Square

Piccadilly Circus

Great Marlborough Street

Horse Guards Parade

Leicester Square

Regent Street

Buckingham Palace Road

Irving Street

Coventry Street

The Mall/Admiralty Arch

Your challenge today is to come up with the longest word that you can think of that begins with B and ends with D. One guess per entry and whoever has the longest word is the winner. No proper nouns; apart from that, provided your word can be found in an Online English Dictionary it will count. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. PM me your guesses by midnight. Good luck.

How well do you remember the Scaffold song Lily the Pink? Below are the lyrics with 12 words or phrases omitted. How many can you remember or guess? Each missing word is shown by XXX. No use of the internet of course to ensure a fair result. Good luck


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We'll drink a drink, a drink
To Lily the Pink, the Pink, the Pink
.............

Mr. Freers had (1) XXX XXX XXX sticky out ears
And it made him awful shy
And so they gave him medicinal compound
And now he's learning how to fly

Brother Tony was known to (2) XXX XXX be bony
He would never eat his meal
And so they gave him medicinal compound
Now they move him round (3) XXX XXX on wheels

We'll drink a drink, a drink
To Lily the Pink, the Pink, the pink
The savior of the human race
For she invented medicinal compound
Most (4) XXX efficacious in every case

Old Ebenezer thought he was (5) XXX XXX Julius Caesar
And so they put him in a home
Where they gave him medicinal compound
And now he's emperor of Rome

(6) XXX XXX Johnny Hammerhad a terrible st-st-st-st-stammer
He could hardly s-s-say a word
And so they gave him medicinal compound
Now's he's seen, but never heard

We'll drink a drink, a drink
………………………….

(7) XXX XXX Aunty Milly ran willy-nilly
When her legs they did recede
And so they rubbed on medicinal compound
Now they call her Milly Pede

Jennifer Eccles had (8) XXX XXX terrible freckles
And the boys all called her names
But she changed with medicinal compound
Now he joins in all the games

We'll drink a drink, a drink
To Lily the Pink, the Pink, the Pink
….……………………...

Lily the Pink, she turned to drink
She filled up with (9) XXX paraffin inside
And despite her medicinal compound
Sadly (10) XXX pickled Lily died

Up to heaven her (11) XXX XXX soul ascended
All the church bells they did ring
She took with her medicinal compound
Hark the (12) XXX XXX Herald Angels sing

We'll drink a drink, a drink.............

Below are 4 shots featuring types of fruit. How many can you identify? One guess for each picture. Label your answers 1 to 4 left to right, top line first.


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The Icelandic phone book lists people by their first names.

Below are 4 shots featuring types of either nuts, beans or seeds. How many can you identify – I guess for each photo. When you click on them they are labelled 1 of 4 etc so link your answers to that.


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Below are 4 shots of dog breeds. How many can you identify – I guess for each photo. When you click on them they are labelled 1 of 4 etc so link your answers to that.


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Your challenge today is to come up with the longest word that you can think of that begins with B and ends with C. One guess per entry and whoever has the longest word is the winner. No proper nouns; apart from that, provided your word can be found in an Online English Dictionary it will count. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. PM me your guesses by midnight. Good luck.

Below are clues to the name of a type of bird which starts with the letter shown. How many can you identify? Most of the clues have only one possible answer but otherwise you have to get the name I was thinking of. Some easy, others less so - most are just the name of the type of bird but a few relate to an actual species. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.



A. Sea bird with very large wingspan


B. Large, terrestrial birds which has species called Little and Great


C. Type of crow found in South West England


D. Small British wading bird


E. Has species called Great and Snowy


F. British summer bird adept at snatching flying insects mid-air


G. Acquatic diving bird


H. Characterized by a long, down-curved bill which is frequently brightly colored


I. Has species named Scarlet and Sacred


J. Most attractive member of the crow family


K. Well known flighless bird from New Zealand


L. British bird which derives its name from its fondness for hemp and flax seeds


M. Fairly common black and white British bird


N. British bird that is largely nocturnal


O. Same name as a baseball team from Baltimore


P. British game bird


Q. Another British game bird


R. May be seen bob-bob-bobbing along


S. Long-legged mostly terrestrial bird of prey


T. Brightly colored small fruit-eating bird


U. Bird in photo 1 of 2


V. Bird in photo 2 of 2


W. British bird with species called Willow, Sedge and Dartford


X. Small Mexican species of hummingbird (top marks for this one)


Y. British bird in the bunting family


Z. Name combines mammal with bird

Below are 4 more shots of well known US Presidents. How many can you identify – I guess for each photo. When you click on them they are labelled 1 of 4 etc so link your answers to that.


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In the earliest comics, Superman couldn’t fly. This explains why his ability to "leap tall buildings in a single bound" wasn’t completely redundant.

Your challenge today is to guess the name of a country that beats Japan in respect of the matter listed. I have indicated in brackets how many countries are possible answers to each question. One answer per question and you only need to get one of the countries where there is more than one answer. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1 (7)
Most earthquake deaths in the 21st century
Indonesia | Haiti | China | Pakistan |
India | Sri Lanka | Iran


2 (6)
Lowest obesity rate
Vietnam | Bangladesh | East Timor |
India | Cambodia | Nepal


3 (1)
Oldest average age
Monaco


4 (5)
Fewest percent of people who consider religion an important part of their life
Sweden | Denmark | Estonia |
Norway | Czechia


5 (2)
Most people to run a marathon in less than 2:10
Kenya | Ethiopia


6 (2)
Highest number of active volcanoes
United States | Indonesia


7 (2)
Most steel production
China | India


8 (2)
Highest life expectancy
Monaco | Singapore


9 (1)
Highest current account balance (exports minus imports)
Germany


10 (2)
Least ethnic diversity
North Korea | South Korea


11 (1)
Most Michelin star restaurants
France


12 (2)
Most tropical cyclones striking the country
China | Philippines


13 (2)
Whitest flag
Cyprus | Afghanistan


14 (3)
Lowest murder rate since 2000
Vatican City | San Marino | Andorra


15 (3)
% of population living in an urban area of
more than 1 million
Vatican City | Singapore | Kuwait

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Below are the names of 12 ologies followed by, in random order, their definitions. Your challenge is to match the name with the description. You can do this by matching the number and letter for convenience. All but one of them has a workable clue in its name. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. alimentology


2. autonumerology


3. cardiology


4. cerealogy


5. cryology


6. cynology


7. demology


8. diabology


9. ecology


10. emetology


11. enigmatology


12. ethnobiology



A
The study of crop circles.

B
The study of very low temperatures and related phenomena.

C
The study of the heart.

D
The study of the devil and beliefs of the devil in religion.

E
The study of nutrition.

F
The study of dogs.

G
The study of human populations, activities, social conditions, and behaviour.

H
The study of the causes of emesis (vomiting).

I
The scientific study of interactions among organisms and their environment.


J

The scientific study of the way living things are treated or used by different human cultures.


K
The study of puzzles.

L
The study of unusual license plates.

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Today your challenge is to name the five UN Member States that are closest (as the crow flies) to Denmark. The Vatican City and Palestine do not count as they have observer status only in the UN. Kosovo and Taiwan have no UN membership. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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Your challenge today is to come up with the longest word that you can think of that begins with B and ends with B. One guess per entry and whoever has the longest word is the winner. No proper nouns; apart from that, provided your word can be found in an Online English Dictionary it will count. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. PM me your guesses by midnight. Good luck.

Oh and bear in mind that Beelzebub is a proper noun so won't count.

Your challenge today is to guess the English equivalent of the Spanish words listed below. Don't bother to put The in each time. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1. pueblo

2. el tiempo

3. el año

4. la cosa

5. el camino

6. el día

7. el hombre

8. el estado

9. segundo

10. la mujer

11. el país

12. la vida

13. la cuestión

14. el presidente

15. el niño

16. la semana

17. el mundo

18. la playa

19. el caso

20. el problema

Below are 5 photos of well known US Presidents. How many can you identify – I guess for each photo. When you click on them they are labelled 1 of 5 etc so link your answers to that. I think that you may have to click on the image that is overwritten with "see more photos" to get the fifth one.


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Your challenge today is to come up with the longest word that you can think of that begins with B and ends with A. One guess per entry and whoever has the longest word is the winner. No proper nouns; apart from that, provided your word can be found in an Online English Dictionary it will count. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. PM me your guesses by midnight. Good luck.

Here's a fairly easy fun quiz. 12 cryptic(ish) clues to the names of types of bug. 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. Little fella that is found in abundant numbers

2. Slippery little character

3. Gave rise to a much bigger object bearing its name

4. Little fella combines with Chinese New Year character

5. Whatever you do don’t let them bite!

6. Can be found in a Clarinet, Oboe or Horn etcetera

7. Mixed up item

8. May be found in or near wigs

9. Dippers lose a pea and get confused

10. This critter has to leave in a hurry

11. What Aunty became when compound was rubbed on her legs

12. Found in twee villages

Did you know there is a St. Corona? In recent years, this little known Italian saint has seen an increase in interest from Catholics looking for a saint to pray to for protection from coronavirus.

Below are the names of 10 French cities in random order. Your challenge is to place them in order starting with the furthest north and ending with the furthest south. PM me by midnight as usual. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.



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Lille

Strasbourg

Marseille

Calais

Paris

Nice

Ajaccio

Rouen

Bordeaux

Lyon

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I have found 21 eight letter words ending in “all” that might be reasonably likely to arise in ordinary conversation/discussion or in writing etc. Your challenge is to name as many of the 21 words as you can for one point each. I am aware that there are a number of valid words and you can list as many as you like - but only ones in my list of 21 of the commonest will count. Proper nouns/words that begin with a capital letter and hyphenated words or words containing apostrophes or slang words are not allowed. Foreign words will count provided they are in common use in English language. It would be a great help to me in checking entries if you can list your words in alphabetical order. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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Below are 5 shots of the foreheads of well known people. How many can you identify – I guess for each photo. When you clickon them they are labelled 1 of 5 etc so link your answers to that. I think that you may have to click on the image that is overwritten with "see more photos" to get #5.


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Below are clues to the name of a recording artist which starts with the letter shown. How many can you identify? This is the name as it appears on the record label but disregarding “The”. Most of the clues have only one possible answer but otherwise you have to get the name I was thinking of. Some easy, others less so but W is definitely one for afficionados of the 4 Seasons. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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A. Popular current artist whose name sounds rather like a continental version of large auditorium

B. Born Peter Gene Hernandez in1985

C. His boomerang wouldn’t come back

D. Started out as a one man band in 1965

E. Had No. 1 hit with Stay another day in 1994

F. Old blue eyes

G. Made the original version of The greatest love of all

H. American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and television host who recorded the
soundtrack for When Harry met Sally

I. Heavy metal group still going since 1975

J. Only act to have won the Eurovision song contest more than once

K. Won the 1997 Eurovision song contest

L. Had 1975 hit with the theme from Jaws

M. Heather Small fronted this group

N. American singer/composer who dropped his first name in the early 1970s
onone single and then restored it

O. Came second on the X Factor in 2009

P. One half of what many consider to be the greatest pop duo of all time

Q. Had a No. 11 hit in 1974 with Now I’m here

R. First white artist to have a big hit in the UK charts on the Tamla Motown label (in 1968)

S. Started out under the name Tom & Jerry

T. Did the original version of My Girl

U. Jamaican town gave this group a hit

V. Much-loved British songstress who had lots of hits in the 50s

W. Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons recorded under this name in 1965

X. Had No. 5 hit in 1982 with English Settlement

Y. Group that had first hit in 1967 then shortened their name to sound more adult

Z. 1960s group whose members included Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone

Today your challenge is to name the five UN Member States that are closest (as the crow flies) to Nigeria. The Vatican City and Palestine do not count as they have observer status only in the UN. Kosovo and Taiwan have no UN membership. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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Your challenge today is to come up with the longest word that you can think of that begins with A and ends with Y. One guess per entry and whoever has the longest word is the winner. No proper nouns; apart from that, provided your word can be found in an Online English Dictionary it will count. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. PM me your guesses by midnight. Good luck.

Below are 5 shots of the foreheads of well known people. How many can you identify – I guess for each photo. When you clickon them they are labelled 1 of 5 etc so link your answers to that. I think that you may have to click on the image that is overwritten with "see more photos" to get #5.


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Below are clues to the name of a plant which starts with the letter shown – mostly flowers. How many can you identify? Most of the clues have only one possible answer but otherwise you have to get the name I was thinking of. Some easy, others less so (some for obvious reasons). No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.



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A. Commonly known as the snapdragon

B. Often called the Butterfly Bush

C. Otherwise known as Aquilega

D. Perennial flowering plant that is toxic to humans and livestock -

E. Heather is a type of …. -

F. Also known as Digitalis -

G. Common bedding plant -

H. Tall upright flowers in the mallow family -

I. Commonly known as Busy Lizzie -

J. Shares its name wioth a 1990 film -

K. Resembles a tennis ball sprouting kale leaves -

L. Tree also known as a Linden -

M. Aniother common bedding plant -

N. Also known as the water lily -

O. Exotic hothouse plant -

P. Often found in hanging baskets -

Q. A tree that bears a fruit, similar in appearance to a pear, which is bright golden-yellow when mature -

R. Quintessential English flower -

S. Common succulent -

T. Holland is well known for growing them -

U. Coniferous tree that is well-named -

V. Small version of the pansy -

W. Common name for Erysimum -

X. Also known as the Strawflower -

Y. Slow-growing coniferous tree -

Z. Member of the Aster family -

Your challenge today is to come up with the longest word that you can think of that begins with A and ends with W. One guess per entry and whoever has the longest word is the winner. No proper nouns; apart from that, provided your word can be found in an Online English Dictionary it will count. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. PM me your guesses by midnight. Good luck.

Below are the names of 10 English cities in random order. Your challenge is to place them in order starting with the furthest north and ending with the furthest south. PM me by midnight as usual. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.


Scarborough

Nottingham

Oxford

Durham

Manchester

Swindon

Leeds

Birmingham

Leicester

Milton Keynes

The following list gives clues to the names of 18 famous people (real or fictional) whose first name begins with I. How many can you identify – both first names and surnames required for the point. Half a point for getting only one or the other. One guess per question allowed. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.


1
Notorious Ugandan dictator

2
"A couple of swells" composer

3
Rapper who said "today was a good day"

4
Soviet boxer who battled Rocky Balboa

5
English actor. Star of "Luther" and "The Dark Tower".

6
Author of “Chitty-Chitty-Bang- Bang: The Magical Car”

7
India's only female Prime Minister

8
R&B singer famous for the theme from Shaft

9
Russian version of John Doe

10
Played by Harrison Ford several times

11
1980s Czech tennis great

12
Filipino first lady and shoe collector

13
A falling apple inspired his work on gravitation

14
Sang lead in Jethro Tull

15
Liverpool's all-time leading goalscorer

16
"Rite of Spring" composer

17
Daughter of recent POTUS

18
Author of "Trainspotting"

Your challenge today is to come up with the longest word that you can think of that begins with A and ends with T. (I decided against including A – S as you would all have come up with antidisestablishmentarians.😎) One guess per entry and whoever has the longest word is the winner. No proper nouns; apart from that, provided your word can be found in an Online English Dictionary it will count. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. PM me your guesses by midnight. Good luck.

Here's a potentially tricky one. Below are the English meanings of the names of 7 capital cities, all of which are in Central or South America. Can you guess the Spanish name by which they are usually known? No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. PM me your guesses by midnight. Good luck.



1. Assumption

2. Fair Winds

3. The Peace

4. Saint Joseph

5. Holy Saviour

6. Saint James

7. Saint Dominic

Arsenic trioxide was once in fairly common use as a poison. Rates of poisoning decreased after the invention of the Marsh Test in 1836 which made it possible to detect arsenic in human remains.

As a result, it was often referred to as [what ???]. PLEASE no use of reference material or the internet to ensure fair play. No need for PMs or initials – just have a guess. Good luck.

I have found 7 words four to seven letters long ending in “ald” that might be reasonably likely to arise in ordinary conversation/discussion or in writing etc. Your challenge is to name as many of the 7 words as you can for one point each. I am aware that there are a number of valid words and you can list as many as you like - but only ones in my list of 7 of the commonest will count. Proper nouns/words that begin with a capital letter and hyphenated words or words containing apostrophes or slang words are not allowed. Foreign words will count provided they are in common use in English language. It would be a great help to me in checking entries if you can list your words in alphabetical order. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.

I decided to change our loop's name to better reflect what it offers now.

Who was the first person to have a net worth in excess of $1 billion U.S. dollars?


PLEASE no use of reference material or the internet to ensure fair play. No need for PMs or initials – just have your guess. Good luck.

Below are the names of ten movie stars. Your challenge is to place them in order of how old they are starting with the oldest down to the youngest. PM me by midnight as usual. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.


Robert de Niro

George Clooney

Dwayne Johnson

Jack Nicholson

Tom Hanks

Will Smith

Chris Hemsworth

Jim Carrey

Ben Stiller

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Today your challenge is to name the five UN Member States that are closest (as the crow flies) to Ecuador. The Vatican City and Palestine do not count as they have observer status only in the UN. Kosovo and Taiwan have no UN membership. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.

Your challenge today is to come up with the longest word that you can think of that begins with A and ends with R. One guess per entry and whoever has the longest word is the winner. No proper nouns; apart from that, provided your word can be found in an Online English Dictionary it will count. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. PM me your guesses by midnight. Good luck.

By what name is the English Channel known to the French? PLEASE no use of reference material or the internet to ensure fair play. No need for PMs or initials – just have your guess. Good luck.