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

Today’s quiz features a number of fairly well-known song titles where I have used antonyms to give the opposite meaning. You simply have to identify the song title! Some easy but some more difficult. No internet use of course.

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1. Rainy morning – Sunny afternoon – Kinks

2. Put you in jail – Release me – Engelbert

3. Adult go away – Baby come back – Equals


4. All the happy - Only the lonely – Roy Orbison

5. Run wrong front - Walk right back – Everlys

6. You’re dead – I’m alive – Hollies


7. Go inside - Come outside – Mike Sarne

8. Well-behaved still air - Wayward wind – Frank Ifield/Gogi Grant


9. Static nobody – Wandrin’ star – Lee Marvin


10. On holiday – Back home – England football team


11. Daughter of my mother – Son of my father – Chickory tip


12. Father of yours – Mother of mine – Neil Reid


13. First hello – Last farewell – Roger Whittaker


14. You’re in hate – I’m not in love – 10cc


15. Please sit near to them – Don’t stand so close to me – Police


16. Apart we are ugly – Together we are beautiful – Fern Kinney

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is from an eyes shot only - either real name or a main character played? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.

Today you’re going on another cruise, courtesy of Superfunguy, round the Mediterranean.. The cruise ship departs from Gibraltar and follows the coastline of Europe clockwise stopping in each country up to Istanbul where it then goes south and follows round Turkey to the Middle East and North Africa ending up in Morocco. Your challenge is to list the countries it will stop at in order. 17 points maximum available. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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Gibraltar


1. Spain


2. France


3. Monaco


4. Italy


5. Slovenia


6. Croatia


7. Bosnia


8. Montenegro


9. Albania


10. Greece


Turkey


11. Syria


12. Lebanon


13. Israel


14. Egypt


15. Libya


16. Tunisia


17. Algeria


Morocco

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

Your challenge today is to name the films the basic plot of which is being described. This includes films that start with "The" followed by a word beginning with B. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1. Pig wins a sheep-herding competition

2. Ugly monster must find true love with the help of a talking candelabra

3. Teenager must go back in time to make his parents fall in love so that he can exist

4. Angsty teens from different cliques bond in Saturday detention

5. Young deer witnesses the death of his mother before growing up and finding true love

6. Red-headed archer girl doesn't want to get married


7. Charioteer wins the big race and witnesses the crucifixion of Jesus

8. Dude and his bowling buddies battle nihilists

9. Holly Golightly is a country girl turned Manhattan socialite who schemes to marry a rich man - but has to settle for true love

10. In the year 2019, a bounty-hunter must kill escaped replicants in dystopian Los Angeles

11. During the Great Depression, a man and a woman rob banks until they are machine-gunned by police

12. Nordic hero must defeat Grendel and his sexy mother

13. High-kicking martial artist competes in the kumite, a deadly underground
tournament in Hong Kong

14. Street-savvy Detroit cop goes to Los Angeles to solve a murder

15. The pressures of "Swan Lake" cause a ballerina to descend into madness

16. Two western men can't quit each other or move to a more tolerant part of the country

17. Amateur filmmakers go into the woods to find a witch - all that survived was this videotape

I expect that most of you will remember Zaeger and Evans’ 1969 #1 hit In the year 2525. Your challenge here is to name all the specific years that are mentioned in the lyrics to (apart from 2525 of course). There are 7 years so only 7 guesses per entry.
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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 an eyes shot only - taken in 1954? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.

Your challenge today is to name who or what occurred first. You can always have a complete guess – 50/50 chance of being correct. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1. The fire of London or the Great Plague


2. FA Cup winners Tottenham or Arsenal


3. Eastenders or Brookside


4. Discovery of Uranium or discovery of plutonium


5. Genghis Khan or Kublai Khan


6. Danny La Rue or Des O’Connor re birthdate


7. Incorporation of Shell or BP


8. Jules Verne or H G Wells re birthdate


9. The Sound of Music or West Side Story re first appearance on Broadway


10. The Battle of Waterloo or the Battle of Trafalgar


11. The creation of Basildon or the creation of Telford


12. Beethoven or Mozart re birthdate


13. Tom Hanks or Daniel Day Lewis re first Oscar award for best actor


14. Thomas Jefferson or John Quincy Adams re assuming US Presidency


15. Panama Canal or Suez Canal re date of opening

The British Wildlife Wiki site lists 26 types of freshwater fish that can be found in Great Britain. How many can you name? Two points of clarification:

1. The list only concerns fish that are native/indigenous to Great Britain and does not include fish that have been commonly introduced by the likes of Angling Clubs; and

2. I am only looking for ONE WORD names – e.g. shark but not whale shark, tiger shark, etc..

Not including the burbot which has not been recorded in British waters since the 1970s.

No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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Everyone knows of the Taj Mahal but in which year was it built? Have a guess - closest to the actual year is the winner.


No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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

Your challenge today is to identify the words which end with the letters given. You have the number of letters in the word and to the best of my knowledge each has only one answer (should I be wrong you have to get my answer). No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1. XXaud 5


2. XXpth 5

3. XXXaz 5


4. XXXlf 5


5. XXrpet 6


6. XXooth 6


7. XXapon 6


8. XXucer 6


9. XXgime 6


10. XXuple 6


11. XXXiek 6

12. XXXnze 6


13. XXXmur 6


14. XXXvoy 6


15. XXtlass 7


16. XXXaust 7

17. XXXmach 7

18. XXXason 7


19, XXXamid 7


20. XXXegar 7


21. XXXXkel 7


22. XXundary 8

23. XXXrdian 8


24. XXXXabet 8

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 an eyes shot only? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.

Today you’re going on a cruise, courtesy of Superfunguy, round South America. The cruise ship departs from Colombia in the Caribbean Sea and follows the coastline of South America clockwise stopping in each country (not including overseas territories) that it passes until it arrives back in Colombia on the Pacific Ocean side. Your challenge is to list the countries it will stop at in order. 9 points maximum available. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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Colombia


1. Venezuela


2. Guyana


3. Suriname


France (French Guiana)


4. Brazil


5. Uruguay


6. Argentina


7. Chile


8. Peru


9. Ecuador



Colombia

Can you guess which type of animal is featured in this photo displaying a very human-looking row of bottom teeth? Initial(s) and asterisks ony please and no internet etc use of course.

Today’s quiz is all about the lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody. Each section of the lyrics numbered below contains a hidden word (xxx). Your challenge is to identify as many of the 16 missing words as you can. The lyrics all follow the order of the song.

No internet use of course to ensure fair play and good luck. Oh and apologies if this gets the song in your head all day long

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1. Is this the real life?
Is this just FANTASY?

2. Caught in a landslide
No ESCAPE from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see

3. I'm just a poor boy
I need no SYMPATHY

4. BECAUSE I'm easy come, easy go
Little high, little low
Any way the wind blows...
Doesn't really matter to me, to me

5. Mama, just KILLED a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead

6. Mama, life had just begun
But now I've GONE and thrown it all away
Mama, oooooooh
Didn't mean to make you cry

7. If I'm not back again this time TOMORROW
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters

8, Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's ACHING all the time

9. Goodbye, everybody - I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the TRUTH

10. Mama, oooooooh (Anyway the wind blows)
I don't want to die
I SOMETIMES wish I'd never been born at all


11. I see a little SILHOUETTO of a man
Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the Fandango

12. THUNDERBOLT and lightning, very, very frightening me
(Galileo) Galileo (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro
Magnifico-o-o-o-o

13. I'm just a poor boy nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this MONSTROSITY

14. Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
BISMILLAH! No, we will not let you go! Let him go!
……………


15. BEELZEBUB has a devil put aside for me! For me! For me!!

16. So you think you can STONE me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
………………..

For anyone interested, here is the 2021 gold cup winners league table as at end February.
1. Robert 18

2. Charlotte 17

3. Boots 13

4. Michael 10

5. Terry 5

6. Lesley 4

7. Sheila and Audrey 2

8. Ray 1

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is from an eyes shot only? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.

How well do you know your pastas? The challenge today is to place the pasta shape with the description that best describes it. NO use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1. Bucatini



2. Calamarata



3. Campanelle



4. Cannelloni



5. Capellini



6. Conchiglie



7. Farfalle



8. Fettuccine



9. Fusilli



10. Linguine



11. Pappardelle



12. Penne



The thinnest string pasta also known as angel hair


Long and thin with narrow hole down the centre


The widest and flattest ribbon pasta


Long flat pasta slightly that means ‘little tongues’ in Italian


Bowtie-shaped pasta


Tubular pasta cut at an angle to resemble quills


Small cones with ruffled edges


Ribbon-shaped pasta


Short and thick ringed pasta


Shell-shaped pasta


Corkscrew-shaped pasta


Cylindrical filled pasta

Can you identify the things that are described in the list below? All relate to military history and you have the initial letter of the answer to help. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.



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1. A knight's assistant S
2. A pilot who shoots down 5 enemy aircraft A
3. Type of sword used by samurai K
4. Group of about 5,000 Roman soldiers L
5. German "lightning war" during WWII B
6. Self-propelled missile which travels underwater T
7. Blade attached to the end of a firearm B
8. Rectangular formation of spearmen in ancient Greece P
9. Either a large Scottish sword or a U.S. land mine C
10. Powerful type of catapult from the Middle Ages T
11. Most powerful type of warship prior to the aircraft carrier B
12. Combatant who uses irregular tactics to fight a larger, more powerful force G
13. Type of firearm commonly used from 1600 to about 1850 M
14. Firearm that replaced 13. Has grooves to "spin" the bullet. R
15. Very long spear. Once the favorite weapon of the Swiss P
16. Flammable liquid that sticks to the skin. Invented by the U.S. in 1942. N
17. Byzantine weapon similar to the above G
18. Warship propelled by rows of oarsmen G
19. Powerful, easy-to-use bow that fires bolts C
20. Combat engineer. Originally a trench digger. S
21. A victory that is so costly it is like a defeat P

Here's a sketch that didn't really work out - nevertheless, can you guess who I was attempting to sketch here?
Initials and asterisks only please.

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

The challenge today is to list the 10 Westernmost European capital cities. Two points for each city you correctly name. If you aren’t sure of the capital, you can get one point by identifying the country concerned. Maximum of 10 guesses per entry. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is - pictured during the 1970s - from an eyes shot only? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.

Below is a list of 15 UK Soap operas together with a list of the years in which they first appeared on UK TV. The challenge today is to place the soap with the correct start year. One point for every one placed in the correct position. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1. 1954


2. 1957


3. 1960


4. 1964


5. 1965


6. 1972


7. 1975


8. 1980


9. 1981


10. 1982


11. 1985


12. 1986


13. 1992


14. 1995


15. 2000


Emergency Ward 10


Emmerdale


Take the High Road


Hollyoaks


Casualty


The Groves


Doctors


Triangle


Crossroads


Angels


El Dorado


Coronation Street


Brookside


The Newcomers


Eastenders

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

The challenge today is to identify the missing words from these former Government Departments. The missing words have the same number of letters as the Xs. I have indicated the years they were operative which may give a clue to some. Plenty of opportunity to guess if you don’t know. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1, Ministry of Agriculture, XXXXXXXXX and Food (1955 – 2002)


2. Ministry of Posts and XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (1969-1974)


3. Department of Health and XXXXXX XXXXXXXX (1968 – 1988)


4. The XXX Ministry (1918 – 1964)


5. XXXXXX Revenue (1849 - 2005)


6. Ministry of XXXX Security (1939-1945)


7. Department for Business, XXXXXXXXXX and Regulatory Reform (2007 – 2009)


8. Department for Innovation, Universities and XXXXXX (2007 – 2009)

9. Ministry of Public Buildings and XXXXX (1962-1970)


10. Department for Constitutional XXXXXXX (2003-2007)


11. Department of XXXXXX and Consumer Protection (1974-1979)


12. Ministry of XXXXXXXX and National Insurance (1953-1968)


13. XXXXXXXX Office (1885-1999)


14. The XXXXX Office (1858 – 1947)


15. The XXX Office (1857 - 1964)

Here you have to identify a five letter word that fits each of the statements. The big clue you have is that each one begins with the last letter of the previous one. Lots of easy ones but some more difficult. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1. Boot-shaped country
2. Neighbour of Oman
3. River and country in Africa
4. Chain of hills or mountains
5. Major Ruhr Valley city
6. Israeli desert
7. Europe's longest river
8. Book of maps
9. Egyptian peninsula located in Asia
10. Religion that started in Saudi Arabia
11. Capital of Belarus
12. Spit-roasted meat of the Middle East
13. Waikiki or Ipanema, e.g.
14. Language of Bollywood films
15. Country called a subcontinent
16. First letter in the Hebrew alphabet
17. Head covering for Muslim women
18. Highest peak in the Alps, Mont _____
19. Suez or Panama, e.g.
20. Biggest metro area in Africa
21. _____ Ste. Marie, City in Ontario
22. Yokohama's northern neighbour
23. Type of lake caused by a river changing course
24. Quay, pier, jetty
25. Deep, narrow, ocean inlet common in Norway
26. Triangle-shaped place where a river meets the sea
27. Bearded religious group of Pennsylvania
28. Half of Hispaniola

Can you guess who I was sketching here, pictured in her later years?
Initials and asterisks only please.

Without using the internet etc, do you know or can you guess who this is - pictured at age 73 a few years ago - from an eyes shot only? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.

A West End theatre quiz today. How many of the top 10 longest running West End shows of all time can you name/guess at? The list (taken from Wiki) includes musicals and plays some still running (pre-Covid19). 10 guesses only per entry. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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A big welcome to our latest new member John M @John

Not a quiz but some of these are surprising

1. Cleopatra’s reign, 51-30BC, was closer to the present day than to the building of the Great Pyramid, c. 2560BC.

2. Horatia Nelson, the daughter of Lord Nelson who saw wooden ships defend Britain, could have met Winston Churchill, who led the country in a war in which nuclear bombs were used.


3. The siege of Mafeking in 1899 was closer to the year of my birth, 1946, than I am now.


4. Irene Triplett was still collecting her US Civil War widow’s pension last year.

5. Nintendo was founded the same year that Vincent Van Gogh painted The Starry Night: 1889.


6. Tyrannosaurus, 66-68m years ago, was closer to T Rex, the band, than to Stegosaurus, 150m years ago.

7. The Rolling Stones’ first single, “Come On”, 1963, was closer to Henry Campbell-Bannerman’s Liberal government, 1905-08, than to the present day.


8. The 1975 EEC referendum was closer to the end of the First World War than the 2016 EU referendum was to the end of the Second World War.

9. When the first Star Wars film came out in 1977, the French were still using the guillotine: the last execution was that year.


10. The Berlin Wall has been down for longer than it was up, 28 years from 1961 to 1989.

There are just 15 elements in the Periodic Table that have 6 letters – how many can you name? Entries limited to 15 guesses. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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Can you guess which type of animal is featured in this photo? 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 pictured in the 1960s from an eyes shot only? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.

Today’s challenge is to identify the country that starts with each letter of the alphabet (except W and X) and which is nearest to the UK.

No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E
6. F
7. G
8. H
9. I
10. J
11. K
12. L
13. M
14. N
15. O
16. P
17. Q
18. R
19. S
20. T
21. U
22. V
23. Y
24. Z

I expect you're familiar with the statue entitled Manneken Pis which stands in Brussels. But can you guess how tall it is - in feet and inches?

No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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Can you guess which type of animal is featured in this photo? 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 pictured in his late 70s? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.

Today, a different kind of challenge. You live in Maidstone and you are cycling to Carlisle in Cumbria for charity (very admirable of you all I must say ). Your task is to get there through the smallest number of counties. So, you have to list in order the counties you intend to pass through on your way. Each county must, of course, be adjacent to the previous one (i.e. you can pass from one to the other riding your bike or taking it on a ferry for example).


Points scored will be for every county you identify until you name one that is not adjacent to the previous one. If you get to Carlisle successfully your score will then depend on how many counties you passed through in getting there. The fewer you took the higher your score would be.

I hope that is clear and that you enjoy the challenge. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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Here’s another (and the last I think) quiz which involves identifying the usual words used by Americans to denote the following words commonly used in England?
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. bank holiday
2. base rate
3. caravan
4. braces
5. bill
6. cooker
7. dinner jacket
8. draughts
9. drawing pin
10. dressing gown
11. earth wire
12. (to) fill in
13. fringe
14. garden
15. gear lever
16. indicator
17. lay (the table)
18. notice board
19. number plate
20. phone box
21. spanner
22. shop assistant
23. tap
24. taxi
25. (College) term
26. torch
27. undertaker
28. Charity shop

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

The following are fairly common terms used in computing/electronics but do you know what they stand for? Each acronym is made from 3 words. One point for each correct word so maximum 42 points available. 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. USB

2. LED

3. GUI

4. ISP

5. CPU

6. HtML

7. RAM

8. ROM

9. LAN

10. VDU

11. LCD

12. IRC

13. PDF

14. SSD

There are 8 English counties that do not have a motorway passing through them at all. How many can you name? 8 guesses only - and I am not including the City of London. 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.

Can you guess which type of animal is featured in this photo? 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 taken as a child? Initial(s) and asterisks only please.