Can you guess the names of the movies from the 2000s which are featured in the stills below? 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 more questions on food and drink- 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. What designation of German riesling wine comes between Kabinett and Auslese?

2. An Indian meal which included ‘masoor’ would have what ingredient?

3. ‘Hendrick’s’, ‘Larios’ and ‘Seagram’s’ are some of the best-selling brands of which spirit?

4. Which type of tea, originally from the Chinese province of Fujian, gains its distinctive flavour from being smoke-dried over pinewood fires?

5. Castelo Branco cheese originates from which country?

6. ‘Black Krim’, ‘Green Zebra’ and ‘Yellow Pear’ are all varieties of which salad ingredient?

7. ‘Gallo’ is a winery and distributor which is headquartered in which country?

8. Production of Singha beer began in which country in 1934?

9. If you saw ‘chou-fleur’ on a French menu which vegetable would the dish include?

10. From which sea-creature is ‘tomalley’ obtained?

Here you have to identify the name of the singer from two films in which they appeared. How many can you guess? 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 Bodyguard | Waiting to Exhale

2. Dreamgirls | Austin Powers in Goldmember

3. A Star is Born (2018) | House of Gucci

4. Chicago | Bringing Down the House

5. Precious | Glitter

6. Lady Sings the Blues | The Wiz

7. Steel Magnolias | 9 to 5

8. Don't Worry Darling | My Policeman

9. Moonstruck | Mermaids

10. Battleship | Ocean's Eight

11. Finders Keepers | Take me high

12. Calamity Jane | Showboat

13. Goodbye Mr Chips | The Runaway Bus

14. Carousel | Oklahoma

15. The Silencers | Murderers Row

Each of the below is a clue to a single word which begins with PA . 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 MP for example (15)

2. A four-sided shape with two pairs of parallel sides (13)

3. The branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants (13)

4. Miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity (13)

5. Surname of former Hollywood tough guy star who won best supporting actor for Shane in 1953 and who died aged 87 in 2006 (7)

6. May drop out of the sky (11)

7. American dummy (8)

8. May describe a quilt for example (9)

9. Street beggar in the US (10)

10. Alternative legal form to company for conducting business (11)

11. Country with the world's second-largest Muslim population (8)

12. A typical example or pattern of something (8)

13. Elvis Presley hit from 1957 (9)

14. City in greater Los Angeles (8)

15. A minute portion of matter (8)

16. Bohemian Rhapsody is an example of a ?????? (8)

17. A Poppy is a plant in the ????? family (7)

18. Name of a former amusement park in New Jersey about which Chuck Berry wrote a song which was a hit for Freddy Cannon (9)

19. A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases (7)

20. Lions, Tigers and Leopards are all categorised as being a ?????? (7)

21. Country whose flag is shown below (6)

There have been 9 French Monarchs/Emperors from 752–1870 who have shared the same name 2 times or more. Below are the number of times each name has been used together with the first letter of the name. How many names can you guess? One guess per letter No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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18 L

10 C

6 P

4 H

3 N

2 C

2 J

2 F

2 R

Can you guess the last 5 Asian countries alphabetically? That is countries that are UN member states so does not include Taiwan. But it does include countries which may be partly in Europe and partly in Asia. Entries limited to 5 guesses. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

Here are 10 images of famous bridges in the UK. Can you guess both the name of the bridge and where it is located? One guess per image - one point for the bridge name and one for the locatiion. 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 list the following things by how many there are of them - from the most (1) to the least (5). No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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Kilometres in a mile

Lines on the London Underground

Strings on a Ukelele

Jaws on a medicinal leech

Acres in a hectare

Here you have to identify the name of the singer from two films in which they appeared. How many can you guess? 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. Charro | Speedway

2. Fight Club | The Rocky Horror Picture Show

3. Labyrinth | The Prestige

4. Guys and Dolls | From here to eternity)

5. Evita | A League of Their Own

6. Selena | Gigli

7. Meet the Fockers | Yentl

8. Tommy | Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome

9. The Stepford Wives | The First Wives Club

10. The Social Network | Trouble with the Curve

The clues below are each to a city (in the general sense of the word) whose name begins with the letter O. 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. A major financial center of Japan

2. City in south-western Siberia with a population of over 1.1 million

3. Hosted the 1952 Winter Olympics

4. Capital city of Burkina Faso

5. Mentioned in the lyrics of Route 66

6. City across the bay from San Francisco

7. English town whose football team is called the Latics

8. Signposted from J8 and 9 of the M40

9. The third largest city in Denmark e

10. Japanese city that lies on an island that bears the same name

Can you guess who this is shown in this distorted image? No need to PM - just post your guess.

Can you guess the 10 most common words in the English Language, according to Oxford Online? Entries limited to 10 guesses. One clue - none of them are more than 4 letters long. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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Eight world country flags. Can you guess the name of the countries? One guess per image. A clue - 2 are in each of Africa, Europe and Asia, 1 in South America and 1 in Oceania. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck

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Can you guess the last 5 European countries alphabetically? That is countries that are UN member states so does not include Vatican City or Kosovo or Wales etc. But it does include countries which may be partly in Europe and partly in Asia. Entries limited to 5 guesses. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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Fairly easy one today for the most part – can you identify the capital cities shown in the images below and their country . One point per city and one per country. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck

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Fifteen more 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. What type of wheat is used to make pasta?

2. From which country does saganaki come?

3. How many standard-sized bottles of champagne are in a magnum?

4. Which animal can be found on the Toblerone logo?

5. What is the national dish of Hungary?

6. What type of beans are used to make baked beans?

7. Where in the UK was Cadbury founded?

8. What type of pastry are Steak and kidney puddings made out of?

9. The KFC secret recipe uses how many herbs and spices?

10. What region of France is a Claret wine produced in?

11. Which chocolate did Mars announce it was removing from select tubs of Celebrations as a trial in 2022?

12. Which country produces the most bananas?

13. What was the original name for a Snickers bar?

14. Which two ingredients are used to make a Screwdriver cocktail?

15. Which overall company owns the makers of Walkers Crisps, Tropicana and Doritos?

Each of the below is a clue to a single word which begins with OB . 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. One who systematically blocks or interrupts a process (14)

2. Very annoying or objectionable (9)

3. A doctor with specialist qualifications in delivering babies and providing medical care to women during pregnancy (12)

4. Surname of Hollywood actress from the 1950s (6)

5. State of no longer being needed or useful (12)

6. 44th POTUS (5)

7. Name for a triangle that is either acute or obtuse (7)

8. To rebuke severely or scold (9)

9. A hard, dark, glass-like volcanic rock formed by the rapid solidification of lava without crystallization (8)

10. Famous Calvin Klein fragrance (9)

11. The Washington Monument for example (7)

12. Type of woodwind instrument (4)

Can you guess what object is shown in this distorted image? No need to PM - just post your guess.

Here you have to fill in the missing word or words based on like to like. 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. Bovine is to Cow as ????? is to Sheep

2. Beef is to Cow as Calamari is to ??????

3. Pride is to Lion as Parliament is to ??????

4. Jupiter is to Rome as ???? is to Greece

5. 125 is to CXXV as 37 is to ?????

6. Snow is to Flake as Rain is to ????

7. Arabic is to Islam as ?????? is to Hinduism

8. Au is to Gold as W is to ?????

9. 32 is to Teeth as 206 is to ?????

10. Professor is to University as Acrobat is to ??????

11. Halal is to Islam as ???? is to Judaism

12. Belle is to Beauty & the Beast as Ariel is to ??????

13. Bowser is to Mario as ??????? is to Harry Potter

14. Apprentice is to Master as Squire is to ???????

15. Apple is to York as ???? is to Orleans

16. Solomon is to Proverbs as ???? is to Psalms

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. Big cat in the water

2. Shake the soil to remove stones etc

3. Strange network reveals a small mammal

4. You’ll find it in your raincoat in the pocket

5. Rowan’s partner

6. Dean Martin observed

7. Naked but for glasses

8. Feline from Eastern Europe

9. Almost a type of whale

10. An accessory according to Anthony Newley in a 1960 hit

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

Ten more questions about food and drink – a bit more difficult this time. 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. What year did the first McDonald's store open (+ or - 5 years)?

2. What are the real names of the Hairy Bikers?

3. Which pungent plant has its own festival held on the Isle of Wight every year?

4. How many calories does a glass of water contain?

5. Who is leaving their role as host of The Great British Bake Off before the 2023 season?

6. Grenadine is obtained from which fruit?

7. How many lunches does Geraldine have to eat in the Christmas Lunch Incident episode of The Vicar of Dibley?

8. Gluten is found in which cereal grain?

9. Which fast-food franchise has the second largest number of restaurants in the world, after McDonalds?

10. What French city does bouillabaisse originate from?

There have been 11 Popes from 30AD to the present time who have shared the same name 8 times or more. Below are the number of times each of those 11 names has been used together with the first letter of the name. How many names can you guess? One guess per letter. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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23. J

16. B

16. G

14. C

13. I

13. L

12. P

9. S

9. B

8. A

8. U

Seven silhouettes of British raptors in flight. How many can you recognise/guess - just the type of bird needed? Label your guesses 1-7 from T-B and L-R with middle one as #4. No need to PM - just guess with initials and asterisks. No internet help of course

The clues below are each to a city (in the general sense of the word) whose name begins with the letter N. 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. Largest N city in the world by population

2. City that was ceded by the Dutch to the English in 1665

3. Title of Tommy Steele hit from 1958

4. Where pizza is claimed to have been invented

5. Location of Nazi war crime trials

6. Shares its name, in English, with Neuchâtel in Switzerland

7. Welsh city in Gwent in which the Business Statistics Office was situated

8. Sixth largest city in France

9. City in Virginia USA named after an English county

10. Market town signposted from J15 of the M1

A fairly recent photograph but who is this? No need to PM - just guess with initials and asterisks. No internet help of course 😎.

There are 12 Official Disney Princesses (even though one at least was born a commoner). How many can you get? To help I have indicated the movie which features the Princess – those left blank are where the Princess’ name is or is in the title of the movie - and they are listed in order of their first release date. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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1. ---- -----

2. -----------

3. Sleeping Beauty

4. The Little Mermaid

5. Beauty and the Beast

6. Aladdin


7. ----------

8. -----

9. The Princess and the Frog

10. Tangled

11. Brave

12. -----

Some general knowledge questions. How many can you guess? 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. What island do lemurs come from?

2. In what language is the motto of the British Sovereign written?

3. When Jack fell down, what did he break?

4. What singer is the subject of the movie "Walk the Line"?

5. What was the Soviet equivalent of the CIA?

6. What is the largest island in the Caribbean Sea?

7. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and the first person
of any gender to win two?

8. What is a basilisk?

9. What is the second book of Bible?

10. What, according to a supposed African proverb, does it take a village to do?

11. What instrument did Ravi Shankar play?

12. What is the Japanese word for freshwater eel?

13. Who killed Achilles?

14. In what country would you be most likely to find a polder?

15. What country, along with the US, UK, Canada, and Australia is part of the
"Five Eyes" intelligence community?

16. Who is He-Man's nemesis?

17. What city-state did Hannibal fight for?

18. What word can be formed by adding three letters to the middle of PANIC?

This may be the last beaks quiz. 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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Who is shown in this distorted image? No need to PM - just guess with initials and asterisks

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)

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

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

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

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?

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

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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