Below in random order are 10 #1 hits from the 1980s, each of which was in a different year from 1980 to 1989. You have to guess in which of the years each record reached #1. 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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Woman – John Lennon

Relax – Frankie goes to Hollywood

Orinoco flow – Enya

Call me – Blondie

True – Spandau Ballet

Star Trekkin’ - Firm

All around the world – Lisa Stansfield

Oh Julie – Shakin’ Stevens

Chain reaction – Diana Ross

I’m your man – Wham

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. Unhealthy zero wearing protective metal suit

2. Segment of a long narrow hill

3. Write the mistress of King Charles II

4. Performer of operations with a cuppa inside

5. Not very good snooker stick wood

6. Possible acronym for the Euro

7. One of the Teletubbies' calculation

8. Elliott's friend on Scottish Island

9. Cockney solid five join Noah’s vehicle

10. Abbott behind partition

The clues below are each to a city (in the general sense of the word) whose name begins with the letter M. 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. Wisconsin city that is also the name of a dance

2. Dutch city most associated with a Treaty

3. Capital city of Eswatini

4. Known as the second-holiest city in Islam

5. Most populous city in Wisconsin whose name comes from an Algonquian word

6. Capital city on the mouth of the Rio de la Plata

7. City about 50 miles North West of London

8. City which has exactly the same name as its country

9. Spanish city about 40 miles south of Alicante

10. Suffolk town with a large Royal Air Force base

Below are images of some 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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The answer to each clue below consists of a single word beginning with A - how many can you get? One guess per clue. I believe there should only be one valid answer to each clue but, if not, you have to get the word of which I was thinking. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1. Turkey is the world’s main producer of what fruit?

2. What is the largest city in New Mexico?

3. What was the largest Nazi concentration camp?

4. What is the fear of Spiders called?

5. What is the name of the main character in Disney's "The Little Mermaid"?

6. What island chain is located between Myanmar and India?

7. Surname of British author who died in Winchester in 1817 aged 41

8. The US holiday "Veterans Day" was formerly known as “?????? Day”?

9. Surname of the second POTUS

10. Who was the first Roman emperor?

11. In what do clownfish usually live?

12. What forested region did Germany pass through to get to France in the World Wars?

13. What literary device involves the repetition of a certain sound at the beginning of words?

14. What Canadian Province is home to Banff National Park?

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There were six monarchs of Great Britain (of England until the Act of Union in 1707) during the 18th Century. How many can you name? Entries limited to six guesses. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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Below are images of some 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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Below are stills from 4 more films of the 1990s. 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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There are 8 European countries that have territory located in the Alps. Can you guess what they are? Entries limited to eight guesses. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.


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Each of the below is a clue to a single word which begins with LA . 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. Characterized by a lack of effort, care, or involvement: (15)

2. A person who is honoured with an award for outstanding creative or intellectual achievement (8)

3. 1986 fantasy movie (9)

4. Requiring considerable time and effort (9)

5. Tearful or given to weeping (10)

6. Criticise by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm (7)

7. A large prawn or small lobster (11)

8. Job which died out with the introduction of electricity (11)

9. A person unfamiliar with the sea (10)

10. Country that was part of the USSR (6)

11. Fish sometimes wrongly called an eel (7)

12. Surname of former West Ham full back with footballing son (7)

13. Theft of personal property (7)

14. Evergreen tree or large shrub with green, glabrous leaves. (6)

15. Type of flooring (8)

16. 1966 hit for Roy Orbison (4)

17. Town on the Sussex coast (7)

18. A very close relative of the delphinium (8)

19. Brazilian dance (7)

20. Spear formerly used by a mounted warrior (5)

Below are clues to movies from the 1970s. How many can you guess? One answer per clue. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck

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1. What James Bond movie involved a villain named Drax?

2. Who was the villain in the movie "Halloween"?

3. Whose music does the main character of "A Clockwork Orange" love to listen to?

4. What cult movie has inspired audiences to throw rice, toast, and hot dogs at the screen?

5. What American general was portrayed by George C. Scott?

6. What movie was a Vietnam War version of the book "Heart of Darkness"?

7. In what city did "Dirty Harry" take place?

8. What Monty Python movie was about a man who is mistaken for Jesus?

9. What sexy actress was a perfect "10"?

10. Who directed "Annie Hall"?

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Below are images of some 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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The clues below are each to a city (in the general sense of the word) whose name begins with the letter L. 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. Former African capital city

2. South American ‘bean’ city

3. The second most populous city in Pakistan

4. The highest capital city in the world

5. City in central Poland, known as a former textile-manufacturing hub

6. European city on the River Tagus

7. Town with team in 1959 FA Cup final

8. Swiss city situated on a lake bearing its name

9. Chinese city that used to be the capital of Tibet

10. Village in Suffolk with famous air forcebase

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Below are clues to well-known sayings which have been obfuscated. How many can you turn into normal speak? 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. It hath been deemed unwise to calculate upon the quantity of junior poultry prior to the completion of proper incubation.

2. Where there are visible vapours having their provenance in ignited carbonaceous materials, there will be also observed conflagration.

3. Unwanted egotism prophesies the speedy effect of the force of gravity.

4. A small, one-eyed steel instrument used at the crucial moment may rescue the square of three.

5. To depart from the path of rectitude is characteristic of the human species, but to be tolerant, loving and kind toward wrongdoers is Godlike.

6. Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.

7. Male cadavers are incapable of yielding testimony.

8. The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation.

9. When the humidity attains the bursting point it does so profusely.

How’s your Latin these days? Below are Latin words or phrases which you may well have encountered. Can you guess what each means? No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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1. ad hoc

2. alter ego

3. bona fide

4. carpe diem

5. caveat

6. de facto

7. de jure

8. ergo

9. mea culpa

10.per capita

11. per diem

12. per se

13. status quo

14. verbatim

15. vice versa – the other way around  

16. ad nauseam

17. compos mentis

18. habeas corpus

19. 1nter alia

20. quid pro quo

21. sine qua non

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Below in random order are 10 #1 hits from the 1970s, each of which was in a different year from 1970 to 1979. You have to guess in which of the years each record reached #1. 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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YMCA – Village People

Sailing – Rod Stewart

Ernie – Benny Hill

Knowing me. Knowing you - ABBA

She – Charles Aznavour

December ‘63 – 4 Seasons

Band of Gold – Freda Payne

Without you – Nilsson

Night Fever – BeeGees

Can the can - Suzi Quatro

Below are stills from 4 more films of the 1980s. 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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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. Chap adds a type of shirt

2. Say hello to rows of shelves

3. The Queen’s cockney tough

4. Tree biter

5. Former US President's offspring

6. What our teacher did

7. Erie nerd gets mixed up

8. Many of us will often handle this

9. Put on a door opening device

10. As an alternative California

Each of the below is a clue to a single word which begins with KA . 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. A changing and enjoyable mixture or pattern (12)

2. Large species of marsupial (8)

3. Mid-Western US State (6)

4. You might embarrass yourself doing this at the pub (7)

5. The largest land-locked country in the world (9)

6. A loose shirt or top (6)

7. A type of clay found in nature and sometimes used to make medicine (6)

8. A variety of Jewish mysticism of which Madonna is a devotee (8)

9. Himalayan territory disputed between India and Pakistan (7)

10. Marshall art (6)

11. Flightless bird from New Zealand (6)

12. Arabic word that means fortress (6)

13. Online American travel agency also a watercraft (5)

14. City in British Columbia situated between Vancouver and the Canadian Rockies - (8)

15. Also known as leaf cabbage (4)

16. 1985 #2 hit for Marillion (8)

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Below are clues to movies from the 1960s. How many can you guess? One answer per clue. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck

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1. Who directed "The Birds"?

2. What is the name of the family in "The Sound of Music" ?

3. Which film centred on a raid on Fort Knox?

4. Who starred as Hannibal Brooks in the eponymous movie?

5. What model of car was Herbie?

6. What genre of films were directed by Sergio Leone? (Two words needed)

7. Who starred as Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

8. What gang battled against the Sharks in "West Side Story"?

9. What movie, starring Audrey Hepburn, was based on "Pygmalion"?

10. Who was the father of Rosemary's baby?

11. In the movie "The Pink Panther", who or what was the Pink Panther?

12. What substance did the Absent-Minded Professor invent?

Below are three lists – 10 US States, their capital cities and their nickname. All you have to do is match each State to its capital and nickname. Two points for getting both correct and one point for just getting one. You have all the answers – so how many can you match correctly? One answer per clue. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck

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1. Alabama

2. Alaska

3. Arizona

4. Arkansas

5. California

6. Colorado

7. Connecticut

8. Delaware

9. Florida

10. Georgia


Juneau

Sacramento

Tallahassee

Montgomery

Little Rock

Hartford

Atlanta

Phoenix

Denver

Dover


The Last Frontier

The Golden State

The Sunshine State

Yellowhammer State

The Natural State

The First State

The Peach State

The Grand Canyon State

The Constitution State

The Centennial State

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Below are stills from 4 more films of the 1970s. 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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Today’s quiz involves guessing how many players in one of the teams are on the pitch/field/court etc (i.e. not counting subs or reserves) when playing the following sports. One answer per sport - 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. Baseball

2. Basketball

3. Volleyball

4. Cricket

5. Field hockey

6. Ice hockey

7. Lacrosse

8. Netball

9. Polo

10. Rugby Union

11. Rugby League

12. Water polo

13. American football

The clues below are each to a city (in the general sense of the word) whose name begins with the letter J. 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. Capital city that used to start with D

2. Port city on the Red Sea

3. Known as the Pink City and as the Paris of India

4. The largest city in South Africa

5. The largest city by area in the USA (ignoring Alaska and Hawaii)

6. One of the oldest cities in the world situated in the Levant

7. Largest city in the province of Cadiz in Spain

8. Israeli town synonymous with oranges

9. They marched from here to London in 1936

10. Town that is a suburb of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

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Some relatively easy 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. For how many years did Queen Elizabeth II reign (to nearest number of years)?

2. In which US state was Barack Obama born?

3. What colour are flamingos, normally?

4. What is the capital of Serbia?

5. In which mountain range is K2 – second highest mountain on Earth?

6. What planet of the solar system is fifth furthest from the sun?

7. In the Bible, on what were the Ten Commandments from God to the people of Israel written?

8. Which British rock drummer was great friends with Oliver Reed?

9. What is the southernmost country in Africa?

10. What do vertebrates have that invertebrates don't?

11.What is the most populous state in the U.S.?

12. What 1980 film was the sequel to "Star Wars"?

13. Whose catchphrase was "Shhh. Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits"

14. What is the most popular spectator sport in Canada?

15. What is the first element in the periodic table?

16. In what ocean would you find the country of Sri Lanka?

Below are stills from 4 more films of the 1960s. 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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Here's something all of us will be very familiar with - but viewed trhough a kaleidoscope. Can you guess what it is? No need to PM me just post yourguesses.

There are 8 post code areas in the UK which begin with O or P I have set them out below - your challenge is to guess the cities/towns or regions from which the 8 post code letters are derived. No use of reference material or the internet to ensure fair play. Good luck.

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OL

OX

PA

PE

PH

PL

PO

PR

Each of the below is a clue to a single word which begins with JA. 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.


REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5AM tomorrow. 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. ​American term for a portable pneumatic drill (10)

2. Words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand (6)

3. A nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll (11)

4. Sometimes part of of dive (9)

5. Ornamental pot or stand for the display of growing plants (10)

6. What a boxer might land (10)

7. A form of escape (9)

8. Executive car produced from 1947 to 1953 by Jowett Cars Ltd (7)

9. Doing this on American roads may be frowned upon (10)

10. Tree know in the USA as the West Coast version of the Cherry Blossom (9)

11. A blind or shutter made of a row of angled slats (8)

12. 1967 hit for Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood (7)

13. Can turn you yellow (8)

14. A young man working on a sheep or cattle station to gain experience. (8)

15. Bright, eye-catching (5)

16. Anubis (6)

17. Tropical wading bird (6)

18. Door frame (4)

19. A practical joke (4)

20. Jagger’s daughter (4)

....... in this image?

Below are 14 picture clues to things shot from unusual angles or close-up. I hope that you can see this well enough but if not you might like to copy/save it and then blow it up! 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

REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5AM tomorrow morning. 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.

Whose famous face is this distorted? No need to PM - just guess with initials and asterisks

Below are stills from 4 more films of the 1950s. 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.

REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5AM tomorrow morning. 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.

How many words with 6 letters can you think of which can be made from the word BIOGRAPHICAL – this can include BOTH the singular and plural of nouns or more than one tense of a verb. No proper nouns or words that are always hyphenated or offensive words. Otherwise, provided the word can be found in an online English dictionary it will count. An extra point for getting the highest scoring scrabble word. 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 5AM tomorrow. 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.

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. Switzerland heads a month in France

2. The cause of a series of ‘wars’ between Iceland and Great Britain

3. There are hundreds of these in the human body

4. This animal was famously tamed

5. Crisp rat reveals a little fella

6. Throw then shake up the rest

7. Sounds like you may be following somebody stealthily

8. You can find it in places where there are hippos wallowing in mud

9. Cornish peninsular

10. Dug on ground to find the creature

What 5-letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?

Just post your guess.

Here's one that may appeal especially to Terry 😎. Below are clues that relate to fairly well-known trees or things associated with trees. 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.


REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5AM tomorrow. 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. Type of tree whose leaf appears on the Canadian flag

2. Tree which Harry Potter and Ron Weasley crash into with a car

3. Forbidden fruit grew on this tree in the Garden of Eden

4. In the summer of 1666, Isaac Newton reportedly saw this type of fruit fall
from what became known as "the gravity tree"

5. Robin Hood is said to have taken shelter inside the hollow trunk of this type of tree

6. Race of tree-like beings in "The Lord of the Rings"

7. In a well-known myth, a 6-year-old George Washington took a hatchet to this type of tree and later confessed, "I can’t tell a lie. I did cut it…"

8. This tree appeared in both the title and the cover photo of a 1987 album by U2

9. These trees grow in Madagascar and have been nicknamed the “tree of life”

10. Tree-like being in "Guardians of the Galaxy"

11. Popular spice made from a type of tree bark. Europeans of the Middle Ages had no idea that it came from Sri Lanka.

12. At least 3/4 of this type of tree have been lost in Europe and the Americas since 1930 due to a "Dutch" disease

13. Japanese word for a small tree grown to mimic the shape of a larger tree

14. Person who gained enlightenment sitting under the Bodhi tree

15. When Noah released a dove from the ark, it came back with a branch of this tree

Below are stills from 4 films of the 1950s. 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.

REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5AM tomorrow morning. 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.

The clues below are each to a city (in the general sense of the word) whose name begins with the letter I. 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.


REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5AM tomorrow. 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. Once known as Byzantium

2. US City bordering Lake Michigan

3. Capital city in Southern Asia

4. City known as the capital of the Tyrol

5. Town in Kent with a famous Mote owned by National Trust

6. Seaside resort in North Devon

7. Third most populous city in Turkey

8. Name of Reusable Film Camera company established in 1879 as the Britannia Works Company

9. Major port town in Lincolnshire

10. Northern Scottish town with deep water harbour often used by round-Britain cruise ships

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Whose famous face is this distorted? No need to PM - just guess with initials and asterisks

The answers to the clues given below all relate to events or people from the 1850s. How many can you answer correctly? Some easier but others may be difficult andrequire guesses. One guess per clue. 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 5am tomorrow. 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. The ruins of which famous structure, erected in 1851south of Dulwich, now lay in the London Borough of Bromley?

2. What disease was studied by John Snow - who traced an outbreak to
a single well in London?

3. What political party was founded in the United States in 1854?

4. What country was forcibly opened to foreign trade by the "black ships"
of Commodore Perry?

5. Who served as British Prime Minister for two separate periods?

6. In what country did soldiers revolt after it was rumoured that gun cartridges were coated in beef or pork fat?

7. Foucault's ??????? was built to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth

8. What country was created by the union of Moldavia and Wallachia?

9. In what country did tens of millions die in a war started by a cult leader
who claimed to be the brother of Jesus?

10. What famously rang for the first time?