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Sunday 27th April 2008 5:20pm [Edited]
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OK, here's the plan>>>>
This is intended to open it up to all who happen to pop on-line at some time today - so a bit fairer.
Questions below are designed to be difficult to research although not all.
RULES/INSTRUCTIONS:-
1. DO NOT post your answers here!
2. PM me once you have completed ALL questions you want to answer.
ONLY ONE PM per player.
3. Some questions are compulsory, it will become obvious why.
4. Provisional deadline for submission of answers is 8pm.
Here goes>>
For 1 point each:
Q1/. What is the only officially Hindu country in the world?
Q2/. Which member of the "Crusaders" had a solo album entitled "Inherit the wind"?
Q3/. What did the US claim to have shot down, using new missile technology, in February this year?
Now, for two points each:
Q4/. Two fences in the Grand National are situated at streams. One is "Becher's", what is the other?
Q5/. READ CAREFULLY What is the sum total of the individual Roman numerals in the word 'DECIMAL'?
Q6/. Which sport uses a piece of equipment with dimensions of almost exactly 9'X5'?
Q7/. Earlier this year, what was found in the river Thames for the first time ever?
Q8/. The year 2002 was a palindrome. When was the last one before it and when is the next one?
Now for three points each:
Q9/. Name three African Countries with only four letters in their names.
Q10/. What four letter word, when written in capitals, is not only a palindrome but also reads the same right way up and upside down?
Q11/. In a Sylvia and Gerry Anderson series, what was an SPV. (one point for each word)
Q12/. Which three letter, single syllable word, beginning with 'A', becomes a three syllable word by the addition of just one letter?
OK so far? Now Compulsory questions:
These are PENALTY POINT: That is, 2 points for correct and, if wrong, minus one point for every digit away from the correct answer.
Q13/. How many US Presidents served in office during the reign of Fidel Castro in Cuba?
Q14/. How many times does the Jubilee line cross the river Thames (travelling in one direction)?
OK last one - cryptic silliness from thing! 4 points up for grabs here.
Q15/. Add together Maradonna, Trevor Brooking and Pele: Add the distance of the Penalty spot from the goal line and give me>> The name of a book, TV series and film.
Good luck everyone. DO NOT POST ANSWERS HERE!!!