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Wiki-illiams Quizz 2018. Round 10
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(Into the 2nd half now, come on…)
1 Where is the Blue Slipper?
2 Where did nightingales warble and sing?
3 From where were the boys evacuated to Brantwood?
4 Where did Sophie’s grandson find the window too narrow?
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The Freaky Trigger Readers’ Poll 2018: #30-#21
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“Noswaith dda! Dwi’n Duo, y tylluanod Cymreig! Roeddwn i’n siomedig iawn am fod Kat yn rhoi’r gorau i wneud Duolingo y llynedd. Gwn ei bod hi’n brysur iawn, ond mae fy planed yn marw, ac mae angen Quosh arnom. Pam ydych […]

Wiki-illiams Quizz 2018. Round 9
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1 Who wrote about the polymath, Joseph Bologne?
2 Whose prestige product honours a former naval person?
3 Who progressed from Arras via Sens and Rouen to finally settle in Avignon?
4 Who was the life and soul of King’s Abbot, but was stabbed by the[…]

Wiki-illiams Quizz 2018. Round 7 (really)
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Which periodical:
1 Was found under Adrian’s bed by his mother?
2 Provided Mr Finch with a £10 prize for solving a crossword?
3 Carried the headline DIAR KNAB NI EFIL OT THGUORB EERHT?
4 Published an ode by the poet laureate to the seasonal fluct[…]

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The Freaky Trigger Movie Poll 2018: #30 – #21
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And we’re back, to the next segment. I promised you Jean Luc Godard and he does feature in one of the films below, but even his hardcore fans couldn’t push his most recent offering into the top forty.
So we have another all female heist,[…]

Wiki-illiams Quizz 2018. Round 7 8
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(GAH – I published 7 and 8 out of order, soz like)
1 What was likely to give Pistol indigestion?
2 What proved to be soporific for Benjamin and his family?
3 What was dismissed as no more than a college-educated relative?
4 What, according to t[…]

Wiki-illiams Quizz 2018. Round 6
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What:
1 Takes its name from James I’s physician?
2 Is a drupe of drupelets brought together by a Californian judge?
3 South American lily takes its name from an alumnus of Uppsala University?
4 Tuber is named after that alumnus’s Curator at his […]

The Freaky Trigger Readers’ Poll 2018: #40-#31
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“Greetings! It’s me, 90’s summer dance craze The Macarena. I’ve never really gone away, as you must surely know: the muscle memory of hand flips and hip wiggles is ingrained into the very fabric of your DNA, to be passed down […]

Wiki-illiams Quizz 2018. Round 5
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Where:
1 Was Tilia reduced to 7ft?
2 Did Garry and Frank take 36 and 34 off Malcolm?
3 Did Steve and Venkat say “Enough” after 62 balls?
4 Is the venue a memorial to a Brotherly Leader and Guide?
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The Freaky Trigger Movie Poll 2018: #40 – #31
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So as per usual I will be dispatching the movie poll results in batches of ten, which might start in a puppydog quick fashion, and finally limp out the final ten in the middle of February. Well we will see…
Some stats this year – we recei[…]

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