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Round 1 - Letterlink As a clue, the first letters of the ten answers, in order, spell the name of the Capital of the State of California What specific name is given to a pilchard less than four Sardine inches long? What traditionally did a fletcher make? Arrows The First Fleet is the name given to eleven ships that Convicts sailed from Great Britain on 13th May 1787, bound for Australia. More than half the passengers were what? What is the name of the Spanish model who claimed in Rebecca Loos 2004 to have had an affair with David Beckham? What bird is the emblem of the Royal Society For The Avocet Protection of Birds - RSPB? Who was Princess Anne’s first husband? Mark Phillips Which US writer created Tarzan? Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Which company markets Willy Wonka chocolate bars? What was the name of the first active communications satellite, launched in 1962? 10 In children’s literature what is the name of the marmalade cat that lives in Owlbarrow? Letter link = Sacramento ROUND 2 - CONNECTIONS What can be Water, Mechanical, Quartz or Atomic Which actress found fame in her role as Miss Brahms in the BBC comedy series 'Are You Being Served' before joining the cast of 'Eastenders' 3 What type of shoes would you associate with actor and singer Jimmy Nail 4 Who played Rimmer in the TV series 'Red Dwarf' 5 What's the link or connection between certain words contained in the answers to questions 1 - 4 6 Who, in 1954, became a sporting legend in the city of Oxford, in less than four minutes 7 Which programme, first aired in 1958, is the longest running children's programme on British TV 8 Who wrote the song 'Hey Mr Tambourine Man', that was a hit for 'The Byrds' 9 What was the name of the gangster movie where all the gangsters are children. 10 What's the link or connection between certain words contained in the answers to questions 6 - 9 1 2
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Clocks Wendy Richards Crocodile Chris Barrie Peter Pan Roger Bannister Blue Peter Bob Dylan Bugsy Malone Names of Famous Rabbits
ROUND 3 - THE LETTER 'O' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
By what name is the 'Central Criminal Court of the City of London' more usually known What name is given to the elliptical course of a planet What sort of branch symbolises peace What name is given to a brief biography in a newspaper for a person who has recently died What four-letter word is the name of a semi-precious stone characterised by striped layers What kind of angle is between ninety degrees and one hundred and eighty degrees Which sport involves the use of a map and a compass Which six-letter word means the opposite of transparent What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet What name is given to the piece of music that opens an opera
Round 4 Pot Luck & 2007 1 Which country won the 2007 Cricket World Cup? 2 Why was Gillian Gibbons in the news in 2007?
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What was the new name for the Millennium Dome when it re-opened in 2007? If you were sixteen years old, what could you have done up to the end of September 2007, but not at any time after? What was the name of the man who disappeared in his kayak in 2002 and reappeared in 2007 claiming he had amnesia? Which part did Deforest Kelley play in the TV series Star Trek? Who wrote the novel The War Of The Worlds? Alfred Nobel, the man after whom the Nobel Prizes are named, was originally well known for inventing what? Which American state is known as the Sunshine State? In a game of chess, what is the only piece able to jump over other pieces?
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Australia She was the teacher in Sudan who allowed children in her class to name a teddy bear Muhammad? The O2 Bought tobacco products John Darwin Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy H.G. Wells Dynamite Florida Knight