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Number one seemed a bit of an anachronism. Number four sounded like
a piece of red agricultural equipment. Number five sounded like a condensed
feline. Number nine's owner sounded just right. What adverb is most appropriate
for number six?
Variation on a theme by Neal
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What number best completes the following sequence?
493.9
554.4
440.0
220.0
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Pete Mitchell
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A fiction writer from what once used to be Yugoslavia wrote about Selma
Bouvier, Doctor Gonzo, the Roswell creatures and Japanese meat-packers.
What's the name of his 1976 novel, or what have these four got in common?
Tom
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Which two characters are depicted here?
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Everybody knew what caused them. They were seen as a status symbol by
some people. Treatments were expensive and very lucrative. Then quite
recently scientists found everybody had been totally wrong. The cause
was extremely common and unglamorous and the best response is straightforward
and cheap.
What are they and what really causes them?
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What are the dubious and related firsts of "Gone With the Wind" and
"My Fair Lady"?
Venky
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A three-letter airport code can often be formed by dropping one or
more letters from the end of the city it serves: SEA serves Seattle, HAN
Hanoi, and so on. Sometimes, you drop one or more leading letters: ORK
is located in Cork, for example. But which airport's code can be formed
equally well by dropping one or more letters from the front or one or
more letters from the end of its location?
Alan
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Her friend Roger disappeared, sparking a quest through multiple universes.
What college did she start off from and what did John Milton have to do
with it all?
Vicky
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In my trusty dictionary between a patent
leather shoe and a condition which must be fulfilled I find a witticism
that is often lost in translation, attentive to detail, a learned Hindu,
an ozone friendly form of air conditioning, a laundry for the soul, festering
matter, meanness of spirit, a square dance, a bog and a Friend with a
capital F.
I also find a hunchback who would not gain favour with Disney
for his family values, who is he?
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Who is this?
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