Quiz 30

1
What is a doubly positive instrument of collective deception?
2
How many words can you list that contain no more than six letters in total with a single vowel repeated three times?
e.g. The word “weekend” contains a single vowel, e, repeated three times. If it had one fewer letter in total it would count for this list, but it doesn't, you start with a blank sheet.
3
Sb As Al Se H O N Re
What rank?
Phil
4
These two men have a similar claim to fame, what is it?
5
A city in Louisiana and a town in New York state might be named after identical unlikely objects. Explain.
Zack
6
Imagine you are a tennis player playing at Wimbledon in the Men's Singles, you are drawn to play a player that is so bad you feel you need to protest against the obscene mismatch. You are instructed that you must play the match. Rather than simply playing your best game you decide to let your opponent win as many games as possible and yet you win just enough games, at just the right time, to win the match. Assuming your ploy works perfectly how many games did you contrive to lose?
7
They were once called the Knights of Walpurgis; by what name are they better known?
AlanWW
8
Where in the world is this?
9
In my trusty old dictionary between a part at a time and mournful I find a minstrel, a bloodsport, a deadly weapon, a golden sham, ornament with perforations, a fine sampling tool, a fancy rotation, a radioactive substance, a central point and a pocket.
Can you find some fish on these pages?
10
Looking at the following six words, what logically should be the seventh word?
rend
mint
tire
mend
term
mind
Mick T

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