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WEEK THREE QUESTIONS

DAY 1 - Questions 3.1

Daily Quick Crossword

Across

1 King in Camelot (6) 4 Geronimo's people (6) 8 Fold sewn or pressed into cloth (5) 9 Fighting man (7) 10 Married (anag) (7) 11 Fatuous (5) 12 Lackadaisical (9)

Down

1 Become visible (6) 2 Rising current of warm air (7) 3 Out-and-out (5) 5 Sounding pleased (like a cat) (7) 6 Porcelain (5) 7 Merited (6) 9 Justifiable (9)

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17 Thin crisp biscuit (5) 19 Kitchen appliance (7) 21 Precious stone (7) 22 Location (5) 23 Stinging plant (6) 24 Every seven days (6)

13 Commotion (7) 14 Economise (3,4) 15 Scandinavian country (6) 16 Blood vessel (6) 18 Sumptuous meal (5) 20 iPod manufacturer (5)

Daily Sudoku (2 easy & 2 hard)

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Daily Brain Teasers

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Famous Faces

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Daily Quiz

1. Who won the British Open (Golf) in 2016?

2. What is the symbol for the zodiac sign for Gemini?

3. Where in a horse is the coffin joint?

4. What word can go before cheese, plant and roll?

5. Which Simon and Garfunkel song features the words “Jesus loves you

more than you can say?

6. How long is Member of Parliament elected for?

7. Which German prison camp did Pat Reid try to escape from?

8. What measure is used for sound or noise?

9. Farouk was king of which country?

10. Which county used to be divided into Ridings?

11. Which item of clothing is associated with the name Jimmy Choo?

12. Who composed the 1812 overture?

13. What is the mean of 40, 60 and 80?

14. Which royal residence is in Norfolk?

15. In comics, by what name is Bruce Wayne known?

16. In which year was North Sea oil discovered?

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17. Californian and Stellar’s are types of what?

18. What is a group of cats called?

19. Which former James Bond actor became a goodwill ambassador for

UNICEF?

20. What is measured by an interferometer?

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Day 2 questions 3.2 Daily Quick Crossword

Across

1 Consoled (7) 5 Bedtime drink (5) 8 Poised for action (5) 9 Bishop's jurisdiction (7) 10 Toxic element (7) 11 Desiccated (5) 12 Edible shellfish (6) 14 Farm livestock (6) 18 Type of steak (1-4) 20 Confessed (5,2) 22 Dried seedless grape (7) 23 Enclosed kitchen fireplace (5) 24 Sing in Tyrolean fashion (5) 25 Batsmen going in first (7)

Down

1 Mocking irony (7) 2 Untruthful people (5) 3 Pungent red pepper (7) 4 Infer (6) 5 Multitude (5) 6 Pharmacist (7) 7 In front (5) 13 Marred (7) 15 Grand National racecourse (7) 16 Female ruler (7) 17 Mediterranean principality (6) 18 Flavoursome (5) 19 Electronic communication (1-4) 21 Trip the light fantastic (5)

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Word search

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Daily Sudoku (2 medium & 2 hard)

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Brain teaser

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Famous faces quiz

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Quiz time 1. Which substance is used for pencil “lead”?

2. When did Charles Dickens die?

3. Which Lloyd Webber musical does the song “Memory” come from?

4. What drink does pear juice make?

5. What name can be a lettuce or a floating mass of frozen water?

6. Marrakesh is in which country?

7. In the traditional song, where did Molly Malone sell cockles and mussels?

8. What is the official residence of the French president?

9. How many square inches are there in a square foot?

10. In which sport are there wild water, sprint and slalom events?

11. Smack and sampan are types of what?

12. When is the Blue Peter raised on a ship?

13. What type of heavenly body is named after Edmund Halley?

14. Which book records debates in Parliament?

15. Which religion observes the Passover?

16. Who was the second president of the USA?

17. Which famous cliffs in Acapulco are used by daring divers?

18. Who broke Muhammad Ali’s jaw in 1973?

19. Who was the voice of Shrek in “Shrek 4”?

20. Which airline’s identification code is VS?

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DAY 3 QUESTIONS 3.3.

Daily Quick Crossword

Across

1 Deep open cut (4) 3 Copied (8) 9 Irritated (7) 10 Danger (5) 11 Carrying weapons (5) 12 Going by air (6) 14 Derided (6) 16 Tossed (6) 19 Vehicle for travelling over snow (6) 21 Male relative (5) 24 Audacity (5) 25 Common wild duck (7) 26 Calculate roughly (8) 27 Self-satisfied (4)

Down

1 French policeman (8) 2 Water vapour (5) 4 Alter (6) 5 Squiffy (5) 6 Capital of Ontario (7) 7 Uninteresting (4) 8 Solemn promise (6) 13 Grounded (anag) (8) 15 The guilty one (7) 17 Every sixty minutes (6) 18 Recluse (6) 20 Cherished desire (5) 22 Demand as a right (5) 23 Leg joint (4)

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Daily word search

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Daily Sudoku

Brain Teasers

1) Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in

the world?

2) Imagine that you are in a boat, in the middle of the sea. Suddenly, you are

surrounded by hungry sharks, just waiting to feed on you. How can you put an end

to this?

3) What words are pronounced differently by merely capitalizing the first letter?

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Famous faces quiz

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QUIZ

1. Which vegetable did Sir Walter Raleigh bring to England?

2. In the strip cartoon, what is the name of Snoopy’s brother?

3. “Half a Sixpence” is based on which story by HG Wells?

4. Who coached Andy Murray to his 2016 Wimbledon victory?

5. Who wrote the Savoy operas?

6. Anzac troops come from which two countries?

7. In aviation, what does VTOL stand for?

8. How many lines are there in a limerick?

9. How many years is the term of office of a US president?

10. In which part of the body is the cornea located?

11. Who had the first number 1 hit with “Unchained Melody”?

12. Which rogue trader brought about the downfall of Barings Bank?

13. Which jockey rode over 200 winners in both 1997 and 1998?

14. In which country is the Dordogne?

15. What kind of creature is a natterjack?

16. Which country decide by referendum against joining the European

Union in1994?

17. Who was the only English pope?

18. The kingdom of Navarre was divided between which two countries?

19. Which river does the water in real Irish Guinness come from?

20. In which Gilbert & Sullivan opera is eating a sausage roll a secret sign?

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DAY 4 QUESTIONS 3.4

Quick Crossword

Across

1 Newspaper feature (6) 4 Fireside (6) 8 Passenger ship (5) 9 Raiment (7) 10 Someone else (7) 11 Spooky (5) 12 Spring-flowering plant (9) 17 Muggy (5) 19 Long-necked animal (7) 21 Maybe (7) 22 Old four-pence coin (5) 23 Soothed (6) 24 Harass a speaker (6)

Down

1 Underground room (6) 2 Assassinated US president (7) 3 One of the gifts of the Magi (5) 5 Put into words (7) 6 Less common (5) 7 Aided (6) 9 Irish airline (3,6) 13 Bureaucracy (3,4) 14 County of East Anglia (7) 15 Place of worship (6) 16 Vessel for boiling water (6) 18 Wall painting (5) 20 Scoundrel (5)

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Word search

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Sudoku Puzzles

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Brain Teasers

1) Two mothers and two daughters went out to eat. Everyone ate one burger, yet only three burgers were eaten in all. How is this possible?

2) You walk across a bridge and you see a boat full of people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?

3) I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What

number am I?

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Famous faces

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Quiz Answer Sheet

1. Soyuz was the name of a Russian spacecraft. What does it mean?

2. Who became George W Bush’s Secretary of State in his second term?

3. Who lost her pocket?

4. In the film “The Day of the Jackal”, who played the Jackal?

5. In Shakespeare’s Othello, which character is the female lead?

6. Which team were on the receiving end of Manchester United’s record 9-0

Premiership victory?

7. Which cricket team plays home games at Edgbaston?

8. How is the letter S represented in morse code?

9. If something is Cantonese, which country does it come from?

10. In which European country is Malmo?

11. In which resort was” Fawlty Towers” set?

12. Orthodontics involves which part of the body?

13. In which film/play does Professor Higgins appear?

14. How many ribs does a human have?

15. Zen is a form of which religion?

16. On which river is the Kariba Dam?

17. What is studied in somatology?

18. Which football club was the first to use artificial turf?

19. Who succeeded Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa?

20. From which district in France do the majority of fine clarets come?

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DAY 5 QUESTIONS 3.5

Crossword

Across

1 Ancient writing material (7) 5 Governed (5) 8 Gain knowledge (5) 9 Eight-sided figure (7) 10 Conundrums (7) 11 Dark brown fur (5) 12 Powerful (6) 14 Braved (anag) (6) 18 Slice a joint (5) 20 Spray can (7) 22 Everywhere (3,4) 23 Intolerant person (5) 24 Natural aptitude (5) 25 Sideboard with open shelves (7)

Down

1 Traveller to a shrine (7) 2 Tartan cloth (5) 3 Curling lock of hair (7) 4 Husband or wife (6) 5 Council tax (5) 6 Able to be read (7) 7 Thick, compact (5) 13 Large ape (7) 15 Long-lasting (7) 16 Long pillow (7) 17 Spanish capital (6) 18 Banter (5) 19 Young eel (5) 21 Indications (5)

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Sudoku Puzzles

Brain Teasers 1) I have a large money box, 10 inches wide and 5 inches tall. Roughly

how many coins can I place in my empty money box?

2) What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to

it?

3) Who is bigger: Mr. Bigger, Mrs. Bigger, or their baby?

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Quiz time 1. In the pirate song, how many men were on the “dead man’s chest”?

2. Mike Hawthorne was the first Briton to win the world championship in which sport?

3. Venetian blinds originated in which country?

4. A poult is the young of which creature?

5. Which group recorded the original of “Light My Fire”?

6. What name is given to a book in which a ship’s captain charts events on a voyage?

7. What type of pet animal can be chinchilla or Dutch?

8. What is the longest word that appears in Mary Poppins?

9. On the road, what does a red circular sign with a white band across it mean?

10. In which city is the Doge’s Palace?

11. In the past, what was an iron horse?

12. Buff Orpingtons and Plymouth Rocks are types of what?

13. Which city in North Wales has the name of a Welsh saint?

14. In which sport is the Curtis Cup awarded?

15. Which canal takes food through your body?

16. Who set up the first printing press in England in 1476?

17. In the film “Carry on Columbus”, who played the title role?

18. If the image in a mirror shows the time as five past two, what time is it?

19. In heraldry, what is meant by “couchant”?

20. Who was the leader of the first black band to play at Carnegie Hall?