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Re: Only Connect Two........

Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:52 am

1. Which artist died in Auvers in 1890?
2. What is the highest mountain in the British Isles?
3. Who played Tim Canterbury in The Office?
4. What Italian girls's name means 'light'?
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Re: Only Connect Two........

Post by Bruce Rioja » Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:57 am

2 Ben Nevis
3 Martin Freeman
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Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:03 am

1) Vincent Van Gough
4) Lucia?
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Post by TANGODANCER » Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:04 am

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:1. Which artist died in Auvers in 1890?
2. What is the highest mountain in the British Isles?
3. Who played Tim Canterbury in The Office?
4. What Italian girls's name means 'light'?
Vincent Van Gogh
Ben Nevis
Martin Freeman
Luciana

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Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:05 am

Bruce Rioja wrote:2 Ben Nevis
3 Martin Freeman
yes
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Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:05 am

Lost Leopard Spot wrote:1) Vincent Van Gough
4) Lucia?
Yes.
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Post by TANGODANCER » Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:10 am

Is it six-nations players with a bit of mis-spelling on Gough?
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Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:10 am

TANGODANCER wrote:Is it six-nations players with a bit of mis-spelling on Gough?
No - as you say, the correct spelling is Gogh, but that's not crucial here.
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Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:13 am

both Vincent and Ben are songs, but not Martin and...

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Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent
Saint Maartens
St Kitts and Nevis

Caribbean islands
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Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:14 am

Lost Leopard Spot wrote:both Vincent and Ben are songs, but not Martin and...

just got it
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent
Saint Maartens
St Kitts and Nevis

Caribbean islands
Yep!

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Post by Bruce Rioja » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:26 pm

1/ Keats, TS Elliot, Wordsworth.....

2/ John Bercow

3/ Home of The Great Exhibition of 1851

4/ The concluding word used in Christian worship.

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Post by Gary the Enfield » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:29 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:1/ Keats, TS Elliot, Wordsworth.....

2/ John Bercow

3/ Home of The Great Exhibition of 1851

4/ The concluding word used in Christian worship.

And a link ;)

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Post by Bruce Rioja » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:32 pm

Gary the Enfield wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:1/ Keats, TS Elliot, Wordsworth.....

2/ John Bercow

3/ Home of The Great Exhibition of 1851

4/ The concluding word used in Christian worship.

And a link ;)

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Post by Gary the Enfield » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:36 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Gary the Enfield wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:1/ Keats, TS Elliot, Wordsworth.....

2/ John Bercow

3/ Home of The Great Exhibition of 1851

4/ The concluding word used in Christian worship.

And a link ;)

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That didn't last very long at all, did it?! ae:)

:grin: Lucky guess.

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Re: Only Connect Two........

Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:47 pm

Gary the Enfield wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:
Gary the Enfield wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:1/ Keats, TS Elliot, Wordsworth.....

2/ John Bercow

3/ Home of The Great Exhibition of 1851

4/ The concluding word used in Christian worship.

And a link ;)

Poets
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Hyde Park
Amen

Corners
That didn't last very long at all, did it?! ae:)

:grin: Lucky guess.

Crystal Palace had me foxed. Briefly.
It shouldn't have done, they had more corners than anyone last season ( :wink: )
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Re: Only Connect Two........

Post by Prufrock » Mon Feb 17, 2014 3:25 pm

To steal Crayons' altered format... Answers and connection please:

1) A fast, bright and lively vehicle.
2) This British formula 1 champion began his Motorsport career on a bike.
3) Envious
4) Until Clinton, the only US president to be impeached.
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Re: Only Connect Two........

Post by KeyserSoze » Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:06 pm

no idea
surtees
jealous? green?
nixon, richard, dick, milhous?
Nero fiddles while Gordon Burns.
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Re: Only Connect Two........

Post by bobo the clown » Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:12 pm

KeyserSoze wrote:no idea
surtees
jealous? green?
nixon, richard, dick, milhous?
#4 is Andrew Johnson I gthink.
Not a clue on #1
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Re: Only Connect Two........

Post by Prufrock » Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:14 pm

2) not who I'm after.
3) is one of those.
4) nope Nixon resigned before they could impeach him.

1) is solid tbh, but tried to make them easier as they went
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Re: Only Connect Two........

Post by TANGODANCER » Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:15 pm

?
Jackie Stewart
?
Andrew Johnson
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