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A Brush With Nature: Artists In The Rose Garden
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Roses are often named after people, famous or otherwise. Here's a bouquet of artists you can sample without getting covered in paint or pollen. Who's in your rose bed? Take a look!
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Flowers & Plants
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Average
10 Q
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highfells
Aug 07 09
495 plays
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Area 101
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Some folks collect stamps, some collect postmarks - I collect postcodes. Find yourself a large envelope, hop in, seal the flap, and I'll ship you post-haste to somewhere in Europe with a postcode containing the digits 101...
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Geography - Miscellany
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Tough
10 Q
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highfells
Jul 30 09
1767 plays
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Yahzaa! It's the Amazing Adrenalini Brothers!
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Who are the Amazing Adrenalini Brothers? Where do they come from and what do they do? For answers to these and many more death-defying questions... take this quiz!
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TV for Kids A-C
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Average
10 Q
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highfells
May 17 08
129 plays
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The Secret Show
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A secret show, about secret people, doing secret things. This time slot is needed urgently! So let's enter the world of agents, and run "The Secret Show"!
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TV for Kids S-Z
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Average
10 Q
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highfells
Apr 17 08
282 plays
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Pick of the Popes - Part I
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Greetings, Pope-pickers! This isn't a Pop Quiz - it's a Pope Quiz, so let's ponder a panorama of past Pontiffs. Dates in parentheses after Papal names refer to years of Papacy, not birth and death.
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Popes
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Average
10 Q
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highfells
Jun 22 08
597 plays
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A Nose for the Liberal Arts
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In honour of the UK charity event "Red Nose Day", and in celebration of the nose everywhere - here's a bouquet hand picked for your delight from the fields of the traditional Liberal Arts. If the answers escape you, just follow your nose!
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Varied Liberal Arts
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Tough
10 Q
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highfells
Mar 13 09
1872 plays
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Paint It Black!
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A rolling stone may gather no moss, but you could roll through this quiz to gather some information about the darkest of tones. Come with me now as my nephew and I redecorate...
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Black
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Tough
10 Q
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highfells
Dec 25 07
7101 plays
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Sun And Steroids?
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So you want to try bodybuilding? Do you see yourself as the Mr or Ms Olympia of the future? Even if you don't, you could take this quiz and give your finger muscles a workout... no specialised knowledge required!
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Bodybuilding
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Easy
10 Q
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highfells
Mar 17 12
210 plays
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It's the Olympic Games!
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Let's put on our running shoes and get our brains into training - the Olympic Games provide an ideal opportunity to go all-out for a quizzy medal!
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Sports for Kids
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Easy
10 Q
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highfells
Jun 20 08
3447 plays
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Blue Notes from Around the World
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It started as an ordinary day, but then the "blues" took over. Search no further for a light-hearted look at this fascinating colour!
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Blue
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Difficult
10 Q
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highfells
Dec 13 07
3210 plays
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Let the Festivities End!
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Having fun? No problem - we'll soon put an end to that! Here's a selection of festivities (and ways of celebrating) from around the world that have been banned at one time or another...
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Holidays - General
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Average
10 Q
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highfells
Jan 02 12
396 plays
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Fruit Flies Like a Banana
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The humble fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is a fascinating little creature beloved by students of genetics and hated by wine drinkers. See what you know - not all of these questions need specialised knowledge!
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Insects
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Tough
10 Q
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highfells
Nov 25 07
813 plays
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The Voyage of Captain X...
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...in search of the fabled Treasure of Knowledge. Sign on as crew and take a fast ship to where "X" marks the spot. All answers either begin with, or are connected with, the letter "X".
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W - X
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Tough
10 Q
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highfells
Jan 17 08
621 plays
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Help! My Head Has Fallen Off!
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One tropical morning Edmund Questor has to act fast to prevent disaster: help him out by finding alternatives to the words in capitals. The first alternative always begins with HEAD; in the second the HEAD has fallen off. Both words make up the answer.
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Something in Common
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Average
10 Q
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highfells
Aug 06 09
408 plays
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We're Going To Hang Out The Washing
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Welcome to Mrs. Purcell's Musical Laundry! We've got the celebrity wash today - can you guess whose clothes are on the washing line? The answers are blowing in the wind!
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Clothing in Songs
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Average
10 Q
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highfells
Aug 10 09
486 plays
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Songs You Love to Hate - Volume 1
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You know them; you hate them; they go around the windmills of your mind until you want to scream. These Irritating Ditties are dedicated to our UK listeners - but the questions are not what you might think. Tune in at your peril - you have been warned!
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Thematic 10Q Tough
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Tough
10 Q
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highfells
Feb 19 08
768 plays
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Riddles from a Raddled Rambler
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A miscellany of rhyming riddles to stimulate your synapses; and all the product of my (r)addled (r)ambling brain!
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Riddles
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Impossible
10 Q
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highfells
Dec 11 08
10125 plays
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas
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All questions refer to Christmas Eve traditions, culture or entertainment.
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Christmas
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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highfells
Jan 19 06
1860 plays
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A Zabaglione of Zeds
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Whether you say "zed" or "zee", here's a confection of questions for your delight. All answers begin with, or are connected with, the letter Z.
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Y - Z
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Average
10 Q
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highfells
Jan 09 08
1185 plays
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Out of Africa (Not the Movie)
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Movies with an African connection - however obscure. Unless stated otherwise, film titles are those used for UK release. Good luck - and may the Halliwell be with you!
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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highfells
Dec 07 07
327 plays
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Find the (Pink) Lady
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After doing the weekly supermarket shop I wondered how many different types of Pink Lady I might find elsewhere. Surprise, surprise - they crop up all over the place, and not all of them are crunchy and sweet!
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Thematic 10Q Difficult
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Difficult
10 Q
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highfells
Jan 04 08
381 plays
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Weird Plots - Spot the Film
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This is an odd look at the movies... Can you guess the film from the strange, but fictional, synopsis? I hope that some of them will raise a smile (or at least a groan)!
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Name the Movie
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Average
10 Q
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highfells
Nov 14 07
1644 plays
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