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Daily Greet! A 'This is Jinsy' Quiz!
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Were you one of the approximately twelve people who watched this surreal new comedy on Sky Atlantic? If you were, you might be able to answer these questions.
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10 Q
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spaceowl
Jan 31 12
42 plays
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Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
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Produced by a drunk, written by a drunk, directed by a drunk and starring a drunk...and that's a comment from the producer. What do you know about this classic piece of comic British surrealism?
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Sg - Sk Movies
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Average
10 Q
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spaceowl
Feb 17 12
66 plays
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'Threads': Nuclear War on the BBC
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When it was first broadcast on BBC1 in 1984, it was truly frightening television. It still is. How much do you remember of it?
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Difficult
15 Q
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spaceowl
Mar 02 12
72 plays
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The Late Great Spike Milligan
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Funny, anarchic, inventive, insane...Spike Milligan was all of these things and more. The legacy he left to British humour is vast, but how much do you know about the man?
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Celebrities M-P
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Tough
10 Q
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spaceowl
Apr 19 12
210 plays
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Great British Eccentrics
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The UK has produced a massive crop of eccentrics in the last three hundred years. Which of these strange folk did what?
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U.K. People
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Tough
10 Q
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spaceowl
Feb 15 12
333 plays
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Elevate! It's Half Man Half Biscuit
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Who said comedy records can't be credible? How much do you know about the Wirral-based Indie fun-merchants HMHB?
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Average
10 Q
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spaceowl
Jan 20 12
90 plays
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The Black Brunswickers
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Formed in 1809, this volunteer force from the tiny German state of Brunswick fought in three seperate campaigns ending with their contribution to the Battle of Waterloo. How much do you know about them?
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Napoleonic Wars
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Tough
10 Q
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spaceowl
Apr 20 12
102 plays
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The Romanian Army at War, 1941-1944
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Romania had the second biggest Axis army on the Eastern Front after Germany, yet remains almost unknown in the West. How much do you know about it?
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Eastern Front
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Tough
10 Q
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spaceowl
Feb 01 12
141 plays
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Nuclear Holocaust at the Movies
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The end of the world has been portrayed many times on screen - how many of these films or TV movies do you recognise? Note - they're not just UK or American.
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Something in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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spaceowl
Mar 07 12
291 plays
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The Quaker Parrot
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Popular pet, versatile survivor and talented avian engineer, the Quaker is an exceptional member of the parrot family. How much do you know about them?
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Pet Birds
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Tough
10 Q
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spaceowl
Feb 05 12
150 plays
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White Death: The Winter War 1939-40
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When, in November 1939, the USSR invaded Finland, it looked as if the Finns would be overwhelmed by the mighty Red Army. What do you know about the heroic Finnish defence?
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Eastern Front
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Difficult
10 Q
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spaceowl
Jan 09 12
156 plays
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Great British Eccentrics: Part 2
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Following on the success of Part 1, here are ten more weirds, bizarres and grotesques from the last four hundred years of British and Imperial history.
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U.K. People
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Difficult
10 Q
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spaceowl
Feb 27 12
276 plays
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Jasper Fforde - Shades of Grey
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'Shades of Grey' is Jasper Fforde's first novel in the 'Chromagencia' series - how much did you notice?
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Fforde, Jasper
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Average
10 Q
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spaceowl
Feb 09 12
69 plays
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Role Playing Games - The Early(ish) Years
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Some questions on the earlier years of role-playing, based on my memories of the games I was playing between 1979 - 1989.
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Role Playing Games
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Tough
10 Q
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spaceowl
Jan 26 12
111 plays
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