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Lenny the Lie-on Lion is very laid back, he likes to let his friends have their own way, hence his nickname. His favourite game at parties is inventing similar sound-alike sobriquets for his alliteratively named friends. Can you tell who is at this one? |
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Here are ten questions covering the twenty categories of Quizzyland. All of the questions are related to the word hippo in one way or another. Have fun, and don't forget to sing as you finish the quiz! 
Take the letters 'ME' out of the word suggested by each clue in the first column to match a word indicated by one of the clues in the second column. For example, 'Correct a document' matches 'Finish'; emend loses 'ME' to become end. 
Can you find the fifteen republics of the former Soviet Union, and avoid the red herrings? 
Rudyard Kipling's famous poem contains the recurring words 'If you can'. How well can you remember what follows those words? |
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My 150th quiz. Add 150 (CL) to the first word indicated by the clue to get the second word indicated. E.g. Add 150 to eternally to get smart or bright gives the answer CL + ever = clever. 
Last and chance are both words which could have several different meanings. Can you fill in the blanks in the text with the right word so that it makes sense? 
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In cryptic clue style, each answer requires you to make an anagram of the given letters to find a word which could mean 'turn'. 
There are many different types of games and sports. They could be played by a team or by individuals. The games may be played indoors or outside. They might be played professionally or just for fun. Can you sort these games into their correct categories? 
Drina Adams wanted to dance. The eleven books in the series, by Jean Estoril, tell how she set about it, and the quiz asks about some of the friends she made along the way. But where did she first make friends with them? Warning - it contains spoilers. |
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See if you can place all these words and phrases containing 'dance' into the right place in the story. Then read the information to find out a little more about a popular form of dancing. 
These pictures are clues to the titles or parts of the plots of some ballets. Many are well-known, others perhaps less so. Can you match them up correctly? 
'Death Goes Dancing', a mystery novel for adults by Mabel Esther Allan, was written in the 1950s and published posthumously. The author is probably better known for her many children's books. Warning - contains spoilers, especially in the conclusion. 
The Chalet School, created by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer, moved locations several times during the course of the series of fifty-eight books. In which country were each of the following books set? |
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"The Lobster Quadrille", or "The Mock Turtle's Song", is one of the poems in Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Can you put the correct words into the spaces to complete the rhyme? 
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All these expressions or titles or places are missing a number from 1 to 10. Can you put them into the correct ascending order? 
Rice and potatoes are two staple foods which are used in many different parts of the world. There are dozens of different potato or rice based dishes. Do you know which of these ten are based on rice, and which use potatoes? 
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There are many different combinations of letters used in English to make the sound 'ooh'. Sometimes those combinations are used for a different sound. In which of these words can you hear 'ooh'? Avoid the red herrings. NB I speak British English! 
One elephant is good, but five elephants are better. Most plural words are made by adding the letter 's' to the end of the singular word. Elephants are like that, but not all animals are. Can you spell the words for more than one of these animals? 
