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OK, they seem to be going a bit quick, so here is another multiple answer one:-

 

1. THE ILLNESS PERTUSSIS IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS WHAT?

2. WHY DO WOODPECKERS PECK AT TREES?

3. WHICH ROCK IS THE LARGEST MONOLITH IN THE WORLD?

4. THE BEE GEES WERE BORN WHERE?

5. WHAT ACTION DOES A DROMOPHOBIC FEAR?

6. IN WHICH DECADE DID CONSTANTINOPLE BECOME ISTANBUL?

7. HOW MANY BRIDESMAIDS ATTENDED PRINCESS DIANA?

8. WHAT IS PAUL MCCARTNEY’s FIRST NAME?

9. WHICH DRUG TOOK IT’S NAME FROM THE GREEK GOD OF DREAMS?

10. WHICH OTHER BROOK IS THERE ON THE GRAND NATIONAL COURSE WITH BEECHER’s

11. WHAT IS MEASURED ON THE MERCALLI SCALE?

12. A “BLUE ORPINGTON” IS A TYPE OF WHAT?

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I dont' know the answers to all 12 but I can see one or two that I know are wrong so here goes ........

 

1. Whooping cough

2. To get at grubs under the bark and make nesting holes

3. Ullaru

4. Isle of Man

5. Crossing the Road

6. 1920s

7. 6

8. John

9. Morphine

10. Valentines

11. Earthquakes

12. Chickens AND Ducks (I have a friend that breeds them) :)

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There are two questions that I can correctly guess ... eventually!

 

so here's for a 9

 

1. Whooping cough

2. To get at grubs under the bark and make nesting holes

3. Ullaru

4. Isle of Man

5. Crossing the Road

6. 1930s

7. 5

8. John

9. Morphine

10. Valentines

11. Earthquakes

12. Chickens AND Ducks (I have a friend that breeds them)

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Having rechecked my answers versions I and II, a stupid mistake has been noticed and I change Q8 accordingly (thanks to CHC's Mum).

 

1. Whooping cough

2. To get at grubs under the bark and make nesting holes

3. Ullaru

4. Isle of Man

5. Crossing the Road

6. 1930s

7. 5

8. James

9. Morphine

10. Valentines

11. Earthquakes

12. Chickens AND Ducks (I have a friend that breeds them)

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ooh, err, hadn't expected that!

 

In which case I shall use a set of questions previously copied from somewhere or other that I was going to use at a party next weekend. The party in question would of course be a Bonfire and all questions are related to this particular event ....

 

1. The Gunpowder Plot was an attempt to kill which English King?

 

2. In which country did fireworks originate?

 

3. Who wrote the novel The Bonfire Of The Vanities?

 

4. What was the purpose of the original wheel that Catherine Wheel fireworks were named after?

 

5. What is the name of the substance with the chemical formula KNO3 that is a component of gunpowder?

 

6. Which 2006 film, starring Natalie Portman, featured a modern day Guy Fawkes character plotting to destroy the Houses of Parliament?

 

7. Which is the only property on a Monopoly board that doesn't contain any of the letters from "Bonfire" in its name?

 

8. In what year was Guy Fawkes executed?

 

9. With the initials R.C., what was the name of the leader of the men involved in the Gunpowder Plot?

 

10. Also with the initials R.C., what name is given to the firework that consists of a shower of sparks and a succession of coloured balls of fire?

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Ooooooh, aaaaaahh (bonfire night sound effects!) :)

 

CHC has 5 correct answers and Chizu just bumped it up to 7

 

Due to not concentrating I'll need to give an update - CHC had 6 correct and Chizu bumped it up to 8, therefore, due to the fact that Pot Nitrate and Saltpetre are one and the same, Mr Hotspur just got the 10.

 

Lights touchpaper at arms length .... fizzz, whooosh DING

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I seem to recall a story that sometime in it's history the building suffered a fire, I don't recall the incident., but the paint was used to cover up it's blackened facade.

DING That's the answer I was looking for even though it may just be a legend, British troops burned the mansion in 1814 when they captured the city and allegedly it was painted white when it was rebuilt to cover the smoke stains

Over to you

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