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Post by Lux on Jan 30, 2009 21:12:36 GMT 12
On the home front:
He wrote the hit 'My Old Man's an All Black' a founding member of the Morrison Quartet, buried today in Rotorua RIP.
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Post by haemani on Jan 30, 2009 21:25:56 GMT 12
Gerry Merito
I got it from google.
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Post by Lux on Jan 31, 2009 19:43:43 GMT 12
Correct: Gerry Merito
haemani 1 pt
terauparaha 5 pts.
cailz 17 pts.
dharma 16 pts.
naki 31 pts.
kiwi68 2 pts.
graeme 7 pts.
misi 2 pts.
yollie 9 pts.
minx 9 pts.
maire 18 pts.
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Post by Lux on Jan 31, 2009 19:44:48 GMT 12
Riddle:
What am I?
He who makes it needs it not.
He who buys it wants it not.
He who uses it knows it not.
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Post by naki on Jan 31, 2009 20:10:59 GMT 12
A coffin?
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Post by Lux on Jan 31, 2009 20:15:31 GMT 12
Correct: A coffin
haemani 1 pt
terauparaha 5 pts.
cailz 17 pts.
dharma 16 pts.
naki 33 pts.
kiwi68 2 pts.
graeme 7 pts.
misi 2 pts.
yollie 9 pts.
minx 9 pts.
maire 18 pts.
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Post by Lux on Jan 31, 2009 20:16:49 GMT 12
Words and there meanings:
Cataglottism?
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Post by cailz on Jan 31, 2009 22:03:19 GMT 12
French kissing? ;D
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Post by Lux on Feb 2, 2009 19:34:35 GMT 12
Correct: French Kissing i.e. using a bit of tongue. Did you google it?  haemani 1 pt terauparaha 5 pts. cailz 19 pts. dharma 16 pts. naki 33 pts. kiwi68 2 pts. graeme 7 pts. misi 2 pts. yollie 9 pts. minx 9 pts. maire 18 pts. |
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Post by cailz on Feb 3, 2009 8:09:04 GMT 12
 Yip, I googled it Lux. I knew what the second part "glottis" part meant, (the throat i.e. epiglottis). It was the first part that had me fooled. ;D
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Post by Lux on Feb 3, 2009 10:22:46 GMT 12
The games we play:
What toy, first introduced at the Nuremberg Toy Show in 1979, sold over 100 million units by 1982?
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Post by maire on Feb 3, 2009 10:28:20 GMT 12
Rubik cube?
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Post by Lux on Feb 3, 2009 19:01:16 GMT 12
Correct: Rubik's cube
haemani 1 pt
terauparaha 5 pts.
cailz 19 pts.
dharma 16 pts.
naki 33 pts.
kiwi68 2 pts.
graeme 7 pts.
misi 2 pts.
yollie 9 pts.
minx 9 pts.
maire 20 pts.
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Post by naki on Feb 3, 2009 23:32:48 GMT 12
5 and a half hours, nothing new to exercise the grey matter on.....
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Post by Lux on Feb 4, 2009 7:43:07 GMT 12
Sports:
Where did the 26-mile run called a marathon originate from?
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Post by naki on Feb 4, 2009 7:54:48 GMT 12
Ancient Greece.... A message runner was sent from the battlefield at Marathon to Sparta to summon assistance when the Persians invaded.
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Post by Lux on Feb 4, 2009 10:21:52 GMT 12
Correct:
haemani 1 pt
terauparaha 5 pts.
cailz 19 pts.
dharma 16 pts.
naki 35 pts.
kiwi68 2 pts.
graeme 7 pts.
misi 2 pts.
yollie 9 pts.
minx 9 pts.
maire 20 pts.
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Post by Lux on Feb 4, 2009 10:23:24 GMT 12
Words and there meanings:
Runcation?
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Post by cailz on Feb 4, 2009 10:27:17 GMT 12
To weed something out. (weed out undesirables) |
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Post by Lux on Feb 4, 2009 10:31:02 GMT 12
Correct: Crikey that was fast lol haemani 1 pt terauparaha 5 pts. cailz 20 pts. dharma 16 pts. naki 35 pts. kiwi68 2 pts. graeme 7 pts. misi 2 pts. yollie 9 pts. minx 9 pts. maire 20 pts. |
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Post by cailz on Feb 4, 2009 11:03:46 GMT 12
 I was in the right place at the right time. Why only 1 point Lux? I thought it's usually 2 points for every correct answer?
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Post by Lux on Feb 4, 2009 12:47:17 GMT 12
2 if you know it or find the answer offline 1 if you google/internet search it. Sorry wasn't sure which.
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Post by cailz on Feb 4, 2009 13:08:30 GMT 12
 Oops, that clears it up then. Why do I feel like I've just been to the Headmaster's office?
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Post by maire on Feb 4, 2009 14:37:20 GMT 12
Perhaps a reminder to the newer members re the rules might be in order Lux?
We've been around a while so I guess we think everyone knows them ;D
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Post by Lux on Feb 4, 2009 18:00:31 GMT 12
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Yip, I googled it Lux.
I was in the right place at the right time. 
Oops, that clears it up then.