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01 May 12
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As this is Guneas weekend i will post a quiz here at around nine tonight.The questions will be hard because of the high standard of some on here,i realise this will annoy some genuine knowledgeable posters but ye have Ribellaro,Xerophyte,Blackbarn,ged,Onlooker,Gibberish,Temlett,Tolmi,Know Won Nose,Mighty Fly and Stewarts Rise to blame.
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I have to be in bed by 9
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8.30 on school nights imo.
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tis true
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i will be aiming for my usual steady 1 point in this event.
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Q1.Velazquez
Q2.Mr Soft Q3.Togo Q4.Tar come back Q5.The French don`t have a word for this Q6.Mrs Aitken Q7.He never told a lie Q8.Bajan drink Q9.Unhealthy slang Q1O.London Street 6 horses 2 jockeys 1 trainer 1 owner The clues are all over the place some cryptic some straight forward but no anagrams. |
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George Washington was it ,who could not tell a lie?
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Pall Mall,for HRH?
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Up and running with a rapid two correct answers for Dunlaying.
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Diego rodrigo velazquez,so is it Rodrigo De Triano?
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No,wrong Guineas
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Oh!
Nonoalco for the french do not ? |
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Rodrigo De Triano won 1992 Newmarket and ?Irish 2000 G.
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All the answers are related to the original 2000 and 1000 Guineas,the answer to Q1 is a filly.
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Since Velazquez was a painter what about Picture Play?
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You have it cracked Dunlaying.
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Rhyming slang for ill could be Zafonic.
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You are on to it as it is rhyming slang but it is a jockey.
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Q1 is a painting
Q3 is a jockeys nickname,he was also known as the crocodile Q5 is something George Bush said Q8 is a trainer |
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At some point I have read this but I don't remember where or when or even if I'm correct. Q2 is Cockney Rebel. A track by the band is Mr Soft?
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Well done Tippu,it was their first hit.
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5. Entrepreneur
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Las Meninas was painted by Velazquez did she win the english guineas?
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Q.10 London Street = FLEET - 1967 1000 Guineas
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No 8 Stoute
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Q.8 Bajan Drink = Michael STOUTE
Bajan = Barbados - where Stoute is from. |
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Gerry Gallbladder correct,hard to credit but Bush definitely said it.
Las Meninas trained by Tommy Stack Onlooker i have to give you that Border Reiver Michael Stoute correct,he was born in Barbados and stout is a drink beloved by me and most of my fellow countrymen |
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Was the jockey Rae Johnstone?
I believe he rode Colombo. |
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^ Stoute Barbados - as I posted, whilst you, wildman wre posting -
But Border just beat me to it.  |
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Q3 is an Australian jockey who was nicknamed both Togo and the Crocodile
Q4.Tar is another name for a sailor,so what calls a sailor back to his ship Q6.A famous tractor is a clue to her husband |
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Dunlaying correct
Onlooker also correct |
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Q9.This jockey later became a successful trainer but when i was young we called this unhealthy product only by his name.
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Rum Bum N' Radio?
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Harry Wragg
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To this day i call cigarettes Harrys
Harry Wragg **** |
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Q4 is also a childrens TV programme
Q6 her husband was a press baron,the tractor clue may be wrong so sorry |
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It is not Blue Peter?
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wildman -
I cannot work out the Mrs Aitken angle - But from your tractor CLUE - the answer to Q.6 - screams FERGUSON. Part owner, of course, of ROCK OF GIBRALTAR. |
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Beaverbrook you mean,Lady that is.
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Beaverbrook was a 'Press Baron'.
Lady Beaverbrook - Mystiko |