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I saw it on CNN today, Ed, during the advert break. Over to you. :D
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Name the street in Liverpool where "Paddy's Market" was held.
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Cazneau Street???
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Correct my mate. Remember going there with my mother lots of times. Place was always packed. Maybe none of the girls on here visited the place. :shock:
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Roll out an old chestnut....

Name a proper English word with 3 consecutive double letters.
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I spent many of my working days with BOOKKEEPERS
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Over to you Bee
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Sorry for the delay :oops:
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It's what Rabbits do when they are not eating or bonking.😷
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Oops :oops: sorry for delay, I forgot about this one. Near enough Ken, it’s what baby bunnies do when they’re really happy. They jump up in the air and twist around....bit like my grandkids really😁
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OK Bee,
What year was the great hurricane that devastated this part of Kent & East Sussex (Tun Wells / Sevenoaks area) ?
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1987
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Yes Phil, the Michael Fish hurricane.
The destroyed Oaks in Sevenoaks were replaced and are doing fine despite being vandalised by scrotes not long after the replanting. K
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I always remember Michael Fish getting his forecast so wrong, Ken. :D

St Swithin was the bishop of which cathedral?
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Winchester Cathedral
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Correct, Ed.
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If it rains on this day, it is supposed to rain for 40 days and nights. What is the name of the day.
Clue - It's not Matts birthday. :wink:
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I'm sure I saw someone had answered this one but, if so they've deleted the post! :? :?

To move things on - St. Swithun.

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Just rescuing the thread from page 2 of the forum.

Ed - am I correct?
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He says you are correct. Your turn.
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A quiz question about a quiz show - in what year did 'Who wants to be a millionaire?' launch in the UK?
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Was it 2000 Bern?
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Thought it was around 1994?
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Neither of those two
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I believe 1998.
We watched on Catch Up those that had won a £million and I think it was mentioned there.
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Spot on Ken.
4 September 1998.

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A geography question.
Which is the largest of these three islands?
Borneo
Greenland
Madagascar

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As I'm always tossing up between Greenland and Australia for the biggest of all islands, I'll go for Greenland from those 3.
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Sure is Bernie, over to you. K
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Christmas one while it's still the festive season...

Since the UK charts began, how many Christmas number one singles have featured the word 'Christmas' in their titles?

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We've watched all the Christmas TotP Xmas number Ones but for some reason We never noted then Bernie🤣

Have a guess 20

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These are the ones I can think of, Bernie.

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Phil
More than those and Mariah Carey hasn't been Christmas #1

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Less than 20
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Mariah Carey was the 2020 Christmas number one in the US, Bernie, I never read your question properly. :oops:
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Have a go with this amended list, Bernie

Do they know its Christmas
All i want for Christmas is you
Merry Christmas everybody
Lonely this Christmas.
Last Christmas
And thanks to Bee, Christmas alphabet :D
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