Guessing Game.

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    I won't forget that scene from the movie Troy. Vicious.
     
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    For @John Brunner.

    1) What is the procedure called where an anaesthetic is injected close to the spinal cord?
    2) What poisonous oily liquid occurs naturally in tobacco leaves?
    3) Who had his first UK top 10 hit with 'Wichita Lineman'?
    4) Which sign of the Zodiac is represented by the Scales?
    5) In which country was Rudyard Kipling born?
     
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    Okay, Sir.

    I've made me guesses...haven't graded them yet.

    I'm going to try the Spoiler tags and post my answers so you have to click to see them.
     
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    This time I got 5 for 5. I was weaned on Kipling's "Just So" stories.


    1) What is the procedure called where an anaesthetic is injected close to the spinal cord?
    Epidural
    2) What poisonous oily liquid occurs naturally in tobacco leaves?
    Nicotene
    3) Who had his first UK top 10 hit with 'Wichita Lineman'?
    Glen Campbell
    4) Which sign of the Zodiac is represented by the Scales?
    Libra
    5) In which country was Rudyard Kipling born?
    India

    5 for 5, baby Mate. But these were pretty easy. And I like this Spoiler tag. you can put your own Title on them ("Spoiler" is default.)

    You can put more that one Spoiler per line. So you could do a "Hint" as well as an "Answer."
     
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    I knew em all except Libra.
     
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    1) Casualty
    3) Two Ronnies
    4) Antiques Roadshow
    5) The Bill
    6) Blackadder
    10) Whose Got Talent
    11) A Touch of Frost
    12) Downtown Abbey
    15) Fawlty Towers
    17) Porridge
    19) Heartbeat
    20) Insp. Morse
    21) Last Of Summer Wine
    22) Little Britain
    24) Monty Python
    25) Morcombe & Wise
    29) Dads Army
    30) The Royles?
    31) Some Mothers
    32) Open All Hours
    33) Steptoe & Son
    34) The Office
     
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    I had to go through the Zodiacal symbols in my mind...process of elimination.

    I only guessed at Kipling because I knew that the obvious answer was too obvious. Now I gotta read "Captains Courageous" again. Also a great movie...
     
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    Usain Bolt, Babe Ruth, Nigel Mansell, Mo Farah, Freddie Flintoff, Andy Murray, Jonny Wilkinson, Alex Hamilton, Ali, Michael Phelps. Too many Brits.
     
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    [​IMG]

    Who are we?
     
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    I'm out of the first one. I thought doing math word problems were bad.

    Who are we?

    1. Leonardo DeCaprio (sp)
    2. Tom Lee Jones
    4. Tracy Morgan
    7. Nicole Kidman
    8. Bruce Willis
    9. Michael Douglas
    10. Kurt Russell
     
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    3. The guy from House
    5. Kathy Lee Gifford?~~no
    6. George Lucas~~yes
    11. De Niro? (Doesn't really look like anyone I recognize)~~yes
    12. Celine Dion~~no
     
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    Pictures:

    1.
    Light beer
    ~~yes
    2.
    Eggplant
    ~~yes
    3.
    Doctor Pepper
    ~~yes
    4.
    Lion pride
    ~~no
    5.
    6.
    Water table
    ~~no (close)
    7.
    Mammoth mug
    ~~no (very close)
    8.
    Royal Crown Cola
    ~~no
    9.
    Centaur night
    ~~no
    10.
    I-Pod
    ~~yes
    11.
    12.
    Farah Fawcett
    ~~no
     
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