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offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2003-06-20 06:54 [#00748992]
Points: 12687 Status: Lurker



little quiz for ya. Below are some criptic clues and you
have to guess the asnswers. All are famous bands from the
70's 80's and 90's. eg :

1 Nun Toboggan - Sister Sledge

2 Get paste from tube –
3 Elizabeth, Victoria, Mary –
4 B.A, B.Sc, B.Eng –

5 Stop Jock & Stop Jock
6 Dickie, Grucho, Harpo, Zeppo –

7 Babies on the slab –

8 Desert waterhole –

9 East end revolutionary –
10 Treacherous vicar –
11 Aircraft data recording unit –
12 Insanity –

13 Blokes grafting -

14 Young men selling mice -
15 Pale serpent -

16 Both of you –

17 Merlin –

18 I’m fanatical towards the girl –
19 Disturbed vision –

20 Prosperous city vermin –
21 Plasters -

22 Desperate trouble -
23 Rub out Midge –

24 Preserve reflect on famous river –
25 Gender arms –

26 Silhouettes –

27 Hamlet – a female relative
28 Greenhouse plants –
29 Next command –

30 Years quarters –

31 Corridor containing horse fodder –
32 South American Indian instamatic –
33 Picture house tune –
34 Dark Sunday –

35 Distribute equally –
36 Ham or beef sandwiches –
37 A friendly prickly bush –
38 Very warm galaxy –
39 Bird of prey with colic –
40 Hard of hearing wildcat –
41 Germany with coronary regulators –
42 Raincoat bought near Blackpool –
43 Dorothy’s dog –

44 Unemployment card –
45 Several raincoats found in cemetery –
46 Throttlers –

47 Clergyman in long dress –
48 Gorgeous but not northern –
49 Revolvers and flowers –
50 Spinning rocks –

51 First man and insects
52 Thunderbolt helps grass grow –
53 In Wonderland – Just like that –
54 Refinement association –
55 Lumbar puncture –

56 Upset over phobias –
57 Queen of the slimming world –
58 Manweb bulb band –
59 William’s vacation –
60 Ol’ blue eyes off to make a movie –
61 Fun park, magnetic effect –
62 Aviation strikers –

63 Uncomplicated primary colour –
64 The cost of watching


 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2003-06-20 06:55 [#00748994]
Points: 12687 Status: Lurker



65 Oxygen cylinder –

66 Man Friday’s partner in flames –
67 Genuflect for a gem –
68 Big Apple movement –
69 Dances in Jerry built prison –
70 Fashionable assembly –
71 Wild urban evangelists –

72 Parents –

73 Moist, soaked, saturated –
74 Not what they seem –
75 Sent for porridge –

76 Dickie at the precipice –
77 Depressed Evertonians –
78 Keep the horses in footwear –
79 Spanish heavyweight in WC –
80 Orleans Maid swaps her protective shield –


 

offline alnuit on 2003-06-20 06:56 [#00748996]
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8) Oasis


 

offline alnuit on 2003-06-20 06:57 [#00748997]
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15) Whitesnake


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-06-20 06:58 [#00749000]
Points: 47414 Status: Moderator



26) The Shadows..?


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-06-20 06:59 [#00749001]
Points: 47414 Status: Moderator



50) Rolling stones


 

offline alnuit on 2003-06-20 07:01 [#00749004]
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11) Black Box
51) Adam Ant
55) Spinal Tap
72) Mamas And Papas


 

offline danbrusca from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-20 07:03 [#00749006]
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44 UB40


 

offline alnuit on 2003-06-20 07:04 [#00749007]
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48) Beautiful South
49) Guns N Roses


 

offline alnuit on 2003-06-20 07:06 [#00749009]
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10) Judas Priest
16) U2
40) Def Leppard


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-20 07:08 [#00749010]
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1 Nun Toboggan - Sister Sledge
3 Elizabeth, Victoria, Mary - Queen
5 Stop Jock & Stop Jock -
6 Dickie, Grucho, Harpo, Zeppo – The Stooges
8 Desert waterhole - Oasis
11 Aircraft data recording unit - Black Box Recorder
13 Blokes grafting - Men at Work
14 Young men selling mice - Pet Shop Boys
15 Pale serpent - White Snake
16 Both of you – U2
17 Merlin – - Wizzard
19 Disturbed vision –
21 Plasters - Band Aid
25 Gender arms – Brothers in Arms
26 Silhouettes – - The Shadows
29 Next command – - New Order
34 Dark Sunday – - Black Sabbath
35 Distribute equally – Cher
43 Dorothy’s dog – - Toto
44 Unemployment card – - UB40
49 Revolvers and flowers – Guns n Roses
50 Spinning rocks - Rolling Stones
73 Moist, soaked, saturated – Wet Wet Wet
51 First man and insects - Adam Ant
53 In Wonderland – Just like that – Alice Cooper
55 Lumbar puncture – - Spinal Tap
56 Upset over phobias – - Tears for Fears
57 Queen of the slimming world – - Fatboy Slim
59 William’s vacation – Billy Holliday


 

offline thelema from Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) on 2003-06-20 07:11 [#00749011]
Points: 41 Status: Regular



3. Queen
4. three degrees
10. judas priest
11. black box
12. madness
13. men at work.
17. sorceror
20. rich rat
21. band aid
23. erasure
26. the shadows
27. shakespeare's sister
28. hothouse flowers
30. four seasons
34. black sabbath
36. meatloaf
39. hawkwind
40. deaf leppard
41. gerry and the pacemakers
43. toto
44. UB40
46. the stranglers
48. beautiful south
49. guns n roses
50. the rolling stones
51. adam and the ants
56. tears for fears
59. billie holliday
60. frankie goes to hollywood
61. fairground attraction
63. simply red
67. neil diamond
69. spandau ballet
71. manic street preachers
72. the mamas and papas
73. wet wet wet
76. cliff richard
80. joan armatrading


 

offline thelema from Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) on 2003-06-20 07:13 [#00749016]
Points: 41 Status: Regular | Followup to giginger: #00749010



Aren't Groucho, Zeppo and Harpo the Marx Brothers?


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-20 07:14 [#00749019]
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Damn! Yes they are. I should've gone with my feeling that I
was making a mistake putting it in there. You've pointed out
why. Cheers.


 

offline thelema from Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) on 2003-06-20 07:15 [#00749020]
Points: 41 Status: Regular | Followup to giginger: #00749019



I think I have got it:

Richard Marx


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-20 07:16 [#00749023]
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Don't know that one. But you're more correct than me!


 

offline alnuit on 2003-06-20 07:16 [#00749024]
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Whats with the "brothers" then ?


 

offline thelema from Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) on 2003-06-20 07:18 [#00749029]
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They are three of the Marx Brothers. Dickie is Richard

I cannot think of anyone else that clue would be


 

offline alnuit on 2003-06-20 07:30 [#00749057]
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Guess you are probably right.


 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2003-06-20 07:40 [#00749086]
Points: 12687 Status: Lurker



everyone's right so far (I think)

=os


 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2003-06-20 08:05 [#00749149]
Points: 12687 Status: Lurker



19 Disturbed vision – blur



 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2003-06-20 08:20 [#00749194]
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20 = Boom town rats

(no one cares anymore)

It's realy doing my head in.

I only have 56 of them and I don;t have the answers. It's
one of those sill xl sheet things

Is there a way to find the answers on it cause it tells you
if your right


 

offline alnuit on 2003-06-20 08:55 [#00749254]
Points: 1113 Status: Lurker | Followup to pOgO: #00749194



You can go to some other book in the file...answers to these
are invariably on some corner of another book.


 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2003-06-20 08:57 [#00749255]
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sorry, i'm crap with xl

what do you mean by book?


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-20 09:18 [#00749275]
Points: 10836 Status: Lurker



1 Nun Toboggan - Sister Sledge
2 Get paste from tube - Home Made Porno
3 Elizabeth, Victoria, Mary - Sheeba Wolf Minstril
4 B.A, B.Sc, B.Eng - Degree Of Flatulance
5 Stop Jock & Stop Jock - Blow Ma Muck
6 Dickie, Grucho, Harpo, Zeppo - Light My Syrup
7 Babies on the slab - Dinner Time Already?
8 Desert waterhole - Cute Finger Pussy
9 East end revolutionary - I Am Superman
10 Treacherous vicar - Dirty Robed Whippersnapper
11 Aircraft data recording unit - Zero Coloured Booty
12 Insanity - Distinct Possibility Methinks
13 Blokes grafting - Bufty Boy Begone
14 Young men selling mice - One Way Wobbler
15 Pale serpent - Peaky Eyed Parrot
16 Both of you - In The Trunk
17 Merlin - Blow Me Bermooda
18 I’m fanatical towards the girl - With Three Cunts
19 Disturbed vision - David Drainman's Diaper
20 Prosperous city vermin - Cardiff City F.C.
21 Plasters - Bandages, Bandages, Bandages
22 Desperate trouble - Madonna Is Old
23 Rub out Midge - Agadoo Haunts Him
24 Preserve reflect on famous river - Sex Pistols History
25 Gender arms - Sometimes They Bend
26 Silhouettes - Behind My Widget
27 Hamlet - a female relative - The Shakespear Stomp
28 Greenhouse plants - Weed's For Losers
29 Next command - 10 GOTO HELL
30 Years quarters - Spent In Vain
31 Corridor containing horse fodder - Find On Kazaa
32 South American Indian instamatic - What's That Mean?
33 Picture house tune - Bagpuss Rape Shocker
34 Dark Sunday - Lard Assed Christian
35 Distribute equally - Take It All
36 Ham or beef sandwiches - Beef Curtains Please
37 A friendly prickly bush - The Invisible Swordsman?
38 Very warm galaxy - Rotting Away Inside
39 Bird of prey with colic - Typical Barons Bitch
40 Hard of hearing wildcat - Goldie Hawn's Earwax
41 Germany with coronary regulators - Thank You America
42 Raincoat bought near Blackpool - Peer Into Poptarts
43 Dorothy's dog - Has Pissed Itself
44 Unemployment card - Sign Of Rebellion
45 Several raincoats found in cemetery - Possible Raincoat
Fixation


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-20 09:19 [#00749277]
Points: 10836 Status: Lurker



46 Throttlers - Ing Cog Nito
47 Clergyman in long dress - Check My Arse
48 Gorgeous but not northern - Cut My Jacobs
49 Revolvers and flowers - And Dead Puppies
50 Spinning rocks - Like Spinning Plates?
51 First man and insects - Basement Home Nutcase
52 Thunderbolt helps grass grow - Beano Or Dandy?
53 In Wonderland - Just like that - You Don't Say
54 Refinement association - I Dinnae Ken
55 Lumbar puncture - Walrus Approaching Rapidly
56 Upset over phobias - Banning Of Skyfarmer?
57 Queen of the slimming world - Call This Number
58 Manweb bulb band - Ask Modplan Man
59 Williams vacation - Damon Hill Cunt
60 Ol blue eyes off to make a movie - Should've Made Empire
61 Fun park, magnetic effect - Michael Jackson's Spunk
62 Aviation strikers - Van Basten's Missed!
63 Uncomplicated primary colour - Still Reading This?
64 The cost Of watching - Your Eternal Soul.



 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-20 09:19 [#00749278]
Points: 10836 Status: Lurker



That is all.


 

offline theo himself from +- on 2003-06-20 09:23 [#00749281]
Points: 3348 Status: Regular



oxygen cylinder = air supply?


 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2003-06-20 09:35 [#00749294]
Points: 12687 Status: Lurker | Followup to Jarworski: #00749278



any of those real like mush?


 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2003-06-20 09:35 [#00749296]
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YES !!

thank you !


 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2003-06-20 14:08 [#00749580]
Points: 12687 Status: Lurker



big bump


 

offline phiz from Liverpool (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-20 14:34 [#00749595]
Points: 2622 Status: Lurker



FISH is the answer


 


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