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King Richard wins! Now how we doing with that blood?

You're in luck while everyone works out the blood....there's a snap quick money round... Which "king" won the Brownlow Medal in 1934, 1937 and 1938? Anyone? Anyone?

I like 'em! Not what is on the card though. Happy imminent birthday irongambit! (By the way - I'm stuck working - the indignity of it! Stuck trying to open a feckin MS Works document too.)

Correct! And as a special prize, we have a message from esteemed Oxford graduate Stephen Hawking! John dropped in to visit his friend Frank, and found him snoozing on the couch. There was fresh blood on the ceiling above his head, but nowhere else in the room. John anxiously woke him to check his condition only to find that everything was fine. How could Frank's blood be on the ceiling but nowhere else?

Ach, shite. I thought the coast was clear - I knew you would get it in a flash! But even if it had been a gun, perhaps people wouldn't have made an attempt to stop her....because she has a gun. And it was just a turkey. What five letter word does every Oxford graduate pronounce wrong?

You don't wanna see the other pic...!

Yes! 9 - they all have the same brother, naturally. (One of my pals was the only brother with six older sisters. His parents kept banging away to get a boy - came up girl six times on the trot! ) During a world fair a group of scientists were exhibiting their advances in genetic engineering. There were cross-breeds of various bulls, cows and other domestic farm animals. Featured in the exhibit were several over-sized prize turkeys. One afternoon during the show, a woman walked up to the exhibit, shot the turkeys and then ran out of the building. Although she was known to a number of people, nobody made any attempt to stop her. Why?

And Mildred Ubenflaffer has not been seen since your exposé..... Too bad that she always seems to go to ground whenever Nanuq is away Dancing with Bears. It's a shame....

Actually I have no idea who won that since you all seemed to know what you were talking about! It was, of course, house numbers. Although, in my experience, you're pretty set on the numbers you need before you walk into the store ALL WINNERS! Mr and Mrs Jones have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Jones family?

You know Scotland has it's own bank notes, yes? Northern Ireland too.

Hell, yeah!

1 WINNER! Bob went to a shop to make a purchase. He asked the assistant "How much will one cost?" The assistant thought for a moment and said, "three dollars." Bob looked a little puzzled and said "well then, how much will twelve cost?" "Six dollars," replied the clerk. Bob scratched his head and said, "if I were to purchase two hundred, how much would that cost?" "That," said the clerk, "will cost you nine dollars." What was Bob buying?

Okay, an easy one to screw with the minds of the DVD generation...! (So nobody here then!) How many grooves are there on each side of a standard 33 1/3 record album that has six songs on each side?

YES!! An even bigger brain teaser! (For the record NFI - I think the game just made it up! )

Pugwash just pipped that one! WINNER! Okay, here's my swansong for the night.... During World War II several British naval spies on the lookout for enemy ships and activities posed as Canadian lobster fishermen. They had large numbers of plastic orange-coloured lobsters made for their covert operations. These lobsters came in various sizes with authentic markings. At night the spies loaded the lobsters into traps and threw them overboard. At daybreak they would hoist the traps aboard ship. The locals spotted them as fraudulent fishermen from quite a distance. How were they so easily detected?

This was correct. Apparently birds need gravity to swallow. Nice work @gamefreaks too! Here we go! If someone said to you, "I will bet you $1 that if you give me $2 I will give you $3 in return," would this be a good bet for you to take? (And why?)

WINNER! All right.... NASA was considering sending canaries into space to study them under zero gravity. The project was scrapped when someone realized that in spite of having sufficient water supplies, they could die of dehydration within a few hours. Why?

Goal Melvin! A worm is at the bottom of a forty metre hole. It can crawl up at the rate of four metres in one day, but at night it slips back three metres. At this rate, how long will it take the worm to crawl out of the hole?

WINNER! King Tut died 120 years after King Eros was born. Their combined ages when they died was 100 years. King Eros died in the year 40 BC. In what year was King Tut born?

Okay cool! Cheers! ....this is a bit different! As Sam boarded his flight to Israel, he noticed an old acquaintance at the back of the plane. He shouted a greeting to his friend by name, then knocked on the cockpit door to say hello to one of the pilots, who was also an old friend. Several moments later Sam was arrested, why?

Can somebody explain it?

Ach, no foolin' you!

Sweet! Another quick question.....fingers on buzzers.... If you divide thirty by a half and add ten, what is the answer?

Okay, quick money round This is as old as the hills - but will buy me some time to find a decent question!! A completely black horse jumped over a tower and landed on a small man, who then disappeared. In what situation could this be possible? ...and go!

LOL! Excellent!!!!