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Name the following
SpecOps Divisions
(either official or common name is acceptable) |
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SpecOps1 |
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SpecOps5 |
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SpecOps12 |
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4. |
SpecOps13 |
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5. |
SpecOps17 |
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6. |
SpecOps26 |
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7. |
SpecOps27 |
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8. |
SpecOps29 |
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9. |
SpecOps31 |
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10. |
SpecOps32 |
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Now name |
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11. |
Thursday’s
son |
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Thursday’s
daughter |
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Thursday’s
mum |
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Landen’s
mum |
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15. |
Landen’s
dad |
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Ok, they’re not all
going to be that
easy.
First names
please for |
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16. |
UA Warrington cat/the
cat formerly known as Cheshire |
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17. |
Emperor Zhark |
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And more names |
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18. |
Joffy’s
boyfriend |
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19. |
Wilbur’s
wife |
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20. |
Orville’s
wife |
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21. |
Goliath’s Chief
Executive (full name please)
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22. |
Thursday’s
stalker
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23. |
HIS
stalker |
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24. |
Goliath’s corporate
precog |
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25. |
Thursday’s commanding
officer in the Crimea |
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26. |
The Welsh ‘President for
Life’ |
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27. |
Spike’s ex
partner |
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28. |
Felix7 (before he
was) |
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29. |
Felix8 (again, before he
was) |
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30. |
Irma Cohen’s
Pekinese |
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31. |
The werewolf Spike has
in his car when he goes to meet Thursday |
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32. |
The vampire Thursday
helps Spike to fight |
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33. |
The compere of ‘Name
That Fruit’ |
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34. |
Who was the student made
pregnant by Acheron? |
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35. |
was the little old lady
impersonated by Acheron, later found stuffed up the
chimney? |
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36. |
took Thursday and Bowden
to Merthyr? |
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37. |
invented the
banana? |
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38. |
play Richard and Lady
Anne when Thursday and Landen go to the
Ritz?
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39. |
stops Landen’s wedding
to Daisy? |
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40. |
Is Chairman of ‘Bronte
for the People’? |
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41. |
is kidnapped from Martin
Chuzzlewit? |
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42. |
Was Thursday’s Book
Liaison Officer? |
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Time for a change… a few
questions about Mycroft’s inventions |
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43. |
What happened to
Owens? |
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44. |
Using the Rosettionery
the phrase ‘Have you seen my dodo?’ was translated incorrectly
into French. Translated back into English, what did it
say? |
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45. |
Who was uploaded with
the unwanted memories of seventy-two one-night stands, numerous
drunken arguments etc.? |
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46. |
What does Thursday look
up in the Nextian dictionary? |
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47. |
What is the significance
of the number 2216091? |
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Some history now - dates
from the Nextian time line please,
I don’t care about the dates
of the Crimea in our space-time continuum. |
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48. |
How long did the Crimean
War last? |
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49. |
When was Swindon
liberated? |
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50. |
When was the Charge of
the Light Armoured Brigade? |
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51. |
Who was Welsh leader
when Wales declared its independence? |
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52. |
In what year was the
Anglo-Welsh border closed? |
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Identify the characters
described |
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‘His features were
sharp, his lips were thin and he was not what you’d call an
attractive human being. He sported heavy gold jewellery and a
tie pin that sparkled like a star' |
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‘a feeble looking
character who had spent too many years in institutions to be
able to look after himself properly.’ |
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55. |
‘a small academic man
with an overpowering aura of untidiness’ |
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56. |
‘a tall thin man whose
pinched features seemed to compete for position in The centre of
his face.’ |
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‘a tall man in a
large-check suit… He was about 40, had a luxuriant red moustache
and wore a carnation in his buttonhole.’ |
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a small and rather
pallid looking man… He wore a white short-sleeved shirt and was
almost weighed down by the number of pens in his top
pocket.’
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Just some general
questions now |
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59. |
Waiting to go
Northside
what table number is
Thursday? |
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60. |
And what number is
President Formby? |
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61. |
A service station was
renamed Leigh Delaware - what was its previous
name? |
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62. |
Where was the
Earthcrossers’ meeting gatecrashed by Victor Analogy? |
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63. |
And what pseudonym did
he use? |
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64. |
How long, according to
his press cutting, was Hades at the top of the 'most wanted'
list? |
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65. |
What excuse did Thursday
tell the receptionist at the Finis to give to Landen when she
was trying to avoid him? |
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66. |
Joffy is vicar of the
GSD church in which village? |
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67. |
What does Thursday offer
Jones to try to persuade him to take her and Bowden to Merthyr? |
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68. |
What is the pseudonym
used by Hades in ‘Jane Eyre’? |
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69. |
Jack Schitt is
imprisoned in ‘The Raven’ but what book did he think he was
entering? |
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70. |
What is the duty on
smelly cheeses? |
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71. |
How was Lord
Volescamper’s father killed? |
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72. |
Where does Thursday
board the Skyrail? |
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73. |
And where is she shot?
(geographic location) |
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74. |
Name the driver of the
Skyrail |
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75. |
When was the world due
to end in the Dream Topping Armageddon? |
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76. |
What drops on Thursday
and Landen’s picnic? |
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77. |
What was Thursday’s
nickname in school? |
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78. |
Name the mammoth who
eats Thursday’s mum’s garden |
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79. |
What was the charge
against Thursday? |
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80. |
In Court what colour
does Thursday say was the most popular for houses? |
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81. |
If Miss Havisham hates
one thing more than men it’s… what? |
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82. |
What is ‘The Id Within’
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83. |
What was George Formby’s
birth name? |
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84. |
When was the first
practical demonstration of the
footnoterphone? |
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85. |
Who wrote the backstory
for ‘Jane Eyre’ later sold to ‘The Wide Sargasso Sea’?
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86. |
What is the traditional
language of the Well of Lost Plots? |
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87. |
Who is the chap in the
washing machine manual? |
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88. |
Miss Havisham fears only
three things - The Questing Beast, Big Martin and… what?
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89. |
Name the Houyhnhnm
helping Perkins in Zenobia |
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90. |
What was ‘the last
original idea’? |
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91. |
Name the auctioneer in
‘Shadow’ |
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92. |
And his
secretary. |
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93. |
What does the King of
Hearts say his daughter’s name is when requesting an autograph
from Mr Rochester? |
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94. |
What is the name of the
‘Soloman’ for whom Thursday works? |
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And we’ll finish with
some prize giving.
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