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Trixii Sun 25-Apr-21 15:36:30

Let's start "can you name 5" again:

Can you name 5 types of weather?

fairfraise Wed 02-Jun-21 14:24:08

ugli
grapefruit
lemon
lime
mandarin

5 characters in Macbeth

Ladyleftfieldlover Wed 02-Jun-21 14:30:20

Duncan
Malcolm
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Witch (es)

5 French monarchs

fairfraise Wed 02-Jun-21 14:53:30

Charles VII
Henri II
Francis I
Louis XVI
Louis IX
5 significant figures from the Wars of the Roses

biglouis Wed 02-Jun-21 21:07:32

Henry VI
Margaret of Anjou
Edward IV
Richard III
Richard Neville (Warwick the kingmaker)

5 items a bride traditionally wears

fairfraise Thu 03-Jun-21 08:12:19

Something old,
Something new
Something borrowed,
Something blue
And a veil!

5 famous racehorses

biglouis Thu 03-Jun-21 09:27:55

Eclipse
Arkle
Flying Fox
Seabiscuit
Man o War

5 Dystopian novels

EkwaNimitee Fri 04-Jun-21 20:24:56

1984
Animal Farm
A Handmaids Tale
The Road
Fahrenheit 451

5 Russian authors

biglouis Sat 05-Jun-21 01:04:34

Leo Tolstoy
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Alexander Pushkin

biglouis Sat 05-Jun-21 01:06:08

Anton Chekhov (missed one and clicked too soon)

5 cities whose names have changed

Trixii Sat 05-Jun-21 13:25:54

Leningrad - St Petersburg
Bombay - Mumbai
Queenstown (Ireland) - Cobh
Saigon - Ho Chi Minh city
Peking - Beijing

(Correct me if I'm wrong!)

5 beauty spots in Southern Ireland

fairfraise Sat 05-Jun-21 15:01:10

Galway Bay
Connemara
Dingle Bay
Ring of Kerry
Cliffs of Moher

5 top English bowlers, in cricket

biglouis Sat 05-Jun-21 16:03:27

Sir Alec Bedser
Sir Ian Botham
Sydney Barnes
Bob Willis
Stuart Broad

5 dangerous winter Olympic sports

Puzzler61 Sat 05-Jun-21 19:27:24

Skeleton racing
Luge
Snowboarding
Bobsleighing
Downhill slalom racing

Name 5 designer perfumes

Ladyleftfieldlover Sun 06-Jun-21 09:04:56

Dior
Guerlain
Givenchy
Chanel
Penhaligan

5 hymns written by Charles Wesley - it’s Sunday after all!

fairfraise Sun 06-Jun-21 10:25:58

Love Divine, all love excelling
Jesu, lover of my soul
Christ the Lord is risen today
Hark the Herald Angels sing
Rejoice the Lord is King

5 items you would see in church

crazyH Sun 06-Jun-21 11:10:03

Crucifix
Statues
Benches
Altar
Priest
5 ailments that are not life threatening but annoying

biglouis Sun 06-Jun-21 13:28:06

common cold
twisted muscle
hay fever
constipation
frozen shoulder

biglouis Sun 06-Jun-21 13:29:13

5 types of ladies shoes

Puzzler61 Sun 06-Jun-21 15:18:17

Stiletto’s
Espadrilles
Mary Jane shoes
Trainers
Crocs

5 board games requiring a dice

fairfraise Sun 06-Jun-21 15:52:58

monopoly
snakes and ladders
cluedo
ludo
trivial pursuit

5 first class cricket grounds

Trixii Mon 07-Jun-21 10:01:27

County Ground Derby
Lord's
The Oval
Edgbaston
Trent Bridge Nottingham

5 races from a school sports day

biglouis Mon 07-Jun-21 11:09:32

egg and spoon
sack race
three legged race
mothers race
skipping race

5 South East Asian currencies

Trixii Tue 08-Jun-21 14:35:35

Yen
Rupee
Taka
Singapore dollar
Bhat

5 summer songs

biglouis Tue 08-Jun-21 23:30:47

Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer
Hot town summer in the city
Summer love
Summer wind
Summertime

5 items to take to a desert island

Ladyleftfieldlover Wed 09-Jun-21 20:12:17

Survival guide
Very sharp knife
Water container
Large box of matches
Sarong

Five jewellers over 100 years old

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