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crazyH Sun 03-Apr-22 20:17:17

NOCTURNAL ANIMALS

LadyHonoriaDedlock Wed 14-Dec-22 22:49:50

Five chart hit songs banned by the BBC

p0Sy Thu 15-Dec-22 00:36:21

Relax
Je t'aime, moi non plus
Lola
Anarchy in the UK
Sing if you're glad to be gay

p0Sy Thu 15-Dec-22 00:40:11

Whoops - 5 winning Eurovision songs

biglouis Thu 15-Dec-22 12:24:40

Stafania - Kalush orchestra 2022

Arcade - Duncan Laurence 2019

Only Teardrops - Emmelie de Forest -2013

Making Your Mind Up - Bucks Fizz 1981

Waterloo - ABBA 1973

5 Nobel prize winners of the 20th century

SachaMac Fri 16-Dec-22 15:13:43

Seamus Heaney
Nelson Mandela
Stanley Cohen
William Golding
Mother Teresa

Name five edible fungi

Bellanonna Sat 17-Dec-22 16:27:16

Shiitake
Chanterelle
Porcini
White button mushroom
Morel

Just for interest, 5 poisonous mushrooms

LadyHonoriaDedlock Sat 17-Dec-22 21:04:42

Death cap
Destroying angel
Sulphur tuft
Panther cap
False morel

Five Booker Prize winning novels before 2001

biglouis Sun 18-Dec-22 16:31:22

1998 Amsterdam by Ian McEwan

1996 Last Orders by Graham Swift

1995 The Ghost Road by Pat Barker

1992 Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth

1987 Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively

5 popular seafood dishes

GoldenLady Sun 18-Dec-22 17:42:11

Maryland crab cakes
Lobster thermador
Clam chowder
Codfish and chips
Oyster stew

5 beef dishes

LadyHonoriaDedlock Sun 18-Dec-22 19:33:14

Mince and tatties
Bœuf Bourguignon
Steak and kidney pudding
Tournedos Rossini
Reuben sandwich

5 foods eaten at Jewish festivals

[Chag Chanukah Sameach to my Jewish friends 🕎]

SachaMac Sun 18-Dec-22 23:22:08

Bagels
Matzo Ball Soup
Brisket
Latkes
Honey Cake

Five kinds of blue cheese

biglouis Mon 19-Dec-22 00:54:23

Stilton, Roquefort, Gorgonzola, Blue Cheshire, Danablu

5 West Indian Food Recipes

LadyHonoriaDedlock Mon 19-Dec-22 16:59:45

Ackee and saltfish
Jerk chicken
Curry goat
Rice and peas
Pepperpot

5 Belgian beers

SachaMac Tue 20-Dec-22 09:21:22

Stella Artois
Omer
La Chouffe
Zinne Bir
Duvel

Five native evergreen trees

Bellanonna Tue 20-Dec-22 10:36:24

Holm oak
Bay tree
Holly tree
Scots pine
Yew

Five types of flower in the Daisy family

biglouis Tue 20-Dec-22 15:54:36

sunflowers
chrysanthemums
asters
dandelions
marigolds

5 kinds of tortoises

SachaMac Tue 20-Dec-22 16:35:55

Giant Galapagos
Hermann’s
Yellow footed Tortoise
Star Tortoise
Spider tortoise

Five songs associated with space or planets

HowVeryDareYou Tue 20-Dec-22 16:55:46

Space Oddity - David Bowie
Across the Universe - The Beatles
Rocket Man - Elton John
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles
Starman - David Bowie

5 poisonous snakes

LadyHonoriaDedlock Wed 21-Dec-22 06:04:38

[An autist writes: there are no poisonous snakes that would make you ill if you ate them. There are venomous snakes that would make you ill if you annoy them!]

Adder¹
Meadow viper²
Black mamba
Russell's viper
Tiger snake

5 Italian operas

¹ Amazingly I have never seen an adder in the wild, although for many years I believed one slithered right past the toe of 15-year-old me's boot in the French Alps.

² What I now know actually slithered past my boot, once I'd established that there are no adders that far south. Meadow vipers are quite rare, apparently.

HowVeryDareYou Wed 21-Dec-22 08:38:25

Ooh, I confused poisonous with venomous grin

Bellanonna Wed 21-Dec-22 10:12:12

Tosca
Pagliacci
Il Trovatore
La Traviata
Rigoletto

5 Italian composers

biglouis Wed 21-Dec-22 12:34:59

Pucchini
Rossini
Vivaldi
Monteverdi
Bellini

5 ballets with a romantic theme

LadyHonoriaDedlock Wed 21-Dec-22 20:24:06

Sylvia (Délibes)
Giselle (Adam)
Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky)
Gyaneh (Khatchaturian)
L'homme et son désir (Milhaud)

5 embroidery stitches

SachaMac Wed 21-Dec-22 23:20:10

Running Stitch
Chain Stitch
Satin Stich
Back Stitch
French Knot

Five whiskey producing countries

biglouis Wed 21-Dec-22 23:53:37

Grants
Cutty Sark
Teachers
Dewars
Jack Daniels

5 home remedies for an upset stomach

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