1. Which American writer aroused the interest of a London wine bar manager in 1988? 2. Which British actress of French ancestry, with stage experience, made...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Quiz GB Chat Date: Thursday, January 2, 2003 Time: 9:00PM - 11:00PM GMT Chat from 9pm, questions from 10pm...
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All-- 1. As your friendly local moderator, it falls to me to have an occasional clean-up of the group's membership list. This mostly involves going through a...
Hi Rob, Sorry to sound like a nark, but Yahoo has had me going round and round and round in ever decreasing circles for an hour trying to sort out this e-mail ...
LOLOL, sorted now, but it took me long enough. Warm regards Chris (... so good he only signed it once, this time!) [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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While question setting today, I managed to break the question mark key on my laptop keyboard. I think this is a sure sign that I've really been writing far too...
Congratulations to Stephen Pearson on becoming the first NEQ winner of 2003. I was unaware that Stephen shared the same link as the people in the questions,...
To settle a dispute, could anyone who has the video of Monday's UC please either post or mail to me (rob_linham at yahoo.co.uk) the text of the full...
1. Which film features a game based on one of the most famous games in the history of chess, in which the checkmate position can be notated as follows? ...
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I have received a couple of copies of a virus-infected e-mail, which my virus checker stopped. I believe that the person who has received the virus is a member...
I've received no attempts at the latest set of NEQ questions yet, so here are the questions restated, together with some hints on how to find the answers. 1....
Congratulations to Scott Douthwaite, who has successfully answered the most recent set of NEQ questions. Over to Scott for the next set. Questions, answers...
I've just realised that I didn't explain the significance of my hints for the latest NEQ, so, in case explanation is needed, here goes. 1. Which film features...
I didn't expect to get first past the post with a set of NEQ's. I have nothing prepared. Just give me a moment for my brain to devise some fiendishly evil...
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The Quiz League of London - Charity Quiz Night ... I would like to draw your attention to this event that is taking place on Tuesday 4th February 2003. For...
I agree, but a knowledge of the kind of music would help - particularly the jazz. But I can see why Paxman isn't too keen on the older teams, as they had ...
... had ... on ... even met ... i've been watching university challenge for a while now, and i think that they should put an age limit on it. it's not fair...
Perhaps a fair compromise would be a quota on Students over 30. I found todays programme unfair but think there must be opportunity for students of all ages...
Apologies for my tardiness in submitting the next set of NEQs. But anyhow here they are... If Denise Stubbs became Samantha Nixon, then who did the following ...
'But I can see why Paxman isn't too keen on the older teams, as they had really quite an unfair advantage today with the number of questions on stuff they...
... I don't find that at all. Paxman invariably supports the underdogs, unless they give him reason not to. If anything, he tends to react against the Oxbridge...
I'm not sure that the upbraiding for their endless 'We don't know' 's counts as patronising. Unnecessarily offensive, perhaps. But then, I'm not a Paxman...
Erm, having appeared on UC as both a fresh-faced youth & at an unfeasibly advanced age, I'd say that the idea of what constitutes the hinterland of an ...