One quiz at a time

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Salad.
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jdaw1 wrote:Salad.
No. I probably should have explained that there is a connection between my destination and the food.
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The other bottle of 1873
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djewesbury wrote:The other bottle of 1873
No.
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Rutland? A pork pie?

I’m confident of this one.
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jdaw1 wrote:Rutland? A pork pie?
No. But this is much closer than your previous guess.
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Some cheddar. Can you get to Cheddar in a 70 mile drive from Derbyshire?
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Stilton?

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djewesbury wrote:Some cheddar.
No.
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jdaw1 wrote:Stilton?
No.
jdaw1 wrote:(This was my twelve thousandth post: Quinta do Noval Nacional 1962 becomes Fonseca 1963.)
Congratulations.

When I left home I drove in a north-easterly direction.
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You were somewhere near the coast, in North Yorkshire. You must have had fish and chips.
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Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding?
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djewesbury wrote:You were somewhere near the coast, in North Yorkshire. You must have had fish and chips.
Correct.
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I will have a very good question for you all tomorrow.
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1863. And I am amazed that this question is still going.

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Glenn E. wrote:1863. And I am amazed that this question is still going.

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The new question is this.

What foodstuff did I eat today that I brought back from Portugal ten days ago?
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Queijo Serra da Estrela.
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Nope.
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:roll:
*whistles quietly*
*drums fingers on table*
*stares out of window*
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:|
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Sorry gentlemen, was mowing the lawn. But we had been waiting eighteen+ hours for the question.

A dried meat?
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No, again.
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:|
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Funny how the Statesiders are so uninterested in our quizzes.
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{tapping fingers on desk waiting to say no}
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Quince jelly.
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What a good guess.

No.
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Dried cod.

To keep things moving
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An excellent guess Owen, quite inspired, and nice to have you with us.

Nope.
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There was a picture of an enormous dried cod at the top of the wiki page on portugese food.
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LGTrotter wrote:There was a picture of an enormous dried cod at the top of the wiki page on portugese food.
OK, not so inspired. Still, brave!
Could the next guesser please line up?
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Roast almonds.
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No. But less cold than dried cod. Not warm necessarily either though.
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A smelly custard tart.
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Very cold. No.
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Roast kid.
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A brilliant guess! No! Freezing!
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Is JDAW pruning his bush?
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I know what it is.

Can I have a guess? Can I? Please?
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Biscuits?

(So that DRT can guess.)
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Correct, it is not biscuits.
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Francesinha.
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DRT wrote:Is JDAW pruning his bush?
Family-friendly remember....
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DRT wrote:Francesinha.
No! A ten-day old francesinha? Bleughhhhh.
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Come on then - who is guessing next?
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I think JDAW is draining his pond. LGTrotter has receded into Somerset. Shall we just tap out a rhythm on our respective tables?
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{tap, tap, tap-tap-tap}
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DRT wrote:{tap, tap, tap-tap-tap}
*tappity-tippety-tap-tap-tap*
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tap, tap, tappity-tap, tap-tap-tap-tap
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