Weekly Bonus Question
16:39 UK time, Friday, 26 March 2010
UPDATE 1639 BST: The correct question is, Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes won the annual prize for the oddest book title. (More details - )
Of your wilfully and deliberately wrong questions, we liked:
- LaurenceLane's What was the original title of Graham Greene's novel 'Travels With My Aunt'?
- TheCoachman's What do you call yarns about yarns?
- SimonRooke's What was the title of Captain Hook's autobiography?
- Pendragon's What episode was deemed too exciting for viewers of "Last of the Summer Wine"?
Thanks to all who entered.
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At 26th Mar 2010, Raven Clare wrote:What's sew exciting?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Raven Clare wrote:What did the British teacher suffer in Lake Malawi?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Raven Clare wrote:What are safer than croc-eating adventures?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:Writing music?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:Breve encounter?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:What was the original title for George Lucas' "Indiana Jones and the Needle of Doom"?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:How did John Williams describe scoring the Indiana Jones films?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:How would you describe Ken Follett's novel, "Eye of the Needle"?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Flux Redux wrote:The Duke of Edinburgh's Award is to be replaced by?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:What was Baden-Powell's least successful scouting book?
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At 26th Mar 2010, LaurenceLane wrote:What was the original title of Graham Greene's novel 'Travels With My Aunt'?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:How did William the Conqueror describe the Bayeux Tapestry?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Yarns?
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At 26th Mar 2010, LaurenceLane wrote:What is the title of the chapter of Health and Safety risk assessment which deals with knitting?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:What's the name of the new white-knuckle knitting ride at Alton Towers?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Ed Loach wrote:Does putting a question mark after a caption automatically make it valid in the WBQ?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:What do you call yarns about yarns?
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At 26th Mar 2010, rogueslr wrote:What was the title of Captain Hook's autobiography?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:What is the WBQ marginally less exciting than?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:What new television series stars Harry Hill's Knitted Character?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:What is subtitled "Knit one, peril two"?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Pendragon wrote:How did Lewis Carroll's publisher misprint the title of Chapter 8 of Alice in Wonderland?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Pendragon wrote:What is "The Panic at Needle Park" unofficially known as?
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At 26th Mar 2010, rogueslr wrote:How can you best describe Saga holidays?
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At 26th Mar 2010, rogueslr wrote:Why was the dyslexic so disappointed when he packed his mallet when going on holiday?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Pendragon wrote:What episode was deemed too exciting for viewers of "Last of the Summer Wine"?
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At 26th Mar 2010, rogueslr wrote:Where did we tell granny she was going when we put her in the home?
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At 26th Mar 2010, BaldoBingham wrote:Where do actuaries go for an exciting holiday?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Suz wrote:Knitted by SuperNanas?
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At 26th Mar 2010, eddie-george wrote:What sport have ´óÏó´«Ã½ just bought the rights to broadcast?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Pendragon wrote:Scouting for girls?
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At 26th Mar 2010, DT_Smitten wrote:What is the name of Knitted Character's new autobiography?
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At 26th Mar 2010, DaveP wrote:Where did the dyslexic musician end up on his holidays?
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At 26th Mar 2010, heffers wrote:What is Lady Gaga's new tour called?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Doily wars?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Pendragon wrote:The cause of so many seizures in the Retirement Home?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Good porn gone bad?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Bootie time?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Afghans reach the homefront?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Pattern recognition?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Vanessa wrote:What did Alex Reid say would be his book choice if asked on Desert Island Disks?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Candace9839 wrote:What a knit wit might write?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Watch out, man, she has a mean three needle bind off?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Would you say she has a vested interest in the project?
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At 26th Mar 2010, ten gear bat bike wrote:Following the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s budget cuts, what will be the highlight of the new series of Doctor Who?
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At 26th Mar 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:What gangs of old ladies really get up to?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Chika wrote:Let's pause for a minim so I can breve. What was the question again?
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At 26th Mar 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Spin me yarn?
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At 26th Mar 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Spin me a yarn?
(correction)
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At 26th Mar 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:A back cross trumps a double cross every time?
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At 26th Mar 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Are you cross about the cable?
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At 26th Mar 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Madame LaFarge after the revolution?
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At 26th Mar 2010, MummyMonkey wrote:Winner of "NUTS magazine's most unlikely feature" competition 2010.
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At 26th Mar 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Can you make me some dreadlocks?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Bluebirds wrote:What does randomly placing short notes on a music score produce?
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At 26th Mar 2010, MorningGlories wrote:The Curse of the Black Purl?
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At 26th Mar 2010, MorningGlories wrote:What's slightly more exciting than watching paint dry?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Pendragon wrote:Due to a misprint, what are Lake Malawi's croc-hating adventures advertised as?
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At 26th Mar 2010, MorningGlories wrote:Martha Stewart on a tear?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Flux Redux wrote:Ripping Yarns unseen pilot episode?
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At 26th Mar 2010, BaldoBingham wrote:What was Hunter S Thompson going to call his last book about his time with Hell's Grannies?
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At 26th Mar 2010, MorningGlories wrote:Plans for a domestic strike?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:What is Britain going to introduce into the 2012 Olympics in the hope of guaranteeing at least one Gold?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:What does even the Over 80's Nudist Leapfrog Team baulk at?
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At 26th Mar 2010, v8falcon wrote:What's the name of the new theme park that's been opened just off The Needles?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Billdill wrote:A suitable holiday idea for granny?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Ben wrote:What are the least exciting adventures one can have?
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At 26th Mar 2010, missish wrote:What book title won the Bookseller Diagram 2009 award for weirdest title
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At 26th Mar 2010, Jeremy wrote:French release new edition of the "Adventures of Davy Crocket"
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At 26th Mar 2010, Ben Ainsworth wrote:After axing long-running police drama 'The Bill', what is the title of the pensioner-based drama taking its place?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Nickie wrote:Facebook's new app for those too old for Farmville?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Almostfunny wrote:What is the inevitable result of launching space crafts?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:What's the name of the new Cunard liner?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Jeremy wrote:Follow up tome to Extreme Knitting
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At 26th Mar 2010, idformeonbbc wrote:The title of the Mad Hatters autobiography
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At 26th Mar 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:What was the alternative title for the war memoirs "With Cardigan in the Crimea"?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Well, there was a bad connection on the phone line, but I think they said I've won a holiday to Jersey?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Jeremy wrote:Holiday laced with thrills
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At 26th Mar 2010, Charlie wrote:With purse strings tightening due to the current economic climate, what new attraction has Chessington created to encourage people to staycation in the UK?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:When the insurance premiums go through the roof, what is 'Chessington World of' to be renamed?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:A stitch in time?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Dan wrote:What is the worse selling Asterix comic?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:What is dropping a stitch like for senior citizens?
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At 26th Mar 2010, SeeDoubleU wrote:Where do I go for a grumpy holiday? Yours, Ms Poorspeller
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At 26th Mar 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:What was the last, unpublished collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doily?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Paul wrote:What is the favourite read of armchair unravellers?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Jeremy wrote:This forum has a strange thread
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At 26th Mar 2010, Frankonline wrote:The Zimmers go on tour to promote their latest single entitled ..
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At 26th Mar 2010, RedvanRob wrote:Complete the slogan from the recently discovered comic book series aimed at camp news reporters:
"Herges BLANK Adventures of Tintin!"
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At 26th Mar 2010, Stephen wrote:On what venture will Harriot Harmen endure after politics?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Stephen wrote:On what venture will Harriot Harman embark after politics?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Kaylie wrote:What's the follow-up to Extreme Ironing?
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At 26th Mar 2010, MorningGlories wrote:What spicier retitling managed to improve its book's Amazon sales rank to #4,799 (out of a possbile 4,800)?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Anna wrote:What are Bill and Ted up to these days?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Rod Webb wrote:The cast of The Young Ones are getting back together for a new series. What's its name?
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At 26th Mar 2010, v8falcon wrote:#65 To be pedantic,what's the name of the new theme park that's been opened near Hook?
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At 26th Mar 2010, John Heyworth wrote:What is the full title of the new childrens book about a family of musical notations.
Cheesy Quaver and Mungo Minum's...
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At 26th Mar 2010, Ballanardo wrote:The ungoverned architects were amazed to discover that when they fell into an anagram machine they emerged as...
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At 26th Mar 2010, wikurbia wrote:Hooking Yarns?
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At 26th Mar 2010, Andrew Mills wrote:Name of Andrew L-W new musical ?
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