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[subez]

These are driving me mad, I've looked on t' internet but no luck. I'm sure some one out there can help - please!

What sort of plants are cryptograms? F..... & M.....
Which monarch was so fat that they needed a square coffin? A.......
How else is Patrick Dannay known? E....Q..... & M..... B. L.....

I've no idea how many letters just the initials
Also is China the largest country to have only one timezone

[The Builder]

Ferns and mosses - cryptogams - not cryptograms
Yes to China

[taize]

do you mean cryptogams - any member of the cryptogamia

former class of flowerless plants ..... including mosses, ferns etc.

reproduce by means of spores rather than seeds

{Chambers}

[heatherglen]

Queen Anne died 1714

[badlad]

Ellery Queen & Manfred Bennington Lee

[The Builder]

The writer Ellery Queen was also known as Frederick Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee

[heatherglen]

Frederic Dannay was one of two cousins - the other being Manfred Bennington Lee - together known as Ellery Queen.

[pquinlan]

Frederic (not Patrick!!!) Dannay: Ellery Queen and Manfred Bennington Lee - see http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/Cambridge/entrie s/040/Frederic-Dannay.html

[subez]

THANKS EVERYONE that's great,

this quiz has caused a few problems with mistakes, the one I picked up on was 'The wall that runs from the Forth to the Clyde' they have the initials as A... W...! when i'm sure they mean H...W... suppose it depends how you pronounce Hadrian.
Thanks again
S

[JMR27]

hi subez the answer you want is the Antonine Wall (Hadrian's Wall is further south)

[subez]

Hi JMR27

That'll teach me for not reading the question properly!!
The Forth & The Clyde are far too far north aren't they.
Have to get the Tipex out
Thanks a lot

subez