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What is the star ?

Hi, what is the name of the star (planet?) that is very bright in the southwest sky at dusk. It is the first star to appear in the sky when it starts to get dark. TIA

quizling

Names quiz

The answers to these questions are names ( male or female) or contain a name. 1. Cocaine (7) Military Belt ( 3. 6 ) I would be grateful for any help please.

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Charity Quiz?

Who was the first person to score 100 runs and take ten wickets in the same test match? Begins with B (? Botham) In cricket what name is given to 111 runs? Begins with N

mjd

Highland Dancer's shout

DTGK 06/01/06 9across: A Highland dancer's shout: H?O?H

Squashtwo

What links

Has anyone any idea of this link please, Up;down; top; bottom; strange;

gardenknowin

DT Gen Know 01/01/07

Help - stuck on one already this year! 25D Hors d'oeuvre served with an aperitif before dinner in Greece (4) ?E?E. Happy New Year to all ABers

NancyBee

r.t. 51

13d. Old French blokes need time to cause damage.(10) 15a. Fish of Henry 1. however (7) Thanks in anticipation.

Pebbilita

Does a dimmer switch use electricity?

Hello, How does a variable resistor change the flow of electricity? For example, on a dimmer light switch does it use any of the electricity that flowing through it in order to dim the light? Thank...

ck1

What's so special about light

Why does light travel so fast and why can nothing match it's speed

TheLibrary

A name for a small galaxy

What is the name of a galaxy containing an extremely bright nucleus and being less than a light year in width

addict

BBC History November

27a Side stalls and entertainment held on a frozen river in medieval times (5,4) f-o-- fair; 3d First capital of Serbia - found in Mostar, IRA say (5,3); 22d One name given to Irish Republican...

for_u21

what is the favourable material for making car engines?

I would like to ask the following questions: 1)What is the favourable material for making car engines? 2)Why that material is used? 3)Is it suitable to make car engines by silicon nitraide? why? thank...

london_lassy

DT/Herculis

2 left, and I have to go out soon, 18a The substance that comprises the hard outer covering of many arthropods ??i?i? 22a The people of a region of Cameroon and their language ?an?

gucciman

blocking pop-ups

i use aol to browse the net but am being plagued with pop-ups that open up from internet explorer. they are often advertising online poker sites or adult dating sites etc anyone know how i can disable...

moyamick

haematite

haematite is a common ore of which metal.

Rixy

Sky Television

I cant have a satellite dish erected outside my house because I live in a listed building. I have also tried to get cable but they inform that they cannot supply me with cable TV(didnt really give an...

fairy!

Right-clicking

At work, on Mac OS X, I can right click my mouse on the desktop to do things like create a new folder etc... is there an equivalent of right-clicking on my iBook? I'm using the touch-pad thingy rather...

DorisMay

change e-mail address

I am with Wanadoo now Orange and would like to change my e-mail address because of problems we are having with e-mails being returned to us for mail delivery failure. Is this possible? their website...

supercarol

Herculis - 2 Oct

Help please with 4 down: Sir Stephen ----, leading figure in the socialist literary movement of the 1930s (7) _P_D_E_ Assuming 11a is India Politics definitely not my strong point! Thanks in advance