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This is where we are on the first 25. Remember there are another 25 in a second post underneath (message too long to fit in otherwise) History 1. By what name was exotic dancer and spy Margaretha MacLeod commonly known? Mata Hari 2. He was expelled from his country’s Socialist Party for...

Got quite a lot there.

Nope

You might, I guess but it's not the answer... a tarn is found in a specific kind of place.

Gas is correct. 8 already correctly answered as Prague.

Wingy and Sam - all three correct

All three correct. It doesn't say he was in Spain, it says that he was en route to Spain... he was captured in Italy before he got there.

Part 2: Booze 26. Which brewery is based in Devizes, Wiltshire? It’s most popular beer is branded 6X. 27. On which Scottish island are the Laphroaig and Bowmore distilleries? Whiskies from this island are known for a strong smoky flavour. 28. Caipirinha is a Brazilian cocktail made from...

Here you go. Will leave it an hour before confirming answers. Part 1: History 1. By what name was exotic dancer and spy Margaretha MacLeod commonly known? 2. He was expelled from his country’s Socialist Party for advocating military intervention in the First World War. In 1917 he was...

You got quite a few there - you can see the answers now, by reckoning 11/25. I get the Keats guess... as he asked for his tomb to be inscribed 'here lies one whose name was writ in water'. New larger quiz coming today

Soz, trying to adjust the difficulty for the next one. :)

Answers. If people like this I'll do another one soon. Got a better sense of the right level of difficulty now so I'll try and make the art/lit ones easier. If anyone wants to send me some sports questions will include a round - not something I'm generally interested in or know anything...

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Showaddywaddy is correct. Nice one :)

Yep. I was going to quote the Mum and Dad fucking you up as the last clue.

State of play, with clues for the unknowns. History 1. Which of Henry VIII’s wives did he consider ugly? – Ann of Cleeves 2. Who was the US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis? - JFK 3. In early life I was known as Soso (one of many pseudonyms I used) and trained to be a priest...

In my day I'd have created a do loop to calculate a factorial.

Don't know any of those, although I've heard of PHP. I guess these are newer languages as recursion was a no-no when I were a lad.