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aTOMiC wrote:I'm guessing King Lear as the only Shakespearean creation on the list.
Actually they are all historical, including Lear. Semiramis is the only non-European monarch on the list. :)


Sprite is the only one not brown, or maybe not caffeinated? Not a big sodey drinker...

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Hogweed as it isn't a tea?

And now to test your Australian geography knowledge (or Google of course :D )

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Er...Coal river isn't on the Australian mainland?


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Roland doesn't make drums... I think.

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Africa is a continent not a country.

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Bacon's the only animal.
aTOMiC wrote:Er...Coal river isn't on the Australian mainland?-
That's correct, but the answer I had was Alice Springs which isn't a known wine region :D

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StevieG wrote:Bacon's the only animal.
Hah. That's true but Avacado is the only ingredient not found on a BLT, at least one I would ever eat. :-)


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Ambassador Robert Fox is not on Star Trek (guessing)?? or the only real person?

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deer of the dawn wrote:Ambassador Robert Fox is not on Star Trek (guessing)?? or the only real person?
Ambassador Delenn is a character from Babylon 5 not Star Trek.
Robert Fox was a Star Trek character from the original series episode "A Taste of Armageddon". :biggrin:


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Ampeg's for RAAAWWWKn, and the others are for computn :D

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Heh. Gloucester is a city and is therefore inedible in the conventional sense.

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aTOMiC wrote: Albright
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Kahn
Fogg

Kahn is the only male writer, provided I researched the correct surnames? My best guess.
All are named Madeline. Fogg is the only fictional character in the list.

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Pangolin isn't very furry or cuddly.


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Whacking day is from the Simpsons fourth season, the others are from the third?

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Rainbow fish is the name of a book the rest are real fish?


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It's a Marvel/DC thing, I suppose. Moonfire, maybe?

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Agalloch is the only American metal band.


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aTOMiC wrote:Agalloch is the only American metal band.
Good catch. I was going for DNS as the only one fronted by a female.

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Space:1999 is the only one that isn't animated. There may be a more in-depth answer related to the creators or something of that nature, but that's above my knowledge level.


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aTOMiC wrote:Rainbow fish is the name of a book the rest are real fish?
Probably, because there are lots of correct answers :D

Also, Barracuda is the only saltwater fish in the list.
Sorus wrote:Galileo
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Hubble
My guess is that Hubble orbits Earth and takes photos of other planets, and the others orbit Jupiter/Saturn?

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