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dreamersfantasy
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http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.co.uk/general/advent_calendar/index.htm
Hope this is not a dupe!
A new prize each day but you do seem to be able to enter those for previous days.
Can someone add this to the advents thread please - afraid I don't know how.
Hope this is not a dupe!
A new prize each day but you do seem to be able to enter those for previous days.
Can someone add this to the advents thread please - afraid I don't know how.
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Day 1
The Mummy's Curse
Win tickets to the Tower of London Twilight Tour!
In the famous curse story, how did the adventurer and soldier Walter Ingram die – only two years after bringing home the mummy case from Egypt?
A. Killed by an elephant
B. Typhoid fever
C. Suicide
Killed by an elephant - http://blog.oup.com/2012/06/downton-abbey-mummycurse-of-king-tut/0 -
Day 2
Regent Records
#formoptions {position: relative; width: 400px; visibility: visible;}#choral,#strings,#woodwind,#brass,#keyboard,#vocal {padding: 5px; border: solid 1px gray; position: relative; top: 0px; left: 0px; display: none;}</STRONG>
Win a Regent Records Christmas CD</EM>
After King Henry VIII ordered the dissolution of the monasteries Bath Abbey lay in ruins for more than 70 years. In what year did Parliament make the King Supreme Head of the Church of England, the authority he needed to embark upon the disbanding of the monasteries?
A. 1534
B. 1589
C. 1639
1534 from here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Head_of_the_Church_of_England0 -
Day 3
Christmas Picture Book Selection
b Six0 -
Day 4
Oxford Reference Competition
Win a Kindle Touch!
How many Overview pages does Oxford Reference have?
A. Under 100,000
B. Under 200,000
C. Over 300,000
c - You are looking at 1-10 of 306,443 entries from Oxford Reference site
Fill in the gaps – Olympic Gold medallist Michael Phelps has said he "Eats, ______ and ______. That’s all I can do."
A. Runs and swims
B. Sleeps and swims
C. Swims and dances
b - from http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191735240.001.0001/q-oro-00008298?rskey=oCidKT&result=2&q=michael phelps0 -
Day 5
Oxford Dictionary of Music and a PURE luxury DAB and FM portable radio,
C. Increase in loudness0 -
dreamersfantasy wrote: »Day 2
Regent Records
#formoptions {position: relative; width: 400px; visibility: visible;}#choral,#strings,#woodwind,#brass,#keyboard,#vocal {padding: 5px; border: solid 1px gray; position: relative; top: 0px; left: 0px; display: none;}</STRONG>
Win a Regent Records Christmas CD</EM>
After King Henry VIII ordered the dissolution of the monasteries Bath Abbey lay in ruins for more than 70 years. In what year did Parliament make the King Supreme Head of the Church of England, the authority he needed to embark upon the disbanding of the monasteries?
A. 1534
B. 1589
C. 1639
Not sure of answer at the moment - will update when found
He died in 1547 so I think the answer must be A. 1534.
Anyone agree.Be Lucky Everyone0 -
dreamersfantasy wrote: »Day 4
Oxford Reference Competition
Win a Kindle Touch!
How many Overview pages does Oxford Reference have?
A. Under 100,000
B. Under 200,000
C. Over 300,000:j
Fill in the gaps – Olympic Gold medallist Michael Phelps has said he "Eats, ______ and ______. That’s all I can do."
A. Runs and swims
B. Sleeps and swims:j
C. Swims and dances“Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.” Elizabeth Taylor0 -
thanks for the post
i've added a link to the
2012 MSE Advent Thread below
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=4267617
2014 WTD ~ CH10OC50CW55PC10AB25BA120SB15OC30BC160BV105OC30CT20GC10GB100 :shhh:
Apparently everything has a happy ending and if you havent arrived at the happiness, it hasnt ended yet :think:0 -
Day 6
Win a branded Carols for Choirs 5 mug and Christmas bauble
http://www.oup.co.uk/advent/cfc5mug
How many times does the choir sing the word ‘Wassail’?
A. 12
B. 15
C. 20
Tried to listen and I think it's 12 - can someone please confirm?0
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