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Why did Ronald Bilius Weasley receive a Howler from his mother.
For Bonus Points: What did it say? (50% or more of the letter gets points)
He stole the flying car to fly to Hogwarts with Harry.
“— STEALING THE CAR, I WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN SURPRISED IF THEY’D EXPELLED YOU, YOU WAIT TILL I GET HOLD OF YOU, I DON’T SUPPOSE YOU STOPPED TO THINK WHAT YOUR FATHER AND I WENT THROUGH WHEN WE SAW IT WAS GONE —”
“— LETTER FROM DUMBLEDORE LAST NIGHT, I THOUGHT YOUR FATHER WOULD DIE OF SHAME, WE DIDN’T BRING YOU UP TO BEHAVE LIKE THIS, YOU AND HARRY COULD BOTH HAVE DIED —”
“— ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED — YOUR FATHER’S FACING AN INQUIRY AT WORK, IT’S ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT AND IF YOU PUT ANOTHER TOE OUT OF LINE WE’LL BRING YOU STRAIGHT BACK HOME.”
Which band sings this chorus lyric (the words have been replaced with synonyms)
Since perchance
thou shalt be the one that extricates me
also most importantly
thou art my marvellous partition
Oasis:
Because maybe
You're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all
You're my wonderwall
A buzzy exhibition in Qatar
An exhibition on Honey
What is Mc equal to in roman numerals
1100
why is 64 a special number? 1 point per fact
perfect square number
perfect cube
perfect 6th number
To his family & close friends, Tolkien was known by this name, the first "R" in his initials
Ronald
Whilst in Ontario, Canada, we travelled north to a famous national park with "some of the nicest roads I have ever driven on" (Olly) and "a fuckload of mosquitoes" (David). Which park did we travel to?
For bonus points: which Ontario baseball team's game did we go see?
Algonquin National Park
Bonus: Toronto Blue Jays
Something smelly to wear
Dungarees
DJ with a favourite toy
MC Hammer
Who was concerned about being fed and needed at 64?
1 point for band
1 point for writer
Beetles
Paul McCartney
Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the world's first commercially successful....what?
Hint available
Steamboat
This music 'group' named after a Strigiformes Metropolis wrote a famous song about Lampyris noctiluca and the slow-moving rotation of the Earth. What group or song?
Owl city - Fireflies
People who follow God (pun)
Beleaf
What is the best selling item at Rob/Dad's nemesis?
Big Mac
Does the no 64 bus go to
Dalek Way
Ood Way
Vulcan Way or
Overlord Way
Vulcan Way
Before eventually becoming the Rover Company (of land rover fame), the two founders named Starley & Sutton manufactured _____. (1883).
tricycles-
J.K. Starley made history in 1885 by producing the Rover safety bicycle—a rear-wheel-drive, chain-driven cycle with two similar-sized wheels, making it more stable than the previous high-wheel designs. Cycling Magazine said the Rover had "set the pattern to the world"; the phrase was used in their advertising for many years. Starley's Rover is usually described by historians as the first recognisably modern bicycle.
Mount Washington Observatory, opened in 1870 is wrongfully credited as being the “the world’s first mountaintop weather station. What is the real first one?
Bonus points for those of us that aren't Rob: Which country?
Meteorologisches Observatorium Hohenpeißenberg in Germany
an American fantasy sitcom television series that was about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man and twitches her nose to cast her spells.
Bewitched.
An MC that's super popular with kids of all ages
Minecraft
What does the numerology number 64 mean
self-determination
When we were at the Valencia Observatory, we saw a Weather Balloon being released. Attached at the end of the weather balloon is this item that measures and transmits pressure, temperature, and humidity to a ground-based receiving station.
For bonus points how were they originally tracked as explained by Mike
Radiosonde: originally tracked by theodolites
Harry Potter was taken to Ollivanders by Rubeus Hagrid in order to get Harry a wand for his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. What are two curious facts about the wand he sold Harry?
For bonus points: what types of wands do other characters have? (# of known wands will influence # of bonus points)
Every single wand. It so happens that the phoenix whose tail feather is in your wand, gave another feather — just one other. It is very curious indeed that you should be destined for this wand when its brother — why, its brother gave you that scar."
His wand and Voldemort's both have phoenix feathers (1) from Fawkes (2).
https://harry-potter-compendium.fandom.com/wiki/Wand
A nocturnal species of dung beetle (the African Scarabaeus zambesianus) navigates by what unique method?
the milky way
Where did the term MC derive from in rap
Master of Ceremonies
how is 64 written in Arabic
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