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1. Once again eburge had forgotten to do any team quizzes and knew that flopsymopsy would punish him with her pointy stick. He watched in horror as she tied dozens of pointy sticks around a longer stick and started sweeping in his direction. What sort of broom consists of bundles of twigs tied round a long pole?
2. Oh dear, WeirdAlLover has been leaning on the wall again and there's a dirty mark where he rested his foot. Instead of making himself a sandwich what should he use to rub the mark off the wallpaper?
3. Jabberwok went back to the North of England where traditionally steps were scrubbed with something resembling a brick. Jabberwok wished that she had an animal to do the backbreaking work for her but all she had was a stone named after Balaam's Biblical beast. What sort of stone cleans steps?
4. Down in Wales, Baban likes to keep her brass letterbox polished so that it gleams through the mists across the mountains. It might seem rather strange but there's an English sauce (which Americans can rarely pronounce) that cleans brass to a real shine. Which sauce is it?
5. PDAZ keeps her refrigerator stuffed full of vegetables but last month something dreadful lurked in the salad compartment and now she can't get rid of the stink. What common baking ingredient is useful for removing the smell from fridges?
6. Exit10 borrowed a pointy stick because she was going to a FunTrivia meeting in Sydney and might need to keep the other Aussies in order but she put the stick on a polished table and scratched it! What hard shell should nutty Exit open so that she can rub the contents on the polish to restore it?
7. Looney_tunes came home meaning to write lots of quizzes for the Bus Ride but she couldn't get her jacket off, the zipper had stuck fast and there seemed no alternative but to cut her way out. Stop Looney from ruining her nice jacket - tell her what implement should help release the zipper and help her write the quizzes?
8. Alifin_may has been drinking again and managed to spill a glass of red wine on the carpet. Quick, while the wine is still wet, get some common white grains from the kitchen table. When it rains red wine what white grains should pour freely on the spills?
9. Doublemm got in late and tried to sneak through the house unnoticed but every door squeaked on its hinges and gave him away. If only he'd gone to the bathroom to wash his hands first, then he could have used this item on the hinges to stop the noise. Which bathroom toiletry can cure creaking doors?
10. TCEB was taking a quiet nap on the sofa when his daughter put a spray bottle in his hand and suggested that he might like to get up and clean the windows. TCEB sniffed the contents of the bottle and complained it smelled like something he usually put on his fish and chips - what had his daughter used as a window-cleaning ingredient?
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