An old post that still makes me smile broadly... Family Fortunes, apologies for repost

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    <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">An instrument you can play while walking in the street: &quot;A cello..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A type of oil: &quot;Sewing-machine oil..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A word beginning with Z: &quot;Xylophone..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A slang word for a girl: &quot;Slag..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">An animal with horns: &quot;A bee...&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A medieval weapon: &quot;Hand-grenade..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something made of wool: &quot;A sheep..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something a bridegroom might wear: &quot;A dress..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Someone you wouldn't expect to see in a strip club: &quot;Animals..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">An animal with a long tail: &quot;A rabbit..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something a train-spotter would have in his pocket: &quot;A magnifying glass..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you put out for the birds: &quot;Worms..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A way to prevent snoring: &quot;Put a pillow over his face..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A word used to describe a very hot day: &quot;A very hot day..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A song from 'The Sound Of Music': &quot;Dancing Queen..&quot; (Also from the same family: &quot;I wake up each morning..&quot;, &quot;The skies are blue..&quot;, and &quot;Over the hills and far away..&quot;)

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Someone who works early hours: &quot;A burglar..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something made to be wheeled around: &quot;A hammer..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A reason for kneeling: &quot;To be beheaded..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A nickname for a slim person: &quot;Slimmy..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A measurement of liquid: &quot;Paint..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something that's nice to wear next to your skin: &quot;Pants..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A famous Dick: &quot;Carrot..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A wild animal that's native to Britain: &quot;A bear..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something that Father Christmas does when he comes to your house: &quot;Feeds your pets..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something that comes in 7's: &quot;Fingers..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A vocalist known by only one name: &quot;Michael Jackson..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A yellow fruit: &quot;Orange..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">An animal beginning with B: &quot;Bullfrog..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something associated with Liverpool: &quot;The <address>Yellow Brick Road</address>..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A boy mentioned in a nursery rhyme: &quot;Little Red Riding Hood..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something associated with Queen Victoria: &quot;Her husbands..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you hide in your socks when you go swimming: &quot;Your legs..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A place you would keep a pen: &quot;A zoo..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you beat: &quot;An apple..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something associated with rain: &quot;Water..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">An animal that lives in the English countryside: &quot;A lion..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you make into a ball: &quot;Eggs..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A game that uses a black ball: &quot;Darts..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A popular TV soap: &quot;Dove..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Other than 'carrier', a type of bag: &quot;Horse..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you might find in a garage: &quot;a grand piano..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something a Frenchman would say Answer: &quot;On Garde..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A fast animal: &quot;A hippo..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you keep in the garden: &quot;A cat..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something that gives you goosebumps: &quot;Mumps..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A character from Little Red Riding Hood: &quot;Hansel and Gretel..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something that has a shell: &quot;Batman..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Any dance apart from the waltz: &quot;The ball dance..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something a policeman might say: &quot;Spread 'em..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something that frightens Dracula: &quot;The King of the Vampires..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A non-living object with legs: &quot;A plant..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A sign of the Zodiac: &quot;April..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">An animal associated with a nursery rhyme: &quot;Andy Pandy..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A mode of transport that you can walk in: &quot;Your shoes..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">An animal with big ears: &quot;A bear..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you do on water: &quot;Wallpaper..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A musical instrument you can play in the bath: &quot;A drum kit..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something associated with Egypt: &quot;Cigars..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A part of your body you only have one of: &quot;Your big toe..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you pull: &quot;A potato..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">An animal used as a form of transport: &quot;A turtle..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A famous Phil or Philip: &quot;Phil Johnson..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A habit people try to give up: &quot;Spitting..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A Thunderbirds character: &quot;Doctor Spock..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Another TV gameshow with the word 'family' in the title: &quot;The Generation Game..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A seaside resort on the south coast: &quot; Rio de Janeiro..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you open other than a door: &quot;Your bowels..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something with a red light on it: &quot;a Dalek..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something that makes you scream: &quot;A squirrel..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A food than can easily be eaten without chewing: &quot;Chips..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A type of record: &quot;A floppy disk..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A type of large cat: &quot;Persian..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A job that a working dog does: &quot;A slave..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something people might be allergic to: &quot;Skiing..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">An occupation where you need a torch: &quot;A burglar..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A well known superstition: &quot;Running in front of a car..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you use a microchip in: &quot;A fish-fryer..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A dangerous race: &quot;The Arabs..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A game played in the dark: &quot;Charades..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Some famous brothers: &quot;Bonnie and Clyde..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A jacket potato topping: &quot;Jam..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A part of the body you have more than two of: &quot;Arms..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you find on a fire engine: &quot;Coal..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A famous royal: &quot;Mail..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you do before going to bed: &quot;Sleep..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">An item of clothing worn by the Three Muskateers: &quot;A horse..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">An animal you see at the zoo: &quot;Dog..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you might do in a power cut: &quot;Read a book..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A famous Parisian landmark: &quot;Hawaii..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">One of Harry Enfield's characters: &quot;Sooty..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A famous Irishman: &quot;Disraeli..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">The first place detectives look for fingerprints: &quot;The floor..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you associate with the sea: &quot;A coffin..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A famous Arthur: &quot;Shakespeare..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A type of cut: &quot;Skull..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A weapon in the game of Cluedo: &quot;Dice..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something people take to the beach: &quot;Turkey..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A reason someone digs a hole in the road: &quot;Grave digger..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">An ingredient in chicken stuffing: &quot;Chicken..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something a girl should know about a man before marrying him: &quot;His name..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A bird with a long neck: &quot;A blackbird..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A bird with a long neck (2): &quot;Naomi Campbell..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">An item of clothing a woman might borrow from a man: &quot;Underpants..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something taken from a hotel as a souvenir: &quot;The lamps..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you keep in a garden shed: &quot;A gardener..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A song with moon in the title: &quot;Blue Suede Moon..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A famous cowboy: &quot;Buck Rogers..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A famous Wild-West character: &quot;Wild Bill Eacock..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you'd associate with the three bears: &quot;Red Riding Hood..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Fruit used in fruit salad: &quot;Cucumber..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you wear on the beach: &quot;A deckchair..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A method of cooking fish: &quot;Cod..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you borrow from your partner: &quot;Shoes..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A part of the body beginning with N: &quot;Knee..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A famous Scotsman: &quot;Vinnie Jones..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A famous Scotsman (2): &quot;Jock..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something red: &quot;My cardigan..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A kind of ache: &quot;Fillet-o-fish..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you open other than a door: &quot;Your bowels..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something with a hole in it: &quot;A window..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you do in the bathroom: &quot;Decorate..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something you put on walls: &quot;Roofs..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">A domestic animal: &quot;A leopard..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something that floats in the bath: &quot;Water..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something in the garden that's green: &quot;The shed..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Something a blind man might use: &quot;A sword..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">The last thing you take off before going to bed: &quot;Your feet..&quot;

    </p></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Something that flies without an engine: &quot;A bicycle with wings </span>
     
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    I love reading them, that ones the best:



    A dangerous race: "The Arabs.."


    and.....



    An animal used as a form of transport: "A turtle.."



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    I've often wondered about theat programme

    whether a prerequisite of taking part, is an IQ of under 90
     
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    PMSL at some of these :D
     
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    Someone who works early hours: "A burglar.."
    Something you put on walls: "Roofs.."

    These are my favourites
     

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