Weekly Bonus Question
10:14 UK time, Friday, 4 September 2009
Welcome to the Weekly Bonus Question.
Each week the news quiz will offer an answer. You are invited to suggest what the question might have been.
Suggestions should be sent using the COMMENTS BOX IN THIS ENTRY. And since nobody likes a smart alec, kudos will be deducted for predictability in your suggestions.
This week's answer is A FORM OF MEDITATION. But what's the question?
UPDATE 1629 BST: The correct answer is, why does V&A curator Sue Prichard recommend quilting for stressed-out people. ()
Of your deliberately wrong suggestions, we liked:
- TheRealCatherineO's Neighbours are so unfriendly these days, what does it usually take to borrow a cup of sugar?
- SkarloeyLine's What is Satan unlikely to be queueing for, in the Post Office?
- And ForeverGreenAndWhite's What is the last thing Jeremy Clarkson will resort to when trying to calm himself down?
Comment number 1.
At 4th Sep 2009, rogueslr wrote:War, what is it good for?
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Comment number 2.
At 4th Sep 2009, Dodie James wrote:What is a forehead known as in Glasgow?
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Comment number 3.
At 4th Sep 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:No IT media?
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Comment number 4.
At 4th Sep 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:Meditation without a cuppa?
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Comment number 5.
At 4th Sep 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:Agincourt?
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At 4th Sep 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:The bestowing of kudos?
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Comment number 7.
At 4th Sep 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:It's from ACAS. We'd better fill it out.
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Comment number 8.
At 4th Sep 2009, SkarloeyLine wrote:What is Satan unlikely to be queueing for, in the Post Office?
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Comment number 9.
At 4th Sep 2009, Mhadaidh wrote:What was Bannockburn ?
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Comment number 10.
At 4th Sep 2009, Candace9839 wrote:But I thought this was the trancendental class?
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Comment number 11.
At 4th Sep 2009, rogueslr wrote:How would you describe dyslexic relaxation?
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Comment number 12.
At 4th Sep 2009, Candace9839 wrote:What barristers prefer calling the D word?
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Comment number 13.
At 4th Sep 2009, Candace9839 wrote:No, I'm afraid we're not giving away free drugs samples today?
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Comment number 14.
At 4th Sep 2009, irwin_winterchest wrote:What is my baseball bat not, according to a Judge who sentenced me to six months this week?
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Comment number 15.
At 4th Sep 2009, Mark wrote:How do you get agreement between cows?
Affirmation Mooed (anag) = a form of mediation
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Comment number 16.
At 4th Sep 2009, Candace9839 wrote:What phrase was often lost in translation with Attila the Hun?
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Comment number 17.
At 4th Sep 2009, Candace9839 wrote:When Klingons attack and pillage?
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Comment number 18.
At 4th Sep 2009, rogueslr wrote:What should you do if you have too much "TIGER BONE WINE" and only manage to set 6 questions on 7D7Q?
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Comment number 19.
At 4th Sep 2009, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:What being a princess was really all about?
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Comment number 20.
At 4th Sep 2009, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Send in the clowns?
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Comment number 21.
At 4th Sep 2009, Phil the Pill wrote:Missing in Iran.
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Comment number 22.
At 4th Sep 2009, Blue_Baby40 wrote:What do Katie Price and Peter Andre use the tabloids as?
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Comment number 23.
At 4th Sep 2009, Candace9839 wrote:±«Óãtvbaked biscuits?
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Comment number 24.
At 4th Sep 2009, dennisjunior1 wrote:What is relaxation....
=Dennis Junior=
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Comment number 25.
At 4th Sep 2009, Wayne Rooney wrote:anag: Was it one of the reasons for the "formation of media"?
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Comment number 26.
At 4th Sep 2009, CheshirePotatoHead wrote:Not just any old rag around his neck, but what should a ±«Óãtv newsreader never be seen without ?
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Comment number 27.
At 4th Sep 2009, ten gear bat bike wrote:What is Rumsfeld's lates defense of Abu Gharib?
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Comment number 28.
At 4th Sep 2009, SkarloeyLine wrote:What will the Magazine need, after telling its Twitter followers that this week's WBQ is in fact "A form of meditation"?
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Comment number 29.
At 4th Sep 2009, SkarloeyLine wrote:The latest definition of "to pimp"?
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Comment number 30.
At 4th Sep 2009, Mhadaidh wrote:Honestly M'lud , I thought offering to help you inflate your expenses claim was .......
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Comment number 31.
At 4th Sep 2009, lindum49 wrote:When handing over your last Rolo......
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Comment number 32.
At 4th Sep 2009, dvboy83 wrote:What will London Midland drivers be doing on Sunday instead of driving trains?
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Comment number 33.
At 4th Sep 2009, Candace9839 wrote:How Dick Cheney defines torture?
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Comment number 34.
At 4th Sep 2009, Dave wrote:What results from agreeing to remove the 'C' from the treatment?
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Comment number 35.
At 4th Sep 2009, RedCheeseDemon wrote:What did Peter Griffin and the giant chicken fail to sign at their make-up dinner?
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Comment number 36.
At 4th Sep 2009, Dave wrote:What is the latest iphone application?
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Comment number 37.
At 4th Sep 2009, Catherine O wrote:Neighbours are so unfriendly these days, what does it usually take to borrow a cup of sugar?
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Comment number 38.
At 4th Sep 2009, essexbeancounter wrote:Another NHS typing error
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Comment number 39.
At 4th Sep 2009, staggy_boy wrote:The contract Collin Montgomerie agreed with the golfing gods.
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Comment number 40.
At 4th Sep 2009, Bangledancer wrote:when I relax by daydreaming of pounding my PC into a pile of powdery scrap with a lump-hammer, I'm actually indulging in...?
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Comment number 41.
At 4th Sep 2009, Dodie James wrote:What four words then a slight pause always precede Sir Alan Sugar's "You're fired"!
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Comment number 42.
At 4th Sep 2009, weasal007 wrote:How do the chinese monks define a long fart?
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Comment number 43.
At 4th Sep 2009, Vicky S wrote:Shouting through megaphones?
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Comment number 44.
At 4th Sep 2009, waterman71 wrote:Thinking of ways to get out of work.
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Comment number 45.
At 4th Sep 2009, Dodie James wrote:How does Lord Mandelson describe his off-the-record briefings to journalists?
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Comment number 46.
At 4th Sep 2009, homer3 wrote:Football transfer fees too high? Lets ban Chelsea from making any.
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At 4th Sep 2009, kamalchauhan wrote:Management of the NHS is NOT known as what?
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Comment number 48.
At 4th Sep 2009, Russ wrote:When the Devon Tourist Board gave the Torbay area the tag line of "The English Riviera", it was and example of what?
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Comment number 49.
At 4th Sep 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Pacifist's guide to the universe?
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Comment number 50.
At 4th Sep 2009, Russ wrote:The widely known word "HXJQMEDIATIONKLV" that so masterfully won me last night's game of Scrabble is infact (Sarah) an often used term for what?
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Comment number 51.
At 4th Sep 2009, Russ wrote:Class 4K at my old school - containing some of the most haplessly nerdy and also some of the most brutally violent school children in the history of Secondary School Education - could never be described as what?
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Comment number 52.
At 4th Sep 2009, Russ wrote:In modern relationships, the Decree Nisi can be defined as....?
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Comment number 53.
At 4th Sep 2009, Admiral Glad wrote:For mediTation (which was the word towards the bottom of the "weekly quiz section":
What do aspiring monks have to hand in to their mentor once a week?
For mediation (which is the word confusingly used at the top of this page):
What's it called when a man admits his wife is right?
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Comment number 54.
At 4th Sep 2009, Russ wrote:The Latin term NOITAIDEM FO MROF A, when written backwards would spell what?
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Comment number 55.
At 4th Sep 2009, Russ wrote:The purchasing of a bunch of (reasonably priced) flowers for my girlfriend (not in any way connected with her wild and unproven accusations of my repeated cheating on Scrabble) in the hope that she might eventually talk to me again - can be best described as what?
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Comment number 56.
At 4th Sep 2009, Russ wrote:When my eight-year-old self twirled his recently removed pyjama bottoms around his head whilst raspberry-ing the theme tune to World of Sport in an attempt to stop my parents from arguing, it could be described as an unusual, but surprisingly effective what?
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At 4th Sep 2009, Russ wrote:Clue 17 Down in today's Ridiculously Cryptic Crossword "Do Meerkats prefer to Tango whilst many furtive trawlermen with ripe buttocks show restrain? (1,4,2,9)" can apparently be correctly answered by what phrase?
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Comment number 58.
At 4th Sep 2009, clare_555 wrote:Whats reading Katie Price's (aka Jordan) book likened to?
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Comment number 59.
At 4th Sep 2009, sarahtrieste wrote:How do parents view the first day of school?
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At 4th Sep 2009, clare_555 wrote:What terms is commonly used when turning on the tap, whilst one's loved one is taking a shower.....
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Comment number 61.
At 4th Sep 2009, clare_555 wrote:What 4 words does not sum up the experience of walking through a field of cows and their calfs, with your dog and a walking stick?
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At 4th Sep 2009, clare_555 wrote:It is true to say that you are not doing this after a hot curry from your local restaurant called 'Curry & then Hurry'......
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At 4th Sep 2009, ForeverGreenAndWhite wrote:What is the last thing Jeremy Clarkson will resort to when trying to calm himself down?
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Comment number 64.
At 4th Sep 2009, whiteassoc wrote:Dyslexic Quiz
"What T is missing from the phrase below to describe a form of exercising the mind"
Yes - thats right - a form of mediattion
John White - Stony Stratford
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Comment number 65.
At 4th Sep 2009, 1Krazie1 wrote:Why do some people think that the Lockerbie bomber was allowed to go back to Libya?
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At 4th Sep 2009, Mhadaidh wrote:When an English bowler flattens all three of the stumps and after thirty minutes of standing his ground an Australian batsman admits tht he has been bowled out , it is considered a ........
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At 4th Sep 2009, 1Krazie1 wrote:What is it called when a husband agrees with his wife?
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At 4th Sep 2009, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:What follows a 'Forum of Meditation' that has descended into a punch up?
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