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Every question or answer contains the word purple, or has a purple connection.
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1. Which rock band had hits with Black Night and Smoke on the Water? |
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2. In Coronation Street, who played Ena Sharples? |
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3. What name was given to the colour of the first synthetic dye, made in 1856? |
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4. By what name is the U.S. 'Badge of Military Merit' better known? |
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5. Who played Celie in Alice Walker's The Color Purple? |
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6. Amethyst is the purple variety of which mineral? |
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7. What was the origin of the ancient purple dye known as Royal purple or Tyrian purple? |
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8. Which band had a top ten hit 1985 with the song, Lavender? |
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9. Who wrote the poem, Warning - When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple? |
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10. Which Roman poet wrote: Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise, to give an effect of colour? |
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This set is dedicated to the memory of Miss Phyllis Gaine, who loved purple.
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