Pub Quiz Night
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06/20/21 01:18 PM
06/20/21 01:18 PM
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More offcuts from the lumber-yard of trivia...  -1. Pinkeye is the common name for which condition? -2. Where would you find the Pio-Clementino museum? -3. Who wrote the opera Tosca ? -4. Who in mythology rode a horse called Xanthus...? -5. ...and who in science-fiction rode a horse called Binky? -6. Who converted to Catholicism on his death bed, and whose final words were "...and let not poor Nelly starve"? -7. Which of the Apostles became the patron saint of accountants and bankers? -8. Who wrote the musical A Little Night Music? -9. On which island did Gulliver discover a race of little people in Gulliver's Travels? -10. What is another name for the cachalot? -11. The "Electraglide" is what sort of vehicle, and who is the manufacturer? -12. Who is this?
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
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06/21/21 08:51 AM
06/21/21 08:51 AM
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An excellent selection all round! By coincidence flotsam, have just got to "The Last Continent" in my Pratchett re-read. (The one about the land of EcksEcksEcksEcks, with Death showing an unexpected profficiency in strine).
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
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06/21/21 12:16 PM
06/21/21 12:16 PM
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6. King Charles II of England (he was talking about Nell Gwyn)
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
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06/21/21 07:22 PM
06/21/21 07:22 PM
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Long Beach, Australia
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Watch out for those safe animals UW - even the sheep can be a tad ornery. I must read it again.  And speaking of animals, I think 10 is a type of whale
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
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#1250353
06/22/21 03:26 PM
06/22/21 03:26 PM
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Another little set of gems! Near enough, flotsam - sperm whale
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
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