Pub Quiz Night
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08/15/21 12:47 PM
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-1. What starts off with a jump to the left, than a step to the right? -2. Who wrote the Pathetique symphony? -3. Who, in 1888, patented the pneumatic bicycle tyre? -4. In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, what are Caesar's last words? -5. Brass is an alloy of which two metals? -6. Who wrote the love poem that starts "My love is like a red, red rose"? -7. Where would you find a sculpture called "The Spirit of Ecstasy"? -8. What new cut-price transatlantic air service was launched by Freddie Laker in 1979? -9. Who played Batman and Robin in the 60s TV series? -10. A road tunnel runs from Pelerins in France to Entreves in Italy under which mountain? -11. What pieces of Gothic architecture derive their name from the French for "throat"? -12. Who is this, photographed as a teenager?
Last edited by Urban Worrier; 08/19/21 11:46 AM.
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
[Re: Urban Worrier]
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08/15/21 12:59 PM
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11. gargoyle (she said, garglingly)
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
[Re: Urban Worrier]
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08/15/21 04:46 PM
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 It was worth a try. I should have just answered the Batman and Robin one which I actually knew. Sounds fun Marian!
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
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08/15/21 07:27 PM
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6. Robert Burns .... Och Aye 
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
[Re: Urban Worrier]
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08/15/21 08:27 PM
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1. Let's do the Time Warp again. One of my favorite classic movies, Rocky Horror ... I'm singing it now (but not dancing.)
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for thou art crunchy and good with ketchup.
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
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08/16/21 06:38 AM
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Almost a perfect selectiom!  Pandora - you get an "almost". Beethoven's Pathetique was a sonata - somebody else did a full-blown symphony 
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
[Re: Urban Worrier]
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08/16/21 02:20 PM
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I dredged up that snippet from my now very distant days of Music Exams !! 
Time : The Most Precious Commodity
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
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08/17/21 01:17 PM
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8. I'm not sure, but Skytrain comes to mind.
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