Pub Quiz Night
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09/19/21 11:10 AM
09/19/21 11:10 AM
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Bucks, England
Urban Worrier
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Bucks, England
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-1. What human organ is affected by nephritis? -2. Complete the opening line of this 1961 poem: "When I am an old woman I shall ..." -3. What, in ornithology, is nidification? -4. Who was the only woman among the judges who ruled over Old Testament Israel? -5. Which animal's name means "River Horse"? -6. In which museum and art gallery is the statue of the Venus de Milo housed? -7. Which Wyoming national monument was featured in Close Encounters of the Third Kind? -8. What country considered part of France for 132 years was granted independence in 1962? -9. In which game would you find a gully and a backward square leg? -10. General Woundwort is a character in which book? -11. The words of which poem were adopted for the U.S. national anthem? -12. Taken in 1966, 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
[Re: Urban Worrier]
#1256719
09/19/21 04:45 PM
09/19/21 04:45 PM
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The Garden State
LadyKestrel
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The Garden State
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2. "... wear purple with a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me"
“Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.” -Bill Watterson
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
[Re: Urban Worrier]
#1256753
09/20/21 11:45 AM
09/20/21 11:45 AM
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Bucks, England
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Five little gems - well done folks!  Love that poem, Lady K. Amazed that she was only 29 when she wrote it - it reads like it was written by somone a lot older who's seen what will happen unless you take steps to do something about lt...
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: Jarkeld]
#1256757
09/20/21 01:12 PM
09/20/21 01:12 PM
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Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,363
United Kingdom
Mad
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Sonic Boomer
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United Kingdom
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10. Watership Down. [Says she in floods of tears  ]
Time : The Most Precious Commodity
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
[Re: Urban Worrier]
#1256777
09/20/21 07:38 PM
09/20/21 07:38 PM
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Joined: May 2006
Posts: 3,632
Indiana
ScarletDragon
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Indiana
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11. Defence of Fort McHenry by Francis Scott Key (after watching bombs bursting in air over the Fort)
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons ...
for thou art crunchy and good with ketchup.
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