Pub Quiz Night
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12/04/22 01:13 PM
12/04/22 01:13 PM
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Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 21,813 Bucks, England
Urban Worrier
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True Blue Boomer
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True Blue Boomer
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Bucks, England
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-1. The ancient city of Carthage is now in which modern-day country? -2. What in South America is a llano? -3. What is the name of the Barber of Seville in the play by Beaumarchais? -4. The Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan houses which famous work of art? -5. In computing, what does GUI stand for? -6. What (polite!) name is given to the dried excrement of fish-eating birds, used as a fertilizer? -7. What was the name of the last US space shuttle to be built? -8. In the 1950s, the Mau Mau were a terrorist organisation in which country? -9. Which disease almost wiped out the British rabbit population in the 1950s? -10. The opening episode of which TV series began with "This is the story of two sisters—Jessica Tate and Mary Campbell"? -11. What is the common name for methanoic acid? -12. What 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]
#1287760
12/04/22 10:32 PM
12/04/22 10:32 PM
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Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 52,940 Upstate NY
Pandora
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Upstate NY
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4. Milan, Italy. I stood in a long line that was a little too long. The viewing closed before I could get in.
Netflix needs to stop asking if I'm still watching and start asking if I've switched the laundry over yet
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
[Re: Urban Worrier]
#1287799
12/05/22 01:35 PM
12/05/22 01:35 PM
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Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 21,813 Bucks, England
Urban Worrier
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Bucks, England
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manxman, flotsam - spot-on! I do sympathise, Sue And you were of course queueing to see The Last Supper...
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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