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Pub Quiz Night #1322040
05/26/24 10:57 AM
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One post per person for the first 24 hrs, please thanks

-1. Who was the Edinburgh-born inventor of the telephone who emigrated to Canada in 1870?
-2. Who did Madonna marry in Scotland on 22nd December 2000?
-3. The disease Sydenham's chorea (or "rheumatic chorea") is more commonly known as what?
-4. Who had "silver hair, ragged shirt, baggy pants"
-5. What was the first name of the cartoon character Mr. Magoo?
-6. Who, in the late 13th-early 14th centuries, painted The Virgin of the Rocks ?
-7. What is French sparkling wine made outside of Champagne called?
-8. Ban Ki-moon served in which capacity between 2007 and 2016?
-9. Which US state has the sugar maple as its state tree?
-10. In a novel by Victor Hugo, who kills the villain Archbishop Frollo?
-11. Who, in 1922, was the first man to swim 100 metres in under 1 minute?
-12. Whose logo is this?


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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322042
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I'm sure I won't know the answer but I can't get to #12.

Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322043
05/26/24 11:15 AM
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I can't also.


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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322044
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9. I will guess Maine


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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322046
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I'm also going to try for #9, curly but my answer is:

9. Vermont wave

Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322048
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OMG, I just looked at #4. I know that one!

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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322050
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oldbroad, jb - both good! smile

Anyone else having trouble sigh #12 ?

Remi, ob - are you getting an error or just a blank screen or what?


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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322051
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I saw 12

Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322052
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I was getting some kind of error but I can see it now. And I was right, no idea what it is laugh.

Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322053
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12. Just had a look and I think it may be Amnesty Internation or a similar organisation/?

Bernie

Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322054
05/26/24 12:21 PM
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That's a relief!

Good call, Bernie! smile


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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322057
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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: michele rose] #1322059
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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322060
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To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322061
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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322062
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The very same! wave


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I wonder what's on television...?
Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322067
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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322068
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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322071
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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322088
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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322100
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7. sparkling wine?
think


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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322114
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Yes soot, but there is also a more specific term think

Last edited by Urban Worrier; 05/27/24 07:53 AM.

To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322143
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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1322177
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...which wraps it up nicely! bravo


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