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Pub Quiz Night #1370147
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-1. Which word for a type of argument is also a collective noun for sparrows?
-2. What element has the chemical symbol Es?
-3. Located in Chile and Peru, what is the name of the desert which is considered to be the driest place on Earth?
-4. Harry S Truman was the name of the local sheriff in which cult 1990s TV series?
5. The name of which polyphonic music style translated means "in the church style"?
-6. Rodinia, Nena, Gondwana and Laurasia are all examples of what?
-7. What was the name of Hollywood's first canine star in the 1930s?
-8. What popular winter food is prepared in the cooking vessel known as a 'caquelon'?
9. In BASE jumping what does the acronym BASE stand for?
-10. In which capital city did the famous 1972 world championship chess matches between Bobby Fisher and Boris Spassky take place?
11. Arbat Street is the most expensive property in which country's version of Monopoly?
-12. What building is this?




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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1370149
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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1370151
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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1370153
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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1370155
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Loved those adventures !! 🤗


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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1370158
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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1370161
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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1370164
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These always have interesting facts on them. Thanks Urban Worrier. smile


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3. The Atacarma ??

(Not sure how to spell it - even though it’s not that long since I watched a documentary about it 🙄)


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Re: Pub Quiz Night [Re: Urban Worrier] #1370227
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9. BASE jumping is from a fixed point. B = building, A = antenna tower, S I forget, E = earth (cliff, mountain)

Edit: I checked. S = span

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