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Pub Quiz Night

Posted By: Urban Worrier

Pub Quiz Night - 12/04/22 06:13 PM

-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?
Posted By: soot

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 12/04/22 06:20 PM

5. Graphical User Interface
wave
Posted By: bermag45

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 12/04/22 06:20 PM

8. Kenya (was mentioned a lot during my childhood) wave

Bernie monky
Posted By: Mad

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 12/04/22 06:29 PM

9. Myxomatosis
Posted By: Marian

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 12/04/22 06:39 PM

10. Soap wave
Posted By: oldbroad

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 12/04/22 06:43 PM

12. spaghetti think
Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 12/04/22 07:29 PM

A perfect selection, ladies and gentlemen! praise
Posted By: michele rose

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 12/04/22 07:36 PM

11. Formic acid smile
Posted By: flotsam

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 12/04/22 07:39 PM

6. guano wave
Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 12/04/22 07:57 PM

Yes and yes! wave
Posted By: LadyKestrel

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 12/04/22 08:38 PM

2. A llano is a plain of grass without trees. (There's no guano in a llano.)
Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 12/04/22 08:50 PM

rotfl
Posted By: manxman

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 12/04/22 11:20 PM

3. Figaro wave
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 12/05/22 03:32 AM

4. Milan, Italy. I stood in a long line that was a little too long. The viewing closed before I could get in.
Posted By: flotsam

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 12/05/22 04:39 AM

1. Looking at a map of Africa I am going for Tunisia.
And great answer LadyK lol
Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 12/05/22 06:35 PM

manxman, flotsam - spot-on! wave

I do sympathise, Sue cry And you were of course queueing to see The Last Supper... smile
Posted By: manxman

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 12/06/22 03:23 PM

7. Endeavour think wave
Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 12/06/22 08:45 PM

Good finish, manxman! thumbsup
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