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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 11, 2012 22:48:41 GMT 1
Cairo and Paris
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Post by yenilira on Jan 11, 2012 22:54:20 GMT 1
Almost there......
off out in 15 min, then back around 11:20.....
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Post by yenilira on Jan 12, 2012 1:19:06 GMT 1
Q # 91 - held over.
and so, to Q # 92 which I trust will run until breakfast, or whenever I surface, whichever is the latest.......
Which organisation began tracking the journey of Santa Claus in the 1950s?
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Post by yenilira on Jan 12, 2012 9:21:47 GMT 1
Q # 93
What well-known festive song, has these words sung in France? “ Oui, nous nous reverrons, mes frères, ce n'est qu'un au revoir........”
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Post by yenilira on Jan 12, 2012 14:39:24 GMT 1
Q # 94.
Since the first modern Games in 1896, 10 sports have disappeared completely from the Olympic schedule. Name them.
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Post by yenilira on Jan 12, 2012 21:03:43 GMT 1
Q # 95
Who's epitaph, which was written on this person's tombstone in Gaelic, has the words- “I told you I was ill.”?
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Post by yenilira on Jan 13, 2012 12:39:25 GMT 1
Q # 96
What is the difference between "Turkey" and "Anatolia"?
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 13, 2012 13:08:01 GMT 1
Tricky this one Yeni, have eaten Turkey but never Anatolia, so can't say to be honest. Is one a tad more leaner than the other.?
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Post by yenilira on Jan 13, 2012 14:39:07 GMT 1
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Post by yenilira on Jan 13, 2012 23:14:46 GMT 1
Q # 97
Which flower is known by the alternative name of 'Galanthus'?
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Post by yenilira on Jan 14, 2012 15:01:24 GMT 1
No takers?
Q # 98
Which news agency was the first to use the 'Pigeon Post'?
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Post by yenilira on Jan 14, 2012 19:38:48 GMT 1
I think the only person who could answer this one is Whit....... Question closes at 20:01 hours, approx. .................................
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Post by yenilira on Jan 15, 2012 10:05:16 GMT 1
And so we come to Q # 99
When did the first (Scottish) Highland Games take place in the USA, and where?
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Jan 15, 2012 11:48:38 GMT 1
can answer the santa one thats norad lol
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Post by yenilira on Jan 15, 2012 12:16:36 GMT 1
OK, but it's well out of time..... please do try to keep up....
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Post by yenilira on Jan 15, 2012 17:55:38 GMT 1
Q # 100
specially for the sportsmen amongst us: (again)
There is a famous race called (in English) the “Man Versus Horse Marathon”
A cross-country course is laid out and human competitors pit their stamina against a posse of chosen horses. The course is 22 miles long with many natural obstacles to overcome. The steep slopes are a great test of endurance of both man and beast, and the tricky forestry, which a man may dart through, but which a horse can only travel round.
Where (town and country) and when is this 'Race'?
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Jan 18, 2012 22:03:36 GMT 1
Bloody good question. learn something new everyday
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Post by yenilira on Jan 18, 2012 22:25:30 GMT 1
Three days old, an' a', that one!
and so, to Q # 101
This town was once the capital of Ellan Vannin. What is the name of the town, and where am I?
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Post by yenilira on Jan 19, 2012 11:47:55 GMT 1
Very surprised nobody got # 101.
Q # 102
Kanchanaburi is situated on a river, which is the home of a world-famous bridge, immortalized in Pierre Boulle's same-named novel. Where am I?
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 19, 2012 19:17:33 GMT 1
Yeni, to be fair, some of these questions could well be up with those of University Challenge, could you make them a tad easier please, the old grey matter and all that.
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Post by yenilira on Jan 19, 2012 20:32:23 GMT 1
I'll try, but apart from questions 2 and 102, they're all about places, etc., I've been to, and I'm not particular of asking a q. that I don't know anything about. And if I make them easy - they'll be too easy....
As for Q # 102, of all people I would have thought either you, Whit, or 'Bookworm' Sher, would have answered....
OK here comes Q # 103
Where and what is “The City of a Hundred Spires”?
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Jan 19, 2012 22:13:25 GMT 1
Prague?
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Post by yenilira on Jan 19, 2012 23:12:27 GMT 1
Correct.
And your question is......................?
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Jan 19, 2012 23:30:02 GMT 1
Q 104
Which sporting Legends instruction to his team mate was
"Lets give it some humpty"
and what was the result of this instruction
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Post by yenilira on Jan 20, 2012 0:35:39 GMT 1
Football or cricket, I'm not too sure, off the top of my head. Mind reading it somewhere, sometime, but with which sport it was connected with - can't remember..... have to give this a bit of a think - I'll sleep on it and in the middle of the night, I should awake and shout 'Eureka!' it's .......... ...but I've no pen handy to write it down...............................
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