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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Jan 22, 2012 21:01:09 GMT 1
HMS Repulse mate
over to you for the next one
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Post by yenilira on Jan 22, 2012 22:06:04 GMT 1
Thanks.
Q # 113
Which person from the Bible lived to the age of 969?
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Jan 22, 2012 22:07:47 GMT 1
wild stab in the dark again i will go for Noah
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Post by yenilira on Jan 22, 2012 22:43:51 GMT 1
Sorry, no.
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Jan 22, 2012 23:09:24 GMT 1
oh well their goes my wild guess lol
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 22, 2012 23:12:50 GMT 1
Bruce Forsyth.
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Post by yenilira on Jan 22, 2012 23:14:51 GMT 1
He's the chap who's boat (the Ark) ended up on Mount A. in eastern Turkey, Sher. And, no, it isn't Brucie.
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Post by yenilira on Jan 23, 2012 11:47:49 GMT 1
Methuselah.
Was 'Google' playing silly beggers last night?
(no, that isn't the next question but did anyone else have a problem opening folders, etc?)
Q # 114
Which news agency was the first to use the 'Pigeon Post'?
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Post by yenilira on Jan 23, 2012 17:51:20 GMT 1
Q # 115 ..........
In Scotland he/she is known as 'The Lord Advocate'.
What is this person's equivalent known as in England (and Wales) ?
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Post by yenilira on Jan 24, 2012 0:37:27 GMT 1
...and the answer is........
Q # 116 . .
What city is also known as 'The Queen of the Danube'?
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 24, 2012 8:39:06 GMT 1
Budapest
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Post by yenilira on Jan 24, 2012 9:24:28 GMT 1
Correct, Whit,
and your question for #117 is......?
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 24, 2012 12:16:05 GMT 1
Q#107.
Who led the Mexican army at the battle of the Alamo.
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Post by yenilira on Jan 24, 2012 12:55:43 GMT 1
A Mexican, maybe? I'll have to dig out me old dvd of John Wayne's 'Alamo'.
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Post by yenilira on Jan 24, 2012 12:56:26 GMT 1
Santa Anna.
(or something like that).
Q # 117
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 24, 2012 13:15:46 GMT 1
Correct, that was how the mexican wave came about.
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Post by yenilira on Jan 24, 2012 15:41:13 GMT 1
Q # 118
What is the (English) translation of the place-name in Turkey –
“Pamukkale”?
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Post by yenilira on Jan 24, 2012 22:07:25 GMT 1
Q # 119.
How many songs and poems did Robert Burns write?
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Post by yenilira on Jan 25, 2012 15:27:12 GMT 1
I'll save # 119 for this time next year....... Q # 120
Which author wrote the text for the first Royal Christmas Broadcast and when was it?
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Post by yenilira on Jan 25, 2012 21:49:05 GMT 1
Q # 121
Which fence at Aintree is named after a jockey that fell there in 1839?
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Post by yenilira on Jan 26, 2012 14:40:20 GMT 1
Q # 122
With who were - Agnes McLehose Jean Armour & Jenny Clow romantically linked with?
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Post by yenilira on Jan 26, 2012 22:19:56 GMT 1
Q # 123
Which sport was Scottish legend Colin McRae most associated with?
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 26, 2012 22:48:30 GMT 1
Rally driving.
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Post by yenilira on Jan 26, 2012 23:04:24 GMT 1
or 'Rallying'.
Correct.
and your question for # 124 is -
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 26, 2012 23:16:33 GMT 1
Had the pleasure of meeting him through a friend who himself was a rally driver, his father used to race in such events as the Lombard UK rally.
Q124.
If you were in the town of Brig, which mainland European country would you be in.
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