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    YORE MAs pub quizz thread [NO CHAT!]

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    • #1952
      Slow Motion
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      the dee wrote: »
      The distance from the sun to the earth? Guessing...

      Good guess! What is the distance for a bonus point? You get the next question anyway!


    • #1953
      the dee
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      Slow Motion wrote: »
      Good guess! What is the distance for a bonus point? You get the next question anyway!

      Cool. So Terry Pratchett did teach me something! :eek:

      No way I could tell you the distance though.

      Give me a minute, I'll think of a question...


    • #1954
      Minder
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      93million miles?


    • #1955
      the dee
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      Ok, who was the first woman in space?


    • #1956
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      the dee wrote: »
      Cool. So Terry Pratchett did teach me something! :eek:

      No way I could tell you the distance though.

      Give me a minute, I'll think of a question...

      Pratchett! What a man! I think it's 96 million miles!

      Minder! The distance light travels in a year is called................



      A Light Year :p


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    • #1957
      Slow Motion
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      the dee wrote: »
      Ok, who was the first woman in space?

      Yore Ma! :D


    • #1958
      the dee
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      Slow Motion wrote: »
      Pratchett! What a man! I think it's 96 million miles!

      Minder! The distance light travels in a year is called................



      A Light Year :p

      Science of Discworld book one. I learned so much from that.... :)


    • #1959
      Minder
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      Slow Motion wrote: »
      Pratchett! What a man! I think it's 96 million miles!

      Minder! The distance light travels in a year is called................



      A Light Year :p


      Doh!!


    • #1960
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      the dee wrote: »
      Ok, who was the first woman in space?

      do we get a bonus point for knowing that the only reason she was let into space was to make the rasher sambos in the morning:D


    • #1961
      Minder
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      Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova


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    • #1962
      Cathmandooo
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      the dee wrote: »
      Ok, who was the first woman in space?

      was she russian?

      jsb wrote: »
      do we get a bonus point for knowing that the only reason she was let into space was to make the rasher sambos in the morning:D

      careful now :D


    • #1963
      the dee
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      Cathooo wrote: »
      was she russian?

      She was. And Minder got it right. Congrats!


    • #1964
      Cathmandooo
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      the dee wrote: »
      She was. And Minder got it right. Congrats!

      d'oh! i never would have gotten that name :D


    • #1965
      Minder
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      Which russian leader was born Joseph Vissarionovich Jugashvili


    • #1966
      the dee
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      Minder wrote: »
      Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova

      Hmmm.... perfect spelling, and her middle name.... I'm saying nothing.


    • #1967
      Cathmandooo
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      Minder wrote: »
      Which russian leader was born Joseph Vissarionovich Jugashvili

      Stalin?


    • #1968
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      Cathooo wrote: »
      Stalin?

      yeltsin?


    • #1969
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      Lenin


    • #1970
      Minder
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      Cathooo wrote: »
      Stalin?

      Correct


    • #1971
      Cathmandooo
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      Minder wrote: »
      Correct

      yippeee


      What City was once called the Forbidden City?


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    • #1972
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      Rome


    • #1973
      Minder
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      Shanghai? Beijing?


    • #1974
      smashey
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      It's in what is now called Beijing.


    • #1975
      the dee
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      The Vatican?

      Or was it somewhere in Asia?


    • #1976
      Slow Motion
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      Cathooo wrote: »
      yippeee


      What City was once called the Forbidden City?

      Beijing (sp)?


    • #1977
      Cathmandooo
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      DesF wrote: »
      Rome

      no
      the dee wrote: »
      The Vatican?

      Or was it somewhere in Asia?

      not the vatican


      yes it's in asia


    • #1978
      Cathmandooo
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      smashey wrote: »
      It's in what is now called Beijing.
      Slow Motion wrote: »
      Beijing (sp)?

      yes but what was the city called then?


    • #1979
      Minder
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      Cathooo wrote: »
      yes but what was the city called then?

      The forbidden city:D


    • #1980
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      Minder wrote: »
      The forbidden city:D

      cheeky ;)


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    • #1981
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      Cathooo wrote: »
      yes but what was the city called then?

      The Forbidden City :D


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