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    The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)

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    • #3722
      Orion
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      Great teamwork :)


    • #3723
      IrishZeus
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      Your last questions have been English and Geography based, which is what I did my degree in. Change topic, and I'm in trouble...! :D

      Name all 4 British cities with underground rail/metro systems?


    • #3724
      feargale
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      Orion wrote: »
      Actually did Bob Dylan ever win an Oscar? He won a Nobel prize this year.

      Correct. Shaw and Bob Dylan.


    • #3725
      feargale
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      IrishZeus wrote: »
      Your last questions have been English and Geography based, which is what I did my degree in. Change topic, and I'm in trouble...! :D

      Name all 4 British cities with underground rail/metro systems?

      London, Glasgow, Manchester, ( and Birmingham? )


    • #3726
      IrishZeus
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      feargale wrote: »
      London, Glasgow, Manchester, ( and Birmingham? )

      2 from 4.

      London and Glasgow are correct.


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    • #3727
      garancafan
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      London, Glasgow, Tyne and Wear and Liverpool.


    • #3728
      looksee
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      Is there a city called Tyne and Wear now?

      edit: no that is not a quiz question, and no its not a city...pedant, pedant... :D


    • #3729
      garancafan
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      Go to bed Looksee. You're becoming Tyne and Worn out.


    • #3730
      IrishZeus
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      garancafan wrote: »
      London, Glasgow, Tyne and Wear and Liverpool.

      Correcto - 4 from 4.

      ("Tyne and Wear" serves Newcastle Upon Tyne, so we'll give it to you :))


    • #3731
      garancafan
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      By what means of propulsion does the Lynton and Lynmouth railway in North Devon operate?


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    • #3732
      IrishZeus
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      garancafan wrote: »
      By what means of propulsion does the Lynton and Lynmouth railway in North Devon operate?


      Steam?


    • #3733
      New Home
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      Going out on a limb, here - solar?


    • #3734
      garancafan
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      IrishZeus wrote: »
      Steam?

      Nope.


    • #3735
      garancafan
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      New Home wrote: »
      Going out on a limb, here - solar?

      Nope.


    • #3736
      New Home
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      Horses?


    • #3737
      looksee
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      A cog and chain thingy.


    • #3738
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      garancafan wrote: »
      By what means of propulsion does the Lynton and Lynmouth railway in North Devon operate?

      The top and bottom trains basically pull each other by using water as ballast weight.


    • #3739
      garancafan
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      You've got it Srameen. It's a funicular cliff railway with the carriages interconnected. Each carriage sits atop a 700 gal. water tank. The water levels are adjusted (taking payload weight into account) to leave the top carriage slightly heavier than the bottom. The brakes are released and off they go.


    • #3740
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      What occupation was a Mercer?


    • #3741
      IrishZeus
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      Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
      What occupation was a Mercer?

      A cloth / fabric merchant.

      What are/were "greaves"?


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    • #3742
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      IrishZeus wrote: »
      A cloth / fabric merchant.

      What are/were "greaves"?

      More accurately imported clothes such as silk.

      Graves are armour covering the legs. It's also the term for the residue from tallow making.


    • #3743
      IrishZeus
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      Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
      More accurately imported clothes such as silk.

      Graves are armour covering the legs. It's also the term for the residue from tallow making.

      Correct :)


    • #3744
      Rubecula
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      more accurately greaves are the armour protecting the shins on the legs.

      (pedantic rubes is here) :D

      some great questions by the way folks keep it up :)


    • #3745
      IrishZeus
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      Rubecula wrote: »
      more accurately greaves are the armour protecting the shins on the legs.

      (pedantic rubes is here) :D

      some great questions by the way folks keep it up :)

      Pedantically correct :D


    • #3746
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      Only Oscar winner for acting and writing was????


    • #3747
      Orion
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      Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
      Only Oscar winner for acting and writing was????

      Sylvester Stallone I think - for Rocky.

      [edit]Not sure if he won both but definitely nominated.


    • #3748
      Rubecula
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      Was it Orson Wells?


    • #3749
      IrishZeus
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      Orion wrote: »
      Sylvester Stallone I think - for Rocky.

      [edit]Not sure if he won both but definitely nominated.

      I can't help with the answer on this one but I know Stallone was nominated for Best Actor and Best Writing for the original Rocky movie in 1976 but didn't win either. He also lost another again in 2016 for Best Supporting actor.

      My guess to the answer would be Clint Eastwood? (I'm not even sure if he writes, to be honest)


    • #3750
      ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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      None right so far. It's a woman, if that helps.


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    • #3751
      quickbeam
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      Emma Thompson.


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