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feargale · 13-04-2017 12:50AM

garancafan wrote: »

I'm not familiar with the colours of County Italy.

County Italy's flag is red, white and green. It's soccer colour is sky blue, the colour of the House of Savoy whence Italian Unification originated.
Venezuela's flag has the same colours, red, yellow and blue, as Colombia and Ecuador, with which it was united for a time after independence from Spain as Greater Bogotà. All three having the same colours is a bit awkward in soccer, so Venezuela decided that if you stir all three colours in a pot you get wine colour, hence their gansey.

Corkgirl18 · 13-04-2017 10:58AM

garancafan wrote: »

In music what does SATB mean?

The voices in a choir - Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass

garancafan · 13-04-2017 04:37PM

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

The voices in a choir - Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass

Spot on Corkgirl. Glad you said voices and not singers.

Corkgirl18 · 13-04-2017 07:00PM

On April 1, 1974, a man called Oliver "Porky" Bickar carried out an April Fool's prank in Kruzof Island, Alaska.
What did he do?

Rubecula · 13-04-2017 08:23PM

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

On April 1, 1974, a man called Oliver "Porky" Bickar carried out an April Fool's prank in Kruzof Island, Alaska.
What did he do?

I remember this, lol still makes me smile, he set fire to tyres in a dormant volcano and scared the bejeezus out of the town folk. oddly can't remember that name though

Corkgirl18 · 13-04-2017 11:22PM

Rubecula wrote: »

I remember this, lol still makes me smile, he set fire to tyres in a dormant volcano and scared the bejeezus out of the town folk. oddly can't remember that name though

Exactly! The locals thought Mount Edgecumbe was erupting due to the smoke from the burning tyres. He was planning it for years apparently.

Jellybaby1 · 13-04-2017 11:30PM

Rubecula wrote: »

lacrosse?

if right someone else can set the question Looksee for example or jellybaby

Ah, that's sweet, you still believe I'm following this quiz. Gave up ages ago. Nip in now and again though.

feargale · 14-04-2017 12:43AM

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Ah, that's sweet, you still believe I'm following this quiz. Gave up ages ago. Nip in now and again though.

Well there's no law that says you can't nip in to answer/post a question and nip out again.

Rubecula · 14-04-2017 03:10AM

never been nipped by a jellybaby myself but please ask a question if you have one xxx

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 14-04-2017 08:58AM

Rubecula wrote: »

never been nipped by a jellybaby myself but please ask a question if you have one xxx

Why don't you ask one? Novel idea, I know, but what the heck. Go for it.

Jellybaby1 · 14-04-2017 03:27PM

All my previous questions were answered within seconds, yiz drained the fizz outta that fer me yiz did!!

Can never think up one quickly enough anyway. Yiz must be desperate to ask me now!!!

Maybe another time though, when I hope to catch ye all out! As ye were..

looksee · 14-04-2017 03:52PM

I'm in the same boat JB, but I think lots of fast questions is better than obscure stuff that has to be sweated out. I rarely get to answer though, most of my questions are 'spares' that I throw in to keep it going - and they get answered immediately!

feargale · 17-04-2017 03:10AM

In what country was Florence Nightingale born?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 17-04-2017 09:15AM

feargale wrote: »

In what country was Florence Nightingale born?

I always remember this one by her name - Italy.

feargale · 17-04-2017 03:50PM

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

I always remember this one by her name - Italy.

Correct. Born in Florence.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 17-04-2017 04:03PM

What, specifically, connects

Alec Guinness
Paula Yates
Walter Matthau
Pierre Trudeau
and
Reggie Kay.

DMcL1971 · 17-04-2017 09:15PM

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

What, specifically, connects

Alec Guinness
Paula Yates
Walter Matthau
Pierre Trudeau
and
Reggie Kay.

They all died in 2000?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 17-04-2017 09:20PM

DMcL1971 wrote: »

They all died in 2000?

No, they all died in 2000.;)

That's it. Your question next so.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 22-04-2017 09:59PM

It seems we have another answer and run.

So, just to get a question going again.

In Thunderbirds, what was the first name of Miss Penelope's butler and chauffeur?

OldGoat · 24-04-2017 08:40AM

Aloysius "Nosey" Parker. I do loves me a Thunderbird question.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 24-04-2017 08:52AM

OldGoat wrote: »

Aloysius "Nosey" Parker. I do loves me a Thunderbird question.

The very fellow. Your question...

OldGoat · 24-04-2017 09:00AM

In the Star Trek universes the same actress has voiced the ships computer. She has also appeared onscreen as various characters in most of the TV series.
Anyone know her name?

Rubecula · 24-04-2017 12:25PM

Love Star Trek always have done, I have seen every episode so many times.

No I am not going to answer just yet, let others have a go ps I will also avoid giving clues on another person's question.

IrishZeus · 24-04-2017 07:51PM

Majel Barrett-Rodenberry

Was a true trekkie when younger!

Rubecula · 25-04-2017 12:52AM

IrishZeus wrote: »

Majel Barrett-Rodenberry

Was a true trekkie when younger!

I think you are right, she was in the very first one as No. 1 as well.

OldGoat · 25-04-2017 08:27AM

Yep it was Majel.
Interestingly enough she has been in all six of the TV Star Trek series and she will be in the seventh too. A new Star Trek series is about to be launched, Star Trek Discovery. Before her death Majels voice was recorded phonetically and the intention is to use it again as the computers voice.
/Zips up NERD anorak

IrishZeus · 25-04-2017 09:30PM

Keeping with the Trek theme, why is October 24th, 1991, a significant date for trekkies?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 25-04-2017 09:48PM

IrishZeus wrote: »

Keeping with the Trek theme, why is October 24th, 1991, a significant date for trekkies?

A pure guess but that would be about when Gene Roddenberry died. I'll go for it being his death.

IrishZeus · 25-04-2017 11:43PM

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

A pure guess but that would be about when Gene Roddenberry died. I'll go for it being his death.

Correct.

OldGoat · 26-04-2017 08:48AM

IrishZeus wrote: »

Correct.

Awwwww. I was gonna guess with that being the stardate for the "Kobayashi Maru" incident.

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