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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
    Slow Motion
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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
    justsomebloke
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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
    justsomebloke
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    Cathooo wrote: »
    Stalin?

    yeltsin?


  • #1969
    _blank_
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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
    _blank_
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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
    Cathmandooo
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    Minder wrote: »
    The forbidden city:D

    cheeky ;)


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

    The Forbidden City :D


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