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

Rubecula · 2015-04-19 10:09:35

MOD NOTE: If you choose to answer a question please be willing to ask the next one if you are correct, this will keep the thread alive. Simply answer the question then post one of your own. If you want to Google the answer, well that is up to you. :) Question: To what do the "Beeching Cuts" refer?

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MOD NOTE: If you choose to answer a question please be willing to ask the next one if you are correct, this will keep the thread alive.

Simply answer the question then post one of your own.

If you want to Google the answer, well that is up to you.

Question:

To what do the "Beeching Cuts" refer?

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#2 19-04-2015 11:42am

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Railways (not looked up, but its a bit of a Brit question Rube!) Will post question when I think of something

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#3 19-04-2015 11:44am

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What is the oldest city in Ireland (city, not town)

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#4 19-04-2015 11:56am

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looksee wrote: »

What is the oldest city in Ireland (city, not town)

I am not sure but is it Waterford?

I know it is old.

(I posted a Brit question as I know more about British history and I thought it would make it a little more difficult for Irish users. No offence was intended)

In case I am right:
Question: Which country would you find Petra in?

edit: I stand corrected http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=84857301

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#5 19-04-2015 12:13pm

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Yes, Waterford is correct, though you could have fun arguing it. It seems that Dublin was (apparently) occupied earlier, but Waterford was the earliest charter. On the other hand in terms of occupation it is beginning to look as though Woodstown beside Waterford was a good bit older. All the other cities in Ireland are defined by their charters though, even if English, so I am including Waterford in that.

Lol - I meant that as a Brit (there's a lot of it about) I might be more likely to know the Beeching answer.

we are talking to each other here Rube, I don't know the answer to the Petra one for certain without looking it up so I will leave it till some of the sluggards get up!

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#6 21-04-2015 5:20pm

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Petra is in Jordan and if you ever get the opportunity it is a must see.

What was so unusual about Ernest Hemmingway's cats?

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#7 21-04-2015 5:54pm

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He didn't have any?

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#8 21-04-2015 8:25pm

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Nope, loved his paddy tats did old Ernest.....

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They had an extra toe!

By the way, Dublin is the oldest city in Ireland. I have two vintage milk bottles that say so!

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As its me, my question is.......name the urn that Russians traditionally used to make tea!

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#11 21-04-2015 9:20pm

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Samovar (?spelling)

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#12 21-04-2015 9:22pm

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Correct!

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#13 21-04-2015 9:34pm

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Soooo... thinks frantically...what is a pomelo

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#14 21-04-2015 9:39pm

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I think it is a type of grapefruit

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#15 21-04-2015 9:45pm

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Give the man a coconut! Yes it is - kinda - really nice!

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#16 21-04-2015 9:47pm

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Ok what is the fastest animal alive today?

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#17 21-04-2015 9:51pm

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My cat, she's only alive because the dog couldn't catch her...:P

Edit, I think I am probably not too far out there, cheetah?

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#18 21-04-2015 9:59pm

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Sorry no

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#19 21-04-2015 10:01pm

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Aha, I see what you did there...:cool:

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OK not sure when I will be on again so the answer is Peregrine Falcon, Next poster can ask the next question for me

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#21 21-04-2015 10:31pm

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Falcons be boids, not naminals! :mad:

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Yes that's what I thought, but they are of the animal kingdom! Like the 20 questions thing - animal, vegetable or mineral.

Ok, here's one, what major food group does a Paleo (as in Paleolithic) diet exclude?

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#23 25-04-2015 1:13pm

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looksee wrote: »

Yes that's what I thought, but they are of the animal kingdom! Like the 20 questions thing - animal, vegetable or mineral.

Ok, here's one, what major food group does a Paleo (as in Paleolithic) diet exclude?

Well I held off answering to give others a chance, and I may be wrong and didn't want to look stupid.

Paleo diet is the Caveman diet right? (If not I am going to look really silly here)

But grain, processed modern food and perhaps dairy products are the food groups you don't eat. Hope this is right

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#24 25-04-2015 2:10pm

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You are correct Rube, though mainly it is grains.

There's only us playing...

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Someone else have a go?

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#26 25-04-2015 2:13pm

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Yes please It can not be left to Looksee and me to do it all. Although it is fun to try LOL

Next poster can ask a question instead of me. Come on you know you want to.

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#27 25-04-2015 2:18pm

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Lol, sorry Rube, I offered your space thinking it was mine, lordy I am getting addled. (not entirely joking there!)

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#28 25-04-2015 2:20pm

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Tis the over indulgence on the dreaded mead lol

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What car did Caractacus Potts drive?

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Chitty chitty bang bang?

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your turn Hen xx

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Where are the Everglades?

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Without Googling.......Florida?

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All yours Jellybaby....

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Can I play?

If so... Which State was Walnut Grove in? (Walnut Grove, home of the Ingalls family on Little House on the Prairie).

And if yiz won't let me play... I'm telling on yiz.

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Yes you can play, and as a wild guess - Idaho?

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looksee wrote: »

Yes you can play, and as a wild guess - Idaho?

Nope!

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#38 27-04-2015 6:25pm

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Inspector Dhar wrote: »

Can I play?

If so... Which State was Walnut Grove in? (Walnut Grove, home of the Ingalls family on Little House on the Prairie).

And if yiz won't let me play... I'm telling on yiz.

Ill take a stab and say Virginia?

Maybe its the Waltons Im thinking of.

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Minny Soda!

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No one said I was right yet. Can someone else ask a question please? My brain hurts.

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You were right Jellybaby:)

Here's one - in which country did the ukulele originate?

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#42 29-04-2015 11:16am

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Brens, where are ya?

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#43 29-04-2015 12:13pm

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USA (I have no idea, only experience of ukulele was George Formby 'I'm leaning on a lamppost at the corner of the the street' etc, but I doubt it was invented in Lancashire!)

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Ok Looksee I'm going to be bold now and ask which part of the USA?

Where is Brens when you need him????????

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Much temptation here to google but Ill resist the urge and say that the ukulele originated in Latin America....somewhere

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Nope

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#47 29-04-2015 5:28pm

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Layinghen wrote: »

Ok Looksee I'm going to be bold now and ask which part of the USA?

Where is Brens when you need him????????

In fairness I was guessing and I looked it up after I posted. I won't elaborate as I see where you are coming from

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#48 30-04-2015 12:23pm

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Sorry Jelly Beans. And yes! Your right..

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This might be too much my specialist subject but what have Heron, Snipe, Dragon, Scorpion, Albacore all got in common?

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Just before I have my dinner, a wild guess, something to do with yukes?

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#51 30-04-2015 5:34pm

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looksee wrote: »

USA (I have no idea, only experience of ukulele was George Formby 'I'm leaning on a lamppost at the corner of the the street' etc, but I doubt it was invented in Lancashire!)

Wrong Wrong - I know this - Please Teacher, I know this:
Mr. Formby tried a ukelele but it wasn't loud enough. He actually played a "banjolele" - steel strings rather than the ukulele's gut strings and a larger and round body. And yes, he was very proficient!

Think the ukulele comes from Hawaii because, whenever I play mine, Mrs. BrensBenz does a hoola dance.

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