The Quiz Thread

Tripoli - Turkey
Zagreb - Croatia
Harare - Zimbabwe
Damascus - Syria


No
Yes
Yes
Yes

Bridgetown and Port-au-Prince are in the Carrabean
Bridgetown is Barbados, can't think of Port au Prince


Yes

Belgrade - Ukraine? Trying to think of Europe League. It's Eastern block, I'm sure of it


No

Isn't Tripoli in northern Africa? Maybe Libya
Port-au-Prince is in Haiti I think.
Abu Dhabi - UAE
Harare - Zimbabwe


Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Minsk - Belarus

Abuja -Nigeria

Addis Ababa - Ethiopia

Cockburn Town - No idea but absolutely have to look this one up!

Pago Pago - I think Samoa

Tashkent - Uzbekistan 

Belgrade - Serbia?

Ok that's done.

 

Time to test your knowledge of World Capitals:

 

Please provide the matching country

 

Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates

Abuja -

Addis Ababa - Ethiopia

Apia -

Asunción - Paraguay

Belgrade - Serbia

Bridgetown - Barbados

Cockburn Town -

Damascus - Syria

Harare - Zimbabwe

Minsk - Belarus

Pago Pago - American Samoa

Podgorica -

Port-au-Prince - Haiti

Port Louis -

Santo Domingo -

Tashkent -

Tripoli - Libya

Vilnius -

Zagreb - Croatia

Oh and Apia is Samoa

Vilnius is Lithuania

Tashkent is Uzbekistan

Port Louis  is that Mauritius

Think Podgorica is Montenegro

 

Had no idea of Cockburn Town - assumed it was somewhere near the Falklands - I was wrong. I looked it up, so not putting it in.

 

There was a 3-part series with Bill Nighy set in this place...don't remember them using Cockburn Town's name.

Ok that's done.

 

Time to test your knowledge of World Capitals:

 

Please provide the matching country

 

Abu Dhabi - UAE

Abuja - Nigeria

Addis Ababa - Ethiopia

Apia - Samoa (Manu)

Asunción - Paraguay

Belgrade - Serbia

Bridgetown - Barbados

Cockburn Town - I think it is one of the Australian protectorate islands in the Indian Ocean?... Christmas?

Damascus - Syria

Harare - Zimbabwe

Minsk - Belarus

Pago Pago - Samoa (American)

Podgorica - Montenegro

Port-au-Prince - Haiti

Port Louis - Mauritius

Santo Domingo - Dominican Republic

Tashkent - Belarus

Tripoli - Libya

Vilnius - Lithuania

Zagreb - Croatia

A correct answer has been given for all but cockburn town

Turks and f**king Caicos just to finish the SOB off

I wonder who and why it was named that way. No doubt there was some tradition there of setting male chickens on fire.

Ok time to get your brain working on a Monday morning:

 

1.Christopher Cockerill invented what in 1955?
2. How many years did the Hundred Years War last?
3. What is the capital city of Canada?
4. Who is the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated?
5. The first section of railway track in Britain ran between which 2 places?
6. What colour is the the Northern Line on the London underground?
7. Who was the oldest man in the bible?
8. T or F The Peanut is a type of nut?
9. Who was the longest reigning Prime Minister of Britain in the 20th Century?
10. Which is the largest species of Tiger?
11. The Patella is commonly known as what?
12. In computing what is Ram short for?
13. Which organ secretes insulin?
14. Who was the first actor to refuse an oscar?
15. Which group of people produces the Watchtower magazine?
16. Adolf hitler became chancellor of Germany in which year?
17. Who composed 'Peer Gynt'?
18. Who was the youngest ever American President?
19. How many episodes of Fawlty Towers were made?
20. What name is given to a cross fruit of tangerines and grapefruits?
21. What do the dots on a pair of dice add up to?
22. How high is a baketball hoop?
23. In photography what does S.L.R stand for?
24. What is the motto of the SAS?
25. Which two countries signed up to the common market in 1973 alongside the U.K?
26. How many years did Nelson Mandela spend in prison?
27. Which star is the nearest to Earth?
28. What is the nearest galaxy to the Solar System?
29. What is the largest bone in the human body?
30. Which nerve forms the link between the eye and the brain?
31. Which country is reputed to have the world's oldest flag design?
32. In which year was the first FA Cup final held at Wembley?
33. What is Agoraphobia the fear of?
34. How many kilograms make up a metric tonne?
35. On what date is U.S Independence day?
36. Who said "I think therefore I am"?
37. In which country was cricketer Ted Dexter born?
38. What was the name of the policeman in Enid Blyton's 'Noddy'?
39. The clavicle is more commonly known as which bone?
40. What is the collective noun for a group of Rhino?
41. Which flag is raised when a ship is about to leave port?
42. Who painted the Laughing Cavalier?
43. Who was the father of Ham, Shem and Japheth in the bible?
44. Which country has the longest coastline?
45. Which African country has the shilling as it's currency?
46. Which planet is nearest the sun?
47. What is contained in a dish described as Lyonnaise?
48. What term describes a male swan?
49. Who might make use of a maulstick?
50. What name is given to the Jewish candlestick with special religious meaning?    
 

1. Hovercraft  (later filled with eels)

50. Menorah

48. Cob

46. Mercury

39. Collarbone

38. Mr Plod

36. René Descartes

35. July 4

34. 1000

33. Open Spaces - generally lots of people around

29. Femur

24. Who Dares Wins

23. Single Lens Reflex

21. 21

18. Teddy Roosevelt

17. Edvard Grieg

16. 1933

15. Jehovah's Witnesses

14. George C Scott (?)

13. Pancreas

12. Random Access Memory

11. Kneecap

8. F

7. Methuselah

3. Ottawa

2. 116 years

 

 

I think 6. is black

And I think 5. is Liverpool to Manchester. Somewhere up that way anyhow.

1. Hovercraft  (later filled with eels)

50. Menorah

48. Cob

46. Mercury

39. Collarbone

38. Mr Plod

36. René Descartes

35. July 4

34. 1000

33. Open Spaces - generally lots of people around

29. Femur

24. Who Dares Wins

23. Single Lens Reflex

21. 21

18. Teddy Roosevelt

17. Edvard Grieg

16. 1933

15. Jehovah's Witnesses

14. George C Scott (?)

13. Pancreas

12. Random Access Memory

11. Kneecap

8. F

7. Methuselah

3. Ottawa

2. 116 years

 

 

I think 6. is black

And I think 5. is Liverpool to Manchester. Somewhere up that way anyhow.

 

Correct on:  1,50,48,46,39,38,36,35,34,33,29,24,23,18,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,8,7,3.6

 

Incorrect on: 21(hint: have a closer look at the question),2,5

27.  Sol

  1. How many years did the Hundred Years War last? 116 years
    3. What is the capital city of Canada? Ottawa
    7. Who was the oldest man in the bible? Methuselah
    8. T or F The Peanut is a type of nut? False
    10. Which is the largest species of Tiger? Bengal?
    11. The Patella is commonly known as what? Kneecap
    12. In computing what is Ram short for? Random Access Memory
    13. Which organ secretes insulin? Pancreas
    15. Which group of people produces the Watchtower magazine? Jehovah’s Witnesses
    16. Adolf hitler became chancellor of Germany in which year? 1933?
    18. Who was the youngest ever American President? John F Kennedy Jr
    19. How many episodes of Fawlty Towers were made? 12
    21. What do the dots on a pair of dice add up to? 42
    22. How high is a baketball hoop? 10 feet
    23. In photography what does S.L.R stand for? Single lens reflex
    27. Which star is the nearest to Earth? The sun?
    29. What is the largest bone in the human body? Depends whose body. In most, it’s the Femur, but in your mum’s it’s my ■■■■■
    30. Which nerve forms the link between the eye and the brain? Optic nerve
    33. What is Agoraphobia the fear of? Open spaces
    35. On what date is U.S Independence day? July 4
    36. Who said “I think therefore I am”? Descartes
    38. What was the name of the policeman in Enid Blyton’s ‘Noddy’? Mr Plod
    39. The clavicle is more commonly known as which bone? Collar bone
    44. Which country has the longest coastline? Indonesia?
    46. Which planet is nearest the sun? Mercury
    48. What term describes a male swan? According to my dad, a "fking ct of a bird"
    50. What name is given to the Jewish candlestick with special religious meaning? Menorah

28.  I really wanna say Andromeda, but there's an itch at the back of my mind telling me there's something out there with a name that literally means close, or next to, but that might be a star.

28.  I really wanna say Andromeda, but there's an itch at the back of my mind telling me there's something out there with a name that literally means close, or next to, but that might be a star.

 

Correct