Tripoli - Turkey
Zagreb - Croatia
Harare - Zimbabwe
Damascus - Syria
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Tripoli - Turkey
Zagreb - Croatia
Harare - Zimbabwe
Damascus - Syria
Bridgetown and Port-au-Prince are in the Carrabean
Bridgetown is Barbados, can't think of Port au Prince
Belgrade - Ukraine? Trying to think of Europe League. It's Eastern block, I'm sure of it
Isn't Tripoli in northern Africa? Maybe Libya
Port-au-Prince is in Haiti I think.
Abu Dhabi - UAE
Harare - Zimbabwe
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
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