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Be warned, this one is trickyââ‚Ã⠀šÃ‚¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¦!!! :disturbd:
Usual rules apply: 1) No :google: before 1:30pm, and that includes using other search engines, or asking other people or muttering the questions so the person on the desk opposite gives you the answer (you know who you are! :D) 2) No more than three answers per post. 3) The obvious answer may not be the right oneââ‚Âà ‚¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¦! ;) Here we goââ‚ ¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¦ * * * * * 1) What was the name of the runner who ran from Marathon to Athens after the Greeks had defeated the Persians and then died? 2) By what name do we know the people whom the Romans referred to as "The Painted Ones"? 3) Who was Erich Weiss better known as? 4) In Roman times, what was a "Vicus"? 5) Which institution is known as "The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street"? 6) According to Seneca, what were all that were necessary to keep the people happy? 7) In which sport do participants engage in "The Hell of the North"? 8) In 1938 which steam locomotive set a world record speed? 9) When Pink Floyd sang "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", who was the "Crazy Diamond" referred to in the title? 10) If you were mining galena ore, what element would you refine it into? 11) In a deck of card, which one is often known as "The Suicide King"? 12) In the Bible according to the first book of Timothy, what is "The Root of All Evil"? 13) Which musical features the song "Tomorrow Belongs to Me"? 14) According to Samuel Taylor Coleridge where did Kublai Khan "A stately pleasure dome decree"? 15) What is unique about the name of "Torpenhow Hill"? 16) In which city was the actor known as Cary Grant born? 17) If you studied Nephrology, which organ of the human body would you specialise in? 18) Which American City is known as "The Windy City"? 19) What is the largest single organism in the world? 20) In computing what does the acronym FIFO stand for? 21) Who wrote the children's' story "The Old Man of Lochnagar"? 22) What is the common name of the "Cricketers' Almanac"? 23) Who had a "Brain the size of a planet" and "a pain in all the diodes down my left hand side"? 24) What is the green substance in plants that allows them to create sugars from water, CO2 and sunlight? 25) Which monumental piece of architecture was incorporated into the Berlin wall when the Russians divided the city? |
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3) Harry Houdini
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5) Bank of England
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16) Bristol?
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21) Prince Charles
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6. Bread and Games
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23) Marvin the Paranoid Android
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18) Chicago
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24) Chlorophyll?
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Technically it was "Bread and Circuses" (Panem et Circum) but it's close enough :) |
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13. Annie?
12. Money? |
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2. maouri (sp)
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Come on, folks, he's running away with it! :) |
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8) Mallard
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7. Cycling (on Belgian cobblestones)
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8. The flying scotsman?
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15. its not a hill?
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18. chicago
20. first in first out |
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19. The Great Barrier Reef
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23. holly from red dwarf?
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9. Syd Barrett
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10 Lead
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I've only just noticed that - I wonder who you mean :angel: |
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1) Phidipides
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Still looking for 1, 2, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 19
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19) Jellyfish
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2)Egyptians?
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4. A winner?
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2)Scots
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2) Celts
3) harry houdini 8) Flying Dutchman |
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11 - king of hearts.
13 - cabaret |
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19) Sequoia Tree
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2. Guessing here: The Carthagians?
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19) Giant Fungus? - Or Formidable Fungus.
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11) Hearts |
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12) Love of money
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Wrong, sorry, that was another boobytrap :) |
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4. Village?
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19) coral reef (great barrier)
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2) Ancient Britons
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(Although questions may be asked as to *how* you got that answer...! ;) ) |
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2 - celts ? -edit - noticed wrong and already guessed :(
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2 is not Negroes is it?
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(Does nobody else here watch Time Team?! ;) ) |
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what is left ?
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2. Caledonians? - like in Braveheart and stuff... :erm:
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8) It was the Mallard -- Quack Quack oops
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Just 14 and 15 to go and it's :google: time!
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Yes! Got one ! :D
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13) Cabaret
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1 - Pheidippides (googled, obviously...)
edit - darn - missed that it had gone :( - having a bad day ;) |
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edit Obviously wasnt in Paradise Lost |
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15 - it means hill hill hill hill :Yikes: (googled)
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15) Tor, Pen, and How all are words that can mean hill
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15) Word means Hill hill hill hill
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Good quiz - well done ! ;)
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Sorry to MetaWraith and Angua, Zovat got there first!
Ok, that's your lot and, frankly I'm well impressed, I thought that was going to be a really difficult quiz, so well done to you all :) :clap: There will be a short pause whilst I collate the results, and, as is traditional, here's some music... #The sun on the meadow is summery warm. The stag in the forest runs free. But gather together to greet the storm. Tomorrow belongs to me. The branch of the linden is leafy and green, The Rhine gives its gold to the sea. But somewhere a glory awaits unseen. Tomorrow belongs to me. The babe in his cradle is closing his eyes The blossom embraces the bee. But soon, says a whisper; "Arise, arise, Tomorrow belongs to me!" |
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Thanks Graham,
Great quiz as usual |
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Good Quiz, some great Q's there.
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1) MetaWraith
2) NEONKNIGHT 3) Nugget 4) orangebird 5) Angua 6) danielf 7) danielf 8) Angua 9) homealone 10) homealone 11) zovat 12) MetaWraith 13) zovat 14) MetaWraith 15) zovat 16) Nugget 17) homealone 18) danielf 19) dilligaf1701 20) danielf 21) Nugget 22) Angua 23) Nugget 24) Nugget 25) Angua 5 - Nugget 4 - Angua 4 - danielf 3 - homealone 3 - MetaWraith 3 - zovat 1 - dilligaf1701 1 - NEONKNIGHT 1 - orangebird So I declare that Nugget is today's WINNER! :clap: :clap: :clap: |
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Very good Quiz - Some really tricky questions
__________________ congrats Nugget :clap: |
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