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Some trivia questions;
1. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, a country's per capita Nobel Prize tally is positively affected by its consumption of what? 2. What do the following people have in common; Paul David Hewson, Edison Arantes do Nascimento and Richard Melville Hall? 3. Where are the Islets of Langerhans? 4. In literature, Mr J Fawley is better known as....? 5. Why is Chalara fraxinea in the news at the moment? |
11-10-2012, 01:45 PM | #9979 |
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1. Rice?
2. They have all been forwards in Arsenal? 3. The smaller islands adjacent to Langerhans? 4. The simpleton? 5. Because of Elm's disease? |
11-10-2012, 02:04 PM | #9980 |
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1. Chocolate
3. The pancreas 4. Jude the Obscure Fraxinus is the Ash tree (we have a couple) genus, so I expect there's some connection with your Chalara fraxinea Last edited by Shayne Parkinson; 11-10-2012 at 02:11 PM. |
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I'm not going to try 1,3 or 4, as no doubt Shayne will have nailed them.
2. Music? 5. Ash tree disease? |
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3. Correct 4. Correct It is linked to the Ash tree, but is a European thing really, so the full answer will probably come from one of our European members. |
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I heard the chocolate story discussed on the radio recently. It was a story that caught my attention.
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Just the answer to number 2 to get. Start by working out how they are better known. |
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For some reason it is known as elm tree disease in Scandinavia, wonder why, I think it is the same disease.
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Tried to be funny about the Langhans, since that is in the skin, I guess that one didn't catch on. |
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2. Is it something to do with their nicknames being derived from an association their full name (middle name?) has with something else? I say this because Richard Melville Hall is the real name of Moby (Melville is the connection, obviously). |
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