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Yes, that's it, Orlok. Times have changed!
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Thanks for that one Shayne, interesting.
Every Friday a work colleague sends out a quiz which I will now post here. Looking at it, I apologise in advance for the UK bias in a few of these questions. 1, In which series of action films does the character of John McClane appear? 2, Which American singer has a backing band called `The E Street Band`? 3, Poseidon and Neptune were the Greek and Roman Gods of what? 4, What is 8,848 Metres high and grows approx. 4 mm each year? 5, What name is given to the fear of spiders? 6, Who played Inspector Morse on TV? 7, What type of animals are the cartoon characters Chip and Dale? 8, Which is the only planet in our Solar System that is not named after either a Greek or Roman God? 9, Who wrote the horror book `The Shining`? 10, In Greek mythology, what was Medusa`s hair made of? 11, In which British TV show is there a pub called the Woolpack? 12, With which British Rock group did Ozzy Osbourne make his name? 13, Who did Margaret Thatcher replace as leader of the Conservative party? 14, What is Frank Spencer`s wife`s name in the TV comedy show `Some Mothers Do Have `Em`? 15, Who wears `The Fisherman`s Ring`? 16, In what year was the first travellers cheque cashed? |
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2. Bruce Springsteen?
3. The Sea? 5. Arachnophobia? 7. Chipmunks? |
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1. Die Hard
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1. Die Hard, the best Christmas movie ever!
4. Mount Everest 8. Earth 9. Stephen King 10. Snakes |
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12. Black Sabbath
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3 The Sea
4 Mount Everest 5 Arachnaphobia 6 John Thaw 7 Chipmunks 8 Earth 9 Stephen King 10 Snakes 11 Emmerdale 12 Ummm... Black Sabbath? 13 Edward Heath 14 Betty 16 (wild guess) 1875? |
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6. John Thawe 11. Emmerdale 13. Edward Heath? 14. Betty EDIT: beaten to it... |
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So; red_phoenix 4 points pdurrant 6 points HIMS 4 points Just numbers 15 and 16 to get. Last edited by Bilbo1967; 02-14-2014 at 09:28 AM. |
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15. The Pope?
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Correct.
red_phoenix 4 points pdurrant 6 points HIMS 5 points HIMS can catch pdurrant with the last answer. Just number 16 to go; Quote:
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(I was thinking of Thomas Cook. I'm glad to see I was so close.)
OK then, with those constraints, how about: 16: 1864 |
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