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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by Guller Bull » Sun Sep 03, 2017 5:54 pm

That's how to win at quizzes!

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by tim_noone » Sun Sep 03, 2017 5:54 pm

Guller Bull wrote:Is it fear of knowledge?
I'll take a stab in the dark and say yes..maybe

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Sep 03, 2017 5:55 pm

Coca-Cola was what colour originally?

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by diamondpocket » Sun Sep 03, 2017 5:55 pm

green

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by tim_noone » Sun Sep 03, 2017 5:56 pm

Green

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by Imploding Turtle » Sun Sep 03, 2017 5:56 pm

FactualFrank wrote:Coca-Cola was what colour originally?
Brexit coloured.

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by Guller Bull » Sun Sep 03, 2017 5:56 pm

In blackburn "epistemephobia" means - "he urinated on my fear!"
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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by spadesclaret » Sun Sep 03, 2017 5:56 pm

I've heard this one before. It's always been the same colour.

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by Guller Bull » Sun Sep 03, 2017 5:57 pm

Red

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by gawthorpe_view » Sun Sep 03, 2017 5:57 pm

Clear

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by tim_noone » Sun Sep 03, 2017 5:58 pm

spadesclaret wrote:I've heard this one before. It's always been the same colour.
I hope your both fully clothed !
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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by gawthorpe_view » Sun Sep 03, 2017 5:58 pm

Guller Bull wrote:In blackburn "epistemephobia" means - "he urinated on my fear!"
Close, it actually means Venkys urinated on my dreams.
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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by spadesclaret » Sun Sep 03, 2017 5:59 pm

tim_noone wrote:I hope your both fully clothed !
Well, he is but I've just had a bath so I'm all ready for bed.

Don't answer that!!
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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:00 pm

Spades is right. It was a trick question, which perhaps wasn't really needed going off the posts so far. It was rumoured to be green, but according to coca cola it's always been the same.
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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by Guller Bull » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:00 pm

That'll be it till Spring now then Spades!
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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by Guller Bull » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:01 pm

Great quiz this but can I just say 4 more likes takes me to over a hundred!!!!!!
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Post by tim_noone » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:01 pm

I like to think I was half right .

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:01 pm

How old was Martin Luther King when he died?

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by spadesclaret » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:02 pm

Guller Bull wrote:That'll be it till Spring now then Spades!
I thought a change of username might have brought a change of character. No such luck!
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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by Guller Bull » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:02 pm

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by tim_noone » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:03 pm

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by diamondpocket » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:03 pm

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by Guller Bull » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:03 pm

Up a bit!
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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:04 pm

diamondpocket wrote:39
Stop Googling!

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by spadesclaret » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:04 pm

There you are, Guller Bull. 100 likes.

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by Guller Bull » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:05 pm

Legends!!!

I am so happy I couldn't give a rip that the quizmaster has got the wrong last two answers.

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by diamondpocket » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:06 pm

I'm not.

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:06 pm

Octopuses don't have red blood, they have blue blood. This is because they don't have iron based blood. Instead of iron they have what chemical element?

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Post by tim_noone » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:06 pm

spadesclaret wrote:There you are, Guller Bull. 100 likes.
He only got three...

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by Guller Bull » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:06 pm

Its ink but what is ink - pottasium?

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:07 pm

Guller Bull wrote:Legends!!!

I am so happy I couldn't give a rip that the quizmaster has got the wrong last two answers.
The last one was a trick question. So there is no wrong answer other as CC didn't change the colour. Don't be such a sore loser.
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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by gawthorpe_view » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:07 pm

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by Guller Bull » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:07 pm

I lied to cover my bases!

and after all no one wants 101 likes do they.
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Post by tim_noone » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:07 pm

Apologies maam
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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:09 pm

Guller Bull wrote:Its ink but what is ink - pottasium?
Potassium? It's a good try but it's not right.

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by spadesclaret » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:09 pm

Copper?
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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by Guller Bull » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:10 pm

dont be absurd!

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Post by tim_noone » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:11 pm

Zinc

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by gawthorpe_view » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:12 pm

It is copper

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by spadesclaret » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:12 pm

Guller Bull wrote:dont be absurd!
Who? Me?

I'll do a Hampstead Claret and tell you to stop communicating with me.

I don't want to be your auntie any more :cry:

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:12 pm

Correct Spades. It's because they have hemocyanin. When copper binds with oxygen, the discolouration is different to iron binding with oxygen, resulting in the blue colour of their blood. It's basically evolution - going back around 600 million years.
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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by diamondpocket » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:12 pm

magnesium?

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Post by Guller Bull » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:13 pm

Great answer Ex Auntie Spades!!!!
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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by spadesclaret » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:13 pm

Gosh! My absurd answer was right.

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by Guller Bull » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:14 pm

Gosh!

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:14 pm

spadesclaret wrote:Gosh! My absurd answer was right.
You guessed? :o :mrgreen:

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by tim_noone » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:14 pm

Spades came late to the quiz i suspect some tomfoolery or a ringer!

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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by Guller Bull » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:14 pm

One bath and the world is your octopus!
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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by spadesclaret » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:15 pm

FactualFrank wrote:You guessed? :o :mrgreen:
Educated guess, Frank :D
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Re: General Knowledge Quiz

Post by gawthorpe_view » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:15 pm

Octophobia?

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