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A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 6:26 pm
by Bosscat
1 Which group had a hit with 'The Pushbike Song'?
2 What is the state capital of Maine?
3 What would you do with a sarape?
eat it - plant it - wear it
4 If you were 65 miles from Northampton, 80 miles from Lincoln, and 89 miles from Coventry in which city would you be?
5 What is the collective name for the islands of Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and a small part of Indonesia?
6 What is the name given to a power structure in which the power rests with a small number of people?
7 The scientific name for which well known extinct creature means 'rapid thief' when translated?
8 In which European country are The Cliffs of Moher?
9 Who was the youngest of the three BrontΓ« sisters?
10 Who is the only actor to have received two posthumous acting award nominations?
11 Which Viking is said the have discovered America?
12 Which chemical element has the atomic number 53?
chlorine - iodine - fluorine
13 What were the names of the three storms which battered the UK in December 2015?
14 In the northern hemisphere, an area of low pressure produces what wind direction? clockwise or anti-clockwise
15 Apart from 'Chaser' Shaun Wallace, who was known as The Dark Destroyer?
16 How was singer/songwriter Allan Smethurst better known?
17 What was the former name of the kitchen paper now known as Plenty?
18 What are cuisses de grenouilles?
19 Whose debut album in 1989 was 'Ten Good Reasons'?
20 Where can you buy a copy of Penguin News?
Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 6:33 pm
by Nonayforever
Isn't it Wednesday ?
Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 6:35 pm
by lakedistrictclaret
1. The Mixtures
Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 6:36 pm
by Bosscat
No idea

the days just flow ino each other these days

Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 6:36 pm
by Vino blanco
1. The mixtures
2 Augusta
7 velociraptor.
9 Anne
11. Eric
12 Nigel Benn
16. Laughing Postman
18 frogs legs
20 Falklands.
Will now think about the rest for a moment.
Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 6:36 pm
by Bosscat
Vino blanco wrote: βWed May 13, 2020 6:36 pm
1. The mixtures
2 Augusta
7 velociraptor.
9 Anne
11. Eric
12 Nigel Benn
16. Laughing Postman
18 frogs legs
20 Falklands.
Will now think about the rest for a moment.

Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 6:38 pm
by spadesclaret
16. The Singing Postman
Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 6:38 pm
by Vino blanco
6 oligarchy.
Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 6:41 pm
by Vino blanco
10 James Dean
Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 6:41 pm
by spadesclaret
5. Polynesia?
Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 6:43 pm
by spadesclaret
17. Bounty
Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 6:45 pm
by Bosscat
No... its part of Oceania which includes Polynesia Micronesia etc etc. But its also not "Oceania" as that covers more than is included in the question ... I know thats as clear as mud but

thats how it was explained to me
Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 7:01 pm
by huw.Y.WattfromWare
8. Ireland
Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 7:08 pm
by ralphdpomeroy
4. Ely ...
Where I have played Subbuteo on several occasions...see I knew it would come in useful one day ...

Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 7:18 pm
by LeadBelly
Just decided Ely myself, certainly somewhere over there- maybe Bury St Edmonds if that's a city.
Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 7:21 pm
by tiger76
I'll get back to you with my answers tomorrow,gives me some thinking time.

Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 7:23 pm
by LeadBelly
13 Anticlockwise (If I remember A level Geography (meteorology) correctly 52 years after the event).
Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 7:30 pm
by Bosscat
LeadBelly wrote: βWed May 13, 2020 7:23 pm
13 Anticlockwise (If I remember A level Geography (meteorology) correctly 52 years after the event).

Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 7:31 pm
by Bosscat
ralphdpomeroy wrote: βWed May 13, 2020 7:08 pm
4. Ely ...
Where I have played Subbuteo on several occasions...see I knew it would come in useful one day ...

thats the one that had us scratching our heads here too ... I said Cambridge or Bury-St-Edmunds never thought of Bloody Ely

Re: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 10:20 pm
by Bosscat
1 Which group had a hit with 'The Pushbike Song'?
The Mixtures
2 What is the state capital of Maine?
Augusta
3 What would you do with a sarape?
Wear it
4 If you were 65 miles from Northampton, 80 miles from Lincoln, and 89 miles from Coventry in which city would you be?
Ely
5 What is the collective name for the islands of Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and a small part of Indonesia?
Melanesia
6 What is the name given to a power structure in which the power rests with a small number of people?
Oligarchy
7 The scientific name for which well known extinct creature means 'rapid thief' when translated?
Velociraptor
8 In which European country are The Cliffs of Moher?
Republic of Ireland
9 Who was the youngest of the three BrontΓ« sisters?
Anne
10 Who is the only actor to have received two posthumous acting award nominations?
James Dean
11 Which Viking is said the have discovered America?
Leif Erikson (went on to star in The High Chaparral as Big John Gannon

)
12 Which chemical element has the atomic number 53?
Iodine
13 What were the names of the three storms which battered the UK in December 2015?
Desmond, Eva and Frank (Fact

)
14 In the northern hemisphere, an area of low pressure produces what wind direction?
Anti-clockwise
15 Apart from 'Chaser' Shaun Wallace, who was known as The Dark Destroyer?
Nigel Benn
16 How was singer/songwriter Allan Smethurst better known?
Singing Postman
17 What was the former name of the kitchen paper now known as Plenty?
Bounty
18 What are cuisses de grenouilles?
Frogs Legs
19 Whose debut album in 1989 was 'Ten Good Reasons'?
Jason Donovan
20 Where can you buy a copy of Penguin News?
Falkland Islands