quiz for Friday = different

[Penny]

1 The ascetics who lived on top of pillars were called what

2. Which religion came into being in 1469

3. In which country are the Adirondack Mountains

4, The boy stood on the burning deck, during which battle

5. In which country is the game pelota particularly popular

6. Which actor married, among many others, iss Birmingham, and Miss Muscle Beach

7. What was the surname of the brothers John and William who made the first breakfast cereal

8. Which common instrument does the +Greek bazukia most closely resemble

9. From what is solar energy derived.

cheers Penny

[Monika]

3. The USA

[vannin]

9. the sun

[dita]

7.Can only think of Kellog,

[laurie53]

1 Nelson!

[Penny]

Excellent folk. 1,3,7 and 9 correct. Cheers Penny

[widget]

8, either a lyre or like a banjo

[Penny]

Near enough widget. Guitar. Good one. Thought we had lost you. Cheers Penny

[Monika]

2. That's around the time that Henry VIII wanted a divorce and the RC church would't let him so he started the Church of England?

[Penny]

Could be Monica but the answer is in fact.. Sikhism. Cheers Penny

[Monika]

No.6 My last guess was incorrect. How about this one?

The most married actor I know is Mickey Rooney, Penny. Is he the answer?

[Penny]

You are so right. What a man, not my cup of tea at all. Well done Monica. cheers Penny

[laurie53]

Penny

I can't believe you accepted Nelson for No. 1!

[Penny]

I can.t believe it either. Whatever was I thinking of Laurie. Thanks for pointing it out. The answer was. Stylites. Cheers Penny.
Two left. No. 5. Spain. No. 4 Battle of the Nile. 1798. Cheers