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quiz for Thursday - quickies

Postby Penny » Thu Oct 19, 2017 2:53 pm

1. What emblem does the Jaguar car sport

2. The practice of kissing what part of the Pope's anatomy was abolished in 1773

3. Which of the Three musketeers shared a name with a Greek mountain

4. Why did Zeus have Prometheus chained to a rock

5. Who won soccer's Canon soccer league in the 1984-85 season

6. When was Raquel Welch born

7. Who coined the phrase for FBI agents - G-cMen

8. Which composer was born in Bonn in 1777

9. Which is the lightest of the elements.

cheers Penny :grouphug:
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Re: quiz for Thursday - quickies

Postby Andere Richtingen » Thu Oct 19, 2017 3:00 pm

2. His toe
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Postby dita » Thu Oct 19, 2017 3:12 pm

6. 1940 Chicago
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Postby Penny » Thu Oct 19, 2017 3:19 pm

1 and 6 correct. Good start ladies. Cheers Penny
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Postby vannin » Thu Oct 19, 2017 3:52 pm

1. a four-legged jaguar
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Postby Penny » Thu Oct 19, 2017 4:32 pm

Correct vannin. Cheers Penny
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Postby widget » Thu Oct 19, 2017 6:03 pm

9, Hydrogen
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Re: quiz for Thursday - quickies

Postby laurie53 » Thu Oct 19, 2017 8:17 pm

7 Pretty Boy Floyd (but it might have been Dillinger)
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Re: quiz for Thursday - quickies

Postby Penny » Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:50 pm

No.7 and 9 correct. Also from USA I was given. George ( machine gun ). Kelly for number 7. Cheers Penny
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Re: quiz for Thursday - quickies

Postby laurie53 » Fri Oct 20, 2017 11:04 am

No 7 Done a bit of research Penny, and for the record, you are right.

First recorded use was by Machine Gun Kelly.
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Re: quiz for Thursday - quickies

Postby Penny » Fri Oct 20, 2017 11:14 am

Delighted you searched the answer Laurie. Great to keep the old brain cells busy. Well done you. Hope you are feeling o.k. these days. Keep warm. Cheers Penny
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