quiz for Thursday

[Penny]

1. Which country first used ' catapult' mail to speed up their ship-to-shore postal service

2. In which king's reign did the Pensioner Parliament assemble

3, Which country claims more poets per head of the population that any other

4. Deucalion in Greek myth was the equivalent of which character in the Bible

5. Who rode his own horses Allibar and Good Prospects in steeplechases

6. Which film was advertised] ' Five charming sisters on the gayest, merriest manhunt that ever snared a bewildered batchelor

7. Who painted the Rainbow Landscape, part of the Wallace Collection

8. What is twin-neck Rickenbacker

9. Where in your body is the cuboid bone

cheers Penny

[drogo]

1. France

[vannin]

3. ? Ireland?

Viv

[Victors Mate]

5 Charlie Windsor
7 Rubens

[Penny]

1.5 and 7 correct. cheers Penny

[vannin]

9. the foot

[Penny]

No. 9 correct vannin, well dne. cheers Penny

[Tiddles]

4. Noah

6. Pride and Prejudice

8. A guitar - I think Macca has played one in the past

[Penny]

Correct Tiddles, only No.3. left. answer Hungary.
more tomorrow. cheers Penny.