quiz for Sunday

[Penny]

1. Which is Sicily's best known wine

2. Why were territorial waters originally set three miles

3, By what name are we more like to to recognize Sitsang

4. Who wrote ' The reason that husbands and wives do not understand each other is because they belong to different sexes

5. Which is the longest Olympic track race

6. Who played Lady dedlock in B.B.Cs. Bleak House

7. Elsa Schaiparelli introduced which vivid colour onto the fashion scene in the 1930s

8. Whose father wore herring boxes in place of shoes

9. What takes 365 days, 6 hours and 10minutes.

10. Which city is the capitol of Niger

cheers Penny

[Victors Mate]

1. Marsala
2 one day's sailing?
5 10,000 metres
8 Clementine.

[Rowan]

3. Tibet
7. shocking pink
8. Clementine
9. one evolution of the earth round the sun

[Penny]

Brilliant, 1,2,4,7,8 and 9 correct. cheers Penny

[Victors Mate]

Penny re Question 5 I would be very surprised if there were a longer Olympic Event "on the Track" than the 10,000 mwtres.

[vannin]

6. Which version of Bleak House? Gillian Anderson

[Penny]

Sorry VM. Put No.2 instead of 5. Must be getting old.

No. 6 Diana Rigg , 1985.but if there was a version with Gillian Anderson then of course I accept that. Some of my trivia is bit dated, like me. cheers Penny

[drogo]

2. It was the distance of a cannon shot.

[Penny]

Correct Drog, well done Last 1. No.10. Capital of Niger is Niarney..
cheers Penny.

[vannin]

The Bleak House of recent years was about 2007 and had a great galaxy of stars of whom Gillian Anderson was one.