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quiz for Saturday

PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 3:51 pm
by Penny
1. On which British Island could married women not have their own bank account until 1975

2. Which leader was exiled from Cyprus to the Seychelles in 1956

3. On which river is Bonn

4. In Mythology, what was the only animal that could kill a basilisk

5. In which sport could you do a walley

6. What did Orson Welles call ' the biggest train-set a boy ever had'

7. Who defeated Jack Jones in the election for Chancellor of London

8. Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1975 with Ding Dig Dong

9. What was Britain's first space rocket called

cheers Penny :grouphug:

PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 4:30 pm
by Rowan
1. Channel Islands
2. Archbishop Makarios
4. Weasel

PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 4:44 pm
by Tiddles
3. Rhine - My office looked out onto the Rhine when I worked in Germany.

5. figure skating

6. Netherlands - but it was ding-a-dong and not the one you potsed.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 5:01 pm
by Victors Mate
Tiddles wrote:6. Netherlands - but it was ding-a-dong and not the one you potsed.


I think it more likely that Orson Welles called being a film director "the biggest train-set a boy ever had"

PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 5:03 pm
by Victors Mate
7. Princess Anne

PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 5:21 pm
by Penny
Gosh, you are all on the ball today. All correct, Tiddles it was as per V.M. said Orson Welles re Hollywood. Only 8 and 9 left. Will have to try to find few more for this evening. cheers Penny :grouphug:

PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 5:32 pm
by Victors Mate
9 Black Arrow

PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 5:39 pm
by Penny
Sorry VM, wrong colour. cheers Penny :grouphug:

PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 5:45 pm
by Victors Mate
Blue Streak

PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 5:56 pm
by Penny
Correct, clever man. cheers Penny :grouphug:

PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 9:35 pm
by Penny
As only No.8 left, The Netherlands, it was sung by Teach-in. cheers Penny :grouphug:

PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:29 am
by Tiddles
Penny wrote:Gosh, you are all on the ball today. All correct, Tiddles it was as per V.M. said Orson Welles re Hollywood. Only 8 and 9 left. Will have to try to find few more for this evening. cheers Penny :grouphug:


An obvious typo, Penny - I meant 8.