Quiz 12th Oct

[Shelley123]

Hello, anyone want to play :lol:

[angieh]

Hey-ho, I'm here!

[dandysmom]

Here I am! Hi, Shelley!

[calismum]

I would!! Hi there - just been looking at Slack Alice - lol

[pamela81]

hey there, im here too thought i was going to be running late but thankfully not

[angieh]

That's a wizard pose! Hi all!!!

[Shelley123]

I would!! Hi there - just been looking at Slack Alice - lol

:lol: he's a right one
Hello, nice to see you all

[Shelley123]

Shall we begin ????

[dandysmom]

Hi all, a good crowd tonight! :D

[lynz85]

evening all!!

[Shelley123]

do we know if Lynz is coming ?

[dandysmom]

Fire away, Shelley!

[Shelley123]

there you are ;)

[Shelley123]

1.In which country is Aceh province the scene of the 2004 Tsunami ?

[pamela81]

im ready to play if everyone else is :)

[pamela81]

is it thailand?

[dandysmom]

Indonesia..... ???

[Shelley123]

not Thailand, Pamela

[calismum]

Indonesia..................

[pamela81]

pb indonesia then please

[lynz85]

indonesia?////////

[angieh]

Indonesia I think.

[dandysmom]

Hi lynz! .......

[Shelley123]

Indonesia is correct.

2.Who wears a Chasuble ?

[Elaine]

Hiya, mind if I cut in for a wee while?

[Shelley123]

Hi Elaine, your welcome :)

[angieh]

Hi Elaine ............

A priest??????

[Elaine]

A priest of some sort or a monk?

[dandysmom]

A Roman Catholic priest .

Great crowd tonight!!

[lynz85]

hi elaine!

pb preist

[calismum]

I'll pb priest then

[pamela81]

pb priest aswell please

[Shelley123]

Priest is correct

3.Where were the Elgin marbles from originally ?

[dandysmom]

With so many playing tonight you have to be quick typing! :D

[Elaine]

The parthenon, greece

[angieh]

Greece???????????

[dandysmom]

The Parthenon in Greece.

[lynz85]

pb greece............

[angieh]

Best number of players in quite a while!

[dandysmom]

Fun, isn't it, Angie!

[Shelley123]

Best number of players in quite a while!

it's great, how i'll keep you all under control i don't know ;)

[dandysmom]

it's great, how i'll keep you all under control i don't know ;)

Crack the whip, ringmaster!! :mrgreen:

[Shelley123]

how are you feeling Lynz ?

[Elaine]

it's great, how i'll keep you all under control i don't know ;)



No need to keep me under control, you all know I am always very well behaved;) , It's Eileen and Angie who cause all the trouble:lol:

[angieh]

What's the saying .... "speak softly and carry a big stick"?

[Shelley123]

Crack the whip, ringmaster!! :mrgreen:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[calismum]

Agree - Greece

Great to see so many here

[angieh]

No need to keep me under control, you all know I am always very well behaved;) , It's Eileen and Angie who cause all the trouble:lol:

:oops: :oops: :oops: :shock: :shock: :shock: :cry:

[Shelley123]

No need to keep me under control, you all know I am always very well behaved;) , It's Eileen and Angie who cause all the trouble:lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[dandysmom]

Oh right, Elaine ....... have you been on the happy sauce? :mrgreen:

[dandysmom]

What's the saying .... "speak softly and carry a big stick"?

Do you remember who said that, Angie?

[Elaine]

It's a documented fact people, happy sauce or not:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Shelley123]

Greece is correct you clever lot

4. What song start with “Friday night and the lights are low “?

[Elaine]

Abba, dancing queen

[dandysmom]

Pass on this one ........

[lynz85]

dancing queen!!

[pamela81]

abba dancing queen

[Shelley123]

Pass on this one ........

what songs that, Eileen ?;) :lol:

[calismum]

Yes, Dancing Queen

[dandysmom]

"documented" ...remember what Lucy said to Charlie Brown after pulling the football away once more ..... the document wasn't notarized .....

[Elaine]

"documented" ...remember what Lucy said to Charlie Brown after pulling the football away once more ..... the document wasn't notarized .....



:lol: :lol: :lol: good come back, you're so sharp tonight you are in danger of cutting yourself;)

[dandysmom]

:lol: :lol: :lol: good come back, you're so sharp tonight you are in danger of cutting yourself;)

Hee hee hee.........

[angieh]

Do you remember who said that, Angie?

Not sure, thought it might be one of your Presidents - Lincoln maybe???

[dandysmom]

Not sure, thought it might be one of your Presidents - Lincoln maybe???

Teddy Roosevelt ......

[Shelley123]

Dancing queen by Abba is correct 1976 i think, i was sweet sixteen, well sixteen anyway ;)

[Shelley123]

5.According to legend, what will happen to Gibraltar’s ape population if the British leave ?

[dandysmom]

They'll die off......???

[angieh]

They will all die ..................

I thought it was the other way round though - that if the apes left, British rule would fail.

[lynz85]

they'll increase??????

[angieh]

Teddy Roosevelt ......

Ah! I was wondering if I might have misquoted Snoopy!

[Elaine]

They'll have to grow their own bananas:lol:


Sorry but isnt the ledgend, if the "apes" leave Gibraltar it will cease to be brittish, rather than if the Brittish leave....

[pamela81]

im going to be different and agree with lynz

[Shelley123]

they'll increase??????

wrong answer, good point

[dandysmom]

I thought it was as Angie said ....... British would leave.. :smt017

[calismum]

I also thought other way round :(

[Elaine]

If the apes leave though, every one can have their sandwiches in peace:lol:

[dandysmom]

If the apes leave though, every one can have their sandwiches in peace:lol:

GOOD one! ..........

[Shelley123]

They'll have to grow their own bananas:lol:


Sorry but isnt the ledgend, if the "apes" leave Gibraltar it will cease to be brittish, rather than if the Brittish leave....

well the question was if the apes leave but it rings a bell about the British leaving too, just googled and there are a few legends connected with the apes, so if you have sais either i will award points accordingly

[calismum]

If the apes leave though, every one can have their sandwiches in peace:lol:

lol :lol: :lol: :lol:

[dandysmom]

Sounds fair to me .....

[Shelley123]

done

6.How many valves does a Bugle have ?

[angieh]

And me ............... I have visited the apes, they are quite a mean bunch!

[dandysmom]

Pass on the bugle Q .....

[angieh]

I have absolutely no idea! Will guess 4.

[Elaine]

Just googled it and there is a ledgend that goes on about the apes leaving but amounting to the same thing really, sorry for splitting hairs Shelly xxx

[calismum]

None? ..................

[Elaine]

A bugle has NO valves

[Shelley123]

Just googled it and there is a ledgend that goes on about the apes leaving but amounting to the same thing really, sorry for splitting hairs Shelly xxx

it's good to know the real answer Elaine, just shows some of these questions should probs be checked by googling

[Elaine]

Little dog needs to pee, be right back xxx

[Shelley123]

Little dog needs to pee, be right back xxx

no probs we'l wait

[dandysmom]

it's good to know the real answer Elaine, just shows some of these questions should probs be checked by googling

That's happened to me a couple of times .... embarrassing.

[Shelley123]

two correct answers, one point available

[Shelley123]

That's happened to me a couple of times .... embarrassing.

:lol: :lol: :lol: we are such a bright lot on here

[Elaine]

Am back;)................

[dandysmom]

I'll go with None, then

[dandysmom]

:lol: :lol: :lol: we are such a bright lot on here

In all seriousness, we are........ really!

[Shelley123]

yes the Bugle has none, bit of a trick question that one

7.What is a Blenheim Orange ?

[Elaine]

Trick question me thinks, dont know what it is but I bet it's not an orange.

[dandysmom]

Wild guess: one grown in the conservatory at Blenheim ???

[Shelley123]

In all seriousness, we are........ really!

when i first started joining in i wasn't so good but did improve as time went on, must have got the old brain cells working ;)