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11-11-2009, 09:06 PM   #11

Re: Quiz, November 11th '09


That's a tricky one ................ Africa?



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11-11-2009, 09:06 PM   #12

Re: Quiz, November 11th '09


Afghanistan



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11-11-2009, 09:08 PM   #13

Re: Quiz, November 11th '09


Afhganistan it is: from Alexander the Great to the present ....

Q2 What is the origin of the word jodhpurs?



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11-11-2009, 09:09 PM   #14

Re: Quiz, November 11th '09


Think that Anglo-Indian but not sure of the stem/s



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11-11-2009, 09:11 PM   #15

Re: Quiz, November 11th '09


India--young ladies with tight trousers and a whip--such was an Empire raised upon



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11-11-2009, 09:12 PM   #16

Re: Quiz, November 11th '09


It is from a hindu/asian garment meaning baggy above the knee. Adopted to describe riding trousers.



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11-11-2009, 09:15 PM   #17

Re: Quiz, November 11th '09


They were named after the former Indian state of Jodhpur in India.

Q 3 In what year did the UK adopt Summer Time?



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11-11-2009, 09:16 PM   #18

Re: Quiz, November 11th '09


baggy above the knee?

That is something only the officer classs said about a lady???



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11-11-2009, 09:16 PM   #19

Re: Quiz, November 11th '09


Longer than one might think ............. 1916



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11-11-2009, 09:16 PM   #20

Re: Quiz, November 11th '09


No idea - guess 1920



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