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24-03-2010, 09:23 PM   #31

Re: Quiz, March 24th '10


mmmmmmmmm China sounds like a good bet!



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24-03-2010, 09:23 PM   #32

Re: Quiz, March 24th '10


China................



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24-03-2010, 09:27 PM   #33

Re: Quiz, March 24th '10


You ladies are too smart, or those were too easy! China is right' actually I thought it was us! So, here's a harder one:

When (within 5 years) and in what countr was the hoover invented? Bonus point if you know the inventor.



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24-03-2010, 09:29 PM   #34

Re: Quiz, March 24th '10


Was it a chap called Hoover????? I'd say USA - about 1936???



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24-03-2010, 09:29 PM   #35

Re: Quiz, March 24th '10


USA 1890 ? ish



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24-03-2010, 09:31 PM   #36

Re: Quiz, March 24th '10


I'll guess USA in 1897.



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24-03-2010, 09:36 PM   #37

Re: Quiz, March 24th '10


It was invented in 1907 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a janitor named James Spangler. He must have gotten tired of sweeping. Everyone got the country right so one point to all.

Q 5 From which G & S operetta does this come from:

When constabulary duty's to be done
A policeman's lot is not a happy one



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24-03-2010, 09:37 PM   #38

Re: Quiz, March 24th '10


Not good at G&S ............ Pirates of Penzance???



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24-03-2010, 09:37 PM   #39

Re: Quiz, March 24th '10


The pirates of Penzance



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24-03-2010, 09:38 PM   #40

Re: Quiz, March 24th '10


Not a clue



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