Pub Quiz Night
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07/07/24 10:11 AM
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-1. Which New York boroughs are on Long Island? -2. Dakar is the capital of which African country? -3. Which instrument was played by jazz great Artie Shaw? -4. Who was the sweetheart of Yogi Bear in the cartoon series? -5. An osier is what species of tree? -6. What is the offspring of a female horse and a male zebra called? -7. Adagio for Strings is the best-known work of which 20th century US composer? -8. Who wrote "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs"? -9. In Greek mythology, which mountain nymph fell in love with Narcissus? -10. Who, in 1968, set a long jump record that lasted for 23 years? -11. In 1923, Canadians Frederick Banting and John MacLeod shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine for the discovery of what? -12. This is the logo of an international sporting body. Which one?
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
[Re: Urban Worrier]
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07/07/24 02:22 PM
07/07/24 02:22 PM
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8. Karl Marx
...but then when humans are involved in orchestrating ideals the concepts usually go south
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
[Re: flotsam]
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07/08/24 05:06 AM
07/08/24 05:06 AM
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What ?? You play cricket in Australia ??
Whoever heard of such a thing !!
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
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07/08/24 10:17 AM
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Great call, flotsam!  Thought that might stump most people ("stump" - geddit?. Oh well, please yourself...) I couldn't possibly comment, Mad! 
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
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07/08/24 07:01 PM
07/08/24 07:01 PM
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7. I think it might be Samuel Barber, if my memory is correct.
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