Pub Quiz Night
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08/18/24 11:20 AM
08/18/24 11:20 AM
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-1. The Maritime Alps run along the border between which two countries? -2. Who wrote The Godfather? -3. Albert de Salvo is notoriously better known by which nickname? -4. The name of which gas comes from the Greek word for hidden? 5. What medical condition was once known as "king's evil"? -6. Which 20th century US composer wrote Appalachian Spring? 7. W hat is the common name of the mammal Mustele erminea? -8. Who, in 1985, became the youngest ever world chess champion? -9. What kind of food is sapsago? -10. What was Bing Crosby's real first name? -11. What French spa was the seat of Marshall PĂ©etains collaborationist government from 1940 to 1944? -12. What kind of knot is this?
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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08/18/24 01:24 PM
08/18/24 01:24 PM
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2. Mario Puzo ... great book and great movie
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
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08/18/24 01:35 PM
08/18/24 01:35 PM
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Marian beat you to it, soot - try another?
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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08/18/24 01:49 PM
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You don't fool me, soot!  But you do know your geography...
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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08/19/24 06:12 AM
08/19/24 06:12 AM
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Indiana
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9. It's Sap Sago - a hard Swiss cheese. This is one of my favorite crossword clues. (I'm a trial solver for Dell Puzzles.)
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons ...
for thou art crunchy and good with ketchup.
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
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08/19/24 06:49 AM
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(I'm a trial solver for Dell Puzzles.) Really? That's seriously cool! 
I'm not brave. I'm just past the age where running is an option.
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
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08/19/24 09:09 AM
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United Kingdom
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10. Harry (Lillis ?)
Not sure about the middle name 🙄
Time : The Most Precious Commodity
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Re: Pub Quiz Night
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08/19/24 11:45 AM
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All good!  Lady K - any idea how it got its name? SD - is Dell puzzles a US thing? Is it connected to Dell PCs? Mad - Lillis it is!
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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08/19/24 03:55 PM
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The Garden State
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Lady K - any idea how it got its name?
I know it's mainly used to shorten rope lines, but what it has to do with a sheep's shank, I don't have a clue except maybe its shape resembles one. 
When life shuts a door, open it again. It's a door. That's how they work.
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I sure can try ... 
