Pub Quiz Night
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04/20/25 11:38 AM
04/20/25 11:38 AM
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-1. What nationality was the artist Jan Vermeer? -2. Which billionaire stood as a candidate in the US presidential elections in 1992 and 1996? -3. In which African country did the Mau Mau operate in the 1950s? -4. Who created the detective Sam Spade? -5. Which German physicist formulated the quantum theory? -6. What is mixed with mashed potato to make the Irish dish of colcannon? 7. Arnakuagsak was a primary goddess of which peoples? 8. What is a ‘caparison’? 9. "qoSlIj DatIvjaj" is "Happy Birthday" in which language? -10. If you are performing ‘oscitancy’, what are you doing? -11. The phrase "four legs good, two legs bad" comes from which book? -12. Who 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
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04/20/25 12:14 PM
04/20/25 12:14 PM
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Indeed - nasty times. Lex!
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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04/21/25 05:12 AM
04/21/25 05:12 AM
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Good one, flotsam!  Would also have accepted Max Planck, manxman. Doesn't seem to be complete agreement as to which of them actually came up with it (Maybe Max Planck took over while Heisenberg was brewing crystal meth  )
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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04/21/25 10:52 AM
04/21/25 10:52 AM
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9. I'm surprised Pandora hasn't answered this one. It's Happy Birthday in Klingon.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons ... for thou art crunchy and good with ketchup.
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