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"If you are stuck at home and bored like me. How about exercising the old grey cells? I have for a number of years run quiz nights and couple of times a year. I was due to do one tomorrow which is now cancelled So I have a bank of questions sitting in my computer's hard drive. They are quite eclectic in their nature. I am thinking I could put up a set of questions for which you write down your answers. After 30mins or so I will put up the answers. DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS. before I post the right answers. You mark your own answers and post your score. I will then record the scores and at the end of the ""lockdown"" we will see who is WHO's brainbox supreme. Obiviously no looking up the answers (you only cheat yourselves) Word of warning these won't be easy questions as they have been devised for teams of six. Forming teams on here might be too problematic. So I'll try to pick out the easier questions. Any interest?"

10 for me today thanks Zico obviously I've been hanging with the wrong crowd.

"Far Cough 7:48 Tue Jan 24 As I said it certainly doesn't just affect the accused! Saw the film Pierrepoint, Timothy Spall was outstanding. Harrowing film though."

"Very interesting aftermath to Ruth Ellis' hanging: Family aftermath Ruth's former husband, George Ellis, committed suicide by hanging at a Jersey hotel on 2 August 1958.[31] In 1969, Ellis's mother, Bertha Neilson, was found unconscious in a gas-filled room in her flat in Hemel Hempstead; she never fully recovered and did not speak coherently again. Ruth's son Andy, who was aged 10 at the time of his mother's execution, took his life in a bedsit in 1982 shortly after desecrating her grave. The trial judge, Sir Cecil Havers, had sent money every year for Andy's upkeep, and Christmas Humphreys, the prosecution counsel at Ruth's trial, paid for his funeral.[5] Her daughter Georgina, who was aged 3 when her mother was executed, was fostered when her father killed himself three years later. She died of cancer in 2001 at age 50.[32]"

"zeb, Pierrepoint hanged the innocent Timothy Evans don't know of any others, he also hanged Ruth Ellis but she wasn't exactly innocent"

5 today merci

Also 10 without Lady Jane Grey only Albert Pierrepoint. I actually saw one of his nooses in Bodmin Gaol. It makes you wonder how many innocent people he killed on behalf of the State.

Also 10 without Lady Jane Grey only Albert Pierrepoint. I actually saw one of his nooses in Bodmin Gaol. It makes you wonder how many innocent people he killed on behalf of the State.

10 I knew Anne Boleyn but complete guess on Catherine Howard but didn't get Lady Jane Grey

"12 for me. Thanks. And indeed it was 1977, Zico."

"History of Executions Quiz 1. Three queens have been executed in the Tower of London - can you name them? Three points Anne Boleyn (1536), Catherine Howard (1542) and Lady Jane Grey (1554) 2. In 1712 Jane Wenham became the last woman to be condemned for which crime in England? Witchcraft 3. Who was the last person hanged for High Treason in the United Kingdom? (Hint: it was on the 3rd of January 1946) William Joyce, better known as ""Lord Haw Haw” (either will do) 4. Can you name the only English king to be officially executed in England? King Charles I (in 1649) 5. What was the name of the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom? Ruth Ellis (in 1955) 6. On January 30, 1606, to avoid being hung, drawn, and quartered, who jumped from the ladder to the hanging platform and broke his neck, dying instantly? Guy Fawkes 7. In the New Testament, what did Salome, the daughter of Herod II demand? The head of John the Baptist 8. In 399 BC, Greek philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death and allegedly forced to drink an infusion of which poison? Hemlock (Conium maculatum) 9. In 1950 Timothy Evans was convicted and hanged for two murders actually committed by which serial killer? John Christie 10. What was the last name of Jack, an infamous English executioner employed by King Charles II? And what was the first name of Mr. Pierrepoint, an English hangman whose 25-year career ended in 1956? Two points Ketch (Jack Ketch) and Albert (Albert Pierrepoint) Westside - 1977ish wasn't it? Sure I have had that as a question before."

Somewhat disturbingly I know most of these.

"Bonus question. When was the last execution by guillotine, in France?"

"I'm ambivalent about Derek Bentley, I mean he was actually at the scene of the crime when the copper got shot."

"Far Cough 1:55 Tue Jan 24 Agreed. Same as Derek Bentley, absolutely scandalous. I really don't know where I sit on the death penalty, especially with such miscarriages of justice. Some individuals are so evil or have done such evil things that I feel that they deserve it. But then you think that even monsters have families, mother, fathers, siblings and is it fair that their families suffer when a crime has nothing to do with them. Such a difficult subject."

Poor Timothy Evans in a grave miscarriage of justice. May he RIP

"History of Executions Quiz 1. Three queens have been executed in the Tower of London - can you name them? Three points 2. In 1712 Jane Wenham became the last woman to be condemned for which crime in England? 3. Who was the last person hanged for High Treason in the United Kingdom? (Hint: it was on the 3rd of January 1946) 4. Can you name the only English king to be officially executed in England? 5. What was the name of the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom? 6. On January 30, 1606, to avoid being hung, drawn, and quartered, who jumped from the ladder to the hanging platform and broke his neck, dying instantly? 7. In the New Testament, what did Salome, the daughter of Herod II demand? 8. In 399 BC, Greek philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death and allegedly forced to drink an infusion of which poison? 9. In 1950 Timothy Evans was convicted and hanged for two murders actually committed by which serial killer? 10. What was the last name of Jack, an infamous English executioner employed by King Charles II? And what was the first name of Mr. Pierrepoint, an English hangman whose 25-year career ended in 1956? Two points"

Oh and 3 for me

I was given a freebie to Las Vegas when I bought my Chevy Silverado and like Zeb I had no intention of using it.

5 merci boucoup

4 here as well

4 today. One place I have absolutely no intention of visiting.

4 4ME Thanks Zico

"7, for me. Thanks."

"Las Vegas Quiz 1. What phrase did the marketing company R&R Partners come up with in 2003 which became one of the most successful marketing campaigns in tourism history? What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas 2. Las Vegas is situated within which desert? The Mojave Desert 3. What is the name of the theatre that is the main entertainment venue for Caesars Palace? The Colosseum (The Colosseum at Caesars Palace) 4. Construction on which nearby dam started in 1931? Hoover Dam originally called Boulder Dam, half a point if you put that. 5. The name Las Vegas is Spanish for what? The meadows 6. In 1967, Sands became the first of several Las Vegas hotels to be purchased by which businessman? Howard Hughes 7. The Bellagio's hotel's water shooting fountains features at the end of which 2001 film? Ocean’s Eleven 8. Which religious and cultural group erected the first permanent settlement in Las Vegas in 1855? Mormons 9. Who wrote the novel Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas'? Hunter Thompson 10. Which professional American football team relocated from Oakland to Las Vegas in 2020? Raiders (Oakland Raiders changed to Las Vegas Raiders)"

"Continuing our US theme from Wednesday Las Vegas Quiz 1. What phrase did the marketing company R&R Partners come up with in 2003 which became one of the most successful marketing campaigns in tourism history? 2. Las Vegas is situated within which desert? 3. What is the name of the theatre that is the main entertainment venue for Caesars Palace? 4. Construction on which nearby dam started in 1931? 5. The name Las Vegas is Spanish for what? 6. In 1967, Sands became the first of several Las Vegas hotels to be purchased by which businessman? 7. The Bellagio's hotel's water shooting fountains features at the end of which 2001 film? 8. Which religious and cultural group erected the first permanent settlement in Las Vegas in 1855? 9. Who wrote the novel Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas'? 10. Which professional American football team relocated from Oakland to Las Vegas in 2020?"