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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?"

"Continuing the music lyric quiz Round 4 - Towns, Cities, Places 1. Just listen to the rhythm of gentle bossanova you'll be dancing with 'em too, before the night is over 2. And I have met my destiny in quite a similar way The history book on the shelf is always repeating itself 3. I want to wake up in the city that never sleeps 4. He's got this dream about buyin' some land He's gonna give up the booze and the one night stands 5. Able and his brother, fighting one another in and out of every dive Able and his brother, fighting one another 6. All across the nation such a strange vibration 7. Fame and fortune is a magnet, it can pull you far away from home With a dream in your heart you're never alone 8. Time flies - doesn't seem a minute since the Tyrolean spa had the chess boys in it All change - don't you know that when you play at this level there's no ordinary venue 9. Take a look where you're livin, you got the army on the street And the RUC dog of repression, is barking at your feet 10. You Scumbag you maggot, you cheap lousy faggot"

7 today & 4 yesterday

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"Great scores gents. Far Cough you are right, my bad!! My dear mum worked with Barnes Wallis at Farnborough I think. She was working on the levitating bed, not sure why, maybe they were trying to beat Christopher Cockrell! Always remember her saying he was a lovely man, but very eccentric, although many geniuses are. She learnt a lot from him as she went on to design the windows of Concorde. Always proud of that!"

"7 A pedant writes, it's Barnes Wallis"

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"INVENTORS & INVENTIONS 1. Christopher Cockerell invented what type of vehicle? The Hovercraft 2. Which civilisation first used concrete? The Romans 3. Who is credited with inventing in 1924 the quick freezing method, which produces the type of frozen foods that we know today? Clarence Birdseye 4. What does VHS stand for? Video Home System 5. Who invented the bouncing bomb in the Second World War? Barnes Wallace 6. Which company launched the first personal navigation device in 2004? TomTom 7. For two points which two major companies jointly developed the Compact Disc in 1979? Sony & Philips 8. Which metal was first developed by Harold Brearley in 1912? Stainless Steel 9. What invention made the fortune of Alfred Nobel? Dynamite 10. The Wright brothers were two American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful motor-operated airplane. For two points what were their first names? Orville & Wilbur"

"The site is slower than Mark Noble in full flight today and this thread even slower. Anyone else experiencing it? Just wondering fellas if it's worth starting a new thread as I suspect this one is hundreds of pages long and that's why it takes an age to load. Anyway today is INVENTORS & INVENTIONS 1. Christopher Cockerell invented what type of vehicle? 2. Which civilisation first used concrete? 3. Who is credited with inventing in 1924 the quick freezing method, which produces the type of frozen foods that we know today? 4. What does VHS stand for? 5. Who invented the bouncing bomb in the Second World War? 6. Which company launched the first personal navigation device in 2004? 7. For two points which two major companies jointly developed the Compact Disc in 1979? 8. Which metal was first developed by Harold Brearley in 1912? 9. What invention made the fortune of Alfred Nobel? 10. The Wright brothers were two American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful motor-operated airplane. For two points what were their first names?"

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"MEMORABLE SPORTING MOMENTS – FILL IN THE GAPS 1. 2014 FA Cup Final - Arsenal 3-2.................... Hull City 2. 2008 Wimbledon Men’s final …………..….. beat Roger Federer 6-4 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-7 (8-10) 9-7 Rafael Nadal 3. 2012 London Olympics – Super Saturday – Three Gold Medals won for Britain in 44 minutes inside the London Stadium by Jessica Ennis-Hill, Mo Farah and ……………….. Greg Rutherford 4. US Golf Masters in 2016 - ……………….. became the first man from the British Isles to win at Augusta since Nick Faldo in 1996. Danny Willett 5. Sydney Summer Olympics 2000 - Steve Redgrave won his fifth Olympic gold in the coxless fours, joined by Matthew Pinsent, James Cracknell and ……………….. Tim Foster 6. 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics - Jesse Owens wins four gold medals in the 100m, 200m, ……………….., and 4x100m relay Long Jump 7. 1954: Bannister breaks four-minute mile - Roger Bannister became the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes aided by two pacemakers, Chris Brasher and ……………….. Chris Chataway 8. September 15, 1978 - boxer Muhammad Ali defeats ………………..at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans to win the world heavyweight boxing title for the third time in his career, the first fighter ever to do so. Leon Spinks 9. Aintree 1981 - In the fairytale of Aintree jockey ……………….. and Aldaniti win the Grand National in 1981. Bob Champion 10. Mexico City Summer Olympics1968 - Bob Beamon set a World record for the Long jump with a jump of 8.90 metres, destroying the last record by about 2 ft. The record stood for 23 years until ………………..broke it by only 2 inches in 1991, a record that stands till this day. Mike Powell"

"Sorry I meant Charlie!! Mad Dog

I posted the questions so nothing for me

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"Will ""finally"" post the scorers once I get Turninator's in. In the meantime as a celebration that I can finally copy and paste via PC I am uploading tomorrows quiz early to give you a bit of time to work out these questions on MEMORABLE SPORTING MOMENTS – FILL IN THE GAPS 1. 2014 FA Cup Final - Arsenal 3-2.................... 2. 2008 Wimbledon Men’s final …………..….. beat Roger Federer 6-4 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-7 (8-10) 9-7 3. 2012 London Olympics – Super Saturday – Three Gold Medals won for Britain in 44 minutes inside the London Stadium by Jessica Ennis-Hill, Mo Farah and ……………….. 4. US Golf Masters in 2016 - ……………….. became the first man from the British Isles to win at Augusta since Nick Faldo in 1996. 5. Sydney Summer Olympics 2000 - Steve Redgrave won his fifth Olympic gold in the coxless fours, joined by Matthew Pinsent, James Cracknell and ……………….. 6. 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics - Jesse Owens wins four gold medals in the 100m, 200m, ……………….., and 4x100m relay 7. 1954: Bannister breaks four-minute mile - Roger Bannister became the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes aided by two pacemakers, Chris Brasher and ……………….. 8. September 15, 1978 - boxer Muhammad Ali defeats ………………..at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans to win the world heavyweight boxing title for the third time in his career, the first fighter ever to do so. 9. Aintree 1981 - In the fairytale of Aintree jockey ……………….. and Aldaniti win the Grand National in 1981. 10. Mexico City Summer Olympics1968 - Bob Beamon set a World record for the Long jump with a jump of 8.90 metres, destroying the last record by about 2 ft. The record stood for 23 years until ………………..broke it by only 2 inches in 1991, a record that stands till this day."

6.5 thanks

Oops can't count either. Make that 7.5

9.5 - Only gave oil as the ingredient of plastic.