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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?"

"Europe Part III (I think) with a bonus point to any who get the link to a well known word which may have originated on WHO. 1. Zagreb is the Capital of which European Nation? 2. Which novel by James Joyce, published in 1922, features the daily appointments and occurences of Leopold Bloom in Dublin? 3. Which country, formerly part of Yugoslavia, was renamed to its current name (after some controversy) and has borders with Serbia, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Greece and Albania? 4. Which Italian River (3rd largest in Italy), rises at Mt Fumaiolo, flowing through Perugia and Rome before meeting the Sea at Ostia? 5. What were the unified armed forces (army, navy and airforce) of Nazi Germany known as? 6. Which French city on the banks of the Loire was saved from British siege by Joan of Arc in 1429? 7. Made from the Italian grape of the same name, which famous french wine from the western end of Loire valley, near Nantes has 3 regional sub-appelations; *-Sevre et Maine *-Coteaux de la Loire and *-Cotes de Grandlieu? 8. Which French acrobat crossed the Niagara on a tightrope in 1859 in many different ways, including one crossing where he stopped, sat down and cooked and ate an omelette? 9. Which Ukrainian city in Eastern Galicia has previously been part of Polan, Soviet Union, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Mongol Empire, and the Duchy of Lithuania and whose name derives from the word Lion? 10. Which Baltic country achieved independence in August 1991, whose flag is a horizontal rectangle consisting of upper blue and lower black halves and shares a border with Russia (East), Latvia (South) and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland?"

Just a single solitary one. So clearly did not get the link.

Thanks Rio appreciate it.

"Zico - no problem, probably be another one on europe unless I can think of another subject"

5

5 No link

You ok doing the quiz tomorrow Rio?

I'll give a point for anyone who put Mr Selfridge as it was a tough one that.

6 today and didn't get the link

"Damn. Missed the link too. 4, if you count Mr Selfridge, as I didn't know his first name!"

A very poor 1

4 Missed the link

4 Missed the link

That was in the super Mario bros film And apparently has been confirmed

"I wasn't sure of the Mario Brothers surnames as Google didn't seem to give me a definite answer. I was going to use a Lone Rnager real name question = John Reid, for John Lyall but interestingly not ever incarnation of The Lone Ranger was named John Reid. When you double check answers quite a lot come up a tad ambiguous!"

"8. Didnt get edward or William. Got the link when I saw Harry and Glenn and reverse engineered Sydney harbour, Ronald Reagan and King john. Initially luigi being in the mix confused me. (Fwiw both his and Mario's surnames are.... Mario. Mario Mario and luigo mario)"

"8. Didnt get edward or William. Got the link when I saw Harry and Glenn and reverse engineered Sydney harbour, Ronald Reagan and King john. Initially luigi being in the mix confused me. (Fwiw both his and Mario's surnames are.... Mario. Mario Mario and luigo mario)"

"Todays answers.... WHAT’S TODAYS LINK? 1. What is thought by many to be the deepest and largest natural harbour in the world being over 11 miles long (17.7 km) and covering an area of 21 square miles (54 sq. km)? Sydney Harbour 2. Name the former British Army major who gained infamy for his appearance on the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and was convicted in court on a single count of procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception? (I.e. he cheated!) Charles Ingram 3. Who was the first of the 30 kings and queens to eternally rest in Westminster Abbey? Edward the Confessor 4. The United States of America has only employed two divorced men as its Commander in Chief. Donald Trump was the last but who was the first? Ronald Reagan 5. The Magna Carta is a royal charter of rights agreed to by which King of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215? King John 6. In Super Mario Brother’s video game, what is the name of Mario’s younger brother? Luigi 7. In Clint Eastwoods powerful 1992 Western “Unforgiven”, what is the name of the title character Eastwood plays? William Munny 8. Who was the American businessman who founded the first large department store in Britain in 1909? Harry Gordon Selfridge 9. Which actress with eight Oscar nominations and zero awards, is tied with the late Peter O'Toole for having the most acting nominations without a win? Glenn Close 10. What’s the Link? Christian names of West Ham United’s first 9 managers in their history. (SYDNEY King, CHARLES Paynter, EDWARD Fenton, RONALD Greenwood, JOHN Lyall, LUIGI (LOU) Macari, WILLIAM Bonds, HARRY Redknapp, GLENN Roeder.)"

8 yesterday

"We should all really get today's link!! ;-) 1. What is thought by many to be the deepest and largest natural harbour in the world being over 11 miles long (17.7 km) and covering an area of 21 square miles (54 sq. km)? 2. Name the former British Army major who gained infamy for his appearance on the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and was convicted in court on a single count of procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception? (I.e. he cheated!) 3. Who was the first of the 30 kings and queens to eternally rest in Westminster Abbey? 4. The United States of America has only employed two divorced men as its Commander in Chief. Donald Trump was the last but who was the first? 5. The Magna Carta is a royal charter of rights agreed to by which King of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215? 6. In Super Mario Brother’s video game, what is the name of Mario’s younger brother? 7. In Clint Eastwoods powerful 1992 Western “Unforgiven”, what is the name of the title character Eastwood plays? 8. Who was the American businessman who founded the first large department store in Britain in 1909? 9. Which actress with eight Oscar nominations and zero awards, is tied with the late Peter O'Toole for having the most acting nominations without a win? 10. What’s the Link?"

"Morning all. Scores but Turpinator's and Easthammers still to potentially come in. Mad Dog

Surnames of England Rugby World Cup winning team

7. But still no clue as to the link.

"Thanks Charlie. Thanks Rio, hope you had a good break. Done this weeks but I'm out very early and back late on Thursday so you could do one for Thursday if you want to. No worries if not I can wallop it on before I go. Then if you like we can altenate days next week as I've got a few early starts elsewhere?"

"8 Cheers zico, I wasn’t around at the end of last week, so no scores to report there"