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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 added! Brain fart this morning!

Great 9 added!

"A bit of history today with some International questions thrown in to try and keep it fair! HISTORY 1. What was remarkable about the apparent appointment of Incitatus as a Roman Senator? 2. Needing somewhere highly secure, where did Henry III house his pet polar bear in the 13th century? Yes really!! 3. Which meadow in Berkshire was the site of the signing of Magna Carta in 1215? 4. King Henry IV, King Henry V and King Henry VI were members of which royal house? 5. Who was the longest serving US President? 6. Who was US President for the shortest amount of time? 7. The treaty of Waitangi established the rights of which indigenous people? 8. Which common British pub name recalls the hiding place of King Charles I after the battle of Worcester? 9. Edward Teach (alternatively spelled Edward Thatch) was better known as whom? 10. How long was the Hundred Years' War?"

I got 10. I was commenting about q7

"Thanks to Rio for yesterday, he will be back tomorrow. Mad Dog, I put you down for a 7. Can you confirm as I was a not sure re your post at 7.59? Turpinator

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3 yesterday 6 today. Obviously better at asking questions than answering them ?üôÑ Which arguably is what good parents teach. When kids come home from school better to ask them not what did you learn today but rather what questions did you ask today.

"Also 3, and same frustration with the Bedloe's Island question!"

"3 I’m sure we had the Bedloe’s Island question a few days ago, and I still couldn’t remember it!"

"they'll only spunk it on firewater, ket and fentanyl. Lucky bastards. Only joking, some amazing stories about the original colonising invaders of North America."

"Harsh, the courts have ruled that the US government should pay for taking their lands, as of now there's $1.2 billion dollars in an interest bearing account but the Lakota have refused taking it Now that's principled"

"Coff They snoozed, they losed (or something). They can fuck off and take Elizabeth Warren, Walking Eagle with them. Its needed for the new carved bust of Trump (they'll probably love it, bigly)"

"Coff They snoozed, they losed (or something). They can fuck off and take Elizabeth Warren, Walking Eagle with them. Its needed for the new carved bust of Trump (they'll probably love it, bigly)"

The Black Hills are almost sacred ground to the Lakota Sioux

"zico To be honest, I'm clinging on to some of my boyhood dreams of what america was and dread to visit and see its nothing like it. If you haven't seen Badlands with Sissy Spacek and Martin Sheen, I recommend it. I remember my sister sending me pictures of the black hills when she stayed there for a few days and was struck by the scale and drama of them."

"6... Good quiz that Rio. Do I get a cheeky bonus for ""Dr David Bruce Banner""? Mad Dog is indeed right, although his middle name is Bruce in the TV series on his gravestone! Went for Talahassee as well, only knew Bedloe's Island because I did a similar question, guessed Route 66 and knew Alaska was furthest north but hadn't the foggiest on it's capital. Most frustratingly I could see Cary Grant hanging on to the face of Mount Rushmore but couldn't remember where it was!!"

Dog - type of food is good enough. 30¬?18'N Austin 30¬?23'N Tallahassee HTH

5 Is Austin further south than Tallahassee then?

Bruce banner was changed to David banner on tv as the producers thought bruce sounded a bit gay

"I had ""a type of food"" for 7. Is that enough or do I drop to 9?"

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"1. Which road, known as the mother road, completed in November 1926 went from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California stretching 2,448 miles? Route 66 2. Which state is the Grand Canyon in? Arizona 3. Which state is home to Mount Rushmore? South Dakota (black hills - where they shot one my fave films, 'badlands') 4. The Statue of Liberty is situated on Liberty Island, what was the previous name of this Island? Bedloe's Island 5. In popular tv series 'The Hulk', what was the characters name, and for a bonus point, name both actors who played him? David Banner, Bill Bixby (rip), Lou Ferrigno 6. Which actor played 'Lou Grant' in the long running tv series of the same name? Ed Asner 7. Whit is 'Pemmican'? Mixture of dried meat and tallow (fat) and berries set into a cake bar. Used by native americans to preseve food for months, sometimes years and sold to the early settlers who even had at least one war over the commodity 8. What is the southernmost state capital in mainland USA? Austin, Texas 9. Which is the northenmost US state capital? Juneau, Alaska 10. Who was the first president of the USA? George Washington"

"I assume it's the TV show ""The INCREDIBLE Hulk""? Sorry bit late to the party today, sorry I didn't give you a reminder Rio."

"As an aside the level of questions seems to get about right There seems to be a real mix of scores. If I do well, some others don't (yesterday) and last week there were some that I thought who on earth would know that, and others were getting 8 or 9. Keep up good work"