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Pub Quiz thread

Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

  1. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    The Scottish coastal route ?
     
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  2. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    yes the North Coast 500...... we are doing it in May...

    over to you
     
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  3. andytoprankin

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    May the North be with you...
     
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  4. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Cheers Yorkie. Mass production of which product began as the result of something made in a prison cell ?
     
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  5. yorkshirehornet

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    toothbrushes?
     
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  6. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    All yours Yorkie. Apparently William Addis was imprisoned in 1770 for being accessory to riot and developed the toothbrush whilst there. Although variations of this had been used previously in other countries the common prison variant had been the use of crushed shells or soot <doh> He began the first mass production of toothbrushes in 1780.
     
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  7. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    OK... on the back of yours

    when and where and why was a rackets court the site of something really explosive
     
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  8. NZHorn

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    After the US entered the war a rackets court at the University of Chicago was used to test nuclear reactions in preparation for the bomb. So 1942 or 3, I should think.

    (As an aside my cousin was UK rackets champion or got to the final in the 70s. He said that it was a better game than squash.)
     
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    But not as good a drink. Morning, Evening, NZ. :)
     
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  10. yorkshirehornet

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    yes good one...

    I used to play a bit of rackets.... .very hard game.....
     
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  11. NZHorn

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    Thanks Yorkie.

    What links a legendary king, an auction item, and a (presumably) large amount of salt near the Dead Sea?
     
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  12. yorkshirehornet

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    erm......:eek:....


    a pub quiz?? ;)
     
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  13. hornethologist a.k.a. theo

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    Arthur...Negus...don't know what it could have to do with the Dead Sea salt though.
     
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  14. oldfrenchhorn

    oldfrenchhorn Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Arthurian legend says there was a King Lot. An item in an auction is a lot. Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt by the Dead Sea.?
     
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  15. yorkshirehornet

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    Good research Frenchie....
     
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  16. NZHorn

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    That's it Frenchie, well done.
    Over to you.
     
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  17. oldfrenchhorn

    oldfrenchhorn Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    In the 1500s the first legend appeared in Germany. In the 1700s it was taken to Pennsylvania with German settlers. It started out as one thing, but changed into something else. Nest making comes into the story.
    What is it?
     
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  18. hornethologist a.k.a. theo

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    Something to do with William Tell?
     
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    oldfrenchhorn Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    No sorry Theo.
     
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  20. colognehornet

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    From the clue of nest building I'll say it has something to do with German wedding traditions. Was it the practice of kidnapping the bride on the night before the wedding, where the bride has to search for her ? Which may have evolved into the hen night.
     
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