Answers next week, no cheating. If you Google the answers don't post. 1) Which is the only team still playing in one of the top 4 English Football divisions to have won the FA cup in 3 consecutive seasons? 2) In which city was footballer Eric Cantona born? 3) By unit sales, what is the best-selling musical instrument in the world? 4) Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest.True or false? 5) The young of which bird are always brought up by foster parents? 6) Which legendary ghost ship is the title of an opera by Wagner? 7) Which movie legend coined the phrase 'the true king of pop, rock and soul' when presenting an award to Michael Jackson in 1989? 8) What railway station should have been the final destination of the train involved in the Great Train Robbery of 1963? 9) Which country, including its overseas territories, has the most time zones in the world? 10) Which is the only planet to spin clockwise? 11) Jazz club founder Ronnie Scott is most associated with which instrument? 12) Bill Hickok is the principal male in which musical? 13) Where is the largest naval dockyard in the United States, and the world? 14) What is the chemical symbol for gold? 15) What does the phrase 'Auld lang syne' refer to? 16) With which London theatre is Shakespeare most associated? 17) Which is the 3rd largest populated democratic country in the world? 18) What was the first name of the fictional pilot known as Biggles? 19) What country is the largest exporter of grapes in the world? 20) Solsbury Hill, a song by Peter Gabriel, is located in which English county?
1) 2) Marseille 3) 4) True 5) Cuckoo 6) Mary Celeste 7) 8) 9) France 10) 11) Saxophone 12) 13) Norfolk, Virginia 14) Au 15) 16) The Globe 17) 18) 19) 20)
1. Blackburn 2. Marseille 3. Recorder 4. True, I’m going because of somewhere in the World is higher than Mount Everest & there’s bees there, but they couldn’t actually physically fly above Mount Everest. 5. Cuckoo 6. 7. Clint Eastwood 8. Kings Cross 9. Russia 10. Neptune 11. Sax 12. Barnum 13. Hawaii 14. Au 15. Old year ends 16. The Globe 17. Brazil 18. Rupert 19. Spain 20. Kent
a fair bit of guesswork follows. 1) Blackburn Rovers 2) Strasbourg 3) Recorder 4) True 5) Cuckoo 6) Flying Dutchman 7) 8) London Euston 9) France 10) Venus 11) Saxophone 12) Calamity Jane 13) Ulsan, South Korea 14) Au 15) 16) The Globe 17) USA 18) James 19) Chile 20) Somerset
I didn't read question 13 correctly. Newport News is (I think) the largest dockyard in the USA. Ulsan is the largest in the world.
You have a point there when you read closely. Google the answer and you get - ' The largest naval base in the world and the United States is Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Station_Norfolk
1. 2. 3. Recorder 4. 5. Cuckoo 6. Flying Dutchman 7. 8. 9. USA 10. Uranus 11. Saxophone 12. Annie 13. 14. Au 15. Old times sake 16. The Globe 17. Brazil 18. James 19. 20. Somerset Answer range - Not a clue, I know that, hmmmm might be, oh just guess.
1) Blackburn 2) Paris 3) Guitar 4) False 5) Cuckoo 6) Marie Celeste 7) Vincent Price 8) Kings Cross 9) Russia 10) Earth 11) Trumpet 12) Carousel 13) Norfolk, Virginia 14) Ng 15) See you again 16) Globe 17) USA 18) William 19) South Africa 20) Wiltshire All guesses
ANSWERS BELOW... 1) Which is the only team still playing in one of the top 4 English Football divisions to have won the FA cup in 3 consecutive seasons? 2) In which city was footballer Eric Cantona born? 3) By unit sales, what is the best-selling musical instrument in the world? 4) Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest.True or false? 5) The young of which bird are always brought up by foster parents? 6) Which legendary ghost ship is the title of an opera by Wagner? 7) Which movie legend coined the phrase 'the true king of pop, rock and soul' when presenting an award to Michael Jackson in 1989? 8) What railway station should have been the final destination of the train involved in the Great Train Robbery of 1963? 9) Which country, including its overseas territories, has the most time zones in the world? 10) Which is the only planet to spin clockwise? 11) Jazz club founder Ronnie Scott is most associated with which instrument? 12) Bill Hickok is the principal male in which musical? 13) Where is the largest naval dockyard in the United States, and the world? 14) What is the chemical symbol for gold? 15) What does the phrase 'Auld lang syne' refer to? 16) With which London theatre is Shakespeare most associated? 17) Which is the 3rd largest populated democratic country in the world? 18) What was the first name of the fictional pilot known as Biggles? 19) What country is the largest exporter of grapes in the world 20) Solsbury Hill, a song by Peter Gabriel, is located in which English county? Answers... 1) Blackburn Rovers 2) Marseille 3) The harmonica is the best-selling instrument due to its affordability and portability 4) True 5) Cuckoo 6) The Flying Dutchman 7) Elizabeth Taylor 8) London Euston 9) France 10) Venus 11) Saxophone 12) Calamity Jane 13) Naval Station (NS) Norfolk, Virginia, USA 14) Au 15) Old times 16) The Globe 17) Indonesia 18 James 19) Peru 20) Somerset
Three = piss poor effort from me. I'll have to shred that application for 'The Chase'...Just a minute they accept any daft **** on there. EDIT....Correction Four...Still $hite.
You're not alone with this one. Most people have struggled to get a decent score. Better luck next time - October.
