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OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

Discussion in 'Queens Park Rangers' started by Rollercoaster Ranger, Jun 15, 2013.

  1. sb_73

    sb_73 Well-Known Member

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    Your turn Husky.
     
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  2. superHusky1

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    In what year was the last Roman emperor in the West deposed?
     
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  3. sb_73

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    What is this, classical history night? I'll guess at 468, but I reckon this could be a highly debatable question.
     
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  4. Sooperhoop

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    410ad?...
     
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  5. superHusky1

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    Sorry, lost my internet connection for a bit.

    It's known as the 'Late Antique' or 'Late Roman' period!

    Close.
     
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  6. superHusky1

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    Good guess, but no: 410 was the year when the Goths sacked Rome but the emperorship continued.
     
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  7. colognehornet

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    The last Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was Francis the second who I think was deposed in AD 1806 during the Napoleonic period.
     
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  8. superHusky1

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    Good answer, but I'm talking about the western Roman Empire. The Holy Roman Empire was something else entirely: a creation of the High Middle Ages.
     
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  10. superHusky1

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    Over to you, Nines.
     
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    I'm amazed! Cheers Husky...

    What connects....... Pink ( The Singer ) Martin Freeman ( The Office ) Patsy Cline, Dvorak ( Composer ) and Peter Sellers?
     
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  12. sb_73

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    They are all buried in Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris?

    ...or they all have Czech/Slovak ancestry?
    ...they all have the same birthday?
    ...their favourite colour was green?
    I'm willing to bet that this isn't a significant connection Nines.
     
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  13. superHusky1

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    Without wishing to offend anyone, are they all Jewish?
     
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  14. Rollercoaster Ranger

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    I'm sure that I read that Freeman was a vegetarian. I wouldn't be surprised if Pink was, but the others I'd doubt. I'd have thought that I'd have a vague notion if Sellers was as I have read a little about him. Cline, country singer, presumably from Down South, seems unlikely unless she was a rebel. Dvorak, I couldn't even name a piece of his work
     
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    If you google any one of the above you should notice something quite obvious. The proverbial penny should then drop, supplying you with that ' Ah, aha' experience.
     
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    Birthdays? I cheated, I yahooed it (is that cheating?)
     
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  17. sb_73

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    You would recognise it though Roller. Remember the old, old Hovis adverts, cobbled streets and all? The music was Dvorak, New World Symphony I think.
     
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  18. Rollercoaster Ranger

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    This one then...

    [video=youtube;6Mq59ykPnAE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mq59ykPnAE[/video]
     
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  19. QPR999

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    Birthday's is correct, but more specifically September 8th. Today's date.

    That's the one mate.

    Over to you Twins.
     
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  20. Shawswood

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    Washington has been attacked twice since the US gained independence in 1776. The latest was by Al Quaeda on 9/11; when was the first time it was attacked, and by who?
     
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