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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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    The Bay Psalm Book is unique for 2 reasons. Get either.
     
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  2. Shawswood

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    Just plain old " Call me Ishmael" surely??!!
     
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  3. sb_73

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    He's from Watford, I think they only have the simple English abridged version there.

    No takers for the Bay Psalm Book?
     
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    <laugh> Was it the first book published in a (then) colony of Britain ?
     
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  5. sb_73

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    Just about close enough Cologne, it is thought to be the first book printed in America, of course by the Puritans in 1640. It's also the most expensive printed book ever, $14.5m at auction.
     
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  6. colognehornet

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    Cheers Stan. They are 8 sisters who all have first names beginning with the same letter. They all jointly held a World record for about 2 years. One of them is called Eleonora - what is their family name ?
     
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    were they synchronised swimmers
     
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  8. colognehornet

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    No sorry Kiwi. A connection to water is not totally false however. Eleonora was last seen in Hong Kong.
     
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    Are they dolphins or killer whales or something?
     
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  10. colognehornet

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    Nope, another of the sisters, Estelle was recently in Rotterdam.
     
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    They are container ships, surname Maersk
     
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  12. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    That's the one Stan. 7 ships were built upon the model of the original Emma Maersk ( built in 2007) and all eight sister ships were jointly the largest container ships in the World up to about 2011. Maersk have recently got the record back with an even larger ship - the Magleby Maersk which holds up to 19,000 TEU. Over to you.
     
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    What enabled George I to inherit the throne of Great Britain and Ireland, even though there were more than 50 closer living relatives to his predecessor, Queen Anne?
     
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    Being a protestant?
     
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    Nice one Terry, thanks to the Act of Settlement 1701.
     
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  16. terryb

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    Thanks Stan.

    An easy one for you.

    Who were the four founders of the SDP?
     
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    Rodgers, Williams, Jenkins and Owen.
     
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  18. terryb

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    Back to you Stan.

    Next time Ii will get my son to set a fiendish historical question!
     
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  19. sb_73

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    They won in the end, and we got Tony Blair and an emasculated Labour Party as a result.

    What links the following:

    Raffles
    The Strand
    Eastern and Oriental
    Oranje
    Crag
    Armenia
     
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  20. sb_73

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    Too cryptic/ dull? Heres a clue - it was a family business.
     
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