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OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

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

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  1. Shawswood

    Shawswood Well-Known Member

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    I’ve just concluded
    You might be mathematically deluded
     
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    It's taken you this long to work that out? <laugh> Is it 8 <laugh>
     
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    It’s based on time, that’s a strong hint
     
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    And there’s me thinking I had a beautiful (****ing) mind
     
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    Zero right answers so far, that’s my final hint
     
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  7. Shawswood

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    Correct, it’s part of a time sequence hours, minutes and seconds;
    12595(7, 125958, 125959, 130000.....
    Congrats Kiwi, your medal is in the post
     
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    The first paragraph of which books starts with "Call me Ishmael"
     
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    Mobey dick
     
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    Still waiting for my medal
     
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  11. Ninj

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    Which novel begins it was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen?
     
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    Ninj, Jul 19, 2019
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    Nineteen Eighty-four
     
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    correct - your turn
     
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    I like this theme, another novel first line:

    Mother died today, or maybe it was yesterday.
     
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    The Stranger by Camus...
    The Algerian goalie
     
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    Right answer, but he was only Algiers University goalie, before he got TB. Probably my biggest hero. Not just because of the footie.
     
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    Happy families are all alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way

    Opening line of which novel
     
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    Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
     
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    qprbeth Wicked Witch of West12
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    Take it away Sir
     
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    That’s about the only thing I remember about that book.

    Which meat is the most eaten in the world? By number of people who eat it rather than volume of flesh - the answers are different, extra point if you get both.
     
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