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OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

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  1. Sooperhoop

    Sooperhoop Well-Known Member

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    An easy one as I'll be out most of today:

    His great uncle was a six times world motorsport champion, he made 46 appearances for the All Blacks - who is he?...

    If you get the answer don't wait for me to confirm, just carry on...
     
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  2. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Was it Aaron Mauger (Based only on the name I have to say).
     
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  3. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    OK. I'll just carry on. My question:
    What is missing from the following sequence :
    Strasbourg - Hamburg - Cologne - Washington - Paris - New York
     
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  4. sb_73

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    Neasden. Strike that, Dollis Hill.

    Give us a clue, is this geography, politics, history some kind of cipher, or what?
     
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  5. colognehornet

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    More to do with history - they all have something in common, one after the other (But one is missing from the list)
     
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  6. colognehornet

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    More clues: precede Strasbourg with Lincoln, Tallinn and Stralsund (In that order) and add Oklahoma City after New York. There is still one missing (Between Hamburg and Cologne).
     
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  7. QPR999

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    This could well be the toughest question yet.
     
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  8. sb_73

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    World's tallest church/ Cathedral? Missing one Rouen
     
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  9. Sooperhoop

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    London, St Paul's?...
     
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  10. colognehornet

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    Absolutely correct sb. it is a chronology of the locations of the tallest man made structures in the World. The Cathedral in Rouen replaced the Nikoliskirche in Hamburg and was in turn replaced by Cologne Cathedral - the first non religious building to top the list was the Washington Tower in 1884. Over to you.
     
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  11. sb_73

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    In which battle were most British men killed in a single day?

    (easy to look up)
     
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    The Battle of Ypres. ( It's a guess. )
     
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  13. The other R in Houston

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    I'm going to go with the first day of the offensive at the Somme.
     
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  14. sb_73

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    Afraid not Nines.
     
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    The other R in Houston Well-Known Member

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    If I'm right - how many men (not just the British) were evacuated from Dunkirk?
     
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  16. sb_73

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    It's not the Somme either Houston, though I think that's the second, and would have been my guess if I had not watched a documentary a couple of years ago....
     
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  17. colognehornet

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    Waterloo ?
     
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  18. sb_73

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    No. Surprisingly few British fought at Waterloo, 23,000 alongside 44,000 Belgians, Dutch, Spanish and Prussians v 74,000 French.
     
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    Not, strictly speaking, a battle - but was it during the Dunkirk evacuation ?
     
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    Battle of Paschendale
     
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