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  1. J T Bodbo

    J T Bodbo Well-Known Member

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    Oops! I was half-joking, (but I know someone who visited one of the research stations at the south pole- and he said it was full of boffins and penguins - and you need a high IQ to survive - as a boffin or penguin).
    Anyway - I'll think up a question by tomorrow morning.
     
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  2. Bolton's Boots

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    You're right - about the boffins anyway. I'm not sure about the penguins though...

    Sometimes I'm not so sure about scientists either - being experts in their fields doesn't always mean having a high IQ in my experience. Said he from the bottom rung of the IQ ladder. <laugh>
     
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  3. J T Bodbo

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    Fair point - the friend I know who visited the Antarctic has written 2 books. In one of them he describes how he 'cheated' his way into Mensa - supposedly impossible !
    Anyway, I hope this is a reasonable question.
    Who said 'Remember only this, that you are British, and in the lottery of life you have won first prize'. ? (It might have been SH, but it isn't the right answer)
     
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  4. colognehornet

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    Sounds like someone from the Victorian period ?
     
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  5. colognehornet

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    Cecil Rhodes ?
     
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    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    [QUOTE="J T Bodbo, post: 11344658, member: 1017746" (It might have been SH, but it isn't the right answer)[/QUOTE]

    :laugh: Watch out he is a narcissist... he will find this ;)
     
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  7. J T Bodbo

    J T Bodbo Well-Known Member

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    Very good ! Over to you.
     
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  8. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Cheers Bodbo. Ok. According to local traditon Santa Claus lives in Madrid and makes the return journey by steam boat from your town - where do you live ?
     
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  9. Bolton's Boots

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    I do believe that's Holland - I used the same question in a Xmas quiz for my class only four weeks ago. :)
     
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  10. colognehornet

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    All yours BB. Santa Claus (or rather Sinterklaas) is not the same as Santa - they are 2 different people. According to Dutch tradition he arrives by steam boat at a different harbour each year on Dec. 5th and always departs from Rotterdam. Over to you.
     
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  11. Bolton's Boots

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    Which hand in a card game was named in honour of Wild Bill Hickok?
     
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  12. J T Bodbo

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    Dead mans hand (poker). I think it's 2 pairs (8's and aces) which WBH was holding when he was murdered. Allegedly.
     
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  13. Bolton's Boots

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    That's the one - back to you...
     
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  14. J T Bodbo

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    I really must stop this - I prefer answering them. Another will be along soon.
     
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  15. Bolton's Boots

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    Do what I do - answer them incorrectly most of the time. :)
     
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  16. J T Bodbo

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    Sorry about the delay. We are off to the theatre. Will be back this evening - will ask one then.
     
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  17. J T Bodbo

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    An Asian proverb...
    "**** is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe"
    What is **** ?
     
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  18. Bolton's Boots

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    There are a few chess aficionados on this board - I'm surprised none of them has jumped in to answer this. :)
     
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  19. colognehornet

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    I've heard the expression used about chess but I was puzzled by there being only 4 stars. I would guess at 'life' as the missing word ?
     
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  20. J T Bodbo

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    You lot are all far too clever! I didn't intend to mislead with 4 *. sorry. anyway, yes it's Indian and yes it's about Chess. So I think BB has answered it - sorry cologne.
     
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