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Pub Quiz thread

Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

  1. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Cheers Bodbo. Which country imports the largest number of cocoa beans Worldwide ?
     
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  2. canary-dave

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    Belgium?
     
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  3. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Nope not Belgium Dave.
     
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  4. J T Bodbo

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    Vatican City
     
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  5. yorkshirehornet

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    USA?

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  6. colognehornet

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    Nothing right so far.
     
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  7. yorkshirehornet

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    Is it Netherlands?

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  8. canary-dave

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    Sticking with my theme of countries famous for their chocolate, I'll offer Switzerland.
     
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  9. colognehornet

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    Over to you Yorkie. The Netherlands has the second largest cocoa grinding industry in the World after the Ivory Coast. Take it away.
     
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    Quite an experience there JT. I guessed that it was something to do with ferries as I had just heard the safety announcement on my return, but as I tend to know them off by heart now, you do tend to ignore them. The strangest one I had was when we were stopped from boarding for nearly four hours in Portsmouth after it was discovered that someone had died in their cabin. The coroner had to be called before the person could be removed, and it was only when we finally got on board that the crew informed us why there had been a delay.
     
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  11. yorkshirehornet

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    What Cord burns well

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  12. yorkshirehornet

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    There is clearly a modern connection

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  13. J T Bodbo

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  14. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    No.... Think measurement

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  15. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    I have a few

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  16. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    Any one this side of the channel and rural will likely have one more

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  17. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    The word 'Cord' is used as a measurement of dry firewood in some English speaking countries - more American ? Is that it ?
     
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  18. yorkshirehornet

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    Yes and also used in France.. We buy wood by the cord in the UK and corde in France..

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  19. colognehornet

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    Cheers Yorkie. What was done for the last time in England in 1965 and in Scotland in 1976 ? For the first clue the English variation was done in Blackpool.
     
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  20. yorkshirehornet

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    Anything to do with dancing?

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