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Pub Quiz thread

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

  1. Hornet-Fez

    Hornet-Fez Well-Known Member

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    On the right lines and correct as far as you've gone, but there's a general rule about the spelling... but it is not strictly applied... for example England produces whisky.
     
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  2. colognehornet

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    Is whisky blended whereas Irish whiskey is vatted ?
     
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  3. Hornet-Fez

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    Nope. You were red hot with your first answer, this is way off.
     
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  4. Hornet-Fez

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    Well in the absence of further guesswork from anyone I'll give you this. The rule of thumb is that if the name of the country of produce has an "e" then it's whiskey. So from Canada and Japan it's whisky. Typically it doesn't apply to England! Over to you.
     
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  5. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Cheers Fez. Which country consumes the most tea per capita ? 3 kilos per person per year.
     
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  6. yorkshirehornet

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  7. colognehornet

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    Turkey it is Yorkie. They consume 6.96 pounds of tea per person per year. Ireland is on second with 4.83 ahead of the UK. with 4.28 and Russia on 3.05. This is despite Turkish coffee being so World famous. Over to you.
     
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  8. yorkshirehornet

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    What fin has made it in?
     
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  9. yorkshirehornet

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    Dictionary...
     
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  13. yorkshirehornet

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    Nobody playing?
    I thought this one was easy as a news item last week.. And a real challenge for those of us who like good language...
     
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  14. oldfrenchhorn

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    Struggling with this. Something to do with new words?
     
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  15. yorkshirehornet

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    Yes... On the way with this Frenchie
     
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  16. yorkshirehornet

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    Daily mail among others reported this...
     
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  17. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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  18. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    The word Sumfin has been accepted in the Oxford concise dictionary as a slang word for something ?
     
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  19. yorkshirehornet

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    That is it Cologne.. As an acceptable spelling for something :eek:
     
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  20. colognehornet

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    The state of our language <doh> Keeping on a similar theme: In years gone by the word meant ''A person who cuts the leaves and twigs of trees to use as food for animals in winter''. Later it came to mean the animal itself looking for the same fodder. What modern word is being described ?
     
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