Pub Quiz thread

[yorkshirehornet]

Rogers stadium Toronto?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Rogers stadium Toronto?

Still the wrong country...

In fact the stadium in question pre-dates Canada.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Is it in the last century?

i have even been checking greek and roman history!

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Is it in the last century?

i have even been checking greek and roman history!

I'd keep checking that...

 

[colognehornet]

The Colosseum in Rome !

 

[Bolton's Boots]

The Colosseum in Rome !

Yes - it had a retractable awning known as the velarium, used as a cover for spectators but not the arena.

Over to you.

 

[colognehornet]

Cheers BB. A silly one - very silly ! In the UK and the USA it is Smith, in Germany it is Müller, in Ireland Murphy, in Russia it is Ivanova - in the Netherlands it is de Jong. What is the most common surname Worldwide ?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Wang?

 

[colognehornet]

Wang?

Not far wong there Yorkie - it is indeed Wang ! Over to you.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Ok..
What do Derwentwater and Windermere have in common?

 

[colognehornet]

Ok..
What do Derwentwater and Windermere have in common?

Er, they're both wet ?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Er, they're both wet ?

On the right track..

 

[Bolton's Boots]

They're both lakes that don't need to be called lakes? The suffixes -water and -mere both mean lake...

 

[yorkshirehornet]

They're both lakes that don't need to be called lakes? The suffixes -water and -mere both mean lake...

V irtually there... .

Der
Went
Water
Winda
Mere

are all varieties of English for water.....

over to you

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Cheers yorkie;

The rise of text messaging has threatened the extinction of what in places as diverse as Kuşköy in Northern Turkey, the Canary Islands, Oaxaca in Mexico, the Himalayas and the Greek island of Evia?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Is it to do with accents umlauts etc?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Is it to do with accents umlauts etc?

Not really - keyboards can cater for those.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Is some rare mineral mined there?

 

[colognehornet]

I think this is a kind of use of language similar to that of birds - like a whistled version of the language used for communication over long distances. This is used between shepherds in some places.

 

[Bolton's Boots]

I think this is a kind of use of language similar to that of birds - like a whistled version of the language used for communication over long distances. This is used between shepherds in some places.

That's it cologne - the places mentioned all have 'whistling' languages which are dying out as the older people die off - the younger ones prefer to use text messaging rather than learn/continue with the whistling.

Over to you.