Pub Quiz thread

[yorkshirehornet]

OK.....

What do a seller of perfumes and pulling a branch have in common in relation to what they were trained to do.... ?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

The name Gandhi means 'seller of perfume' - the 'famous' Gandhi was a bit of a peace activist who 'pulled' an olive branch or two in his time?

A bit of a stab in the dark really...

 

[hornethologist a.k.a. theo]

Perfume sellers must be trained to smell I suppose, so does training tree branches improve the blossom scent for pollenators?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

The name Gandhi means 'seller of perfume' - the 'famous' Gandhi was a bit of a peace activist who 'pulled' an olive branch or two in his time?

A bit of a stab in the dark really...

you are a third of the way there.... you have Gandhi.... now you need the other person... and then what they were both trained to do...

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Perfume sellers must be trained to smell I suppose, so does training tree branches improve the blossom scent for pollenators?

erm... good try .. but no....

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

you are a third of the way there.... you have Gandhi.... now you need the other person... and then what they were both trained to do...

Gandhi was trained as a lawyer, beyond that I have no idea.

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

Wasn't Nehru a lawyer to?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Gandhi trained as a barrister - is that one of the missing two thirds?

Whoops - bit late with that!!

 

[NZHorn]

Gandhi, a barrister, also lived in South Africa and Nelson Mandela was a trained lawyer and his name means pulling a branch in Xhosa.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Gandhi, a barrister, also lived in South Africa and Nelson Mandela was a trained lawyer and his name means pulling a branch in Xhosa.

Spot on...... well done... good effort one and all...

 

[NZHorn]

What connects an invasion of Spain, a chain of convenience stores, and Mumbai bombings?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Yikes... getting nowhere so far on this one...

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Yikes... getting nowhere so far on this one...

You and me both...

 

[FosseFilberto]

What connects an invasion of Spain, a chain of convenience stores, and Mumbai bombings?

Spar

Spartans invaded Spain (not many people know that) Spar is a chain of convenience stores - and the Mumbai bombers worked undercover in a health 'Spa' ... I may just have made all of that up on the "spar" of the moment

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Spar

Spartans invaded Spain (not many people know that) Spar is a chain of convenience stores - and the Mumbai bombers worked undercover in a health 'Spa' ... I may just have made all of that up on the "spar" of the moment

wow.. you must have spar brain cells to work that one out..

 

[NZHorn]

Here is a clue. It's all about time.

 

[Bolton's Boots]

The Mumbai bombings in 2006 were a series of 7 bomb blasts over a period of 11 minutes - could relate to the convenience store chain 7-Eleven. The Moors invaded Spain in 711.

Took a bit of research - it had better be the right answer....

 

[hornethologist a.k.a. theo]

When the Moors reached the border of Spain
They found that they'd run out of grain
Tescos shut up by four
So they blew up the door
Using bombs from a Mumbai-born Jain

 

[FosseFilberto]

When the Moors reached the border of Spain
They found that they'd run out of grain
Tescos shut up by four
So they blew up the door
Using bombs from a Mumbai-born Jain

... b****r I was just going to write that ...

 

[NZHorn]

The Mumbai bombings in 2006 were a series of 7 bomb blasts over a period of 11 minutes - could relate to the convenience store chain 7-Eleven. The Moors invaded Spain in 711.

Took a bit of research - it had better be the right answer....

That's close enough. You actually made another link, BB. The Mumbai bombings took place on July 11th - 7/11.

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