Off Topic Saturday Quiz

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Chazz Rheinhold

Chazz Rheinhold

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The questions
1 Ten Percent by Double Exposure was the first commercially available what?
2 What are listed in a catalogue raisonné?
3 Which radical group assembled at St George’s Hill, Surrey in 1649?
4 Which animal breastfeeds for up to eight years?
5 Where is the gas crater known as the Door to Hell?
6 Which building in Virginia has 67 acres of parking spaces?
7 Whose chariot was pulled by a pair of goats?
8 Meteorologist James Stagg recommended the date for what event?
What links:
9 Istanbul (1923); Rio de Janeiro (1960); Lagos (1991); Yangon (2006)?
10 Alcman; Alcaeus; Pindar; Sappho; Simonides?
11 CPIH; CPI; RPI?
12 Collar; eyelet; strobel; swoosh; tongue; vamp?
13 Grand Duchess Anastasia; Martin Bormann; Elvis Presley; Tupac Shakur?
14 Algiers; Britain; the Century; Midway; the Sexes?
15 Desdemona’s strawberry handkerchief and Shakira’s strawberry jam?
 
my usual score is none, so don't take any notice of these stabs:

3 adamites
4 elephant
9 new records for some sport, possibly the high jump.
11 official indications of inflation, etc. not sure about cpih, but consumer price index (guess) and retail price index.
12 shoe parts
14 names of battles
 
Think 9 is the year that cities changed their names.

6 will be the CIA headquarters, can’t remember it’s name cos haven’t watched a Jason Bourne film for a while.
 
AlRawdah said:
Think 9 is the year that cities changed their names.

6 will be the CIA headquarters, can’t remember it’s name cos haven’t watched a Jason Bourne film for a while.
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Close with 9 - it's the the years they stopped being the capitals of their countries.
 
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I got 3 due to to my working knowledge of early Billy Bragg songs, rather than my working knowledge of agrarian socialism.

13 is about conspiracy theories that they didn't really die.
 
1 CD
2 French impressionists paintings
3 Gun powder plot
4 Elephant
5 Mars
6 Pentagon in Arlington Virginia.
7 Head of the Humper Lumpers
8 Haley Croppers comet
9 Earthquakes
10 Models of cars in South America
11 Indexes
12 type of fastenings
13 Still believed to be alive/Faked death.
14 Battles
15 imaginary

Toughies...all guesses.
 
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The B&S Fanclub said:
1 CD
2 French impressionists paintings
3 Gun powder plot
4 Elephant
5 Mars
6 Pentagon in Arlington Virginia.
7 Head of the Humper Lumpers
8 Haley Croppers comet
9 Earthquakes
10 Models of cars in South America
11 Indexes?
12 type of fastenings
13 Still believed to be alive.
14 Battles
15 imaginary

Toughies...all guesses.
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For the avoidance of doubt I've liked your post mainly because of your signature*. Oddly I've liked many posts by others when agreeing with part, but not necessarily all, of their posts. Not exactly a novel idea, but incomprehensible to 'some'. :emoticon-0125-mmm:

* Ditto

The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
 
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The questions with my answers
1 Ten Percent by Double Exposure was the first commercially available what? CD
2 What are listed in a catalogue raisonné? Raisin d'etre?
3 Which radical group assembled at St George’s Hill, Surrey in 1649? Pussy Riot
4 Which animal breastfeeds for up to eight years? Blue Whale
5 Where is the gas crater known as the Door to Hell? Alberta
6 Which building in Virginia has 67 acres of parking spaces? CIA HQ
7 Whose chariot was pulled by a pair of goats? Jordan
8 Meteorologist James Staggrecommended the date for what event? Ice age
What links:
9 Istanbul (1923); Rio de Janeiro (1960); Lagos (1991); Yangon (2006)? Deposed capitals
10 Alcman; Alcaeus; Pindar; Sappho; Simonides? Martial arts
11 CPIH; CPI; RPI? xG
12 Collar; eyelet; strobel; swoosh; tongue; vamp? shoe parts
13 Grand Duchess Anastasia; Martin Bormann; Elvis Presley; Tupac Shakur? Faked death
14 Algiers; Britain; the Century; Midway; the Sexes? Battles
15 Desdemona’s strawberry handkerchief and Shakira’s strawberry jam? Same as having the painters in?
 
TwoWrights said:
For the avoidance of doubt I've liked your post mainly because of your signature*. Oddly I've liked many posts by others when agreeing with part, but not necessarily all, of their posts. Not exactly a novel idea, but incomprehensible to 'some'. :emoticon-0125-mmm:

* Ditto

The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
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Liking a post on here means you agree with everything in the said post. FACT
As decreed by Syd The Tiger 2023
 
Just for any fans of Burt Bacharach, there's a great tribute gig done at Ronnie Scotts on bbc 2right now. Truly amazing stuff...

Catch up and all that, amazing stuff if you like jazz

What the world needs now, is love sweet love...
 
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