By OldPete
June 22 2011
Pete says, "we have listened to comments and reverted to the user friendly format of previous years. No prizes, no promotion, no relegation - perhaps we could call it the Magners Quiz?" All answers and discussion to go on this thread then. Round Three questions follow below...
The Summer Quiz 2011
Round Three
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Which country has an archbishop and a president as its joint heads of state ?
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What posthumously links Robin Hood, Marco Polo, John Lennon, Christopher Columbus, George Best and Leonardo da Vinci?
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Q3 |
How did a rock star by adding a letter restore an iconic sign?
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Which Salford born clergyman whose father who was shot by the French is commemorated each year by a group of French sportsmen at a grave in Southern France?
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What connects a West End Impresario, Something About Mary and the member for Whitney?
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Which is the odd one out and why? - spaghetti , penne , impasto , campanelle, angellotti, lumache ?
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Where and roughly when might the way a person made the sign of the cross indicate their allegiance in a great schism?
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In the first world war, Britain, France. Belgium even Italy and later the USA had forces confronting Germany on the western front. One other European nation also joined the conflict and sent troops to the western front. Who?
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Whose Northampton based campaign led to the right of witnesses to affirm in both civil and criminal courts?
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Q10 |
Identify by their " known as " names the following - the eternal xxxx.; The granite xxxx ; The xxxx that never sleeps ; The rose or pink xxxx ; the windy xxxx ;
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