mjmooney Posted December 3, 2013 Author VT Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) Answers: 1. What year was the Great Fire of London? 1666 2. What first took place in England in 1769, in St. George's burial ground, London? CHURCH-SANCTIONED CREMATION 3. Sir John Barbirolli was famously the chief conductor for which orchestra? THE HALLE 4. The PFA was founded in 1907, in the Imperial Hotel in which city? MANCHESTER 5. 22 of what were first installed in London in 1929 (initially as an aide to policing)? TELEPHONE BOXES 6. In 1966 what item of clothing was banned from the Houses of Parliament? MINISKIRT 7. How many Oscars did the film Gandhi win? EIGHT 8. In which city was rogue trader Nick Leeson tried? SINGAPORE 9. What was wrestler Big Daddy's real name? SHIRLEY CRABTREE 10. Who was Tory leader in 1998? WILLIAM HAGUE 11. Kemet (meaning 'black land') was the original name for which country? EGYPT 12. What cut-price supermarket chain was taken over by ASDA in 2010? NETTO 13. On a circuit diagram, what does an "A" in a circle mean? AMMETER 14. Who was Soviet leader from 1964 to 1982? LEONID BREZHNEV 15. Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair was subtitled "A novel without a..." what? HERO 16. What was then name of the BP oil rig that caused a huge spill in the Gulf of Mexico? DEEPWATER HORIZON 17. Which leader of the Lakota Sioux was killed in a botched arrest attempt in 1890? SITTING BULL 18. FIDE (established in Paris in 1929) is the world governing body for what? CHESS 19. Which Danish explorer had a strait, a sea and an island named after him? VITUS BERING 20. Which country banned strip clubs and topless bars in 2010? ICELAND 21. Which radio programme features "Thought for the Day"? THE TODAY PROGRAMME 22. In "A Streetcar Named Desire" what is the name of Blanche Dubois' sister? STELLA KOWALSKI 23. On what river does Lisbon stand? TAGUS 24. Juan Antonio Samaranch was head of which organisation? INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE 25. Which element has the symbol Au? GOLD 26. What form of insurance was first sold in 1666? FIRE INSURANCE 27. Which London institution has recently moved from Threadneedle Street to Paternoster Square? STOCK EXCHANGE 28. In what country was ballerina Dame Ninette de Valois born? IRELAND 29. What is the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet? PI 30. What colour is the cross on the Jamaican flag? YELLOW/GOLD Our wrong answers: 4. (Blackpool) 7. (Seven) 16. (Random guess: Deep Six) 19. (We knew it was Bering, but didn't know his first name, guessed at Anders) 22. (Random guess: Faye Dubois) 23. (Douro) 27. (Bank of England - fell into the obvious trap) 29. (Hungary - I knew that wasn't her real name, so took a random guess) Got all the others right, some admittedly being educated guesses. Edited December 3, 2013 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 3, 2013 Moderator Share Posted December 3, 2013 Ah I got Iceland, I just put it under the wrong question 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Who the hell's Nick Leeson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 3, 2013 Author VT Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2013 Who the hell's Nick Leeson? Let me Google that for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Who the hell's Nick Leeson? Let me Google that for you Just sayin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted December 3, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2013 In true VT style I'll point out the one error rather than the 49 good ones. Tacoma isn't the capital of Washington state. Olympia is. What the hell was I thinking? (in my defense, I've got other things on the mind... ) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) Even more pathetic: 1. 1666 2. Grave Robbing???? 3. London Philharmonic???? 4. Brum???? 5. Public Phones???? 6. Miniskirts???? 7. 8???? 8. Singapore???? 9. What was wrestler Big Daddy's real name? Don't know, don't care. 10. Michael Howard???? 11. Turkey???? 12. Aldi???? 13. Ammeter 14. Leonid Brezhnev 15. Title???? 16. Deepwater Horizon 17. Geronimo???? 18. Defence Exporters???? 19. Anders???? Bering???? 20. Egypt???? 21. Which radio programme features "Thought for the Day"? 22. In "A Streetcar Named Desire" what is the name of Blanche Dubois' sister? 23. On what river does Lisbon stand? 24. IOC 25. Gold 26. Fire???? 27. LSE???? 28. Algeria???? 29. Theta???? 30. Black???? D'oh. I see the answers are up already. Could have got 100% Edited December 3, 2013 by CrackpotForeigner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 3, 2013 Moderator Share Posted December 3, 2013 What the hell was I thinking? (in my defense, I've got other things on the mind... ) Giggety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 3, 2013 Author VT Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2013 Stop fishing, Levi, we get it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 3, 2013 Moderator Share Posted December 3, 2013 Concord, New Hampshire: EnglishFrankfort, Kentucky: not EnglishHmmm. Concord is French via LatinFrankfort however is English it is a derived from Frank's Ford which was so often mispronounced that it became Frankfort, it has nothing to do with a German City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I don't think Levi has been this corrected before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Name all the parishes of Jamaica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 3, 2013 Moderator Share Posted December 3, 2013 Name all the parishes of JamaicaNot going to answer as I googled but wasn't shocked. The two I knew were there and one I thought might be one wasn't, the rest I'd never have got in a month of guessing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Name all the parishes of Jamaica Calling 8pints... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Calling 8pints... Good on you '91, I'll get the next one in. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Name all the parishes of Jamaica Cornwall County has - Hanover, Saint Elizabeth, Saint James, Trelawny and Westmoreland Middlesex County has - Manchester (Where my Dada is from the capital Mandeville), Saint Mary, Saint Catherine, Saint Ann and Clarendon. Surrey County has - Saint Thomas, Portland, Kingston and (Rather unfortunately named) Saint Andrew. Calling 8pints... Haha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Name all the parishes of Jamaica I know from when I went there are 14 of them but wouldn't have a clue on the names Probably all start with " saint " if the other Caribbean Islands are anything to go by 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Probably all start with " saint " if the other Caribbean Islands are anything to go by Only 50% of them Tony, come on let's not exaggerate... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Anybody care to guess where this is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Amsterdam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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