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22-03-2011, 08:03 AM
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Beginners quizz

An easy quizz

1. All of these songs with the word 'world' in the song title?
a. It's the only thing that there's just too little of
b. But it wouldn't be nothing without a woman or a girl
c. That's great, it starts with an earthquake
d. Jeremiah was a bullfrog
e. Don't know much about the French I took
f. Well gidy up gidy up and get away
g. Birds sing out of tune and rain clouds hide the moon
h. Other eyes see the stars up in the skies, but for me they shine in your eyes

2. Which street in London takes its name from a croquet-like game once played by Charles I ?

3. Which TV family lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane

4. In what year was NATO established?

5. What type of dog is named after a Canadian province?

6. According to Plato, what was found just beyond the Pillars of Hercules?

7. The 'Privilege' is the world's largest disco with a throbbing capacity of 10,000. This tourist goal is found on which European island ?

8. Roy Harold Scherer und Doris von Kappelhof were better known as ..... ?

9. In Fawlty Towers what was the name of Manuel's pet hamster, which was really a rat?

10. Who was known as the 'First Lady of Song'?
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22-03-2011, 10:57 PM
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Re: Beginners quizz

Oh good, I know a few answers (I think)!

1a - What the World Needs Now

1e - Wonderful World

1g - World Without Love

4 - 1949

5 - Labrador

10 - Ella Fitzgerald

Will have to have a good think about the others....
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23-03-2011, 08:50 AM
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AB, You seem to be a man with too much time on his hands.....
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23-03-2011, 09:51 AM
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Barry, ' Time ' is what you make it.

You can waste it or use it efficiently, the art of multi-tasking uses time efficiently.
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23-03-2011, 01:28 PM
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Good quiz AB, I've only completed Q1 so far!

1a. What the World needs now.

1b. It's a man's man's World.

1c. It's the end of the World.

1d. Joy to the World.

1e. Wonderful World.

1f.. Rocking all over the World.

1g. A World without love.

1h. You're my World.

.... to be continued I hope!
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23-03-2011, 08:45 PM
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I only know the name of Manuel's rat, he called it Basil after his boss.
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24-03-2011, 03:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Mags ->
Good quiz AB, I've only completed Q1 so far!

1a. What the World needs now.

1b. It's a man's man's World.

1c. It's the end of the World.

1d. Joy to the World.

1e. Wonderful World.

1f.. Rocking all over the World.

1g. A World without love.

1h. You're my World.

.... to be continued I hope!
Well done Mags, just another nine to go.
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27-03-2011, 12:14 PM
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Bump, answers Tuesday.
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27-03-2011, 02:56 PM
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2. Pall Mall?

3. Munsters

4. 1949

5. Newfoundland

6. Atlantis?

7. ????

8. ????

9. Basil

10. The one and only Ella Fitzgerald!
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27-03-2011, 05:54 PM
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7. Ibiza ?
8. Rock Hudson / Doris Day?
 



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