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Trivia Quiz - 59

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Just for fun - perhaps even educational. :roll:

1. What number do the Roman numerals XIX represent?
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19
2. How many pawns does one player start with in the game of chess?
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Eight
3. Who went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat in the famous poem by Edward Lear?
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The owl and the pussy cat
4. Which British Prime Minister had the nickname of The Iron Lady?
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Margaret Thatcher
5. How many right angles does a cube have?
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24
6. Which singer was born Arnold George Dorsey in 1936?
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Engel Humperdinck
7. In what year was the Channel Tunnel between England and France officially opened?
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1994
8. In which 1960s TV series did Clint Eastwood star as the cowhand Rowdy Yates?
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Rawhide
9. Who wrote the famous play Romeo and Juliet?
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William Shakespeare
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10. What world record attempt was held in the Saltcoats Beach Pavilion in 1958?
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Bit of an easy one this time, managed a 10 first one for a long time.

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7 today.
Those wimin were in the nip.
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8 for me this time
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7 for me ..
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Improvement, 8 this time....

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4/10

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Couple of guesses but 8 today
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