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Trivia Quiz - 53

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Just for fun - perhaps even educational. :roll:

1. China celebrates each year by naming it "The year of the ?" what is 2021 named after?
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The year of the Ox.
2. What is the official currency of India?
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Rupee
3. In a hospital what does a radiographer do?
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Takes x-rays and images of humans.
4. Which North American city is furthest North: Montreal, Toronto or Seattle?
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Seattle
5. What is the surname of the main family in TV series Downton Abbey?
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Crawley
6. Which Roman city was destroyed by the eruption of the volcano Mt Vesuvius in AD79
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Pompeii
7. Santiago is the capital of which South American country?
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Chile
8. In which country was the original Big Brother TV series first broadcast?
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Netherlands
9. Which band released the world wide hit album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band in 1967?
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The Beatles
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10. In which street in Stevenston would you find a monument to Lesley Baillie, whom Robert Burns wrote about?
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Glencairn Street ... see monument HERE
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7 today, missed out on 1,5 and 7.
Those wimin were in the nip.
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Only 6 for me this time - couldn’t remember Glencairn Street - I’m getting old...
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8 this time


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Back to school for me only 5 this time
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Keep me a seat beside you, Gus. I only got 4 this time
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4 for me. Q-4 confused me... But that's easily done.
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7 for me this time, missed out on 5, 8 and 10.

Had a lucky guess on number 4 or it would have been 6.

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brian f wrote: Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:38 pm 4 for me. Q-4 confused me... But that's easily done.
Brian, how would you have gone with Ardrossan, Saltcoats, Stevenston and Kilwinning using the same question? :?
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Hughie, I always thought ..Mexico is South of the USA and that Canada is North of the USA. But that's why Numptys like me get caught out : :roll:
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6 for me
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