GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:14 pm

Falcon Chick wrote:11. siegfried?

Barry beat me to no.8! :evil:

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:14 pm

Barry Dawson wrote:Sorry FC :oops:

I'd say Lake Victoria for number 7. That's the big one in Africa eh?


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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:15 pm

Barry Dawson wrote:18. Serpent?

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby Interceptor » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:18 pm

magpie in the 80's wrote:1. In geography, the northernmost point on the African continent can be found in what country? Morocco
6. In computers, Bubble, Insertion, Selection, Heap, Quick, Merge, and Radix are all types of what? sort algorithms
12. In television, On "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", who were Buffy's watchers? Giles and ?
14. In 'miscellaneous,' which of these British ranks is the highest? A
A) Marquis B) Baron C) Viscount D) Earl
20. In science, 1 x 10 to the -35 seconds following the Big Bang, the universe entered which phase, after free quarks had been confined and condensed into normal particles? "Very Early Days" :)
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:21 pm

Interceptor wrote:
magpie in the 80's wrote:1. In geography, the northernmost point on the African continent can be found in what country? Morocco
6. In computers, Bubble, Insertion, Selection, Heap, Quick, Merge, and Radix are all types of what? sort algorithms.....CORRECT
12. In television, On "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", who were Buffy's watchers? Giles and ?....CORRECT
14. In 'miscellaneous,' which of these British ranks is the highest? A......CORRECT
A) Marquis B) Baron C) Viscount D) Earl
20. In science, 1 x 10 to the -35 seconds following the Big Bang, the universe entered which phase, after free quarks had been confined and condensed into normal particles? "Very Early Days" :)


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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby Footy Chick » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:25 pm

8. Das Rheingold?
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby smac » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:26 pm

Falcon Chick wrote:Barry beat me to no.8! :evil:

And I beat Bazz. :finga:
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:32 pm

Falcon Chick wrote:8. Das Rheingold?

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby JAS » Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:41 pm

Howdy Mags and fellow quizzers :D
Hmmmm...I might have to wake up even earlier.

Q1 Tunisia
Q3 Of all the paintings in all the world...had to study that one a few years ago for a course....it was David...Jacques-Louis David
Q10 The wonderful Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:59 pm

JAS wrote:Howdy Mags and fellow quizzers :D
Hmmmm...I might have to wake up even earlier.

Q1 Tunisia..............correct
Q3 Of all the paintings in all the world...had to study that one a few years ago for a course....it was David...Jacques-Louis David.........correct
Q10 The wonderful Alfred Lord Tennyson........correct

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G'DAY JAS...................got home late today JAS and thought i'd finish the other quiz, since there wasnt much action going on with the quiz. :wink:
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby JAS » Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:22 pm

magpie in the 80's wrote:G'DAY JAS...................got home late JAS and thought i'd finish the other quiz, since there wasnt much action going on.


:shock: :wink: :lol: Think I'll leave the inuendo's that you'll probably cop for that one to the experts.

Q25 OK I'll try the obvious...the late, great Evel

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:30 pm

JAS wrote:
magpie in the 80's wrote:G'DAY JAS...................got home late JAS and thought i'd finish the other quiz, since there wasnt much action going on.


:shock: :wink: :lol: Think I'll leave the inuendo's that you'll probably cop for that one to the experts.

Q25 OK I'll try the obvious...the late, great Evel

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby JAS » Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:55 pm

Q25 Only other motorbike stunt rider type I know of is Eddie Kidd...Kydd...no idea about the spelling :roll: I assume of course it was done deliberatly :wink: :lol:

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:24 pm

JAS wrote:Q25 Only other motorbike stunt rider type I know of is Eddie Kidd...Kydd...no idea about the spelling :roll: I assume of course it was done deliberatly :wink: :lol:

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby FattyLumpkin » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:27 pm

5. alpha particles
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby smac » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:32 pm

magpie in the 80's wrote:
smac wrote:18. Snake


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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby FattyLumpkin » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:39 pm

Q20. According to the Inflation Theory it underwnt "rapid expansion"
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby magpie in the 80's » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:40 pm

FattyLumpkin wrote:5. alpha particles


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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby magpie in the 80's » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:41 pm

smac wrote:
magpie in the 80's wrote:
smac wrote:18. Snake


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http://www.answers.com/serpent&r=67

A serpent and a snake are the same thing!


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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 29

Postby smac » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:48 pm

magpie in the 80's wrote:
smac wrote:
magpie in the 80's wrote:
smac wrote:18. Snake


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http://www.answers.com/serpent&r=67

A serpent and a snake are the same thing!


your not the quiz master :wink:

Fussy wharfie, aren't we? :lol:
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