It's Summer so this must be Old Pete's Summer quiz! This is not a test of how good you are at googling - finding out the answer from a data base is not the same as knowing it or working it out – but if that’s what turns you on so be it.
Answers will be published next Thursday - next round of questions next Friday.
The COYS Summer Quiz 2014
Round 1
1. What links a hand held bomb with Scotland, Wales, Ireland and a village in the Scottish borders
2.Which is the Odd one out - Newfoundland, the Pyrenees, Yorkshire, Alsace, New York, Aberdeen, Peking
3. What connects - Liseux (Normandy ) Avilla ( Spain ) and Calcutta (India )
4. What do Alaska and Louisiana have in common
5. What is the connection between - Che Guevara ;Marianne Faithful and Dave Myers
6. Where am I ? – The people here love their magpies ; kittiwakes nest under one of its bridges , a cardinal is commemorated in stone.
7.Who am I ? I was born in Cheapside London ; I rose through the ranks of powerful institution ; I was made head of the institutions English branch ; But I fell out of favour with the local big boss –Following a show down in Northampton. I fled to the continent but returned to take up my office again. The Big Boss was very angry and his inflammatory words led to my being killed at my workplace.
8. In the 11th century which was the largest English city after London.
9. A fruit and a planet were essential back up to a successful landing - what were they
10. Why would King John ,Queen Anne and Queen Victoria be unique amongst English monarchs ( post the Norman conquest )
The Summer Quiz 2014 Round 1
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Date: 06/06/2014 23:21
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No idea withiut Googling but great to have you back quizzing, have learnt so much this morning just trying to find the answers. Looking forward to watching the answers appear. Well done pete. My ambitiom this season is to get just one question right..
4. They were both purchased from another country - The French territory of Louisiana (different to present day Louisiana) was bought from France, and AK from the Russians, and we're hoping that Putin doesn't want it back!
7. Thomas a' Beckett?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2014:06:07:06:03:27 by Jon in Alaska.
2 is New york
6 is Newcastle
9 is Challenger and Saturn
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8: I've a feeling its either Salisbury or Winchester, we did the Domesday Book at school and seem to remember there was still quite a strong seat of power in that neck of the woods before the Normans invaded
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