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Granny's Quiz Wish Granted

Don't proof read the questions too much, I've tried not to have any embarassing typo errors in this one :o

1. What was the Beatles’ first film A Hard Day's Night - Phylum

2. Who was Ronald Reagan’s first wife? Jane Wyman - Phylum

3. Which novel begins with ‘The great fish moved
silently through the water’? Jaws - Phylum

4. Which planet has the shortest year? Mercury - Phylum

5. How much are rooms rented for in the song King of the Road? 50 Cents - Phylum

6.Which American sport employs clowns to protect the spectators? Rodeo - Phylum

7.Which Italian explorer was buried in the Dominican Republic? Christopher Colombus - Get 'A' Grip

8. Where is your medulla oblongata? In the brain - Grannyclaret

9. Which former Hereford United professional went on to claim a higher rank than any footballer had previously aspired to? David Icke (Son of God) - Gayle

10. What commodity was the Rockerfeller fortune based on? Oil - Grannyclaret

11. Who was Helen of Troy’s Trojan lover? Paris - Get 'A' Grip

12. What sportingly speedy footwear was invented in Belgium by Joseph Merlin in 1760? Roller Skates - Get 'A' Grip

13. Which country did Athens defeat at the Battle of Marathon? Persia - Grannyclaret

14. Which famous Welshman’s autobiography was called Seven Pillars of Wisdom? T E Lawrence (of Arabia) - Grannyclaret

15. Which vegetable produces E162 red food colouring? Beetroot - Get 'A' Grip

16. How many internationals did Gareth Edwards miss in his career from 1967 to 1978? Zero - Rishton Blue

17. Which country’s capital is Praha, according to its natives? Czechoslavakia (Prague) - ossy kid

18. Which of Aesop’s fabled animals assumed the grapes he couldn’t reach must be sour anyway? Fox - Margaret Pilkington

19. What did Benny Hill gather-in on his first top twenty hit? Mushrooms - Granny claret

20. What creatures transmit bubonic plague? Flea's - Phylum

Re: Granny's Quiz Wish Granted

1. Hard Day's Night
2. Jane Wyman
3. Jaws
4. Mercury
5. Rooms for rent - 50c
6. Clowns - Rodeo

Re: Granny's Quiz Wish Granted

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Originally Posted by Phylum

1. Hard Day's Night
2. Jane Wyman
3. Jaws
4. Mercury
5. Rooms for rent - 50c
6. Clowns - Rodeo

Bloody hell Phyl your on the ball today ....... all correct ;)

Re: Granny's Quiz Wish Granted

11.Paris, Prince of Troy.

Re: Granny's Quiz Wish Granted

10..oil
8..the brain stem just above the spinal cord.

Re: Granny's Quiz Wish Granted

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Originally Posted by Get`A`Grip

15.Beetroot

11.Paris, Prince of Troy

Both correct ........ but

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Originally Posted by Get`A`Grip

17. Cape Verde

not what I have here

Re: Granny's Quiz Wish Granted

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Originally Posted by grannyclaret

10..oil
8..the brain stem just above the spinal cord.

Both correct Granny :)

Re: Granny's Quiz Wish Granted

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Originally Posted by grannyclaret

14...t.e lawrence

It most certainly is :)

Re: Granny's Quiz Wish Granted

Is it just for Granny C?:(

14/ T. E. Lawrence, though I never knew he was Welsh, I thought he was from Dorset. There you go, live and learn.:)

Re: Granny's Quiz Wish Granted

Ooops beat me to it.:(

Re: Granny's Quiz Wish Granted

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Originally Posted by garinda

Is it just for Granny C?:(

No t'was Granny that asked for another so I granted her wish lol! ;)