Place Name Quiz 2.

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Place Name Quiz 2.

Post by Cleopas » 17 Aug 2006, 17:30

Okay, some are simple ... to get you going ... others need some imagination ... and there's one or two real b******s in there as well ... I hope! Good Luck to one and all!

1. Mr Ippi’s mother? (Mississippi)
2. Small wage for Jamie Oliver. (Penicuik)
3. Better than the rest of the water combined? (Lake Superior)
4. The pig is on fire!
5. At the end of the armies (The Andes)
6. A place for mad dogs and Englishmen
7. Get baked in the land of the midnight sun (Alaska)
8. Spit on sands
9. Finished with agrarian pursuits (Dunfermline)
10. King Crimson’s h20
11. What men say pretty girls are (Leuchars)
12. Slice in two … then rejoin
13. Following a pair of feet takes you to a …
14. Small Boulder (Little Rock)
15. Valley of aerial raptors (Gleneagles)
16. Rude and uncalled-for waterway
17. Foot of the burial plot (Gravesend)
18. Where Heracles went scrumping!
19. Naked Sheep (Shorne)
20. This sea is so cold it’s …. (Baltic)
21. Exitting by a Loch in Fife (Leven)
22. Strange, unnatural happenings in the water!
23. Elliot said this Scottish lake is Untouchable. (Loch Ness)
24. Did Bowie play this when he was Ziggy?
25. Idiotic ecclesiastical place of worship. (Dymchurch)
26. The People’s Rock. (Folkestone)
27. Widely elevating steps.
28. Music’s Motor Town (Detroit)
29. Verdant country (Greenland)
30. “Summer Nightsâ€
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Post by Bob Jefferson » 17 Aug 2006, 17:41

28. Detroit
29. Greenland
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Post by Bob Jefferson » 17 Aug 2006, 17:46

14. Little Rock
21. Leven
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Post by Bob Jefferson » 17 Aug 2006, 17:48

3. (Lake) Superior?
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Post by Maria » 17 Aug 2006, 17:49

17. Gravesend
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Post by foxy » 17 Aug 2006, 17:50

1. Mississippi
5. Andes
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Post by foxy » 17 Aug 2006, 17:52

9. Dunfermline (done fermin) ?
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Post by Maria » 17 Aug 2006, 17:52

24 Qatar
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Post by Bob Jefferson » 17 Aug 2006, 17:54

7. Alaska?
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Post by Bob Jefferson » 17 Aug 2006, 17:58

2. Penicuik
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Post by Dadaist » 17 Aug 2006, 17:58

23. Ness
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Post by foxy » 17 Aug 2006, 17:59

20. Baltic
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Post by gilo » 17 Aug 2006, 18:01

2. Penny Cook - Penicuik
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Post by gilo » 17 Aug 2006, 18:02

4. Swindon (Swine Burn)
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Post by Maria » 17 Aug 2006, 18:03

15 Gleneagles
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Post by Maria » 17 Aug 2006, 18:07

6 Medicine Hat (mid-day sun)
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Post by gilo » 17 Aug 2006, 18:08

6. Madison
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Post by foxy » 17 Aug 2006, 18:13

30. Greece
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Post by gilo » 17 Aug 2006, 18:14

Nooooo, I was going to say Greece, honest.
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Post by Cleopas » 17 Aug 2006, 18:15

Jeeeezusss! You lot don't half steam in, do you?? It's not even been up for 2 hours.

Okay ... there's a few turkeys there ... but I'll fit in the correct answers up to now ... then I'm away for my tea!

Slow down ... :shock:

And congrats to Foxy ... I thought Dunfermline was gonna stump you all for wee while yet! (Damn!!! :cry: )

I've moved the entire thing to page 2 ... just to aid you. (helpful Cleopas) :D
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Post by teddygirl » 17 Aug 2006, 18:48

27. Broadstairs

I've just come on to find this has been up and running while I've been busy and I'm off out in ten minutes again so not much chance of scoring for me.
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Post by teddygirl » 17 Aug 2006, 18:50

22. Lake Eerie ??
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Re: Place Name Quiz 2.

Post by Cleopas » 17 Aug 2006, 18:52

Okay, some are simple ... to get you going ... others need some imagination ... and there's one or two real b******s in there as well ... I hope! Good Luck to one and all!

1. Mr Ippi’s mother? (Mississippi)
2. Small wage for Jamie Oliver. (Penicuik)
3. Better than the rest of the water combined? (Lake Superior)
4. The pig is on fire!
5. At the end of the armies (The Andes)
6. A place for mad dogs and Englishmen
7. Get baked in the land of the midnight sun (Alaska)
8. Spit on sands (Gobi Desert)
9. Finished with agrarian pursuits (Dunfermline)
10. King Crimson’s h20 (Red Sea)
11. What men say pretty girls are (Leuchars)
12. Slice in two … then rejoin
13. Following a pair of feet takes you to a …
14. Small Boulder (Little Rock)
15. Valley of aerial raptors (Gleneagles)
16. Rude and uncalled-for waterway (River Volga)
17. Foot of the burial plot (Gravesend)
18. Where Heracles went scrumping! (Atlas Mountains)
19. Naked Sheep (Shorne)
20. This sea is so cold it’s …. (Baltic)
21. Exitting by a Loch in Fife (Leven)
22. Strange, unnatural happenings in the water! (Lake Erie)
23. Elliot said this Scottish lake is Untouchable. (Loch Ness)
24. Did Bowie play this when he was Ziggy?
25. Idiotic ecclesiastical place of worship. (Dymchurch)
26. The People’s Rock. (Folkestone)
27. Widely elevating steps. (Broadstairs)
28. Music’s Motor Town (Detroit)
29. Verdant country (Greenland)
30. “Summer Nightsâ€
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Post by teddygirl » 17 Aug 2006, 18:52

24. Mars :wink: :lol: :lol:
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Post by Cleopas » 17 Aug 2006, 18:55

No ... they places are all on Earth! But it gave me a laugh! :lol: :lol:
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Post by teddygirl » 17 Aug 2006, 18:58

Oh well, got to go now. Hope there's some left for me when I get back.
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Post by foxy » 17 Aug 2006, 19:04

4. Sowburn? (it's a place in New zealand honest!)
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Post by Maria » 17 Aug 2006, 20:02

10 Red Sea

26 Manston
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Post by Maria » 17 Aug 2006, 20:12

8 Gobi desert
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Post by gilo » 17 Aug 2006, 20:12

18. Mount Atlas
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Post by arachnid » 17 Aug 2006, 20:13

6. Japan
Why be scared????
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Post by gilo » 17 Aug 2006, 20:13

4. Swinburn
24. Is it not Qatar, did you miss it or is it wrong?
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Post by foxy » 17 Aug 2006, 20:14

16. Volga (the river... as in Prince Charles saying vulgar)
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Post by Cleopas » 17 Aug 2006, 20:15

Damn! I thought the Gobi Desert one would take a lot longer to break than that!

It's NOT Qatar! Good guess though. I never thought of that!

I'm only putting in the right answers and crediting scores. If I don't reply, consider the answer you gave as wrong.
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Post by arachnid » 17 Aug 2006, 20:15

6. Romania
Why be scared????
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