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Post by rapunzell » 17 Feb 2007, 18:18

Black Mamba wrote:
rapunzell wrote:4) c - Aviemore

1e d- Brandon Rock was Dean of Lincoln Cathedral
4c wrong
1e wrong
I put the wrong letter in one of them, but I'm sure those are the right answers..

4) d - Aviemore
1e) d - Dean

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Post by rapunzell » 17 Feb 2007, 18:19

l k William Hague

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Post by Black Mamba » 17 Feb 2007, 18:21

arachnid wrote:4a R2D2---- from star wars
wrong hairy one (right movie wrong character)
Last edited by Black Mamba on 17 Feb 2007, 18:37, edited 2 times in total.

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Post by Black Mamba » 17 Feb 2007, 18:28

rapunzell wrote:
Black Mamba wrote:
rapunzell wrote:4) c - Aviemore

1e d- Brandon Rock was Dean of Lincoln Cathedral
4c wrong
1e wrong
I put the wrong letter in one of them, but I'm sure those are the right answers..

4) d - Aviemore
1e) d - Dean
4 d correct it is Aviemore 1 point
1e sorry it's not d according to my answer sheet

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Post by Black Mamba » 17 Feb 2007, 18:29

rapunzell wrote:l k William Hague
Well done 1 point

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Post by Black Mamba » 17 Feb 2007, 18:42

points so far

Soupdragon 7 points

Rapunzel 4 points

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Post by rapunzell » 17 Feb 2007, 18:54

Ok, I had to google, 1e) is b, the US runner : )

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Post by rapunzell » 17 Feb 2007, 18:56

1h) they are all oilfields

2b)Donny Munro

2e) facial hair/ beards/ moustaches/sideburns

3g) Cairngorm

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Post by Black Mamba » 17 Feb 2007, 19:00

Answers so far

1) Whose feet no longer walked "along England's greenest hills"?
Princess Diana of course, as per Sir Elton's Candle in the Wind rewrite.

2) What was officially scrapped then went to Mars?
Pathfinder: the green 1:25k OS map series, phased out in favour of irregularly-numbered yellow and orange Outdoor Leisure and Explorer sheets. And space hardware named Pathfinder fell on Mars

4) What Strathspey placename adorned the new limited edition Land-Rover Discovery (heated door mirrors, dished alloy wheels, V8i automatic, #25495 on the road):

d) Aviemore, as doublepage-splashed across the broadsheets all autumn

1h What linked Suilven with Foinaven and Schiehallion?
These are oilfields west of Shetland. Foinaven (of uncertain depth) and Schiehallion (named after the Scottish Riverdance) have been around a while; the imminent onstreamness of Suilven was announced last summer.

1j Who were to be seen in a passionate clinch in A Life Less Ordinary:

(a) Cameron Diaz / Ewan McGregor

1k Who dined on gravad lax with dill and mustard sauce, cream of Jerusalem soup, roast rack of lamb, raspberry crème brulée, and petit fours, and then staggered up Ben Nevis?
it was the prenuptial jaunt of William Hague, who, as "Mr Jefferson", stayed in the Inverlochy Castle Hotel's #298-a-night Glencoe Suite. He then ate the food and climbed the hill.


2 Election Selection
2b In the most hill-filled General Election constituency, which loser shared a name with two categories of hill?
Donald (Donny) Munro,

3b To how many days in jail was Louise Woodward sentenced:

(b) 279


Ernest Hemingway, 1932: "There are only three true sports: bull-fighting, mountain climbing, and - ; the rest are merely games." Is the third ….
(b) motor racing;


6a Which Scottish band released the album track Mount Everest?
Teenage Fanclub.

6b Which Scottish band released (on the same label) the album Mount Everest?
The Diggers.


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Post by Black Mamba » 17 Feb 2007, 19:06

rapunzell wrote:1h) they are all oilfields

2b)Donny Munro

2e) facial hair/ beards/ moustaches/sideburns

3g) Cairngorm
2 points, 1 each for 1e &3g

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Post by rapunzell » 17 Feb 2007, 19:14

Only two points?!

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Post by Black Mamba » 17 Feb 2007, 19:20

rapunzell wrote:Only two points?!
Sorry my mistake it should be 3 points as you got 2e correct it was beard

Soupy beat you to Donny Munro

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Post by rapunzell » 17 Feb 2007, 19:35

2a) Reakin and Pendle

2c) albion

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Post by rapunzell » 17 Feb 2007, 19:36

3a) a) 277!

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Post by rapunzell » 17 Feb 2007, 19:48

6d) Tony Parsons

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Post by rapunzell » 17 Feb 2007, 20:54

Izzie wrote:Sorry I had to go last night K ended up in sick kids but is fine now.

I have passed a link to BM so maybe she will take over,sorry
Hope you and K had a better day today Izzie, and got some of the lovely sunshine.

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Post by SoupDragon » 17 Feb 2007, 21:50

2c thought it micht be a green party but after much googling came across a John Muir that hadd an Albion Party in the 90s elections. is it him

3g was there rubbish and a cairn removed from Cairngorm, would that make it a gorm?

5 Is there a Tory Glen in Ireland? So that implies a Tory mountain and labour had a landslide victory.

7b are they volcanos?

8g not been to the Thistle Centre since Clanger1 moved home from Stirling. wish I'd paid more attention

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Post by Black Mamba » 18 Feb 2007, 00:14

rapunzell wrote: 2a) Reakin and Pendle (Wrekin)
2c) albion
6d Tony Parsons
3a 277
4 points Rapunzel

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Post by Black Mamba » 18 Feb 2007, 00:21

SoupDragon wrote:2c thought it micht be a green party but after much googling came across a John Muir that hadd an Albion Party in the 90s elections. is it him

3g was there rubbish and a cairn removed from Cairngorm, would that make it a gorm?

5 Is there a Tory Glen in Ireland? So that implies a Tory mountain and labour had a landslide victory.

7b are they volcanos?

8g not been to the Thistle Centre since Clanger1 moved home from Stirling. wish I'd paid more attention
Rapunzel already got 2c sorry
3g is Cairngorm

5a Is Tory Hill I'll give you that one, well done. 2 points Soupy one.

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Post by rapunzell » 18 Feb 2007, 01:37

Only one point Soupy, I already got Cairngorm! :D

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Post by Black Mamba » 18 Feb 2007, 13:03

rapunzell wrote:Only one point Soupy, I already got Cairngorm! :D
Sorry about that Soupy but Rapunzell is right. It's not easy keeping up with who got what. (please let off it's the first time I've tried doing this, It's not as easy as it appears to keep track).

Scores so far..........

Rapanzel 12
Soupdragon 8

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Post by arachnid » 18 Feb 2007, 17:16

It's not easy keeping up with who got what. (please let off it's the first time I've tried doing this, It's not as easy as it appears to keep track).
Now you know why I passed the buck!!!!!! :wink:
As you know, I can't count!!!! :?
Why be scared????

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Post by SoupDragon » 18 Feb 2007, 18:16

I missed Rapunzels Cairngorm , would have saved me much searching if I noticed :oops:

Right hope I'm not duplicating anything
1d Aviemore
1c I keep thonking chocolate ( who doesn't) but know Toblerone still have their mountainous look so it must be one of the bigger lot like Cadbury or Nestle

7a Think Plymoth was one of the towns in Monserrat which was hit by a volcano eruption way back. Wiped out recording studios and the whole economy.

Cant remember the number
Rolling Stones Let it bleed and Delia Smith baked the cake

Boards of Canada did a song Happy Cycling do they count as edinburgh singer/songwriters?

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Post by Black Mamba » 18 Feb 2007, 18:28

SoupDragon wrote:I missed Rapunzels Cairngorm , would have saved me much searching if I noticed :oops:

Right hope I'm not duplicating anything
1d Aviemore
1c I keep thonking chocolate ( who doesn't) but know Toblerone still have their mountainous look so it must be one of the bigger lot like Cadbury or Nestle

7a Think Plymoth was one of the towns in Monserrat which was hit by a volcano eruption way back. Wiped out recording studios and the whole economy.

Cant remember the number
Rolling Stones Let it bleed and Delia Smith baked the cake

Boards of Canada did a song Happy Cycling do they count as edinburgh singer/songwriters?
Rapunzel already got 1d
1c I'll give you that one
It was Cadbury, forced to redesign their Swiss Chalet chocolate wrapper which showed the Matterhorn.
7a
Montserrat (where Plymouth is the main town) has been very much under the volcano. The only doubt concerns whether the highest summit, Chances Peak (formerly a neat 914m) had itself erupted, or if it was another, more general, location in the Soufrière Hills. Various Caribbean guidebooks later, this still felt as unclear as the result of a Trinidadian Test, so full marks for both/either.

2g and 2h Let It Bleed and Delia Smith are correct

I can't find the answer for the Edinburgh singer/songwriter question.
4 points anyway Soupdragon.

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Post by Black Mamba » 18 Feb 2007, 18:31

I can't believe no-one got4a yet Arachnids wrong answer and my reply are a good clue!! (I thought Dadaist would have got this one).

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Post by Black Mamba » 18 Feb 2007, 18:33

arachnid wrote:
It's not easy keeping up with who got what. (please let off it's the first time I've tried doing this, It's not as easy as it appears to keep track).
Now you know why I passed the buck!!!!!! :wink:
As you know, I can't count!!!! :?
I don't remember claiming that I could!!!!!! :lol:
I'm easily confused you kinow (it's my age) :?

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Post by SoupDragon » 19 Feb 2007, 00:19

was C3pO not posted as an answer?

I have to bow out of this quiz as I've found some of the quiz and answers in an obscure hill walking journal
Most of the questions are only understandable if you're into hillwalking so asked a friend , when they'd descended from their latest Munro and the pointed me in the right direction.

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Post by rapunzell » 19 Feb 2007, 08:49

Thanks for the last few days of competitive pondering Soupdragon, Black Mamba, Arachnid and Izzie - that was a lot more concentrating than I normally do at the weekend! It was fun :D

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Post by Black Mamba » 19 Feb 2007, 13:06

It was but I'd bowed out after, so discounted my answer, one point to you Soupy.

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At the close of this the scores are

Rapunzell 12
Soupdragon 13

Thanks everyone who participated. (mainly the above metioned.
Thanks Izzie for asking me to help, I enjoyed it. Hope K is much better now.

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Post by SoupDragon » 19 Feb 2007, 18:39

Thanks for the fun.
To anyone wanting to know some of the answers to the obscure hillwalking questions, they're from the Angry Corrie
http://bubl.ac.uk/org/tacit/TAC/tac36/anuphill.htm

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