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Thread #50980   Message #774803
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
31-Aug-02 - 10:38 AM
Thread Name: BS: HULL- 'Local' Quiz
Subject: HULL- 'Local' Quiz
This quiz can possibly be answered by anyone, but the connection is definitely for inhabitants of Hull! As before, please avoid answers in the thread for (say) 36 hours.

Nigel

1, What word, (Once meaning "granary") now refers to a farmhouse, with stables & outbuildings ?
2, Who failed to reach No. 1 in the UK, but got to no.2 with both "Yesterday Once More" & "Please Mr Postman" ?
3, What measure of beer is equal to approx. 54 gallons ?
4, Which mythical creature used to advertise Midland Bank ?
5, By what title was Arthur Wellesley ( 1759-1852) better known ?
6, Which archaic term for Britain, or England, is used as the final part of some football team names ?
7, Which group of people like to be thought of as "A society with secrets", not " A secret society" ?
8, What name do Americans give to the game we know as 'Draughts' ?
9, On a British Monopoly board, what property (suited to this quiz) is worth £ 220- ?
10, And which type of property is worth £ 200- ?
11, What name describes a WW II plane, or a calf length waterproof boot ?
12, What word describes a single standard of judgement, or testing ?
13, From which palace were the first BBC television broadcasts made ?
14, Who is remembered for having had ten thousand men ?
15, Whose is the driving seat in the car with the registration number FAB 1 ?
16, According to a popular question, "How far can a dog run into a woods?"
17, Which trio had a British hit with "Tom Dooley" in 1958 ?
18, Who is "In his hammock, and a thousand miles away" ?
19, What was the "Animals" only U.K. No. 1 hit ?
20, Who claimed to "rise at 10-30, and saunter along like a toff" ?