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joxville
19-Apr-12, 19:36
Similar to other games on here, the person who posts the correct answer first gets to ask the next question. Although some answers may be debatable, it is the questionmasters answer which will stand.To start off, what is the name of the leading actress in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit?

Alrock
19-Apr-12, 20:32
Mariska Hargitay

joxville
19-Apr-12, 21:51
Correct, you may set the next question.

Alrock
19-Apr-12, 22:11
What is the Answer...
"To Everything? To the great Question of Life, the Universe and Everything?"

golach
19-Apr-12, 22:18
the answer is 42

Alrock
19-Apr-12, 22:22
the answer is 42

Correct... Just don't ask what the question is.... lol

golach
20-Apr-12, 10:19
How many people stay in No 10 Glebe Street and what is their surname?

linnie612
20-Apr-12, 13:25
Ten Broons

golach
20-Apr-12, 13:42
Ten Broons

correct, your turn

linnie612
21-Apr-12, 15:05
Mary Wollstonecraft was well-known in her own right, but who was her famous daughter?

Tilly Teckel
21-Apr-12, 16:13
Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein [evil] Mwahahaha etc...

starfish
21-Apr-12, 16:16
mary shelley the author of frankenstein

linnie612
21-Apr-12, 19:39
You're both right, Tilly and starfish. Tilly got in first, so over to you..:)

Tilly Teckel
01-May-12, 17:00
Helllooooo! I'm here (thanks to a reminder from linnie - thanks!)...

My question... what is the unique characteristic of the Basenji breed of dog?

starfish
01-May-12, 17:43
they do not bark but make a yodelling/ howling noise

Tilly Teckel
01-May-12, 19:06
Correctamundo! Over to you...

starfish
01-May-12, 19:20
what does arboreal mean?

golach
01-May-12, 22:08
Arboreal means to live in trees like monkeys

starfish
01-May-12, 22:16
yes your right your turn

golach
01-May-12, 22:38
What is the most photographed statue in Edinburgh?

linnie612
01-May-12, 22:41
Greyfriars Bobby

golach
02-May-12, 22:17
well done your turn again lol

linnie612
08-May-12, 22:21
Which confectionery claimed to "melt in your mouth, not in your hand".?

august1917
08-May-12, 23:07
Was it M&M's?

laguna2
09-May-12, 10:19
Minstrels ...................... ?

linnie612
09-May-12, 13:18
Minstrels is right laguna2 - your turn!:)

laguna2
09-May-12, 14:22
Name Glasgow's professional rugby team.

Alrock
09-May-12, 14:27
Name Glasgow's professional rugby team.

The Glasgow Warriors

laguna2
10-May-12, 08:10
Correct Alrock.

Over to you for the next question ................................

Alrock
10-May-12, 08:30
What was the name of the computer designed to crack the German Enigma machine?

starfish
10-May-12, 12:16
is it lorentz

Alrock
10-May-12, 12:30
is it lorentz

Try again, your probably thinking of the "Lorenz Cipher", a similar machine to Enigma

golach
10-May-12, 13:08
could it be the Bombe?

laguna2
10-May-12, 13:30
Bombe I think

Alrock
10-May-12, 13:49
golach got there 1st... ask away

golach
10-May-12, 15:26
golach got there 1st... ask away

I will be a genleman and let Laguna have a go

laguna2
10-May-12, 16:44
I will be a genleman and let Laguna have a go

Thank you kind sir!!! ;)

laguna2
10-May-12, 16:50
In Fawlty Towers, what was the name of Manuel's pet hamster (which was really a rat)?

starfish
10-May-12, 17:01
was it basil

laguna2
10-May-12, 20:05
YES!!! Well done! Over to you starfish

starfish
10-May-12, 20:16
Who owned the bakery that the great fire of london started in?

chirpy chick
10-May-12, 21:40
it was in puddin lane

Alrock
10-May-12, 21:53
Who owned the bakery that the great fire of london started in?

Was it a....
http://i.imgur.com/DQbxK.jpg
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs24/f/2008/021/4/c/devil_laghin_by_Scotsgirl_606.gif

golach
10-May-12, 22:51
Thomas Farynor?

starfish
11-May-12, 10:07
thats right over to you golach

golach
11-May-12, 14:47
What was the name of Burke & Hare's last victim, before they went to trial?

starfish
11-May-12, 15:06
docherty from donegal

golach
11-May-12, 15:11
docherty from donegal

Lol well done but I was looking for the first name also

starfish
11-May-12, 15:23
was it marjory campbell docherty

golach
11-May-12, 18:56
was it marjory campbell docherty
According to my sources her name was Mary, but go for the next question

starfish
11-May-12, 19:01
how many segments has a banana?

linnie612
11-May-12, 22:21
Three?......

Dadie
11-May-12, 22:29
One....!.......

starfish
12-May-12, 08:45
linnie612 you are correct over to you

linnie612
22-May-12, 19:11
Who played Tommy's horrible cousin in the film musical 'Tommy'?

starfish
22-May-12, 19:23
paul nicholas

linnie612
22-May-12, 19:25
You're correct - on ye go!

starfish
22-May-12, 20:38
what did marc bolan call his son?

laguna2
23-May-12, 08:06
Was it Rolan?

starfish
23-May-12, 10:04
correct luguna2 your go

laguna2
24-May-12, 17:27
How many chains in a furlong?

starfish
24-May-12, 20:38
laguna2 is it 10

golach
24-May-12, 21:59
8 chains is a furlong

laguna2
25-May-12, 08:42
Yes, well done starfish. Your turn now :)




There are 8 furlongs in a MILE Golach.

golach
25-May-12, 10:05
There are 8 furlongs in a MILE Golach.

Was only testing you lol

starfish
25-May-12, 14:48
who wrote the book the fog?

linnie612
25-May-12, 16:48
Stephen King?

starfish
25-May-12, 17:24
no not steven king linnie612

linnie612
25-May-12, 17:35
James Herbert?

starfish
25-May-12, 17:52
thats correct linnie612 thought that question was appropriate for today lol over to you

linnie612
26-May-12, 12:33
It was starfish, almost too hot today though!

If you worked as a "nippy", who would your employers be?

starfish
26-May-12, 13:06
a waitress in the lyons tea rooms in london during the second world war they wore black dress with white frilly hats and pinny

linnie612
26-May-12, 13:20
You are correct!:)

starfish
26-May-12, 13:35
the reason i knew that one was when i worked in the tea rooms of a working windmill in norfolk that was our uniforms

starfish
26-May-12, 13:36
what is the only bird that can fly backwards?

laguna2
26-May-12, 17:55
Humming bird?

starfish
26-May-12, 18:38
correct the next question is down to you laguna2

laguna2
26-May-12, 21:08
In which year was the first Eurovision Song Contest held?

starfish
26-May-12, 21:12
in 1956 i think

laguna2
26-May-12, 21:30
Well done starfish! Your question?

starfish
26-May-12, 21:48
where was anne boleyn born

laguna2
27-May-12, 07:46
Blickling Castle, Norfolk

starfish
27-May-12, 10:11
your correct luguna 2 What does pentecost sunday represent in Christianity?

laguna2
27-May-12, 18:49
Marks the end of Easter.

Was that my question lol?

starfish
27-May-12, 19:06
yes sorry laguna2 was half asleep this morning so over to you nowlol

laguna2
28-May-12, 06:21
No!!! I am outraged that you took my turn![evil] Absolutely devastated that you took my turn! :~( Will never take part in any quiz, anywhere ever again!:mad:

Oh, ok, seeing as how you asked so nicely ....

Off to think of a question ..

laguna2
28-May-12, 06:25
Which insect, which vanished from the UK in 1988, is being reintroduced to the Kent countryside today?

Hen Broon
28-May-12, 13:38
The Short haired Bumble bee

laguna2
28-May-12, 18:22
Woo hoo!!!! Well done Hen Broon.

Your question is?

Hen Broon
30-May-12, 12:39
What is the Late Grandma Broons first name ?

golach
30-May-12, 13:48
her name was Jeannie

Hen Broon
30-May-12, 16:11
well done Golach, your turn

golach
30-May-12, 22:13
How many statues are there in Princes St Edinburgh?

starfish
30-May-12, 22:29
is it 160 ?

bindybee
03-Jun-12, 18:19
i believe that would be 160

golach
03-Jun-12, 18:31
actually there are no stautes on Princes St, they are all in Princes Street Gardens.........sorry a trick question, over to you hen broon

laguna2
05-Jul-12, 09:00
I would say that you should pose the next question Golach :)

joxville
19-Nov-12, 03:32
When will Golach ask the next question? ;-)

golach
19-Nov-12, 10:35
ok then Jox, here goes

Who threw a stool at a minister in Edinburgh and where and why?

linnie612
19-Nov-12, 11:03
Jenny Geddes was supposed to have thrown a stool (wooden, that is!), at the Dean of Edinburgh, James Hannay at St Giles Cathedral in 1637. It centred around the Anglicisation of worship being introduced in Scotland and the opposition to the first public use of the Anglican 'Book of Common Prayer.'

golach
19-Nov-12, 11:09
well done Linnie, your turn now

linnie612
22-Nov-12, 19:31
What is the name of Mark Wallington's four-legged travelling companion?

laguna2
23-Nov-12, 09:22
Boogie ????

linnie612
23-Nov-12, 19:37
Woof!:lol:



(your turn laguna2)

M Swanson
25-Nov-12, 00:34
Hijklmno (5) :d

Aaldtimer
25-Nov-12, 03:52
Water...Telegraph xword circa 1965 And , yes I do remember it!;)

M Swanson
25-Nov-12, 12:49
Correct. You don't look old enough to remember it, Aaldtimer! :) I do! :cool:

laguna2
25-Nov-12, 16:23
Who was the Scotland Manager who resigned today? :D :D :D

linnie612
25-Nov-12, 18:22
Andy Robinson ??

laguna2
25-Nov-12, 20:24
Yeeeeeaaaaaahhhhh :D

Can you tell I am happy about this???? :lol:
Your turn linnie :D

linnie612
28-Nov-12, 19:51
Is he 'orrible? :D

M Swanson
29-Nov-12, 00:13
Defghijklmno? 5,5 ;)

laguna2
29-Nov-12, 08:38
Is he 'orrible? :D

He was useless as a coach ... some of the team were playing like numpties but he persisted in picking them (must have been his favourites). Scotland is lower in the rankings than when he took over!!! I could go on forever about his shortcomings, but I think you will get a rough idea ;)