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Old 01-31-2007, 08:00 PM   #31
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You not got a game of Triv you can raid there, Brianna? The perfect source for pub quiz questions.
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Old 01-31-2007, 09:11 PM   #32
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35% of the 1965 population to 83% of the 2000 population would be more than 137%, wouldn't it?
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Nah, because remember a "100% increase" would be doubling your number, and then this is just a little more than that..
1965 population was 194 million x 35% = 68 million

2000 population was 281 million x 83% = 233 million

243% increase in sinners?

If 137% is correct as Brianna said, I guess we were supposed to be looking for the % increase of the % approving sin, rather than the % increase in people approving sin. Nevermind.
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Old 02-01-2007, 05:26 AM   #33
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You not got a game of Triv you can raid there, Brianna? The perfect source for pub quiz questions.
I think you mean me, Monster - it's my request.

I don't personally have a game of Triv (my family have one of course, just not me) and my friend doesn't either, at least not in Kenya.

If anyone else is willing to type in a selection of questions and answers of course I'd appreciate it.....
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Old 02-01-2007, 07:43 AM   #34
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I think you mean me, Monster - it's my request.

I don't personally have a game of Triv (my family have one of course, just not me) and my friend doesn't either, at least not in Kenya.

If anyone else is willing to type in a selection of questions and answers of course I'd appreciate it.....

I did, sorry, I just realized that but you'd already posted! It's because you're both such lovely people

OK, I'll try to dig some out later (didn't want to do it if you'd already ruled it out)
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Old 02-01-2007, 09:59 AM   #35
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OK, I'll try to dig some out later (didn't want to do it if you'd already ruled it out)
Thank you, thank you, thank you (also for the "lovely")
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Old 02-01-2007, 11:02 AM   #36
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Old 02-01-2007, 01:24 PM   #37
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Starter for 10

It would help to know the nationalities of those taking part in the quiz, but meanwhile, here are your starters for 10.......

(some from an English set, some from an American set)
  1. What was the name of the first bear in space?
  2. What kind of weedy leaves go in an Italian rugola salad?
  3. What did Samuel Pepys stop doing on 31st May 1669?
  4. Which African country boasts the source of the Nile?
  5. Who provided the voice for the cowboy in Toy Story?
  6. What is produced by mixing nitroglycerine with kieselguhr?
  7. Which of Victoria's sons was the first British Prince to tour the USA and Canada?
  8. What did Bechuanaland become in 1966?
  9. Which Shakespeare play was the basis for the musical The Boys From Syracuse?
  10. Which insects belong to the order Coleoptera?
  11. In which state would you find the rivers Porcupine and Copper?
  12. How many webbed feet does a beaver have?
  13. Which 17-year-old became the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon men's singles?
  14. Does the Nile flow north, south, east or west?
  15. Which movie was billed "The Man..The Music...The Madness...The Murder...The Motion Picture..."?
  16. Who was known as Ras Tafari, the Lion of Judah?
  17. How many years are there between the Oberammergau Passion Play cycles?
  18. What brand became the first sugar-free sugar substitute in 1957?
  19. What famous Swiss Citizen said of nuclear bombs: "If I had known, I would have become a watchmaker"?
  20. Who was the first person to play in both a World Series and a Superbowl?
  21. Which Italian astronomer invented the thermometer in 1592?
  22. Which Civil War general declared: "I will not move my army without onions"?
  23. How many years are indicated by five score?
  24. How many birthday candles were Cher, Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone each obliged to blow out in 1996?
  25. What's a LAN to computer users?
  26. Which country was disputed in the largest sea-air battle in history, from Octover 22-27, 1944?
  27. Which storied city on the Euphrates River was 55 miles south of Baghdad?
  28. Who was the first Pope?
  29. Which car rental outfit was named after the founder of Chicago's Yellow Cab Company?
  30. What type of light bulb had the longest life --a fluorescent, an incandescent or a halogen?







What do you mean you want answers too? Spoil sport!
  1. Mishka (1980 Olympic mascot)
  2. Dandelion
  3. Writing his diary
  4. Uganda
  5. Tom Hanks
  6. Dynamite
  7. Edward VII
  8. Botswana
  9. The Comedy of Errors
  10. Beetles
  11. Alaska
  12. Two
  13. Boris Becker
  14. North
  15. Amadeus
  16. Haile Selassie
  17. Ten
  18. Sweet 'n Low
  19. Albert Einstein
  20. Deion Sanders
  21. Galileo
  22. Ulysses S. Grant
  23. One hundred
  24. Fifty
  25. Local Area Network
  26. The Phillipines
  27. Babylon
  28. St. Peter
  29. Hertz
  30. A fluorescent tube


I make no promises about the answers and questions matching up, but it's all there somewhere!
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Old 02-02-2007, 06:19 AM   #38
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Thanks very much to Bruce, Monster & Shawnee.

I have sent a mammoth email to her today and hopefully it will cut down her preparation time!
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