Irene Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Okay, let's try something a bit different since the last quiz has fallen a bit flat... 1. Which President of the USSR encouraged the policy of Glassnost? = Gorbachev (Gandalph) 2. Name the commoner who ruled England in 1658-59. = Richard Cromwell (Gandalph) 3. In which American city was the world's first skyscraper built in 1885? = Chicago (Gandalph) 4. Name the only boxer to knock out Mohammed Ali = Larry Holmes in 1980 (Gandalph) 5. Name the South African surgeon who carried out the first heart transplant operation = Dr Christian Barnard (-pops-) 6. The revolutionary newspaper, Pravda was first published in 1912...but WHERE? = Russia (Gandalph) 7. What was the American codename for the development of the atom bomb? = Manhattan Project (Gandalph) 8. Which airline owned the jet that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988? = Pan Am (Gandalph) 9. Which book catapulted Germaine Greer to fame? = The Female Eunoch (-pops-) 10. What was the given name of Stalin's daughter who defected to the US in 1967? = Svetlana (Gandalph) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 5. Christian Barnard 9. The Female Eunuch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 1. Mikael Gorbachev 2. Oliver Cromwell Yes and No ;) 3. New York. 6. Russia. 7. Manhattan Project. 8. Pan American 9. The Female Eunuch 10. Svetlana Alliluyeva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bludgard Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 What Gandalph said.... And -pops-. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 What Gandalph said.... And -pops-. :lol: You won't get any points for copying bludgard, you might get the blackboard rubber thrown at you though. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bludgard Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 That's why I sit at the back of the room; I can see it coming and hope the distance is undesirable.At least I showed.... B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted September 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 What Gandalph said.... And -pops-. :lol: You won't get any points for copying bludgard, you might get the blackboard rubber thrown at you though. :lol: ... Or this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted September 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 That's why I sit at the back of the room; I can see it coming and hope the distance is undesirable. At least I showed.... B) That's very true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 2. Oliver Cromwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 2. Richard Cromwell. (I forgot that Oliver died in 1658 and that year his son took over.) 3. Chicago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted September 2, 2013 Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 4. Larry Holmes (I think this was a Knock-out, but the fight was stopped in the corner later on) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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