General Chat

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1: Who was the first member of the royal family to divorce? HENRY VIII 2: Who was the second ever member of the Royal Family to divorce? PRINCESS MARGARET 3:Which actress played the love interest opposite Tobey Maguire in the Spiderman films? KIRSTIN DUNST 4: According to Edward Lear`s poem, how long was the sailing trip undertaken by the Owl and the Pussycat? ONE YEAR AND ONE DAY 5: If you travel directly east from New York City, which country would you reach first? POTUGAL 6: Which two countries contested the first ever international cricket match? CANADA AND THE USA (1844) 7: From what four word expression does the word `goodbye` derive? GOD BE WITH YE 8: How many American states have the letter `x` in their name? NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS 2 9: Originally known as Idlewild Airport, by what name is it known today? JOHN F KENNEDY 10:From what ancient activity does the word `crestfallen` come? COCKFIGHTING 11: What non-mechanical sport achieves the highest speeds? 12: What did Britain`s roads first acquire in 1914? ROAD MARKINGS (WHITE LINES) 13: What major city is on an island in the St Lawrence river? MONTREAL 14: Who succeeded Alf Ramsey as England football manager? 15: How many points are needed to win a game of Cribbage? 99, 121 or 169? ANSWER IS 121 16: What form of sentence was introduced to the UK by the 1972 Criminal Justice Act? COMMUNITY SERVICE 17: Who in the Beano comic was `your Redskin chum`? LITTLE PLUM 18: As at January 2006, which footballer holds the record for the fastest hat-trick, scoring 3 goals in less than 5 minutes? 19: Where on the human body is the skin the thinnest? EYELIDS

1 Princess Margaret ? 2Princess Anne 3Kirsten Dunst 4A year and a day 5 Ireland? 8Can only think of New Mexico 11Downhill Skiing? 12 Catseyes? 19 Eyelids? christine

1. Henry VIII

all the way back Yvonne :)) Pink Sahara tracey got number 1 right

17: Little Plum

9: JFK 8: Texas is another one - so 2?

2. Is the answer Henry VIII as he got divorced twice? 15. 121

11. Tennis 12. Cats eyes

1: Who was the first member of the royal family to divorce? PRINCESS MARGARET ? 2: Who was the second ever member of the Royal Family to divorce? PRINCESS ANNE ? 5: If you travel directly east from New York City, which country would you reach first? PORTUGAL 6: Which two countries contested the first ever international cricket match? ENGLAND & AUSTRALIA ? 7: From what four word expression does the word `goodbye` derive? GOD BE WITH YE 8: How many American states have the letter `x` in their name? TWO - NEW MEXICO & TEXAS 9: Originally known as Idlewild Airport, by what name is it known today? KENNEDY 10:From what ancient activity does the word `crestfallen` come? JOUSTING ? 11: What non-mechanical sport achieves the highest speeds? DIVING ? 12: What did Britain`s roads first acquire in 1914? MOTORISED OMNIBUSES ? 13: What major city is on an island in the St Lawrence river? MONTREAL 15: How many points are needed to win a game of Cribbage? 121 ? 17: Who in the Beano comic was `your Redskin chum`? LITTLE PLUM 9: Where on the human body is the skin the thinnest? BACK OF THE HANDS

14 Ooooops husband has said Joe Mercer Mau

11. Cheetah racing! 14. Don revie ??? 18. Cahill (Everton) Kaz :o)

11 Archery? Beth :)