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500 YEARS OF UK HISTORY QUIZ - see page 3
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Annie | Report | 2 Apr 2005 23:03 |
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Was nice to see you Dorothy. Please call in any time (HUGS) The pub's about to close but I'll repost the questions and leave them over night. Answers in the morning. Thanks to Babs for all the hard work and to Rev Prue and Maudie for organising this. 1. What year was the Franco British Entente Cordiale signed? (Extra point for month and date!) 2. Who did Barkis want to tell that he was ‘willing’? 3. Who built the Puffing Billy and when? 4. What year was the plague of London and which month did it reach its peak? 5. Who owned the baker’s shop in Pudding Lane where the great fire started? 6. How many barrels of gunpowder did Guy Fawkes and partners manage to smuggle into the Houses of Parliament? 7. Who was called a 'tyrant, traitor and murderer; and a public and implacable enemy to the Commonwealth of England.” and executed on January 30th1649? 8. What day of the week was that? 9. What did Emily Wilding Davison do? 10. Who were Violette Szabo and Odette Churchill? |
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Annie | Report | 2 Apr 2005 22:49 |
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(Imperceptible nod at Rev Prue) |
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SarahSalopianScrapper | Report | 2 Apr 2005 22:45 |
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guy fawkes... barrels of gunpowder? ...shall we guess? ...ok how old are you Nick? ...right 36 it is... bet its wrong but i think its thirty something! |
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Annie | Report | 2 Apr 2005 22:44 |
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woops nods at Sadie and Sally too! |
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Annie | Report | 2 Apr 2005 22:42 |
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(Nods at Dorothy) |
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SarahSalopianScrapper | Report | 2 Apr 2005 22:29 |
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number nine... that Davison woman wasn't she the one who threw herself under the kings horse? I've no idea about guy fawkes though. dont tell me... thomas chatston was there! Sally W B |
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Annie | Report | 2 Apr 2005 22:28 |
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Yes please do! Nice to hear from you again. *smiles* |
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Mags | Report | 2 Apr 2005 22:28 |
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'What do you mean you don't know any of them...even I know that one and I don't even come from this country....She was that suffragette woman that threw herself under the king's horse...what number's that....let me look...Number 9' |
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Charley | Report | 2 Apr 2005 22:26 |
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you are very welcome mon amie |
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Charley | Report | 2 Apr 2005 22:22 |
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I think I know the answers to most of them but I can't get number 5 number 6 or number 8 .... |
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Mags | Report | 2 Apr 2005 22:21 |
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(whispers) No cross that one out....they were shot as spies I think....say something Charley...I hate it when you know more than I do... |
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Annie | Report | 2 Apr 2005 22:18 |
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Could you have a 500 yr quiz without a question about Dickens? |
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Mags | Report | 2 Apr 2005 22:16 |
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Number 7 ...Definitely Charles the First...I should know shouldn't I? (Doffs hat with feather and puts it on the table) |
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SarahSalopianScrapper | Report | 2 Apr 2005 22:15 |
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Annie... Nick reckons Barkis is one of Dickens' characters... no idea myself... he won't shout it out because he's afraid of getting it wrong! |
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Annie | Report | 2 Apr 2005 22:15 |
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I think you could be right Prue and I heard Maudie's whisper and she's along the right lines |
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SarahSalopianScrapper | Report | 2 Apr 2005 22:10 |
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I think number seven is Charles the first. One of Thomas Chatston's grandsons was there... |
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Annie | Report | 2 Apr 2005 22:09 |
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Correct Rev Are these questions too difficult? (sorry) |
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Mags | Report | 2 Apr 2005 22:09 |
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I think I know number 10 Charley....Weren't they in the Resistance and got shot?...Executed? |
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SarahSalopianScrapper | Report | 2 Apr 2005 21:59 |
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1. 1904 [no idea about month though] |
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Annie | Report | 2 Apr 2005 21:53 |
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1. What year was the Franco British Entente Cordiale signed? (Extra point for month and date!) 2. Who did Barkis want to tell that he was ‘willing’? 3. Who built the Puffing Billy and when? 4. What year was the plague of London and which month did it reach its peak? 5. Who owned the baker’s shop in Pudding Lane where the great fire started? 6. How many barrels of gunpowder did Guy Fawkes and partners manage to smuggle into the Houses of Parliament? 7. Who was called a 'tyrant, traitor and murderer; and a public and implacable enemy to the Commonwealth of England.” and executed on January 30th1649? 8. What day of the week was that? 9. What did Emily Wilding Davison do? 10. Who were Violette Szabo and Odette Churchill? |
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