The famous fruit-chat quiz!
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by harry 3 » Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:54 am
Which writer was also Governor General of Canada ?
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by Istenem » Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:19 pm
isn't stephen king from canada? i'll guess him.
although for some reason the answer which popped into my head was guy de maupassant.
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by wigwamsun » Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:34 pm
I'll give ya a clue, 39 Steps.
The Queen has visited every Commonwealth country apart from ....... ?
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by Northern Monkey » Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:30 pm
I was going to link it to John Buchan if I was charged with coming up with the title for Phoenix 39.
Re the Queen: How about The Falkland Islands - (is that even a country?)
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by Cardinal Sin » Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:18 pm
Hmmmmmmm.
I'll guess Nigeria.
Though Falkland Islands sounds good. But that's probably cos I like islands.
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by harry 3 » Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:32 pm
Brunei ?
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by Istenem » Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:00 pm
kiribati?
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by wigwamsun » Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:47 am
It's an African country!!!
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by Istenem » Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:51 am
lesotho?
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by wigwamsun » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:09 am
Nope, it is quite surprising.
3° 52' 0.00", 11° 31' 0.00"
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by Istenem » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:17 am
let's try kenya
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by wigwamsun » Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:31 pm
Try early in the alphabet!!!
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by Istenem » Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:35 pm
bahrain?
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by Cardinal Sin » Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:38 pm
UP. Am I correct in saying that you know the land size of every country in the world??
As for my guess, I'm going for ... Cameroon, which I don't even know if they're in the Commonwealth.
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by Istenem » Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:53 pm
yep to the nearest square micrometre only when i'm being chased by the rozzers though. is bahrain not in africa then
ops:, you know my geography is hopeless. also thank you YE for reminding me; it occurs to me that i forgot to put in the standard guess which will never do. so here goes:
yemen
and i will certainly not let them walk all over me.
erm, angola?
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