Trivia
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Just Googled the ones I didn't get expecting to think "Oh, I should have got that..." for a few of them.... but no, I had no idea.
britbox
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It's tempting to Google anything.
Ok, my sister is telling me that the capital of Kazahstan is Astana? Hopefully Teddy checks all this.
Ok, my sister is telling me that the capital of Kazahstan is Astana? Hopefully Teddy checks all this.
I have no idea about the spiders or apes.
Isn't Burj Khalifa in Dubai still the tallest building? Or did they build something taller somewhere else, perhaps in Asia?
Isn't Burj Khalifa in Dubai still the tallest building? Or did they build something taller somewhere else, perhaps in Asia?
Wow Teddy, I can't keep up with all of your trivia questions. I should know the capitals of Canada and Serbia.
I also know that Amsterdam is called the Venice of the north.
HONESTLY -- BILLIE -- me asking the questions -- i FORGOT amsterdam!!! idiot me. lol.
i was thnking of st petersburg for obvious reasons - and because i went there pas tsummer with all the rivers..lol. like in front of my hotel -- ferry boats and partying on them all night even past midnight under the non-setting sun of 'WHITE NIGHTS' -
and because it is also called that - sometimes -
thinking that i should have said what is the PALMYRA of the north?>
and attaches to current events more -- SYRIA'S palmyra that was destroyed by those headchoppers - including the old man scholar and curator historian because he wouldn't reveal where they sent many artifacts for safekeeping - and although NOT commercially important -- it HAD to be saved by russia/syria /iran becuse PALMYRA is historically the most symbolic of all cities --
it is the actually meeting place of the ancient silk roads...the meeting of all the influences from the far east - russia itself, europe, greece, egypt, africa...and its symbols all containt those influences in trade...
and the russians have always called st peterburg ''PALMYRA OF THE NORTH" in honor of the original palmyra. and many russians love going to that city in syria. that's why when it was regained and cleared of mines -- they sent one of their orchestras there to perfrom on the 'greek amphitheatre' to commemorate that historical importance being saved. to commemorate troumph of civilization over barbarism and savagery.
anyway ...fun things. about capitals.
It's tempting to Google anything.
Ok, my sister is telling me that the capital of Kazahstan is Astana? Hopefully Teddy checks all this.
hehe -- it is astana. YES!!
nothing wrong wtih googling - hey -- it's just for fun for ourselves personally to try not to -- or like BRITBOX puts out his list - no google, off the head -- it's just fuin lol. whatever you all like - lol.
yaya 0 you got the it riught about dubai , until someone else builds taller, lol. there are probablyu taller STRUCTURES -- but they don't count if most of that tallest claim is not livable floors but just a tower like antennae.
BONOBO apes they call them in western african forests.
britbox is amazing. haha. maybe others can find out the rest. hehe.
MONGOLIA - ULAN BATOR
ARMENIA, - YEREVAN
SIERRA LEONE -- FREETOWN
CONGO REPUBLIC -- KINSHASA
BHUTAN - THYMPHU
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COME UP with places -- and famous people, events, anything you think is easily associated with the place.
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SWITZERLAND : ROGER FEDERER == BASEL, GENEVA, WATCHES, CANTONS..YODELING, COWBELLS...CHOCOLATE..hehe.
NEW YORK -- big apple, broadway, radio city music hall, tin pan alley, empire state building, new york times..nyc subway..
PARIS == City of Lights..french actresses, brigitte bardot, chanel , fashion, wine, notre dame cathedral, champ elysee, river rhone...french revolution, president hollande, lol.
Australia -- aborigines, sydney opera house, salt water crocodiles, crocodile dundee, famous actors and actresses, Great Coral Reef, tasmanian devil, Great Red Rock, sheep and cattle, kangaroos , platypus, black back spider fighting and eating black venomous snake in the backyard. BRITBOX. TENNIS legends , rugby..australian jack.'THE THORNBIRDS". nice films.
The Friendly SLAM.
NEW ZEALAND -- kiwi , KIRI TE KANAWA, LORD OF THE RINGS AND PETER JACKSON, lamb and wool, giant canoes, all four seasons at the same time of year ...winter on one mountain side summer on the other side.
HAVE a go at it...and let's add to whatever we want that we associate with a place...it's fun and we can learn a lot
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SWITZERLAND : ROGER FEDERER == BASEL, GENEVA, WATCHES, CANTONS..YODELING, COWBELLS...CHOCOLATE..hehe.
NEW YORK -- big apple, broadway, radio city music hall, tin pan alley, empire state building, new york times..nyc subway..
PARIS == City of Lights..french actresses, brigitte bardot, chanel , fashion, wine, notre dame cathedral, champ elysee, river rhone...french revolution, president hollande, lol.
Australia -- aborigines, sydney opera house, salt water crocodiles, crocodile dundee, famous actors and actresses, Great Coral Reef, tasmanian devil, Great Red Rock, sheep and cattle, kangaroos , platypus, black back spider fighting and eating black venomous snake in the backyard. BRITBOX. TENNIS legends , rugby..australian jack.'THE THORNBIRDS". nice films.
The Friendly SLAM.
NEW ZEALAND -- kiwi , KIRI TE KANAWA, LORD OF THE RINGS AND PETER JACKSON, lamb and wool, giant canoes, all four seasons at the same time of year ...winter on one mountain side summer on the other side.
HAVE a go at it...and let's add to whatever we want that we associate with a place...it's fun and we can learn a lot
GB - Britbox
Australia - Britbox
New Zealand - Mastoor
Philippines - Teddy
those are my first associations to these countries.
OK, Where does the oldest verified person live? And how old might she be?
Australia - Britbox
New Zealand - Mastoor
Philippines - Teddy
those are my first associations to these countries.
OK, Where does the oldest verified person live? And how old might she be?
GB - Britbox
Australia - Britbox
New Zealand - Mastoor
Philippines - Teddy
those are my first associations to these countries.
OK, Where does the oldest verified person live? And how old might she be?
bwahahahahaaaaa...niiice!
also -- how about we can each give a MOVIE we know or heard of -- that was REMADE -- Naturally fewer than original makes; haha. or just google, hehe.
first off my mind: CARRIE -- the original was definitely better..with SISSY SPACEK AND PIPER LAURIE as the crazed mom...haha.
I only saw the original, it was a good movie. Didn't see the remake.
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We have Kiwi fruit and Kiwi bird and also New Zealanders are called Kiwis.
Beside Kiri Te Kanawa and Peter Jackson, we have other famous people such as Lord Rutherford and Edmund Hilary. We also had 5 time slam winner and tennis #1 Tony Wilding. The most important thing to remember is that Russel Crow is not Australian and Crowded House is not Australian band and Phar Lap wasn't Australian horse. Without knowledge of that don't even think of visiting New Zealand.
We used to have huge number of sheep, but now we have more cows than sheep and I hear farmers have been giving up on farming progressively.
Long canoes were used long ago when Maori came to New Zealand, they don't use them normally anymore.
We never have all 4 seasons in the same day. I've heard that of Melbourne, but people living there say it is not true. In fact, we don't even have 4 seasons in most of New Zealand. It is best to describe like spring in US is taking turns with autumn there, pardon you'd call it fall.
I love kiwi fruit. I always thought that New Zealand had more sheep than any other animals; that is an interesting trivia bit.
Isn't sailing a popular sport in New Zealand?
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Yes, on some days the sea is full of yachts, so they call Auckland City of Sails.
In recent years, there are more cows than sheep in New Zealand.
I've got a few questions.
Pica pica is another name for which common bird?
Perdix perdix is another name for which common bird?
Which animal group do otters, badgers, ferrets & Northern European polecats come under? I'll give you a clue. They're not rodents.
What is/was trephining?
Who wrote under the pseudonym of Currer Bell?
Who wrote under the pseudonym of Ellis Bell?
Who wrote under the pseudonym of Acton Bell?
What was George Stubbs most famous for painting?
The following extract is from which famous poem, "Water, water, everywhere & all the boards did shrink. Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink"?
Where was William Wordsworth when he wrote his most famous poem, "daffodils"?
Pica pica is another name for which common bird?
Perdix perdix is another name for which common bird?
Which animal group do otters, badgers, ferrets & Northern European polecats come under? I'll give you a clue. They're not rodents.
What is/was trephining?
Who wrote under the pseudonym of Currer Bell?
Who wrote under the pseudonym of Ellis Bell?
Who wrote under the pseudonym of Acton Bell?
What was George Stubbs most famous for painting?
The following extract is from which famous poem, "Water, water, everywhere & all the boards did shrink. Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink"?
Where was William Wordsworth when he wrote his most famous poem, "daffodils"?