Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

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1. Charles Rolls founded Rolls Royce in 1906 but what aviation record did he set in 1910? Answer = the first two-way, non-stop English Channel flight . In 1901 with Frank Hedges Butler of the ballooning club that became the Royal Aero Club in March 1910 he was the second person they licensed to fly an aeroplane. He became the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane taking 95 minutes on 2 June 1910. 2. In which year was Lord Mountbatten killed by the IRA? Answer = 1979 3. If you were described as an ectomorph what would you be? Answer = slim – like I used to be. 4. What is a young male zebra called? Answer = Foal QUESTION – Is a zebra black or white? 5. Which football club folded in 1992 after 66 years in the League? Answer = Maidstone United ??????????????? 6. Who designed the Volkswagen car? Which one? Answer = Ferdinand Porsche & Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porche 7. What is the country home of the Marquess of Bath? Answer = Longleat 8. How many furlongs in a mile? Answer = 8. 1 furlong = 220 yards The name furlong derives from the Old English words furh (furrow) and lang (long). Dating back at least to early Anglo-Saxon times, it originally referred to the length of the furrow in one acre of a ploughed open field (a medieval communal field which was divided into strips). 9. In which conflict did Prince Andrew fly a helicopter? Answer = The Falklands 10. In which sport could you have a York Round and a Hereford Round? Answer = Archery with a MASSIVE quivver York: The York round is in general shot as a gents round using 5 zone scoring. It consists of 12 dozen (144) arrows shot at three different distances as listed below. 6 dozen (72) arrows shot in 6 arrow ends at a distance of 100 yards (91.4 metres). 11. What name is given to expressions like ‘catch the town drain’ and ‘tasted two worms’? Answer = Spoonerism William Archibald Spooner (22 July 1844 – 29 August 1930) was a long-serving Oxford don. He was most notable for his absent-mindedness, and for supposedly mixing up the syllables in a spoken phrase, with unintentionally comic effect. "It is kisstomary to cuss the bride” = ….customary to kiss the bride "I am tired of addressing beery wenches" = …..weary benches "Mardon me padam, this pie is occupewed. Can I sew you to another sheet?" = Pardon me, madam, this pew is occupied. Can I show you to another seat? "You have hissed all my mystery lectures, and were caught fighting a liar in the quad. Having tasted two worms, you will leave by the next town drain" = You have missed all my history lectures, and were caught lighting a fire in the quad. Having wasted two terms, you will leave by the next down train. 12. How many eggs does a peacock lay in a year? Answer = 0 I’ll bet you didn’t know …. Russian maps used to show Moscow a few miles away from its actual position to confuse guided-missile programmers. Answer = I didn’t.