QUIZ TIME IN UDON

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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by Laan Yaa Mo » October 29, 2022, 5:34 am

'Mo Chit' is bus station in Thai, 'baw kaw saw nua' is northern bus station in Lao (Isaan).


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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by Earnest » October 30, 2022, 3:13 pm

deankham wrote:
October 27, 2022, 11:54 am
Has Earnest given up as quiz master? Shame as was enjoying it while it lasted. :roll:
It's all gone a bit bonkers with a capital K as the drunken monkey would tell us.

I'll see what I can do but I'm not booked in by Whistler until the Christmas quiz.
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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by Udon Map » October 30, 2022, 4:50 pm

Doodoo wrote:
October 28, 2022, 9:55 am
Seatbelts were originally invented for which type of transport?
I had no idea, but was curious, so I looked it up. I won't reveal the answer here because I sort of cheated, thus disqualifying myself. And I don't want to ruin the fun for anyone else.

But happy to add a related question. What was the first U.S. auto manufacturer to offer seat belts in its vehicles? (It was an option.)

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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by Doodoo » October 30, 2022, 6:44 pm

I was going to say Volvo but again they aint American So I also looked it up and was surprised

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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by Whistler » October 30, 2022, 8:26 pm

A wild guess....Ford
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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by Earnest » October 31, 2022, 2:29 am

Here's eight to get to grips with - the theme is spies.

1 Name the five Cambridge spies, surnames will do,

2 Aldrich Ames betrayed which country?

3 What was Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel?

4 Author Anthony Grey asserts which Australian prime minister spied for the Chinese?

5 The Abwehr was a military intelligence organisation for what country?

6 The Committee for State Security or Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti is better known as what?

7 George Smiley is brought out of retirement in the novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy to find what?

8 Francis Walsingham was spymaster to which Queen?
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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by Laan Yaa Mo » October 31, 2022, 3:22 am

Earnest wrote:
October 31, 2022, 2:29 am
Here's eight to get to grips with - the theme is spies.

1 Name the five Cambridge spies, surnames will do,

2 Aldrich Ames betrayed which country?

3 What was Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel?

4 Author Anthony Grey asserts which Australian prime minister spied for the Chinese?

5 The Abwehr was a military intelligence organisation for what country?

6 The Committee for State Security or Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti is better known as what?

7 George Smiley is brought out of retirement in the novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy to find what?

8 Francis Walsingham was spymaster to which Queen?

5. 'wehr' sounds German so it must be one of West Germany, East Germany, Austria or perhaps, Switzerland. I'll guess East Germany.
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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by Whistler » October 31, 2022, 5:29 am

Laan Yaa Mo wrote:
October 31, 2022, 3:22 am
Earnest wrote:
October 31, 2022, 2:29 am
Here's eight to get to grips with - the theme is spies.

1 Name the five Cambridge spies, surnames will do,
BURGESS, MEREDITH, PHILBY

2 Aldrich Ames betrayed which country?

3 What was Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel?
DR NO.

4 Author Anthony Grey asserts which Australian prime minister spied for the Chinese?
WHITLAM

5 The Abwehr was a military intelligence organisation for what country?
GERMANY

6 The Committee for State Security or Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti is better known as what?
KGB

7 George Smiley is brought out of retirement in the novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy to find what?

8 Francis Walsingham was spymaster to which Queen?

5. 'wehr' sounds German so it must be one of West Germany, East Germany, Austria or perhaps, Switzerland. I'll guess East Germany.
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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by tamada » October 31, 2022, 5:36 am

Earnest wrote:
October 31, 2022, 2:29 am
Here's eight to get to grips with - the theme is spies.

1 Name the five Cambridge spies, surnames will do,

2 Aldrich Ames betrayed which country?

3 What was Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel?

4 Author Anthony Grey asserts which Australian prime minister spied for the Chinese?

5 The Abwehr was a military intelligence organisation for what country?

6 The Committee for State Security or Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti is better known as what?

7 George Smiley is brought out of retirement in the novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy to find what?

8 Francis Walsingham was spymaster to which Queen?
2. Blunt (in addition to the 3 that Whistler named)
3. Casino Royale
7. A mole.
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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by Doodoo » October 31, 2022, 6:23 am

Which Country is said to have started Halloween?

Dracula has the fear staurophiba, what is it?

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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by Whistler » October 31, 2022, 7:42 am

Doodoo wrote:
October 31, 2022, 6:23 am
Which Country is said to have started Halloween?
Netherlands
Dracula has the fear staurophiba, what is it?
Sunlight
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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by Doodoo » October 31, 2022, 8:35 am

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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by Udon Map » October 31, 2022, 9:03 am

Udon Map wrote:
October 30, 2022, 4:50 pm
What was the first U.S. auto manufacturer to offer seat belts in its vehicles? (It was an option.)
Hint: It's no longer in existence.

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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by Udon Map » October 31, 2022, 9:04 am

Earnest wrote:
October 31, 2022, 2:29 am
2 Aldrich Ames betrayed which country?
U.S.

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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by deankham » October 31, 2022, 12:08 pm

Earnest wrote:
October 31, 2022, 2:29 am
Here's eight to get to grips with - the theme is spies.
Thanks Earnest. Quite tricky, but here goes


3 What was Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel? Casino Royale

4 Author Anthony Grey asserts which Australian prime minister spied for the Chinese?

5 The Abwehr was a military intelligence organisation for what country? Zee Germans

6 The Committee for State Security or Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti is better known as what? KGB

7 George Smiley is brought out of retirement in the novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy to find what? A Russian double agent or double agent for the Russians

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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by Earnest » November 1, 2022, 2:41 am

1 Name the five Cambridge spies, surnames will do,
Philby, Burgess, Maclean, Blunt & Cairncross

2 Aldrich Ames betrayed which country?
The US

3 What was Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel?
Casino Royale

4 Author Anthony Grey asserts which Australian prime minister spied for the Chinese?
Harold Holt

5 The Abwehr was a military intelligence organisation for what country?
Nazi Germany

6 The Committee for State Security or Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti is better known as what?
KGB

7 George Smiley is brought out of retirement in the novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy to find what?
A Mole

8 Francis Walsingham was spymaster to which Queen?
Elizabeth I
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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by Doodoo » November 1, 2022, 7:34 am

Seat Belts

Nash was the first American car manufacturer to offer seat belts as a factory option, in its 1949 models. They were installed in 40,000 cars, but buyers did not want them and requested dealers to remove them. The feature was "met with insurmountable sales resistance" and Nash reported that after one year "only 1,000 had been used" by customers

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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by Whistler » November 1, 2022, 9:38 am

Almost certainly violated the customer's civil rights, unconstitutional, big mota attempting to control.

I bet the Democrats were behind this.
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Re: QUIZ TIME IN UDON

Post by tamada » November 1, 2022, 3:10 pm

Whistler wrote:
November 1, 2022, 9:38 am
Almost certainly violated the customer's civil rights, unconstitutional, big mota attempting to control.

I bet the Democrats were behind this.
I wonder if it was just the seatbelts that made them unpopular?
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