THURSDAY QUIZ 23 May 2019

[Glory1 Level 43: Bright Spark]

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@jonsie wrote:

As above

except

1. The lesser spoted blond haired bimbo

2. Oswaldtwistle. I once had a job in a cuckoo clock. It was dull but it got me out of the house

3. I see a little silhouetto of a man Scaramouch, Scaramouch

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As usual you crack me up @jonsie 

[pgn Level 48: Jubilant]

1. What @jonsie said 

2. Somewhere where cuckoo's weren't: they never use their own nests, always the nest of another poor unsuspecting, hard-working bird family 

3. Midnight on midsummer's day at one of the Poles, North Pole probably. 

[Mi-Amigo Level 39: Midshipman]

RESULTS for Thursday Quiz 23 May 2019.

Nine members gave answers:

@Cleoriff 

Q1 ref to pigeons - incorrect * klaxon *; info on Harris hawks credit

Q2 Germany - correct

Q3 ref to sunset - incorrect * klaxon *; info re optical illusion credit

@MI5 

Q1 pigeons - incorrect * klaxon *; ref to Harris hawks credit

Q2 Germany - correct ; info re-town credit

Q3 sunset - incorrect * klaxon *

@viridis 

Q1 pigeons - incorrect *klaxon *

Q2 Germany - correct

Q3 proof earth is sphere - correct

@Glory1 

Q1 pigeons - incorrect * klaxon *

Q2 Germany - correct

Q3 [as Cleoriff] - sunset * klaxon *; optical illusion credit

@jonsie 

Q1 [as others] - * klaxon *; credit

Q2 [as others] -

Q3 [as others] - * klaxon *; credit

@gmarkj 

Q1 pigeons - incorrect * klaxon *

Q2 no score

Q3 sunset - incorrect * klaxon *

@TallTrees 

Q1 pigeons - incorrect * klaxon *

Q2 Austria - [as Bavaria was once part of Austria, I will allow it]

Q3 sunsetting - incorrect * klaxon *

@EmilieT 

Q1 pigeons - incorrect * klaxon *

Q2 Germany - correct

Q3 sunset - incorrect * klaxon *

@pgn 

Q1 [as jonsie] * klaxon *; credit

Q2 info on cuckoo credit

Q3 no score

CORRECT ANSWERS:

A1 rock doves. First described by Gmelin in 1789 in his edition of Linne`s Systema Naturae, in Leipzig.

RSPB recognises differences between pigeons and rock doves.

A2 Bavaria, Germany - not Switzerland as said by Orson Wells character in 1949 film The Third Man

A3 proof earth is a sphere. It cannot be a sunset or sunrise, as sun does not rise or set, but earth does.

The winner of this week`s Thursday Quiz is @viridis with

Congratulations @viridis on your win and hope you enjoyed playing along in the Thursday Quiz and will join the regulars next time.

For the funniest answers, @jonsie is awarded for answer to Q1 and for answer to Q2

Next Thursday, the Thursday Quiz will have three questions on:

 an outlaw; a highwayman; and pirates.

[viridis Level 56: Guvnor]

Get in!

[EmilieT]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo, I'm learning new things every week

[TallTrees]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 🤔

[Glory1 Level 43: Bright Spark]

Looking forward to next week's Quiz @Mi-Amigo  those questions sound very interesting.

And congratulations @viridis, a win your first time too, well done.

[jonsie Level 94: Supreme]

I deffo demand a recount...!

Well done @viridis 

[Cleoriff Level 94: Supreme]

Soooooo @viridis  pops in, posts once on here and wins????!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm off to send the heavy mob round.

Seriously though, well done @viridis  .

[Mi-Amigo Level 39: Midshipman]

Thanks guys.

Glad you all enjoyed it.

I should have pointed out that @viridis not only won on his go at the Thursday Quiz, but was up against the most members to take part in the quiz and was up against @Cleoriff who has, so far, won the most Thursday Quizzes.

If anyone wants to suggest general subjects [not specific topics] for future Thursday Quizzes, please feel free to post and I`ll look out suitable questions.