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Friday 7 August 2015

Friday Quiz 9

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Friday seems to come around so very quickly each week so it's quiz time again, lets see how you do.

1. Which Barbarian Chieftain sacked Rome in 410 AD?

2. Orange and red sashes distinguished what at Edgehill?

3. What nation provided the second most number of pilots during the Battle of Britain after the British?

4. Which member of NATO has no armed forces?

5. What is the best known nickname for the American A-10 ground attack plane?

Lets see how well you did

Answers.

1. Alaric the Goth

2. Orange sashes were worn by Essex's parliamentarians while the Kings forces wore red sashes

3. 574 pilots in total were none British that flew for the RAF and FFA (sorry I was not as clear as I could have been) with Poland supplying the most at 145

NationNumber
 Australia26[3] or 32[1]
 Barbados1[1]
 Belgium28[1] or 30[3]
 Canada112[1]
 Czechoslovakia84[3] or 88[1]
 France13[1] or 14[3]
 Ireland10[1]
 Jamaica1[1]
 New Zealand127[1] or 135[2]
 Newfoundland1[1]
 Northern Rhodesia1[3]
 Poland145[1]
 South Africa22[3] or 25[1]
 Southern Rhodesia3[1] or 4[3]
 United States9[1] or 11[3]
Information sourced from Wikipedia here.

4. Iceland

5. Warthog due to it's less than dashing looks.
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  1. Michael Awdry7 August 2015 at 07:49

    I must admit that I'm alarmed at just how quickly Fridays are coming round myself, I'll be sharpening my pencils and polishing apples for school again soon!
    1. Unsure
    2. Parliamentary forces?
    3. Poland?
    4. Unsure
    5. Warthog?
    Off to check the offers, have a great weekend Ian.

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    1. Ian11 August 2015 at 19:25

      Halfway to full marks there so not bad at all

      Ian

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  2. TamsinP7 August 2015 at 07:50

    At last - a Friday Quiz where I know more than one answer and could hazard a good guess at the others

    1. Alaric
    2. Which army the cavalry belonged to
    3. Poland?
    4. I'll hazard a guess at Luxembourg
    5. Warthog

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    1. Paul´s Bods7 August 2015 at 12:12

      Poland? ..made me smile... They´ve got about 120,000 troops, 1000 Leopard tanks (unless they´ve been trading in them again) and a couple of thousand AFV´s

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    2. Ian11 August 2015 at 19:26

      Four out of five if I don't get picky on the ECW question so very well done

      Ian

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  3. brownk297 August 2015 at 09:31

    First time I've seen this, here we go;

    1. Alaric
    2. no idea
    3. Poland
    4. Iceland
    5. Warthog

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    1. TamsinP7 August 2015 at 09:43

      Iceland was my other guess for 4. I'm sure one of us has it right :)

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    2. brownk297 August 2015 at 11:36

      1 & 4 were the two I was most confident about, but we will see.

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    3. Ian11 August 2015 at 19:27

      4 out of five again, another very good score.

      Tamsin so close to getting them all right

      Ian

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  4. Anonymous7 August 2015 at 10:36

    1. Angela Merkel
    2. members of the Royal Horticultural Society's oranges and strawberry growers associations.
    3. German Luftwaffe
    4. Sheesh, you mean there's a country that cuts off all the arms of it's soldiers?!
    5. Blue On Blue

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    1. Anonymous7 August 2015 at 12:24

      Why is no-one else saying the Luftwaffe!?!

      The German's had more pilots than the number of Polish pilots! Heck, the German's had more aircrew that flew during the battle than the Poles had pilots.

      I'm right, you'll all see ]:-) Mwah,ha,ha,ha!

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    2. Ian11 August 2015 at 19:28

      You know I really want to give you a point just to tease you back LOL

      Ian

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  5. Paul´s Bods7 August 2015 at 12:03

    Alaric
    King red sashes, Parliamentarians orange
    Poland
    iceland
    Warthog
    though Roy´s answers are funnier..

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  6. GaryA7 August 2015 at 15:04

    1. Alaric withthe England Supporters' Club
    2. Orange = parliament. Red = King
    3. Poland
    4. Iceland? Isn't their navy actually a sort of coastguard?
    5. Warthog

    If Roy carries on like this he'll end up on Putin's hit list :O(

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    1. Paul´s Bods7 August 2015 at 16:44

      isn´t he already? :-D

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    2. Anonymous7 August 2015 at 19:06

      My answer to question five's already got me on Trump's hit list!

      )--;-,-'- ... {BANG!} >-;o

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    3. GaryA7 August 2015 at 23:04

      So are you a woman or a Mexican then?

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    4. Anonymous8 August 2015 at 10:02

      Mental images of the comedy Red Dwarf form in my mind...

      and swapping bodies with Salma Hayek for half an hour to enjoy some quality alone time.

      I just don't think she'd take me up on the offer to be a tall, ginger Northerner for a bit.

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    5. Ian11 August 2015 at 19:31

      LOL another full house well done and all the banters going to get a few of us on the naughty step :-)

      Ian

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    6. GaryA11 August 2015 at 19:43

      Ha! When I was a kid I had my own, personal naughty step. I've graduated to my own flight of stairs . . . ;O)

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    7. Ian12 August 2015 at 12:55

      I thought they made a film about that ;-)

      Ian

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  7. History PhD10 August 2015 at 02:45

    1. Alaric
    2. Those with the smartest and nattiest sense of fashion
    3. I have to go with the Germans as well
    4. Iceland
    5. Warthog

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    1. Ian11 August 2015 at 19:32

      I am thinking you have 4 points as you are right given I can't phrase questions that well ;-)

      Ian

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  8. Anonymous12 August 2015 at 10:54

    In all honestly I knew what you meant in regard question three. And given that most of the others recognised you meant on the side against the German / Italians I reckon you can't have wrote the question that bad.

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    1. Ian12 August 2015 at 12:55

      I thought as much but I also thought it may anoy you to get a point given to you LOL

      Ian

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