The Big LBR Non Google Trivia Quiz

[Tomcat]

the answer to the " Pnyx" picture  question  . It was the birthplace of " Democracy"

[JaiDee]

Must be Athens?

[Tomcat]

correct Sir , it was indeed Athens..The Pynx was  a gathering place which turned into some kind of open air forum

[JaiDee]

Here is a photo of old Athens......errrr, skip that, this is a photo of an old mother board which LOOKS like old Athens.

 

Yes, I DO have way too much time on my hands

 

 

[bumblebee]

The Kuna is the currency of what European country?

[Tomcat]

Sounds like one of those Baltics... ill go with Latvia

[JaiDee]

Ok TC, since you took Latvia I will go with Estonia  :-)

[bumblebee]

Sorry guys but neither of those 2 but I can see why you went with them. 

[Guest sustra]

just a small trip from my city and you will be in Hrvastka, Croazia....but they will accept euros...oh yes, they will

[Guest sustra]

cravat in russian language means bed.....

[bumblebee]

What is the colour of the leader's jersey in the Giro d'Italia race?

[JaiDee]

The following was written on an envelope in the USA, & was successfully delivered. But to whom, & to where exactly?

Hill

John

Mass

 

  Ha!  My stepdad was a postal worker and told me this one years ago!

 

   It was going to John Underhill in Andover, Massachusetts.

[pdogg]

An easy geography question:

 

If a ship heads from West to East through the Panama Canal, to which Ocean is it headed?

[JaiDee]

The Atlantic?

 

I would think you'd come out somewhere in the Caribbean sea.

[pdogg]

The Atlantic?

 

I would think you'd come out somewhere in the Caribbean sea.

This is not correct. 

[pacman]

Good heavens! Don't tell me that the most westerly end of the canal is in the Caribbean. That means the answer to your question must be the Pacific. Who'd a thunk it?

[pdogg]

Good heavens! Don't tell me that the most westerly end of the canal is in the Caribbean. That means the answer to your question must be the Pacific. Who'd a thunk it?

Correctomundo!  

 

Some maps show this clearer than others.

[bumblebee]

Pink.

Sure is, must be an Italian thing.

[Guest sustra]

Sure is, must be an Italian thing.

i did not answer this question as i am italian so...the pink colour is originated from the colour of the main sport magazine called " Gazzetta dello Sport " that has pink pages and was the first to organize and sponsor the race...

[bumblebee]

i did not answer this question as i am italian so...the pink colour is originated from the colour of the main sport magazine called " Gazzetta dello Sport " that has pink pages and was the first to organize and sponsor the race...

Cheers Sustra, I guessed there must have been a local reason for the colour and very gentlemanly of you to leave the question open to the non Italians here.

[JaiDee]

Mark Mothersbaugh is a composer and one of the most successful writers of music for TV and the movies.

 

The Rugrats, Pee Wee's playhouse, Dumb and Dumber, Happy Gilmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, literally dozens of others......and lately House of Lies and Shameless. But he is more famous for fronting a seminal New Wave band out of Akron, Ohio in the late 70's.

 

   Name of that band?

[JaiDee]

Hmmmm, I figured  67 or someone else would know this one.....here they are doing a killer cover of a classic Stones song, also heard in the movie Casino;

 

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jadvt7CbH1o

[bumblebee]

It's one of those I should have taken a guess questions that one Jaidee.

[JaiDee]

P Dogg's rationale!

 

Never hurts to put down an answer and better than leaving it blank 

[pdogg]

Hmmmm, I figured  67 or someone else would know this one.....here they are doing a killer cover of a classic Stones song, also heard in the movie Casino;

 

    

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