100 Files and Running
Those of you who know me will also know the presence of THE FILES in my life. Some look on them enviously with a greenish tinge in their eyes; others consider me a sad bastard who happens to be too diligent to live. These files contain thousands of questions I have been writing for the last nine years in preparation for major tournaments as part of my 'mud and wall' memorising theory. I like writing them, but my memory becomes so overloaded at times that I sometimes find I have written the same question four times without consciously knowing it.
Anyway, I thought I would share them with you: 20 at a time for the rest of my natural life. Or until I can't be arsed to put them up anymore. These questions are far too hard to go in That Place and if not, then they are far too long. If I miss out a day I will put up double the next to make up and so on. The answers will be posted the next day. It also means that I don't have to think up original stuff for regular posts. This is me on autopilot. However, it may also make me remember some of these bastards for once.
BH Quiz #1
1. In what year was there a dead heat in the university Boat Race?
2. Where in England does the NSA have a major facility?
3. Africa's second largest port, what city is on Delagoa Bay?
4. Marie Antoinette's alleged connection with which scandal contributed to her unpopularity?
5. In which mountain range is the Vinson Massif located?
6. In a flower, what is the terminal part of a stamen in which the pollen grains are produced?
7. Panaji is the capital of which Indian state?
8. Ian Murphy, aka Captain Zap, was the first person to be arrested for what in 1981?
9. Who played Donald Fisher on Home and Away?
10. The Casio QV-11 opened the consumer market for what?
11. How many letters are there in the Arabic alphabet?
12. What army rank is equivalent to captain in the Royal Navy and group captain in the RAF?
13. Which band was the brainchild of art students Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale?
14. In 1922 Austin produced the first British car for the popular market. What was it called?
15. Who was the first Bishop of London?
16. In which Bodmin Moor village is the actual Jamaica Inn?
17. Bisto derives its name from which 5-word slogan?
18. What were the women performers on The Black and White Minstrel Show called?
19. What type of plane did Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper die in, in Mason City, Iowa, on February 3, 1959?
20. Which former friend of Robert Peary was found to have fraudulently reported his own earlier reaching of the North Pole?
Errors are inevitable, it has to be said; so any comments highlighting them will be soundly ignored in an act of almighty petulance. The sources will be self evident to many.
Sidenote: I have incurred four nasty cuts or lacerations from the metal on my files. Yes, the files can physically hurt you that's how bloody mean bastard hard they are.
Those of you who know me will also know the presence of THE FILES in my life. Some look on them enviously with a greenish tinge in their eyes; others consider me a sad bastard who happens to be too diligent to live. These files contain thousands of questions I have been writing for the last nine years in preparation for major tournaments as part of my 'mud and wall' memorising theory. I like writing them, but my memory becomes so overloaded at times that I sometimes find I have written the same question four times without consciously knowing it.
Anyway, I thought I would share them with you: 20 at a time for the rest of my natural life. Or until I can't be arsed to put them up anymore. These questions are far too hard to go in That Place and if not, then they are far too long. If I miss out a day I will put up double the next to make up and so on. The answers will be posted the next day. It also means that I don't have to think up original stuff for regular posts. This is me on autopilot. However, it may also make me remember some of these bastards for once.
BH Quiz #1
1. In what year was there a dead heat in the university Boat Race?
2. Where in England does the NSA have a major facility?
3. Africa's second largest port, what city is on Delagoa Bay?
4. Marie Antoinette's alleged connection with which scandal contributed to her unpopularity?
5. In which mountain range is the Vinson Massif located?
6. In a flower, what is the terminal part of a stamen in which the pollen grains are produced?
7. Panaji is the capital of which Indian state?
8. Ian Murphy, aka Captain Zap, was the first person to be arrested for what in 1981?
9. Who played Donald Fisher on Home and Away?
10. The Casio QV-11 opened the consumer market for what?
11. How many letters are there in the Arabic alphabet?
12. What army rank is equivalent to captain in the Royal Navy and group captain in the RAF?
13. Which band was the brainchild of art students Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale?
14. In 1922 Austin produced the first British car for the popular market. What was it called?
15. Who was the first Bishop of London?
16. In which Bodmin Moor village is the actual Jamaica Inn?
17. Bisto derives its name from which 5-word slogan?
18. What were the women performers on The Black and White Minstrel Show called?
19. What type of plane did Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper die in, in Mason City, Iowa, on February 3, 1959?
20. Which former friend of Robert Peary was found to have fraudulently reported his own earlier reaching of the North Pole?
Errors are inevitable, it has to be said; so any comments highlighting them will be soundly ignored in an act of almighty petulance. The sources will be self evident to many.
Sidenote: I have incurred four nasty cuts or lacerations from the metal on my files. Yes, the files can physically hurt you that's how bloody mean bastard hard they are.
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