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Post by maire on Nov 22, 2008 7:10:53 GMT 12
I'll be humming Waterloo all day now ;D
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Post by Lux on Nov 22, 2008 9:44:12 GMT 12
not waterloo
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Post by marwyn on Nov 22, 2008 20:33:03 GMT 12
You're very clever with your wording love. I think you may be referring to the Battle of Tolentino which didn't have Napoleon in it at all, but was still under the Napoleonic Wars. I almost gave up until I read your question again. *smile*
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Post by Lux on Nov 22, 2008 20:55:03 GMT 12
No. I think that may have been the 2nd to last.
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Post by marwyn on Nov 22, 2008 21:22:29 GMT 12
Really? Oh darn it, back to school I go. *big grin*
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Post by Lux on Nov 24, 2008 20:44:24 GMT 12
Answer:
The Battle of Wavre was the last battle of the Napoleonic Wars. It took place on June 18 and 19, 1815, between Prussian and French forces. Although the Prussians, outnumbered nearly two to one, were driven back, the Battle of Wavre prevented several French corps from participating in the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815, thus contributing to the final downfall of Napoleon. Although deposed following this battle, Napoleon remained at large for a time in France. Eventually, he was exiled to Saint Helena where he died in 1821.
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Post by Lux on Nov 24, 2008 20:46:57 GMT 12
Our Wonderful World:
What animal undertakes the world's longest migration each year?
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Post by yollie on Nov 25, 2008 6:40:34 GMT 12
according to wikipedia: the longest distance travelled is by the Arctic Tern, which travels 22,000 km from the Arctic to the Antarctic. (north pole - south pole)
Bar-tailed godwits have the longest non-stop flight of 11,000 km from Alaska to NZ.
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Post by Lux on Nov 25, 2008 11:40:45 GMT 12
Correct: Arctic Tern
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Post by Lux on Nov 25, 2008 11:44:01 GMT 12
Mythology:
Roman God of war?
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Post by naki on Nov 25, 2008 19:07:42 GMT 12
Mars!
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Post by Lux on Nov 26, 2008 13:56:03 GMT 12
Correct: Mars
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Post by Lux on Nov 26, 2008 13:56:47 GMT 12
History:
Who won the first Nobel Prize for Medicine?
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Post by naki on Nov 26, 2008 15:54:02 GMT 12
Edwin Von Baring[sp?] for his work on a cure for diptheria.
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Post by Lux on Nov 26, 2008 15:58:41 GMT 12
You're a smarty  Correct: In 1901, Emil von Behring of Germany won the first Nobel Prize for Medicine "for his work on serum therapy, especially its application against diphtheria, by which he has opened a new road in the domain of medical science and thereby placed in the hands of the physician a victorious weapon against illness and deaths." naki 10 pts. kiwi68 2 pts. graeme 7 pts. misi 2 pts yollie 5 pts minx 9 pts maire 7 pts missitique 2 pts |
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Post by Lux on Nov 26, 2008 16:00:11 GMT 12
People of the World:
What African ethnic group is known as "the people of the veil" because the men wear veils that conceal all but their eyes?
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Post by naki on Nov 26, 2008 16:14:46 GMT 12
This is addictive. Can't answer off the top of my head, so I'll have to take a quick and dirty single.  |
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Post by Lux on Nov 28, 2008 10:12:42 GMT 12
no takers?
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Post by maire on Nov 28, 2008 15:36:36 GMT 12
Tuareg? Googled.
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Post by naki on Nov 28, 2008 19:34:45 GMT 12
that pic is...A VW Taureg.  |
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Post by Lux on Nov 28, 2008 19:50:32 GMT 12
that pic is...A VW Taureg.  I had no idea  |
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Post by Lux on Nov 28, 2008 19:52:30 GMT 12
Correct: Taureg
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Post by Lux on Nov 28, 2008 19:54:46 GMT 12
The Wild West:
Who is the only woman known to have robbed a stagecoach?
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Post by naki on Nov 28, 2008 20:02:05 GMT 12
jenny shipley? ruth richardson?
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Post by maire on Nov 29, 2008 7:40:11 GMT 12
jenny shipley? ruth richardson?  Annie Oakly[sp] ?? I vaguely remember a movie[?] a song [?]Annie Get Your Gun |
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