Quiz Questions

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Created by hughie1986 on Fri 16 Sep 2011.

Following the trend on here, I'll give the first question, answer it and ask another pub quiz question

Simples.


Last Question: by JuliusHMarx 3rd September, 2012 at 11:45

"Who was the last man to walk on the moon?"

Last Answer: by Rava Today at 17:00

"Eugene Cernan, December 1972"

wow... it doesn't give ocean swimmers much hope does it?
We've had 2 fatal shark attacks in the last few weeks. One surfer in WA and another poor kid got fatally mauled up the coast here last week.

How many stories is the current world's tallest building?

150 ?

higher... not far off.

160

167

Kenny wrote:160

Near enough. 163... but I'm pretty sure it used to be 160. (3 mechanical floors?)
Burj Dubai... but now known as Burj Khalifa. It's around 830m or 2,722'.

anyone else want to set a new question ?

When was the last drawn Ashes Series in Australia?

Sometime in the 1960s?

Yes. Can you guess/remember the year?

1964 ?

A bit later

1966

A bit more...

68

Actually, I stuffed up the question, west.  Apologies for that.

I meant last drawn Ashes Series (home or away) which was in England in 1972.
Last drawn series in Oz was in 1965/66.

Anyway, have a go mate...

New question anyone ?

What is the shortest English word with all 5 vowels in it?

Sequoia

No, there's a 6-letter word.

eunoia?

Thats right, had a look myself.

Is it India?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcHR5YXkgL0

Ha ha... where did you dig that one up from? Do you listen to much late night talkback?

on a similar note:

Which giant fruit went missing last week in Bowen Qld?
(it was 33 feet tall, 26 feet wide and weighed seven tons)