Weekend Challenge
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Weekend Challenge
by observer Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:46 pm
1. Which form of death penalty was abolished by Francois Mitterrand?
2. In which country was the first permanent bungee jumping site situated?
3. Which drink did the Coca Cola Company launch in 1982?
4. Which telescope was launched into space on board a space shuttle in 1990?
5. Jonas Salk developed the Salk vaccine against which disease?
6. Which Wisconsin salesman developed a safety razor in 1901?
7. Which film actor became mayor of Carmel, California in 1986?
8. How was Jean Claude Duvalier known before he ws exiled in 1986?
9. Great Briton fought which country over the Falkland Islands?
10. The Center for Disease Control identified a deadly illness called AIDS; what does the A stand for?
11. What does Volkswagen actually mean?
12. What does the Transalaska Pipeline System transport?
2. In which country was the first permanent bungee jumping site situated?
3. Which drink did the Coca Cola Company launch in 1982?
4. Which telescope was launched into space on board a space shuttle in 1990?
5. Jonas Salk developed the Salk vaccine against which disease?
6. Which Wisconsin salesman developed a safety razor in 1901?
7. Which film actor became mayor of Carmel, California in 1986?
8. How was Jean Claude Duvalier known before he ws exiled in 1986?
9. Great Briton fought which country over the Falkland Islands?
10. The Center for Disease Control identified a deadly illness called AIDS; what does the A stand for?
11. What does Volkswagen actually mean?
12. What does the Transalaska Pipeline System transport?
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Re: Weekend Challenge
by observer Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:00 pm
10 - That's what I thought it was too. But, it's not. LOL
Most of the answers to the other questions ARE what you likely first thought of, however.
Most of the answers to the other questions ARE what you likely first thought of, however.
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Re: Weekend Challenge
by rbw Sat Mar 03, 2012 8:53 am
1-beheading
4-Hubble
5-Polio
6-Gillett
7-Clint Eastwood
8-Baby Doc
9- Argentina
12-Crude oil
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Re: Weekend Challenge
by observer Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:00 am
rbw wrote:
1-beheading YES - as in the guillotine
4-Hubble - YES
5-Polio - YES
6-Gillette -YES
7-Clint Eastwood - YES
8-Baby Doc - YES
9- Argentina - YES
12-Crude oil - YES
8 out of 12 so far!
2, 3, 10, 11 to go.
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Re: Weekend Challenge
by kishgo Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:08 am
3. Diet coke? You shouldn't drink it. Read the first three letters of the word.
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Re: Weekend Challenge
by kishgo Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:12 am
11. Our German friends says it means the People's car.
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Re: Weekend Challenge
by kishgo Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:15 am
10. Thanks Google
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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Re: Weekend Challenge
by observer Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:15 am
That completes the quiz correctly.
Congratulations to rbw and kishgo - for being so quick on the draw, as well as knowledgeable.
Congratulations to rbw and kishgo - for being so quick on the draw, as well as knowledgeable.
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