Trivial Pursuit

[Rob_the_Saint]

Blimey, it was a guess!

 

OK, what are the two french mottos at the top of the front page of The Times newspaper?

[Martin]

Dieu et mon droit

 

and

 

Honi soit qui mal y pense

[Rob_the_Saint]

Quite correct!

[Tuffley Rebel]

Martin, what's that in English?

[Big J R]

[color:"red"] 'LATIN'

 

[color:"black"] (Sorry Dedworth ! Couldn't resist it !)

[David Holden]

Literally, the first is God and my right and the second is evil to him that thinks evil.

 

I think

[Martin]

The first is definately God and my right as it was my school motto as well. I think your right on the second but I can't quite remember. Anyway you will be wanting a question:

 

What were the names of Britain's first medallists (and only so far I believe) at the 2004 Athens Olympics? And what were they competing in?

[Big J R]

Leon Taylor and Peter Waterfield: Synchronised Diving: Silver Medal.

 

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[color:"blue"] Mohandas Karamchand [color:"black"] were this persons real Christian names.

 

What is the famous surname and how was this person more popularly known ?

[David Holden]

Mahatma Ghandi?

[Big J R]

Correct, David, as usual !

[David Holden]

In what country was England Wicket keeper Geraint Jones born?

[BFR]

Papua New Guinea

 

Who did Michael Vaughan get out with his first test match wicket?

[Tuffley Rebel]

I'm taking a guess here, I think it was against West Indies. was it Brian Lara?

[BFR]

Guess again. Wrong.

[David Holden]

W Jaffer

[BFR]

Come on David, you have at least looked up what W stands for <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> But quite right. Over to you.

[David Holden]

It's Wasim sorry <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

 

Who was the mother of Bilbo Baggins?

 

[Big J R]

Just a thought, David.

 

Was it Mrs Baggins ?

 

I'll check it out.

[David Holden]

I suspect she was, but the book only refers to her by her maiden name, so that is what I'm looking for.

[Big J R]

OK David - I admit it - I was bitten by this one, so delved onto the Internet. (Found some FANTASTIC Hobbit sites)

 

Only direct reference I can find, is that Bibo Baggins mother...

 

 

...was a TOOK.

 

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