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Old Saturday 22nd November 2003, 20:58   #1
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Mini quiz 2

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1. What is a Caracal?
2. What word connects Ash tree, Piano and Lock?
3. What island is Noel Coward buried on?
4. How did the "funny bone" get it's name?
5. Nordlingen is a small town in Germany at the epicentre of what?


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Old Saturday 22nd November 2003, 21:08   #2
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1. A species of lynx (Felis caracal) from Asia & southern Asia
2. Keys
3. ??
4. Because it is very painful if you hit it
5. Centre of Europe

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Old Saturday 22nd November 2003, 21:32   #3
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3. Jamaica

5. Nordlingen is at the centre of the Ries Crater in Bavaria, which was caused 15 million years ago by the impact of an asteroid.

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Old Saturday 22nd November 2003, 22:18   #4
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Well done!

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Because it is actually the humerous bone. Get it.
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Old Saturday 22nd November 2003, 22:31   #6
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The scientific name for the funny bone is the humerus. This is similar to the word "humerous" which means funny - hence the name "funny bone"!
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Because it is actually the humerous bone. Get it.
Pipped to the post by 60 seconds - but in the UK the bone is called the humerus. Shall we call it a draw?
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Yeah, you both got it. Thank you all
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I'm just a faster typist Elizabeth :)
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