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On this Day in 1923

10 December 2023 Keith

Our monthly look at what happened 100 years ago.

On this day, 10 December 1923 …

Poet WB Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

amusements, history

December Quiz Questions

1 December 2023 Keith

Again this year we’re beginning each month with five pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. They’re not difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers, so hopefully you’ll learn something new, as well as have a bit of fun.

December Quiz Questions: 17^th Century England

Who is celebrated for having failed to blow up the King in 1605?
What was given to King Charles II in 1661 and abandoned by the British in 1684?
Who succeeded Oliver Cromwell?
For what is Nell Gwyn famous?
How many monarchs reigned over England in 17th century?

Answers will be posted in 2 weeks time.

amusements, science

November Quiz Answers

15 November 2023 Keith

Here are the answers to this month’s five quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.

November Quiz Questions: Chemical Science

Verdigris, is a green pigment mainly comprising salts of which metal? Copper
Friedrich Kekulé is credited with figuring out the correct structure of which chemical? Benzene
What is the heaviest naturally occurring element? Plutonium
William Perkin is famous for what? Synthesis of the first artificial purple dye, mauvine (aka. aniline purple), in 1856
What is the pH of pure water? 7.0

Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2022.

amusements, science

November Quiz Questions

1 November 2023 Keith