E: 31/08 ? Win bottles of Jura whisky - Weekly

reniannen

Week 8 16th - 22nd April

Q: The Corryveckian [assuming they mean Corryvreckan - they have a mental block with this name despite living next to it! ] whirlpool is named after which Norse King?
Answer: Breachan (source)

(he wasn't a King either, and it's not really - this should be under mythology not history!) I seem to have woken up on the pedantic side of the bed this morning, sorry :rotfl:


answer to last week’s question was C - National Geographic. Congratulations to Sascha Lauer from Germany who is the lucky winner

and congrats again to Newnan from last week :T

reniannen

Week 9 23rd - 29th April

Q: How many sites exist in Jura that exhibit the standing stones?
Answer: A. 8 (source and there's at least 8 on here)

answer to last week’s question was B - Breachan. Congratulations to Peter Hughes from United Kingdom who is the lucky winner :T

reniannen

Week 10 30th April - 6th May

Q: What is the ladies course record for the annual Isle of Jura Fells Race? www.jurafellrace.org.uk
Answer: A - 3:40:33


answer to last week’s question was A - 8. Congratulations to Ursula Bingham from United Kingdom who is the lucky winner :T

reniannen

Week 11 7th - 13th May

Q: The aging process of whisky results in a loss of volume ech year in the cask through evaporation, known as the angel’s share. How much is lost each year?
Answer: C - 1.5-2.0% (from wikipedia and whisky sites say 'about 2%')


answer to last week’s question was A - 3:40:33. Congratulations to kathleen marsden from United Kingdom who is the lucky winner :T

reniannen

Week 12 14th - 20th May

Q: Last year’s Jura Music Festival featured which one of the following famous folk musicians?
Answer: A - Dougie MacLean (source)


answer to last week’s question was C - 1.5-2.0%. Congratulations to Jack Mayo from United Kingdom who is the lucky winner :T

reniannen

Week 13 21st - 27th May

Q: During which period of history were the first settlers through to have arrived on Jura?
Answer: C - The Mesolithic Period (source)


answer to last week’s question was A - Dougie MacLean. Congratulations to Cecelia Allen from United Kingdom who is the lucky winner :T

cistolic

Thank you to Reniannen. Just seen week 12 winner is me. Will look out for WEM. Thank you again. Sorry to bump.

reniannen

yay thought I recognised the name as an mse'er - enjoy! :T

thingamaBob

Week 14 28th May - 03 June

Q: In Stuart Macbride’s short story Stramash, what’s the name of the Jimmy Weasdale’s criminal associate?

Answer: A - Badger McLean (Source)

Answer to last week's question was C-The Mesolithic Period. Congratulations to Marian Dickson from United Kingdom who is the lucky winner.

independance

Answer is A I think, as that is Badger McLeod or am I wrong?