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The Oldie Quiz

Send your answers and full details to:

email: [EMAIL="editorial@theoldie.co.uk"]editorial@theoldie.co.uk[/EMAIL]
subject: August Quiz

My answers:

1. Parachute
2. Peter Andre
3. Sri Lanka
4. Leamington Spa
5. Tunbridge Wells
6. The Three Musketeers
7. Ouse and Trent
8. Alexander
9. Philip
10. The name of the subject in Carly Simon's "You're So Vain"
11. Rhinoceros
12. Marble Arch
13. Carlsberg
14. Diana Ross
15. Menzies
16. Zaheer Abbas
17. The Virgin of the Rocks
18. Malcolm X
19. Silkworms
20. South Dakota


Comments:

Q6 Whose real names were Le Comte de la Fere, M. du Vallon and Chevalier d’Herblay? Athos, Porthos & Aramis (The Three Musketeers)

Q12 Which London monument was moved to its present location because it was too small to admit the state coach? Marble Arch - This is not actually true - the state coach easily passed through it at the coronation in 1953 - video HERE



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