QUIZ TIME IN UDON

[Laan Yaa Mo]

'Mo Chit' is bus station in Thai, 'baw kaw saw nua' is northern bus station in Lao (Isaan).

[Earnest]

Has Earnest given up as quiz master? Shame as was enjoying it while it lasted.

It's all gone a bit bonkers with a capital K as the drunken monkey would tell us.

I'll see what I can do but I'm not booked in by Whistler until the Christmas quiz.

[Udon Map]

Seatbelts were originally invented for which type of transport?

I had no idea, but was curious, so I looked it up. I won't reveal the answer here because I sort of cheated, thus disqualifying myself. And I don't want to ruin the fun for anyone else.

But happy to add a related question. What was the first U.S. auto manufacturer to offer seat belts in its vehicles? (It was an option.)

[Doodoo]

I was going to say Volvo but again they aint American So I also looked it up and was surprised

Carry on

[Whistler]

A wild guess....Ford

[Earnest]

Here's eight to get to grips with - the theme is spies.

1 Name the five Cambridge spies, surnames will do,

2 Aldrich Ames betrayed which country?

3 What was Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel?

4 Author Anthony Grey asserts which Australian prime minister spied for the Chinese?

5 The Abwehr was a military intelligence organisation for what country?

6 The Committee for State Security or Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti is better known as what?

7 George Smiley is brought out of retirement in the novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy to find what?

8 Francis Walsingham was spymaster to which Queen?

[Laan Yaa Mo]

Here's eight to get to grips with - the theme is spies.

1 Name the five Cambridge spies, surnames will do,

2 Aldrich Ames betrayed which country?

3 What was Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel?

4 Author Anthony Grey asserts which Australian prime minister spied for the Chinese?

5 The Abwehr was a military intelligence organisation for what country?

6 The Committee for State Security or Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti is better known as what?

7 George Smiley is brought out of retirement in the novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy to find what?

8 Francis Walsingham was spymaster to which Queen?

5. 'wehr' sounds German so it must be one of West Germany, East Germany, Austria or perhaps, Switzerland. I'll guess East Germany.

[Doodoo]

Whistler
Sorry Ford aint it

[Whistler]

Here's eight to get to grips with - the theme is spies.

1 Name the five Cambridge spies, surnames will do,
BURGESS, MEREDITH, PHILBY

2 Aldrich Ames betrayed which country?

3 What was Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel?
DR NO.

4 Author Anthony Grey asserts which Australian prime minister spied for the Chinese?
WHITLAM

5 The Abwehr was a military intelligence organisation for what country?
GERMANY

6 The Committee for State Security or Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti is better known as what?
KGB

7 George Smiley is brought out of retirement in the novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy to find what?

8 Francis Walsingham was spymaster to which Queen?

5. 'wehr' sounds German so it must be one of West Germany, East Germany, Austria or perhaps, Switzerland. I'll guess East Germany.

[tamada]

Here's eight to get to grips with - the theme is spies.

1 Name the five Cambridge spies, surnames will do,

2 Aldrich Ames betrayed which country?

3 What was Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel?

4 Author Anthony Grey asserts which Australian prime minister spied for the Chinese?

5 The Abwehr was a military intelligence organisation for what country?

6 The Committee for State Security or Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti is better known as what?

7 George Smiley is brought out of retirement in the novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy to find what?

8 Francis Walsingham was spymaster to which Queen?

2. Blunt (in addition to the 3 that Whistler named)
3. Casino Royale
7. A mole.

[Doodoo]

Which Country is said to have started Halloween?

Dracula has the fear staurophiba, what is it?

[Whistler]

Which Country is said to have started Halloween?
Netherlands
Dracula has the fear staurophiba, what is it?
Sunlight

[Doodoo]

Whistle
Sorry close but Nope

[Udon Map]

What was the first U.S. auto manufacturer to offer seat belts in its vehicles? (It was an option.)

Hint: It's no longer in existence.

[Udon Map]

2 Aldrich Ames betrayed which country?

U.S.

[deankham]

Here's eight to get to grips with - the theme is spies.

Thanks Earnest. Quite tricky, but here goes


3 What was Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel? Casino Royale

4 Author Anthony Grey asserts which Australian prime minister spied for the Chinese?

5 The Abwehr was a military intelligence organisation for what country? Zee Germans

6 The Committee for State Security or Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti is better known as what? KGB

7 George Smiley is brought out of retirement in the novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy to find what? A Russian double agent or double agent for the Russians

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[Earnest]

1 Name the five Cambridge spies, surnames will do,
Philby, Burgess, Maclean, Blunt & Cairncross

2 Aldrich Ames betrayed which country?
The US

3 What was Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel?
Casino Royale

4 Author Anthony Grey asserts which Australian prime minister spied for the Chinese?
Harold Holt

5 The Abwehr was a military intelligence organisation for what country?
Nazi Germany

6 The Committee for State Security or Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti is better known as what?
KGB

7 George Smiley is brought out of retirement in the novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy to find what?
A Mole

8 Francis Walsingham was spymaster to which Queen?
Elizabeth I

[Doodoo]

Seat Belts

Nash was the first American car manufacturer to offer seat belts as a factory option, in its 1949 models. They were installed in 40,000 cars, but buyers did not want them and requested dealers to remove them. The feature was "met with insurmountable sales resistance" and Nash reported that after one year "only 1,000 had been used" by customers

[Whistler]

Almost certainly violated the customer's civil rights, unconstitutional, big mota attempting to control.

I bet the Democrats were behind this.

[tamada]

Almost certainly violated the customer's civil rights, unconstitutional, big mota attempting to control.

I bet the Democrats were behind this.

I wonder if it was just the seatbelts that made them unpopular?

Babe magnet

Fat chick magnet

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