Trivial Pursuit anyone?

**crepitas** · 13-02-2016, 02:50 PM

Trivial Pursuit anyone?
Judging by some of the comments on my Geography thread there seems to be some interest?
Pointless posting answers since there is Google but think it might be fun to increase general knowledge..If interested do not answer; just post another question or two…loved the board game great for educating our family!
So to start off: a few questions:
Off what coast was the battle of Trafalgar and with whom?
In what country was the battle of Waterloo?
Specifically where is Gallipoli?
Bordering what sea or ocean is Java head.
Where is Armenia?
Elephant Island is in the Antarctic, why is it famous?

**panama hat** · 13-02-2016, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by crepitas

Off what coast was the battle of Trafalgar and with whom?
In what country was the battle of Waterloo?
Specifically where is Gallipoli?
Bordering what sea or ocean is Java head.
Where is Armenia?
Elephant Island is in the Antarctic, why is it famous?

Cool . . . no googling.

* Trafalgar - Spanish coast (too general?)
* Turkey
* Java Sea ( I know it exists but is the answer the one you're looking for?
* Between Russia and Turkey, or at least bordering Turkey, hence the 'genocide' of Armenians by Turks
*Elephant seals lived there - maybe still do

Correct?

**Davis Knowlton** · 13-02-2016, 04:07 PM

You're way off on Waterloo. I know that for certain.

You only gave half an answer for Trafalgar. Was Brits vs French and Spanish.

Sorry. You appear to have skipped the Waterloo question.

**crepitas** · 13-02-2016, 04:10 PM

Ha ha good stuff PH. Close but no cigar re Elephant Island ..Shackleton expedition survivors??
Think maybe would be good fun to see some non googled answers?

On a role so here are couple more:

Where from did syphilis originate?
Columbus did not in fact discover mainland North America. Where did he land?
What was his nationality?

**Troy** · 13-02-2016, 04:14 PM

Waterloo was fought in Holland...just outside Brussels

**Davis Knowlton** · 13-02-2016, 04:18 PM

Columbus was a dago. I think he landed in the Bahamas someplace.

**can123** · 13-02-2016, 04:25 PM

The Battle of Waterloo took place in Belgium.

Christopher Columbus was Italian and born in Genoa ( where the cake comes from)

No Googling, just schoolboy history lessons.

**can123** · 13-02-2016, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by Troy

Waterloo was fought in Holland...just outside Brussels

Not even the good residents of Brussels believe thet they are Dutch !

**crepitas** · 13-02-2016, 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by Troy

Waterloo was fought in Holland...just outside Brussels

Sorry mate no cigar...lol

**Davis Knowlton** · 13-02-2016, 04:30 PM

Syph came from Europe. Knowing Butterfly, probably from Belgium.

**Davis Knowlton** · 13-02-2016, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by crepitas

Originally Posted by Troy

Waterloo was fought in Holland...just outside Brussels

Sorry mate no cigar...lol

Think he's right. Belgium now, but Netherlands then.

**crepitas** · 13-02-2016, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

Columbus was a dago. I think he landed in the Bahamas someplace.

Close enough, Hispaniola now Haiti.

**crepitas** · 13-02-2016, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

Originally Posted by crepitas

Originally Posted by Troy

Waterloo was fought in Holland...just outside Brussels

Sorry mate no cigar...lol

Think he's right. Belgium now, but Netherlands then.

My bad..lol

**crepitas** · 13-02-2016, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

Syph came from Europe. Knowing Butterfly, probably from Belgium.

...I read that it was brought to Europe from Hispaniola?

**Davis Knowlton** · 13-02-2016, 04:36 PM

^^I only knew that because I recently read a history of his campaigns.

**Davis Knowlton** · 13-02-2016, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by crepitas

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

Syph came from Europe. Knowing Butterfly, probably from Belgium.

...I read that it was brought to Europe from Hispaniola?

I think it was the other way around.....

**crepitas** · 13-02-2016, 04:57 PM

^^
Got that from the book re discovery of the Americas 'Rivers of Gold" worth a read..

**thaimeme** · 13-02-2016, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

Columbus was a dago. I think he landed in the Bahamas someplace.

By Chance.....

The Chinese and Africans were there first.

**crepitas** · 13-02-2016, 05:13 PM

^^^ Lol so were the Irish monks and the Vikings.

Okay was hoping for some HARD questions.

A couple more:

Where or what is the Nelson Bridge?

From whence the expressions: Nipper and Flash in the Plan?

**Davis Knowlton** · 13-02-2016, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by crepitas

From whence the expressions: Nipper and Flash in the Plan?

Loading a musket

**can123** · 13-02-2016, 06:14 PM

I know that there is a bridge called that at Augusta where the Masters Golf tournament is held but don't know any others.

**patsycat** · 13-02-2016, 08:21 PM

My father made me blush when i was about 20.

The question was - What does a stallion have that a gelding hasn't?

I answered "balls", the nasty man wouldn't give me a bit of pie because the answer was "testicles".

We would do all nighter playing trivial pursuit. I love it. They even had a touch screen version in my local pub.

Oh, and my failure of an ex husband who was a bad loser accused me of cheating. Because we had a glass table and he thought i was reading the answers under it!!! Or shuffling through the boxes and choosing the easy questions!! He couldn't admit to himself that his wife was rather more intelligent than himself. His hissy fits were epic!! Like a two year old having a tantrum!! I just loved doiing the little victory dance!!

And i was playing the French version. It's hard enough in English.

**harrybarracuda** · 13-02-2016, 08:38 PM

Who played International Cricket for England and International Football for Scotland?

**Troy** · 13-02-2016, 09:03 PM

Originally Posted by can123

The Battle of Waterloo took place in Belgium.

Originally Posted by can123

Not even the good residents of Brussels believe thet they are Dutch!

In what year did Belgium become a country?

**can123** · 13-02-2016, 09:04 PM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Who played International Cricket for England and International Football for Scotland?

Jim Laker and Dennis Law.

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