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The TV Quiz Show Thread
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Mad Eyed Screamer
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Thankfully The Chase is back on today.
Q. In 1066 which Norman King conquered England at the Battle of Hastings?
A. Norman the Conquorer.
Q. In 1066 which Norman King conquered England at the Battle of Hastings?
A. Norman the Conquorer.
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Tipping Point
Q. The Mersey Rail is a train system serving the area in which English county?
A. Lancashire
Q. The Mersey Rail is a train system serving the area in which English county?
A. Lancashire
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Were they elderly
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Not really. A woman in her 50's I'd guess
Not her fault she got answer wrong, scouse not English. The question was wrong
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Not her fault? Are you saying she is a Chelsea fan?
Well I've got 9 (eventually) including Olland and Ostria.
Correct answer. Ormskirk is in Lancashire. Serves Chester too.
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Merseyside still exists in the historic county of Lancashire. This from Encyclopaedia Britannica as per 31st August 2022…
Lancashire | England, Map, & History | Britannica
Lancashire, administrative, geographic, and historical county in northwestern England. It is bounded to the north by Cumberland and Westmorland (in the present administrative county of Cumbria), to the east by Yorkshire, to the south by Cheshire, and to the west by the Irish Sea. Preston is the
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Historic counties have never been abolished and other versions of them are purely for administrative reasons.
When the 1972 Act came into effect, it was said of the new councils created:
Hopefully they asked for “which metropolitan county” as that can only be Merseyside.
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