Gloster
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Whernside?
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CarltonA
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I was of the belief that nothing in England qualified as a mountain. Hopefully someone will explain.
OhNoAPacer
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Not Where's idea
It all depends on what definition you want to try and use, the most common one I have seen is higher than 600 metres, in which case England has many mountains.
In any case this is a quiz on a forum and I am reasonably sure that most people will understand the meaning of mountain in the question.
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Was going to suggest 'Cross Fell', located somewhere up North and along the Pennine Way, but maybe that's also in Cumbria?!
CarltonA
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The Cheviot in Northumbria? Though I call it Northumberland (and use feet and inches).
OhNoAPacer
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Cross Fell is the highest mountain in England outside the Lake District but us still in Cumbria.
Is the correct answer.
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CarltonA
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Where did "The Blazing Car Murder" of November 1930 take place?
Gloster
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In a lane near Northampton?
Gloster
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Where is Europe’s most northerly university?
Mcr Warrior
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Somewhere in Norway? Trondheim perhaps?
OhNoAPacer
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By coincidence I watched a you tube video yesterday where the bloggers were in Tromso and they mentioned the university there being the most northerly, so assuming they are correct my answer is Tromso.
Gloster
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Well, yes and no. It is in Norway, but not Trondheim.
You are quite correct: it is in Tromsø.
To you to educate us with another question.
OhNoAPacer
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Who was the first person to take a penalty during a penalty shoot out in a professional football match in England?
Peterthegreat
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Was it George Best?
OhNoAPacer
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It was indeed the semi final of the watney cup in 1970 between Hull City and Manchester United. Denis Law was the first person to miss a penalty in a shoot out in the same game.
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Peterthegreat
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Thank you.
HM Queen Elizabeth the 2nd only attended one foreign state funeral. Whose?
HM Queen Elizabeth the 2nd only attended one foreign state funeral. Whose?
Gloster
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Pompidou?
Peterthegreat
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Not Pompidou.
Prince Philip represented the Queen.
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Mcr Warrior
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Charles De Gaulle?
Peterthegreat
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Not de Gaulle.
OhNoAPacer
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You could argue that she attended a dual nationals funeral as Winston Churchill was granted honorary US citizenship but his funeral was hardly foreign so it can't be that.
DaleCooper
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JFK
Peterthegreat
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Not Kennedy.
Peterthegreat
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Not Queen Juliana but closest yet. Prince Philip again represented the Queen.
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Gloster
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Olaf V?
Peterthegreat
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Strictly speaking de Gaulle didn't have a state funeral (his wishes) however Prince Charles represented the Queen at the ceremony in Paris.
Peterthegreat
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Not Olaf V - again Prince Charles was the Queen's representative.