Tpugh 1 (14 Jan)

[merry]

1 Whose Man in a Red Turban (1433) might be the first self-portrait?

2 Which land mammal has the longest tongue?

3 Who founded the National Viewers’ and Listeners’ Association?

4 Which isotope revolutionised archaeological dating?

5 Which European language is divided into High and Low dialects?

6 In North American sport, who was the Great One?

7 Which dog lives with Chilli, Bandit and Bingo?

8 How did Dervla Murphy travel from Ireland to India?

[OurCreature]

3 Who founded the National Viewers’ and Listeners’ Association? Former teacher Mary Whitehouse

4 Which isotope revolutionised archaeological dating? Carbon-14 though it is not without its problems.

5 Which European language is divided into High and Low dialects? German........plus all the dozens of other German dialects as well.

6 In North American sport, who was the Great One? Canadian ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky

8 How did Dervla Murphy travel from Ireland to India? On her bike?

[Wildrover]

1. Jan van Eyck
2. I'd guess the giraffe

[eccles]

2 Which land mammal has the longest tongue?
Guessing Aardvark
And as is often said, aardvark never hurt anyone.

[DaisyNinjaGirl]

1 Whose Man in a Red Turban (1433) might be the first self-portrait?
Jan van Eyck from Wildrover sounds right, but if it's not, maybe Albrecht Durer?

7 Which dog lives with Chilli, Bandit and Bingo?
Bluey! It's a tv series about a family of Blue Heeler dogs from Australia. Quite good!

8 How did Dervla Murphy travel from Ireland to India?
I think my partner's got her autobiography.

[Philipaholt]

2. Which land mammal has the longest tongue? -> The anteater

[merry]

A full house today! you see what teamwork can do!



1 Jan Van Eyck.
2 Giant anteater.
3 Mary Whitehouse.
4 Carbon-14.
5 German.
6 Wayne Gretzky (ice hockey).
7 Bluey (children’s TV series).
8 By bike (as documented in her 1965 book Full Tilt).