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[boyzmom33]

Feb 12

http://www.tripcentral.ca/triptrivia/


There are freestanding looking churches carved in place out of rock...at Lalibela in Ethiopia
To visit the second oldest Synagogue in Europe still in use go to...Dubrovnik, Croatia
Tubbercurry is...village in county Sligo Ireland

enteries now reads 615

maybe it's totalling the points? I noticed theres a point total once you answer the questions, mine said 60 this morning....and that gets added to your total....seems to depend on the number of correct answers and how quickly you answer them......

[theramz]

Thanks!

351 today and well over 400 yesterday.

It seems to me that it is a daily total or something cause mine changes every day.

I don't keep close enough track to be sure though...

[chuckit2me]

Thanks.

[puddin57]

Saturday Feb 13

The first North American City to have a public bicycle sharing system is...Montreal
The specialty cake not to be missed during your visit to Vienna is...Sachertorte a chocolate covered artery clogger from a recipe dating to 1832
What is Rouen?...the place in France where Joan ended up dead



now reads 580

[frankiew]

February 15, 2010 (Happy Valentine's Day!)

Emperor Leopold had this statue erected in Vienna to remember -- a plague which killed 100,000

Probably the world's largest horseshoe is -- a sort of statue outside a mall in Tuuri Finland

The numbers 1950 can be seen with some difficulty on -- the rebuilt mosaic tile roof of St Stephen's cathedral in Vienna

[puddin57]

count now jumped up to 618...btw, thanks for the answers Frankiew

[Argo53]

February 15 (Happy Family Day)

Apparently the oldest recognized independent state in Europe is -
Bulgaria found in 635 AD

The meaning of Acadia supposedly is -
Heaven on Earth

The Riesenrad in Vienna gives you the opportunity to -
ride in this historic enclosed cabin 19th century ferris wheel 200 ft in the air over the city

[puddin57]

ok...now figure this one out...number of entries: 584...down again with a perfect score


and thanks for the answers Argo53!!!

[puddin57]

one wrong and it now reads 623

Feb 16th

The first streetlights in Canada were set up in...Montreal in 1815 and first turned on November 23
You might think that the largest papyrus collection would be in Egypt but...it is in the Papyrus Museum in Vienna
You should go to Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen on a Friday night to see...the free open air rock concerts

[Argo53]

February 17

According to the Word Lady, the word Travel evolved from the word -
Trepalium, a Latin instrument of torture

Montreal put up the first streetlights in 1815. They were powered by -
whale oil

The first Anglican cathedral built outside of the British Isles is -
Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral in Quebec City modeled after London's St Martin in the Fields

[puddin57]

perfect score - 50 seconds left.....#entries 588.....I give up trying to find any rhyme or reason


thanks again Argo53

[heartgirl99]

* Feb 18 *
http://www.tripcentral.ca/triptrivia/
Dunnville, Ontario would have itself known for ===> a 50 foot long statue of a catfish called Muddy
On which island is the Mount Pelee volcano? ===> Martinique
What is Adrano? ===? a town in eastern Sicily

[Argo53]

February 19

Smack in the middle of Vienna this church domintes the area -
St Stephen's Cathedral

The Amazon River flow is -
three times that of all rivers in the United States

The painted murals on the outside of monasteries in Bucovina, Romania are -
originally family burial places of princes from mediaeval times

[Argo53]

February 20

More than half of the entire US coastline -
is in Alaska

The Klosterneuburg Abbey near Vienna gets my vote as a must see because -
in the basement is the oldest and largest Baroque wine cellar in Austria and they offer tastings

Which country claims to have the most per capita Michelin starred restaurants? -
Luxembourg

[puddin57]

Feb 21st

The ever popular Pathological Anatomical Museum is...a place to visit in the Fools Tower in Vienna
This place claims to have the oldest freestanding monuments...Gozo, Malta with the 3800 BC Ggantija Temples
To see a 7000 lb charging bull statue go to...Wall Street New York