Questions and Answers Game (A General Knowlegde quiz)

[Lena & Harry Smith]

A. Album...COME AWAY WITH ME...Norah Jones .. Ravi Shankar
Q. WHAT MARCH IS PLAYED AT TRADITIONAL AMERICAN EVENTS ON THE PRESIDENT'S ARRIVAL

[Marian]

A. Is it HAIL TO THE CHIEF Lena?

[Lena & Harry Smith]

Yes it is Marian. Your turn.

[Marian]

Q. What year did we last have a referendum on the EU, or EEC, as it was then?

[Lena & Harry Smith]

A That was as in 1975 Marian ...I think.

[Marian]

That's it Lena... Your turn.

[Lena & Harry Smith]

Q. Who led the first National Post Office strike and what year did this occur.

[hpooch]

A. 1970 in the USA - Led by Gus Johnson (In the U.K. it was 1971) ...My Dad worked for the Postal Service in S.F. for 40 years & retired in 1969...Passed away in 2000.

Q. WHO WAS BRITAIN'S LAST FOREIGN-BORN MONARCH(in Germany) & BECAME KING IN 1727??

[Marian]

Was it GEORGE 1st?

[hpooch]

Marian, you were close!....It was King George II

Here is another question, you should solve......

Q. WHEN THE FIRST 4 LETTERS ARE REMOVED FROM THIS 5 LETTER WORD, THE WORD IS PRONOUNCED THE SAME WAY....WHAT IS IT??

[Lena & Harry Smith]

A Could it be AITCH Henry. ? ( Harry was and still is Aitch to many.)

[hpooch]

That is not the word I was thinking of, L & H.... The meaning of this word is "A waiting line" or also "pigtail"

[hpooch]

No, this was not the word I was thinking of, L & H. This is word means "a waiting line" or another word for "pigtail". This word contains 4 vowels!

[Lena & Harry Smith]

A. "The waiting line" clue gave me QUEUE Henry, but I must confess I looked up Pigtail which I have always known to be long hair that is plaited, so I've just learned something else.

Q What former American president said...I never trust a man unless I've got his pecker in my pocket.

[mariana44]

I thought Harry and Lena's answer fitted the clue too.