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Afternoon Twitter! Welcome to Tuesday's quiz and shameless book promo.
The Belzoni Method of archaeology began by studying subtle changes in the soil - then following up with what?
A. A battering ram?
B. A water cannon?
C. Painstaking brushing?
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You may have guessed that the year all three films were released was 1958.
But my favourite film?
Hands down, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Stellar script, stellar cast, stellar acting, stellar everything.
Good afternoon Twitter and welcome to Tuesday's history quiz (and shameless book promo)!
How much did it cost to consult a will at Doctors' Commons in the 1850s?
A. Sixpence?
B. A shilling?
C. Ten shillings?
D. A pound?
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The census is done. I myself opted for "no religion" but that doesn't mean I don't believe in some higher power or some unifying scientific principle, which may explain why and how we are here.
More importantly, what do you think?
Good afternoon Twitter and welcome to Tuesday's history quiz (and shameless book promo)!
Georgina Weldon was a self-proclaimed medium. What ISN'T true though? She...
A. lived in Dickens's old house?
B. managed a choir of orphans?
C. went to prison?
D. advocated eating meat daily?
Yesterday's winner by a mile goes to...
Drum roll please!
Debra @cox_passaris, though not for answering "soap".
Her bats on the other hand...
Superb!
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In the 1850s bat droppings (guano) were used in the production of what?
A. Soap?
B. Fertiliser?
C. Sugar?
D. Bullets?
The first time the famous Victorian medium Florence Cook was ghost-grabbed during a séance, who in attendance came to her aid?
A. Her neighbour?
B. A ship's captain on shore leave?
C. Her future husband?
D. A family friend?
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Or not, as the case may be. My heating has been on and off for a day and a half now (they seem to be fixing it but with no lasting success), so thank goodness for the #1PMChat Thursday quiz to take my mind off the cold!
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You would not credit the extraordinary colours my "new" eye can now see.
The French impressionist Monet's colour palette changed in later life...because of his cataracts, it's been suggested.
Spot on! 1897, then twenty years later in 1917.