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Post by Captain.Tattybojangles »

Damn too quick! :lol: Well done mate, over to you!
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Post by civ77 »

Cheers. It is a little chilly outside at the moment, so I will pose a related question:

The lowest recorded temperature in Europe was in Russia (-58 c), but which European country comes last in a comparison of lowest recorded temperatures?

(For example, if Hawaii was part of Europe then that would be the answer as the coldest recorded temp there was -11 c)
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Post by Northern Monkey »

Malta?
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Post by Istenem »

i'll go for greece.
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Post by civ77 »

Not the answer I had on my list NM, but after investigation you are correct.

My obviously incomplete list had Portugal at -16 c, followed by Ireland at -19c

Greece has been a rather brisk -27.8 c

Seeing as it has never been recorded as going below freezing point in Malta that makes it the runaway winner!

Over to you
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Post by Northern Monkey »

Lucky guess- tried to go for somewhere southern with not too many mountains !

Anyway what links the following places?

Carlisle
Birmingham
London
Leeds
grasmere
Dublin
humberside
Dundee
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Post by Northern Monkey »

Both good answers but not what I am looking for
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Cakes ?
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Post by civ77 »

Pretty sure I am wrong tree barking here, but are they all the latitudal (if there is such a word) midpoint of a significant region?

Carlisle - British Isles
Birmingham - England
London - Europe
Leeds - Great Britain
grasmere - The lake district
Dublin - Ireland
humberside - ??
Dundee - Scotland
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Post by messiah »

Do they all have elected mayors?
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Post by Northern Monkey »

Some inventive guesses there but I still haven't found what I'm looking for
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Northern Monkey wrote:Some inventive guesses there but I still haven't found what I'm looking for
U2 Tour dates ?
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Post by barneybear »

i dont usually read the quiz, but have to chip in at this point! My old man loved the smiths and used to play them all the time in the car.....Im sure all these places are mentioned in one of their songs, I can definitely pick out three or four! Couldnt tell you the album or song title though Im afraid!

Is this right or just ridiculous!??
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Post by Northern Monkey »

Barney swoops and scores, they are places named in Smiths classic Panic. Hope you have a question ready BB
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Post by mr lugsy »

harry2 wrote:
Northern Monkey wrote:Some inventive guesses there but I still haven't found what I'm looking for
U2 Tour dates ?


A sickening red herring there Harry
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