h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

The idea is to post a question and whoever answers it correctly gets to post the next question

Well here goes

What US city is named after a Roman Consul?





Written answers only accepted if sent in on a £10 note

That's Cincinnatti, Bob.

Q. Who in 1946 described the atomic bomb as a 'paper tiger'?

If memory serves correctly

Mao Zedong China

Q. Where is Vineland

Ah, did you mean Vinland? That's the place where Erik the Red discovered Canada (or was it Leif Erikson?).

Or Vindolanda - the fort on Hadrian's Wall?

correct Ah, did you mean Vinland? That's the place where Erik the Red discovered Canada

your go

Q. Which English cathedral collapsed in 1861?

Chichester it was just the pointy bit on the top

Correct

The spire and tower 'telescoped' into the chancel arch - there are a few old photos online.

Over to you, Bob...

OK

Q- Blondi belong to ?

Q- Blondi belonged to ?

I'll let someone else have a go

Good idea

Blond I was Adolph Hitlers dog

Which is England's smallest town?

Ooh, good question. I bet it's disputed.

No idea- probably some remote place. St Just?

Well done Bruin

Blondi was Adolph Hitlers dog

Icy North according to Wikipedia it is the village of Fordwich in Kent with a population of 381.

Hang on - is it a village or a town?

that was a typing error, I put village instead of town, Icy North. It is definitely a town as it has it's own tall hall.

http://www.canterbury.co.uk/Canterbury-Fordwich-Town-Hall/details/?dms=3&venue=3030819

The question is still with you The Thinker