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Aug 6, 2017 08:13:13   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
England has some towns with strange names. See if you can tell the real from the unreal. I got 58% right.

http://gizmodo.com/can-you-distinguish-these-real-british-places-from-fake-1797540054

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Aug 6, 2017 08:17:31   #
rdemarco52 Loc: Wantagh, NY
 
I only got 41% correct. And I have been to England many times.

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Aug 6, 2017 08:55:57   #
phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York
 
83%

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Aug 6, 2017 09:17:41   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
phlash46 wrote:
83%


Wow! You're a good guesser!

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Aug 6, 2017 11:19:41   #
Leo Perez
 
I said yes to all, I still can't figure out what quid, quida, a pound, a nich, a chinning and the rest of the money is much less spell or pronounce them.

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Aug 6, 2017 11:40:28   #
phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York
 
jerryc41 wrote:
Wow! You're a good guesser!


yep!

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Aug 6, 2017 13:35:09   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Leo Perez wrote:
I said yes to all, I still can't figure out what quid, quida, a pound, a nich, a chinning and the rest of the money is much less spell or pronounce them.


You should have visited when they had pounds, shillings, and pence. That was a challenge to figure out.

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Aug 6, 2017 14:38:09   #
jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana
 
Interesting quiz--68% for me.

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Aug 6, 2017 15:06:42   #
Doddy Loc: Barnard Castle-England
 
Winning so far..91%

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Aug 6, 2017 15:07:34   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Doddy wrote:
Winning so far..91%


You live there, and you missed 9% of them? Shame!

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Aug 6, 2017 15:30:12   #
Doddy Loc: Barnard Castle-England
 
jerryc41 wrote:
You live there, and you missed 9% of them? Shame!


I didn't want to be seen as a big head jerry..

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Aug 6, 2017 16:02:05   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Doddy wrote:
I didn't want to be seen as a big head jerry..


Understood!

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Aug 7, 2017 07:07:10   #
John N Loc: HP14 3QF Stokenchurch, UK
 
jerryc41 wrote:
You should have visited when they had pounds, shillings, and pence. That was a challenge to figure out.


And halfpennies + farthings. But just about everybody was good at mental arithmetic!

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Aug 7, 2017 07:10:02   #
John N Loc: HP14 3QF Stokenchurch, UK
 
75%, but I do live here (and still got caught out on a few).

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Aug 7, 2017 10:06:48   #
kerry12 Loc: Harrisburg, Pa.
 
50%

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