Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)

[Merddin Emrys]

   well done, that was quick, I saw this yesterday for the first time, more here

http://www.dukeoflancaster.net/index.htm

[hollins]

This harbour was built by the Venetians.
What is the name of the city and the island on which it is situated?

[dwsi]

chania, crete?

[Yorkie]

Looks right to me! 

[hollins]

Well done dwsi. Correct and in record time. I can't keep up!

[Yorkie]

What is wrong with this painting?

[dwsi]

it's a forgery that's in the National Gallery?

[Yorkie]

I'm in a bit of a quandry.  The painting is a forgery but not, as far as I am aware, in the Brtrish Museum.  There is another similar picture of Skaters in Holland in the Museum, but not this one.   So you're half right and half wrong - but well done anyway!

Can't leave it going for obvious reasons!    Z**

[DaveR]

This piece of 19th Century machinery is at the side of the Marina in Caernarfon - what is it?

[Barbiroli]

It`s a pedestrian bridge, in two halves, which enables it to be opened to let small ships in and out of a small dockyard into Caernarfon Dock.

[dwsi]

sounds good to me, snap 

[DaveR]

It`s a pedestrian bridge, in two halves, which enables it to be opened to let small ships in and out of a small dockyard into Caernarfon Dock.

Couldn't ask for a more comprehensive answer than that!  This is it in its entirety:

[hollins]

What is the name of this mountain and what are the names of the two countries it lies between?

[Yorkie]

Matterhorn, Switzerland and Italy.

[hollins]

That one didn't last long either!
Correct and well done.