Hi Brokies,
I'm a member of an English Conversation Circle and today we did a quiz together. However, we didn't know all answers and I was the one who was assigned to look up the answers we didn't know. I did internet research, but three questions remain unsolved. Now I hope for your help
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David (Indiana) might know the answer to the first question, but of course everybody is welcome who knows the answer:
1) Which Indian tribe was the only one to win a war against the United States?
a - the Algonquin
b - the Navajo
c - the SiouxI think the question might refer to the battle of Little Big Horn, thus Sioux might be the correct answer. However, this was a battle, not a whole war. And it was a Pyrric Victory. So, is there anything else they might refer to?
The second question might be easiest for the
Brits on the board, but again, everone who knows it is welcome to share their knowledge
2) The castles in Wales were built mainly by ...
a - the Welsh
b - the Vikings
c - the EnglishI can exclude the Vikings, but ...
In the third question, I have to relate quotes to American humorists.
Which American humorist said which of the following quotes?
Humorists: Bill Bryson - Ellen DeGeneres - Garrison Keillor - Will Rogers
a - "It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you."
b - "I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to."
c - "When we are feeling suffering, we come alive in ways we do not feel when we are on vacation in Florida."
d - "My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 now, and we don't know where the hell she is."Quote number b must be by Bill Bryson, because he's the only one out of the four who is from Des Moines.
For the others I have guesses, but am not sure:
a = Ellen
c = Garrison Keillor
d = Will Rogers
Now it's your turn, Brokies
. Pretty please