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brumbob

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #735 on: February 08, 2011, 07:11:39 pm »
no, sorry

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #736 on: February 08, 2011, 08:57:12 pm »
Anyone know where I saw this today ?

Any answers or are you ignoring this one?

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #737 on: February 08, 2011, 08:59:16 pm »
I thought of the old Church on Church Walks but I suspect that would be too obvious!

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #738 on: February 08, 2011, 09:01:17 pm »
No and it isn't a gravestone.
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #739 on: February 09, 2011, 01:23:42 am »
Dare i try again

Where would you find this immense Mosque?
(no it's not Sparkbrook Steve)



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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #740 on: February 09, 2011, 02:26:31 am »
Hey, wait a minute!  >>>

When I said the "Charging Bull" (as it's officially called) was opposite the Custom House in Manhatten I was right!

The "Charging Bull" is a statue that sits in front of Bowling Green, at the split of Broadway and State Street.

The statue was installed in December 1989 in front of the New York Stock Exchange by Arturo Di Modica, the artist. The police impounded the statue, since it was not installed with the permission of the city. Public outcry of the impoundment led to the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation to install it at its current location.







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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #741 on: February 09, 2011, 02:28:53 am »
Looking across Bowling Green at the U.S. Custom House. Bowling Green is named because it was once used as a grassy lawn for lawn bowling in colonial times. Bowling Green is the oldest existing public park in New York City.

The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House is located on Bowling Green, and was built in 1907. The Custom House is now the home of a branch of the National Museum of the American Indian, as well as the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern Division of New York. The fence surrounding Bowling Green, to the left, was installed in 1771 to protect a statue of King George III from vandalization.

The Custom House sits on the land that colonists first settled on the island, in 1624. A fort was built on this site in the early 1600s.
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #742 on: February 09, 2011, 02:50:25 am »
Oh, and another thing.. when Robert from Birmingham said the bull was on Wall St, he was right too, as Wall St is often referred to as the financial district.

Charging Bull, which is sometimes referred to as the Wall Street Bull or the Bowling Green Bull,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charging_Bull

Being an avid stock market investor, I thought you would have known this Dave.

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #743 on: February 09, 2011, 02:57:48 am »
Dare i try again

Where would you find this immense Mosque?
(no it's not Sparkbrook Steve)



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You must be Church of England then Fester?  :cyclist40:
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #744 on: February 09, 2011, 03:03:38 am »
And another thing, no one deserves a beer when they butt in front of Nemesis like that.

Let's take a look at Nemesis' photo again:

Where did she see this cross?

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #745 on: February 09, 2011, 03:04:54 am »
In the grounds of this Mosque Nemesis?  :D

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #746 on: February 09, 2011, 07:16:09 am »
Anyone know where I saw this today ?

Any answers or are you ignoring this one?

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how did this get overlooked?
sorry Nemesis, don't get CROSS

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #747 on: February 09, 2011, 08:59:50 am »
I don't get cross-- Karma --Just remember who Nemesis is !! If you don't know Google her !

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The place near ir was built in 1673
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #748 on: February 09, 2011, 09:50:17 am »
Trojan, you're  >?>?? here.

In your original answer, you said:
"I'd say it is outside the Customs House in Manhatten, New York City"

It's not. The Customs House is at the other end of Bowling Green Park, almost a block further south from the northern tip, where the Charging Bull is located. As you say, it's at the split of Broadway and State Street. But that location is most certainly not Wall Street (either the road itself or the area referred to as the financial district), it's Broadway or Bowling Green.

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #749 on: February 09, 2011, 10:43:12 am »
All these beers!
When you exchange them.... can I come?
Don't worry I'll buy my own.
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