Telegraph quiz
 

Nick Maclaren31/12/03 12:22

In article ,
Janet Tweedy wrote:

I get the telegraph every day any way but it's all on the Daily
Telegraph web site and you can enter on line:

the page for the actual quiz is
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/promotion...l/content/prom
otions/2003/12/11/rhs_form.jhtml

BUT you have to register on the site before taking part.

However anyone can take part so why not have a go?

Moral objections to supporting a chauvinistic rag that incites hatred
against the vulnerable. Since you asked.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Sadly, I think that could apply to almost any newspaper, depending on how
you read it and your stance before you read it. ;-(
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Telegraph quiz
 

In article ,
Janet Tweedy wrote:

I get the telegraph every day any way but it's all on the Daily
Telegraph web site and you can enter on line:

the page for the actual quiz is
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/promotion...l/content/prom
otions/2003/12/11/rhs_form.jhtml

BUT you have to register on the site before taking part.

However anyone can take part so why not have a go?

Moral objections to supporting a chauvinistic rag that incites hatred
against the vulnerable. Since you asked.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Telegraph quiz
 

In article ,
Janet Tweedy wrote:

I get the telegraph every day any way but it's all on the Daily
Telegraph web site and you can enter on line:

the page for the actual quiz is
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/promotion...l/content/prom
otions/2003/12/11/rhs_form.jhtml

BUT you have to register on the site before taking part.

However anyone can take part so why not have a go?

Moral objections to supporting a chauvinistic rag that incites hatred
against the vulnerable. Since you asked.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Telegraph quiz
 

The message
from Janet Tweedy contains these words:
In article , Sacha
writes

Janet - I am going to expire with curiosity before 2004 gets a grip on the
world! PLEASE - gi'us a clue!


The quiz is set by the RHS and is fairly difficult, I am not sure about
a couple of my answers and another two I don't know.

One question was:
The plant hunter, David Douglas, worked for the Horticultural Society,
(the forerunner of the RHS), in the 19th century and in 1834 lost his
life while plant hunting in the Sandwich Islands when he was
a) Eaten by a shark
b) Bitten by a snake
c) Gored by a bull
d) Attacked by killer bees

Gored by a (wild) bull.

--
Rusty Hinge http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm

Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano,
iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03)

Telegraph quiz
 

Nick Maclaren31/12/03 12:22

In article ,
Janet Tweedy wrote:

I get the telegraph every day any way but it's all on the Daily
Telegraph web site and you can enter on line:

the page for the actual quiz is
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/promotion...l/content/prom
otions/2003/12/11/rhs_form.jhtml

BUT you have to register on the site before taking part.

However anyone can take part so why not have a go?

Moral objections to supporting a chauvinistic rag that incites hatred
against the vulnerable. Since you asked.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Sadly, I think that could apply to almost any newspaper, depending on how
you read it and your stance before you read it. ;-(
--

Sacha
(remove the 'x' to email me)

Telegraph quiz
 

The message
from Janet Tweedy contains these words:
In article , Sacha
writes

Janet - I am going to expire with curiosity before 2004 gets a grip on the
world! PLEASE - gi'us a clue!


The quiz is set by the RHS and is fairly difficult, I am not sure about
a couple of my answers and another two I don't know.

One question was:
The plant hunter, David Douglas, worked for the Horticultural Society,
(the forerunner of the RHS), in the 19th century and in 1834 lost his
life while plant hunting in the Sandwich Islands when he was
a) Eaten by a shark
b) Bitten by a snake
c) Gored by a bull
d) Attacked by killer bees

Gored by a (wild) bull.

--
Rusty Hinge http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm

Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano,
iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03)

Telegraph quiz
 

Nick Maclaren31/12/03 12:22

In article ,
Janet Tweedy wrote:

I get the telegraph every day any way but it's all on the Daily
Telegraph web site and you can enter on line:

the page for the actual quiz is
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/promotion...l/content/prom
otions/2003/12/11/rhs_form.jhtml

BUT you have to register on the site before taking part.

However anyone can take part so why not have a go?

Moral objections to supporting a chauvinistic rag that incites hatred
against the vulnerable. Since you asked.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Sadly, I think that could apply to almost any newspaper, depending on how
you read it and your stance before you read it. ;-(
--

Sacha
(remove the 'x' to email me)

Telegraph quiz
 

Nick Maclaren31/12/03 12:22

In article ,
Janet Tweedy wrote:

I get the telegraph every day any way but it's all on the Daily
Telegraph web site and you can enter on line:

the page for the actual quiz is
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/promotion...l/content/prom
otions/2003/12/11/rhs_form.jhtml

BUT you have to register on the site before taking part.

However anyone can take part so why not have a go?

Moral objections to supporting a chauvinistic rag that incites hatred
against the vulnerable. Since you asked.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Sadly, I think that could apply to almost any newspaper, depending on how
you read it and your stance before you read it. ;-(
--

Sacha
(remove the 'x' to email me)

Telegraph quiz
 

Nick Maclaren31/12/03 12:22

In article ,
Janet Tweedy wrote:

I get the telegraph every day any way but it's all on the Daily
Telegraph web site and you can enter on line:

the page for the actual quiz is
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/promotion...l/content/prom
otions/2003/12/11/rhs_form.jhtml

BUT you have to register on the site before taking part.

However anyone can take part so why not have a go?

Moral objections to supporting a chauvinistic rag that incites hatred
against the vulnerable. Since you asked.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Sadly, I think that could apply to almost any newspaper, depending on how
you read it and your stance before you read it. ;-(
--

Sacha
(remove the 'x' to email me)

Telegraph quiz
 

In article ,
Sacha wrote:

However anyone can take part so why not have a go?

Moral objections to supporting a chauvinistic rag that incites hatred
against the vulnerable. Since you asked.

Sadly, I think that could apply to almost any newspaper, depending on how
you read it and your stance before you read it. ;-(

That is regrettably true. Many local papers are rather better, but
the only nationals that are relatively free from inciting hatred
are the Independent, the Guardian and possibly the Scotsman. All
others have regular, directed campaigns where they incite hatred
against one or more vulnerable groups. The Independent (which we
take) has some such articles, but has little coherent policy and
rarely mounts campaigns. I can't stand the Guardian, on other grounds.

One could also include the Morning Star, on the grounds that the
targets of its hate campaigns are not vulnerable :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Telegraph quiz
 

In article ,
Sacha wrote:

However anyone can take part so why not have a go?

Moral objections to supporting a chauvinistic rag that incites hatred
against the vulnerable. Since you asked.

Sadly, I think that could apply to almost any newspaper, depending on how
you read it and your stance before you read it. ;-(

That is regrettably true. Many local papers are rather better, but
the only nationals that are relatively free from inciting hatred
are the Independent, the Guardian and possibly the Scotsman. All
others have regular, directed campaigns where they incite hatred
against one or more vulnerable groups. The Independent (which we
take) has some such articles, but has little coherent policy and
rarely mounts campaigns. I can't stand the Guardian, on other grounds.

One could also include the Morning Star, on the grounds that the
targets of its hate campaigns are not vulnerable :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Telegraph quiz
 

In article ,
Sacha wrote:

However anyone can take part so why not have a go?

Moral objections to supporting a chauvinistic rag that incites hatred
against the vulnerable. Since you asked.

Sadly, I think that could apply to almost any newspaper, depending on how
you read it and your stance before you read it. ;-(

That is regrettably true. Many local papers are rather better, but
the only nationals that are relatively free from inciting hatred
are the Independent, the Guardian and possibly the Scotsman. All
others have regular, directed campaigns where they incite hatred
against one or more vulnerable groups. The Independent (which we
take) has some such articles, but has little coherent policy and
rarely mounts campaigns. I can't stand the Guardian, on other grounds.

One could also include the Morning Star, on the grounds that the
targets of its hate campaigns are not vulnerable :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Telegraph quiz
 

"Janet Tweedy" The quiz is set by the RHS and is
fairly difficult, I am not sure about
a couple of my answers and another two I don't know.

One question was:
The plant hunter, David Douglas, worked for the Horticultural Society,
(the forerunner of the RHS), in the 19th century and in 1834 lost his
life while plant hunting in the Sandwich Islands when he was
a) Eaten by a shark
b) Bitten by a snake
c) Gored by a bull
d) Attacked by killer bees

Google gives loads of hits.............:
In July 1833 he was exploring the Island when he either fell (or there are
theories he was pushed) into a large pit that had been dug to trap wild bulls.
His body was found apparently trampled by an animal.

the other that I can't do was a picture of some fir cones and you had to
guess:

These cones are typically borne by:
a) Korean fir
b) Douglas fir
c) Serbian spruce
d) Corsican pine

Pity URG is does not support jpegs :~))
Try Google image search.

Good luck
Jenny

Telegraph quiz
 

Nick Maclaren31/12/03 4:33

In article ,
Sacha wrote:

However anyone can take part so why not have a go?

Moral objections to supporting a chauvinistic rag that incites hatred
against the vulnerable. Since you asked.

Sadly, I think that could apply to almost any newspaper, depending on how
you read it and your stance before you read it. ;-(

That is regrettably true. Many local papers are rather better, but
the only nationals that are relatively free from inciting hatred
are the Independent, the Guardian and possibly the Scotsman. All
others have regular, directed campaigns where they incite hatred
against one or more vulnerable groups. The Independent (which we
take) has some such articles, but has little coherent policy and
rarely mounts campaigns. I can't stand the Guardian, on other grounds.

We take The Times and the Daily Mail and read both with the salt cellar
close at hand! I find the Guardian too smug and self-righteous, haven't
read the Scotsman, though have heard good things of it. I have never been
able to take the Independent seriously since its inception when it declared
that its ambition was never to have a story about any member of the royal
family on its front page - if that story is to be believed in itself!
We also take the Western Morning News and it's very conservative to suit the
area it covers, I suppose. But I think it does give fair play to all in
terms of what it writes about, the letters page etc.

One could also include the Morning Star, on the grounds that the
targets of its hate campaigns are not vulnerable :-)

Or maybe the Sunday Sport? CAN double deckers on Mars be vulnerable? ;-0

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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Telegraph quiz
 

Nick Maclaren31/12/03 4:33

In article ,
Sacha wrote:

However anyone can take part so why not have a go?

Moral objections to supporting a chauvinistic rag that incites hatred
against the vulnerable. Since you asked.

Sadly, I think that could apply to almost any newspaper, depending on how
you read it and your stance before you read it. ;-(

That is regrettably true. Many local papers are rather better, but
the only nationals that are relatively free from inciting hatred
are the Independent, the Guardian and possibly the Scotsman. All
others have regular, directed campaigns where they incite hatred
against one or more vulnerable groups. The Independent (which we
take) has some such articles, but has little coherent policy and
rarely mounts campaigns. I can't stand the Guardian, on other grounds.

We take The Times and the Daily Mail and read both with the salt cellar
close at hand! I find the Guardian too smug and self-righteous, haven't
read the Scotsman, though have heard good things of it. I have never been
able to take the Independent seriously since its inception when it declared
that its ambition was never to have a story about any member of the royal
family on its front page - if that story is to be believed in itself!
We also take the Western Morning News and it's very conservative to suit the
area it covers, I suppose. But I think it does give fair play to all in
terms of what it writes about, the letters page etc.

One could also include the Morning Star, on the grounds that the
targets of its hate campaigns are not vulnerable :-)

Or maybe the Sunday Sport? CAN double deckers on Mars be vulnerable? ;-0

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the 'x' to email me)