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General Category => Websites, Videos & other sources of interest => Topic started by: Bryan Milham on October 31, 2012, 08:22:11 PM

Title: BBC News - 7 Questions on Trees
Post by: Bryan Milham on October 31, 2012, 08:22:11 PM

The link goes tot eh BBC News website and asks 7 questions on Tree's, What do you know?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20155645 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20155645)

Okay, I got 5 out of 7.

Title: Re: BBC News - 7 Questions on Trees
Post by: woodndesign on October 31, 2012, 11:14:47 PM

Good one Bryan, you shouldn't of got Joseph of Arimathea wrong ..  I hope .. just the apple let me down ...   :-[ ..  could have been more if hadn't had 2 lucky guesses.

Cheers   David

Title: Re: BBC News - 7 Questions on Trees
Post by: woody on October 31, 2012, 11:29:26 PM

Well I failed miserably with just 4 correct answers oh well the old saying I cant see the trees for the woods

Title: Re: BBC News - 7 Questions on Trees
Post by: woodndesign on October 31, 2012, 11:52:07 PM

The cricket one almost got me stumped, as did under the green wood tree, that was the lucky ones.

Cheers

Title: Re: BBC News - 7 Questions on Trees
Post by: Bryan Milham on November 01, 2012, 09:38:38 AM

I dropped the last 2;

I thought hitting the tree counted for more and,

Issac Newton and the type of Apple

... but really should have got them as I come from Kent!

Title: Re: BBC News - 7 Questions on Trees
Post by: woodndesign on November 01, 2012, 06:36:52 PM

Quote from: dr4g0nfly on November 01, 2012, 09:38:38 AM

... but really should have got them as I come from Kent!

Oh My ... :o ...  Bryan ..    :D ..

I went for the good old bramley, now should they have asked newton's wonder ...   ;D ..