New Quiz Thread

[Salty Dog]

I am not sure if this question has been asked before, but here it is:

What country was named "The Land of Rabbits"?

[Captain Teague]

Could it be Australia?
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[Salty Dog]

Not Australia, keep trying. Search after 24 hours.

[Roland]

Wales?

[Salty Dog]

Not Wales. Go ahead and use a search engine.

[Mr. Blue]

Germany, of course. Surely I'm not the only one to remember the Volkswagen Rabbit?


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[Salty Dog]

What a fun answer! Go ahead an use a search engine!

[Pirate]

The Spanish BD#1 said it was Spain.

[Salty Dog]

Spain it is! Your turn Pirate......

[Pirate]

Floors open.

[fleetp]

No takers?
Here's a Beatles question. Ringo Starr was in another Liverpool band before replacing Pete Best as the Beatles' drummer. Name the other Liverpool band.
Wait 24 hours before using an internet search.

[Salty Dog]

You can bet it was an obscure group not making a lot of money. Otherwise, he would not have left them for a new group!

[fleetp]

[Salty Dog]

The early years

Ringo was born Richard Starkey on 7 July 1940, at 9 Madryn Street in the Dingle area of Liverpool. His parents split up when he was three, and his mother Elsie remarried a man called Harry Graves. Graves got on well with Richard and encouraged the boy's passion for music.

A sickly child, Starkey spent long stretches in hospital. Among his afflictions were a coma caused by appendicitis, a cold which led to pleurisy, and various allergies and intolerances to certain foods. His illnesses made him fall behind academically, and he didn't return to school after a stay in hospital which began at the age of 13.

Known as Ritchie as a teenager, Starkey became infatuated with the skiffle craze which swept Liverpool and elsewhere in the 1950s. He co-founded the Eddie Miles Band, which later became Eddie Clayton and the Clayton Squares, and in 1959 joined the Raving Texans - backing band for local singer Rory Storm.

It was while playing in these Liverpool bands that he gained the nickname Ringo Starr - the first part due to the rings he wore, and the second because his solos - which Ringo performed reluctantly - could be billed as 'Starr Time'.

With The Beatles

Ringo met The Beatles in Hamburg in October 1960. At the time he was performing with Rory Storm and The Hurricanes, but stepped in on a number of occasions when Pete Best was unavailable. At the time there was a sense of solidarity among the British groups in Hamburg, and The Beatles got to know Starr well.



When George Martin demanded that Best be replaced in the summer of 1962, The Beatles insisted that Ringo was the best drummer for them. The decision was controversial among the group's fans, who demanded "Pete forever! Ringo never!" at the Cavern, and fights broke out.

However, Starr didn't play drums on The Beatles' first single, Love Me Do. Martin brought session drummer Andy White in for the session, relegating Starr to tambourine on Love Me Do, and maracas on its b-side PS I Love You. From then on Ringo played on virtually all The Beatles' recordings.

Ringo Starr quickly established himself as a rock-steady drummer, whose open hi-hat and four-to-the-floor bass drum helped energise The Beatles' sound. He was a reliable performer who made only a handful of mistakes during the band's recording career.

So, the group Ringo played in was Rory Storm and The Hurricanes

[fleetp]

Rory Storm and the Hurricanes is correct. Your turn, Salty.