Noel Lynch: *Quiz question

Tuesday 28 April 2009

*Quiz question

*Easter Monday quiz question
Those who come to my fundraising quiz events will know that I like unusual and quirky questions. Here is a good one:

WHEN DID GOOD FRIDAY FALL ON EASTER MONDAY?

Sorry for delay - life has been hectic in preparing the London Euro campaign.

Andy and Yahoo were nearly right.

Good Friday was the name of a racehorse. He fell in a race at Fairyhouse, in Ireland, on Easter Monday 1946.

OK here is another useful one.

WHO CUT SAMPSON'S HAIR?

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