Question of the Day..?

Yup, it is, DF...............

What is "cynophobia"?

Fear of dogs.

It is, Ray...................

What punctuation mark ends an imperative sentence?

If it’s a forceful command then it will end in an exclamation mark !

Close, Ray, close....

Then it must be a full stop.

It is, lad....it is...........and for that you get a full stop..............

In which Canadian province would we find a place called Jerry’s Nose?

Total guess, Nova Scotia.

Very close, Ray...go East about half an hour.....!!!

Admin, I think just above Nova Scotia and to the East is Newfoundland if my geography yed is screwed on !!!!

The point comes your way, Ray...well done...Newfoundland is in a time zone that is half an hour more than Nova Scotia. There is even a song sung about it. Some other strange place names are: Joe Batts Arm, Come-by-Chance and there's even a Ray Lake.

Who named the Pacific Ocean?

Magellan the explorer named it, ‘Pacific’ means calm.

Got it in one, Ray.................

How many languages are written from right to left?

Hebrew, Arabic and Urdu, I'm not sure if there are more.

Yes, there are more, Ray...but how many more?

I think they tend to be Middle Eastern or Asian languages, a complete guess would be 10.

Very close, Ray...if no one gets the exact number then you will get the point......

Q: How many countries still have Shilling as currency? Bonus point: Which countries?

Yesterdays answer: 12.

Ray was close and gets the point.............

Admin, thank you for the point for yesterday's questions.
Today you've asked one of my future quiz questions, and the answer is four countries use the Shilling.
From memory they are all in Africa and two of them are Uganda and Kenya, I don't expect a bonus point.

What is the name of the man who launched eBay back in 1995?

Good try, Ray...Q: How many countries still have Shilling as currency? Bonus point: Which countries?
Answer: Four, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Somalia