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Thread #156577   Message #3690780
Posted By: Steve Shaw
01-Mar-15 - 04:02 PM
Thread Name: BS: Quiz March 2015
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz March 2015
1       What is depicted by the constellation (star sign) Sagittarius?

Saggy titties.

2       Which freshwater fish is also a weapon?

Carpoon.


3       What name is used in Scotland for a small church or chapel?

Wee churrrch.


4       Which French 17th century astronomer and Jesuit priest was the first to measure the size of the Earth, coming within 0.44% of the modern value? (accept surname)


Hebdo.


5       Which 1960s TV series starred Duncan Rinaldo in the title role? (The title also being used for a film 1994, a radio series, and a book character created by O Henry in 1907)

O Dolores.


6       Who wrote "The Cherry Orchard" & "Uncle Vanya"?

Teresa Green and Henry Ford Transitya.


7       If counting the planets outward from the Sun, what number describes Uranus?

One. I have only one anus.


8       Which character has been played on film by Desmond Llewellyn, John Cleese & Ben Whishaw?


Eric The Red.


9       Black & White whisky labels portray two dog breeds, a 'westie' (West Highland White) & what other?

An 'eastie' (Aberdonian wolfhound)


10       What units are approximately equal to 1600m?

1600001mm (you said approximately)


11       What name is usually given to quick-setting gypsum plaster consisting of a fine, white powder, calcium sulfate hemihydrate?

"Pain in the arse". Quick-drying doesn't let you fix mistakes innit.


12         What elementary particles and fundamental constituents of matter will combine to form composite particles called hadrons, the most stable of which are protons and neutrons?

Colliders. Elementary my dear Cox.


13       What name is given to a type of skirt traditionally worn by men and women in Fiji? It is regarded as Fiji's national dress. It is similar to a sarong(Malay & Indonesia), or a lava lava (Polynesia)

Grass ra-ra.


14       What forename links Pitney, Kelly & Rodenberry?

Luke. Two of my best mates are Luke Pitney and Luke Roddenberry. How did you know!


15       What word for a loading area or jetty has a silent 'H'?

Hpier.


16       Island Prisons: The French Château d'If, and Alcatraz in San Francisco harbour. What is New York City's main jail complex?

Terminal 1 at JFK.


17       Which 'herald' was a roll-on roll-off ferry which capsized moments after leaving the Belgian port of Zeebrugge on the night of 6 March 1987?

Herald of Free Beer.


18       Which paediatrician wrote The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care?

What would a foot doctor know about kids anyway?


19       Who directed the film three men and a baby?

Four Men And A Dog.


20       Shalom (Hebrew), Salaam Alaikum (Arabic), Pax vobiscum (Latin). What is the Vulcan equivalent of this greeting, or its response?

Illegitimes non carborundum.

Sorry, Nigel, I couldn't resist... I'll get me coat....