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Thread #51256   Message #779875
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
09-Sep-02 - 02:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: Nigel's Animal Quiz
Subject: Nigel's Animal Quiz
Quiz time again, all answers are members of the Animal kingdom (with some liberties in the spelling!!)
Please feel free to claim scores, or ask for clarification, but keep the answers out of this thread. The answers will appear in about 48 hours in my ongoing answers thread (which has cross references to most of my earlier quizzes)
I will respond to PMs

Nigel

1, Who were Buddy Holly's backing group?
2, What name is given to the innermost part of a target ?
3, Which animal was first known as the camelopard?
4, Which animal's name is a slang term for money; but not a fixed amount?
5, Which animal could also be described as a Summer, or as a totaller?
6, What is the title of one of Tchaikovsky's best known ballets?
7, What animal is a slang term for a dollar (U.S.)?
8, According to Flanders and Swann, what animal was standing one day, on the banks of the cool Shalimar?
9, According to Kipling, what could be seen playing on the Road to Mandalay?
10, What is the first degree of any Major scale in tonic sol-fa?
11, What two furs are used in Heraldry to represent black and white? (One point each!)
12, Which bird is, apparently, permanently out of breath?
13, What name is given to one who buys new-issue shares in the hope of an immediate profit?
14, What did some of the Quarrymen eventually become?
15, What lays the egg from which a peacock is born?
16, The province of Newfoundland comprises Newfoundland Island, and which coast?
17, With what might one produce imitation sideboards? ( US=sideburns)
18, What other name is given to the macaque monkey; extensively used for medical research?
19, What term (adopted from the Americans) is commonly used for the office 'dogs-body' or anybody sent on frequent errands?
20, What term means 'to hit' ,or 'a small alcoholic drink', or 'a metal projectile from an air pistol'?