As promised, a quiz for St Patrick's Day.
As before, **Please do not answer in this thread**
I can be PMd for answers, or confirmations.
This thread can include comments on degree of difficulty, or the usual "I got 15 in two minutes".
Answers will not be posted here until after the festivities, but are available sooner.
If anyone wants to use this for a St Patricks celebration the feel free. I will be photocopying it for my local club, and selling the pages for charity.
Contact me first, just to make sure I agree with your answers!!
1 What name is given to a humorous poem of 5 lines with the rhyme scheme AABBA ?
2 What is the name of the Australian ranch, central to the book "The Thorn Birds", by Colleen McCullough, seen on TV starring Richard Chamberlain ?
3 As what character did Richard Chamberlain first achieve fame ?
4 Who, or what, is described as having "A leg at every corner, balancing his head, and a tail to let you know which end he wanted to be fed" ?
5 Which character was played by Richard Gere as the star of "An Officer and a Gentleman" ?
6 Who "was lovely and fair, like a rose of the summer" ?
7 How, in Ireland, does one obtain the gift of eloquence and flattery ?
8 What do Trey Parker & Matt Stone manage to do in (almost) every episode of their TV show ?
9 What name is given to a cord supplying fuel to a flame by capillary action ?
10 The Mediterranean tree Quercus Suber provides what material to the brewing trade ?
11 What tune is usually used for "Danny Boy" ?
12 Which of Ruth Rendell's detectives is played on TV by George Baker ?
13 In 1979, where did "Fiddler's Dram" take a day trip ?
14 Who, or what, caused all the young ladies of Killaloo to wear bustles ?
15 Who is Britain's best known flautist ?
16 Who had hit records with "Runaway" & "Little Town Flirt" ?
17 What is it polite to do before entering a room ?
18 What was the Latin name for Odysseus ?
19 Who starred in "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (1938), "Jesse James" ('39) & "The Mark of Zorro" ('40) ?
20 What name is given to a flat bottomed boat, propelled with the aid of a long pole ?
Just to repeat, Use this as you wish, but please, no answers here!