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Thread #51328   Message #781279
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
11-Sep-02 - 11:20 AM
Thread Name: BS: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz
Subject: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz
Just to keep things moving, a second Quiz, please keep the answers out of the thread, although comments are welcomed. The Theme for this quiz is "Sugar and spice, and all things nice"

Nigel

1, What word means to instigate civil litigation?
2, Ennis is the capital of which Irish county ?
3, To whom is the song The mountains of Mourne" sung ?
4, In Private Eye, what name is often used to refer to H.M.?
5, Who are the two archetypal shop girls, more interested in the state of their nails, (or their love lives) than in customers ? originated by Keith Waterhouse
6, Woman is fickle, but how was this sentiment expressed in opera?
7, Whose garden comprises silver bells, cockle shells & pretty maids all in a row?
8, Whose face was said to have launched a thousand ships?
9, What is used to trawl for fish?
10, What is the Welsh equivalent of the French "Por Quoi"?
11, What is the French equivalent of ones Nemesis?
12, What name is given to a central ornamentation of a ceiling, or support for a light fitting ?
13, Which novel starts "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again" ?14, Who had 1970s hits with "School's Out" & "I Want to be Elected"?
15, Which play by George Bernard Shaw tells of the daughter of a munitions millionaire joining the Salvation Army ?
16, What connects "Absolutely Fabulous" with the song "Mellow Yellow"?
17, What film included the songs "Anything you can do" & "There's no business like show business"?
18, Who sponsored the latest London marathon?
19, Which ship was found abandoned, and floating off the Azores?
20, What name is given to an outdoor pub game where sticks or balls are thrown at a wooden figure?