BS: Weapons Quiz

Subject: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 18 Jul 12 - 11:17 AM

All the answers in this quiz are weapons, although some liberties may have been taken with speling/pronunciation.
As is usual with my quizzes Please do not post answers in the thread this avoids spoilers for those who don't see the quiz immediately.
You can (if you wish) post a claim for your score, and I will score any attempts received by PM.



1.        The female side of a family is known as the 'distaff' side. How id the male side known?
2.        Which Beatles album shares its name with a weapon?
3.        What term is used to mean to puncture a boil (or similar) allowing the fluid to escape?
4.        What word describes a home for tropical fish?
5.        What term is used for slender shoots of broccoli or asparagus?
6.        What is the group of five lines on which music is written called?
7.        Which freshwater fish have a broad flat snout, strong teeth, and an elongated, scaly body?
8.        What knot is a weapon?
9.        Which town near Calcutta gives its name to a soft-nosed projectile?
10.        Which weapon was ceremoniously buried at the end of hostilities?
11.        Which popular chewing gum included a paper cartoon?
12.        In what is chicken usually wrapped for cooking?
13.        What term is used for a male horse or pony of under 4 years?
14.        Which Co.Wicklow town gives its name to a weapon?
15.        What name is given to a high, pointed, ladies heel?
16.        Which weapon is also a roll of cloth?
17.        Which weapon is a dressing for an injured limb?
18.        Which light munitions are used in the construction of most bicycles, and many other machines?
19.        What is the more common term for the symbol known as an obelus?
20.        What word for a disagreement is also a projectile? (not A(r) row)

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 18 Jul 12 - 11:24 AM

And, as before, if anyone is planning a charity quiz & wishes to re-use this, please feel free. (I'm quite in favour of a free feel!)

Cheers

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 18 Jul 12 - 12:04 PM

18 is annoying me

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: gnu
Date: 18 Jul 12 - 01:20 PM

Ooo, ooo, I know, I know!

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: gnu
Date: 18 Jul 12 - 01:28 PM

BTW... I only read a few clues and decided I would be disappointed at my score.

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 18 Jul 12 - 02:08 PM

Super quiz Nigel, thank you! I think I've got them all. I do like your quizzes, as they reassure me my brain still functions (somewhat!)

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Megan L
Date: 18 Jul 12 - 02:26 PM

hmm 11 on the first brief pass 5 minutes a very pleasing pastime
thank you

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 18 Jul 12 - 02:35 PM

19/20 for John MacKenzie with a fast response time!

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Megan L
Date: 18 Jul 12 - 02:40 PM

Ah now Nigel my dear what he said was number 18 was bothering him :) what he didnt say was that numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,19 and 20 were also giving him a bit of trouble.





* grabs walking stick and ear plugs and heads for under the table
"Move over Ashoka"

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 18 Jul 12 - 02:54 PM

Megan,
John has PM'd me with his answers, so I know his score.
And yes, #18 is giving him bad bits of trouble, but before long he'll bite the bullet & get the answer!

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Megan L
Date: 18 Jul 12 - 02:55 PM

Ach he aye wis a show aff :)

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 19 Jul 12 - 07:35 AM

And for Jeri an 18/20.
Possibly 19/20. I wasn't thinking of 'Nail Gun' for #18, but it does fit, sort of. I have seen one used as a weapon in 'Lethal Weapon 2' & 'The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest'

I was looking for something smaller, and incorporated into most bicycles.

Cheers

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 19 Jul 12 - 09:09 AM

From: gnu - PM
Date: 18 Jul 12 - 01:28 PM

BTW... I only read a few clues and decided I would be disappointed at my score.

Surely this quiz should be right up your street, bearing in mind the anagram of your Mudcat persona!

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 19 Jul 12 - 09:37 AM

He's got a nug!

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 19 Jul 12 - 11:09 AM

It's a bastard nug, it's a nug-get!

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 20 Jul 12 - 08:53 AM

Q8: Okay, a 'Monkey's Fist' has been used as a weapon, although I had something else in mind!

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 20 Jul 12 - 04:54 PM

LOL Nigel. "Hands up, or I'll whack you with this monkey's fist!"
By the way, am I right in thinking that the answers to no1 and no5 are much the same??

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: gnu
Date: 21 Jul 12 - 04:26 PM

Freeresh. Almost fell off the page.

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 21 Jul 12 - 04:40 PM

I haven't seen anything to do with a Bohemian Ear Spoon have I?

:D (tG)

10 at first pass BTW - Decided there are people far more knowledgeable than I!

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 22 Jul 12 - 12:52 PM

Eliza:
Yes, apart from #4 being in the plural.

If you go back over some of the earlier quizzes you may also find duplicated answers. It keeps people on their toes!

Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 22 Jul 12 - 01:10 PM

The answers are Here for those still cudgelling their brains. (Damn! didn't fit in 'cudgel' although I suppose #14 was close!)

Cheers
Nigel