BS: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz

Subject: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 11 Sep 02 - 11:20 AM

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?

Subject: RE: BS: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz
From: The Walrus at work
Date: 11 Sep 02 - 11:40 AM

14(or 15)in Coffee break, now I'll have to work for the rest.

Walrus

Subject: RE: BS: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz
From: MMario
Date: 11 Sep 02 - 11:42 AM

I'm sinking fast - only 5 on this one!

Subject: RE: BS: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 11 Sep 02 - 11:47 AM

The connection should help: If not there's also a 'Hardware' quiz recently posted

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz
From: Jim Krause
Date: 11 Sep 02 - 11:54 AM

Hey MMario, you're doing better than I did. I think I only got one for sure, maybe two or three total. Methinks you have to live on the other side of the pond to get some of 'em.
Jim

Subject: RE: BS: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 11 Sep 02 - 11:57 AM

Yeah! definitely UK friendly, but use the connection, "Sugar And Spice, and all things nice,.....etc.,"

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz
From: greg stephens
Date: 11 Sep 02 - 12:10 PM

got ten so far, working on the rest.

Subject: RE: BS: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 11 Sep 02 - 12:40 PM

Got 15 of them - just 5 more to go (4,5,9,10,11).

Subject: RE: BS: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 11 Sep 02 - 12:45 PM

O.k. Dave, so you're left with ones from my side of the Atlantic, No surprise there!

10 & 11 require some cunning linguistics, but could be said to be music oriented. One is a translation of a Ram Jam song, The other is a shortened form of the start of the song "Myfanwy"

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 11 Sep 02 - 12:48 PM

Is 9 more of a pun or is it technical ?

Subject: RE: BS: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 11 Sep 02 - 12:55 PM

Sorry Dave, if you haven't tried my quizzes before you will have missed my penchant for atrocious puns. This is one!
The last quiz (animals) requested "with what might one produce imitation sideboards (US= sideburns)?" The required answer was "Earwigs".
But Most of the questions are straight

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 11 Sep 02 - 12:58 PM

In that case I've only got 4 to go !

Subject: RE: BS: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz
From: Bullfrog Jones
Date: 11 Sep 02 - 01:07 PM

A (reasonably) confident 19. I should know 5, but I don't think I do!

BJ

Subject: RE: BS: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz
From: The Walrus at work
Date: 11 Sep 02 - 01:38 PM

Nigel,

No. 9 should get you a warm spot in one of the lower circles of Hades - OUCH wasn't in it.

Walrus

Subject: RE: BS: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 12 Sep 02 - 04:27 AM

Walrus: yep, No9 is painful, maybe I should have put 'troll' rather than 'trawl' for the benefit of the colonials.

Bullfrog has PMd me with 20/20

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Sugar'n'Spice Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 12 Sep 02 - 06:56 AM

Answers are now in my usual answer thread SQ2
Nigel