Subject: RE: BS: Fathers' Day quiz From: GUEST,abe Date: 24 Jun 04 - 05:42 PM 12 of 20. What is mass confusion? Fathers Day in "dawg" town. |
Subject: RE: BS: Fathers' Day quiz From: GUEST,vectis Date: 23 Jun 04 - 07:22 PM Yippeeeee! 16/20 I got no15 right. Dead chuffed with myself. mary |
Subject: RE: BS: Fathers' Day quiz From: Nigel Parsons Date: 23 Jun 04 - 01:49 PM In keeping with my usual attempt to avoid giving it away too early, the official answers (as opposed, possibly, to the correct answers) may be found in SQ2 my generic answer page CHEERS Nigel |
Subject: RE: BS: Fathers' Day quiz From: GUEST,vectis Date: 22 Jun 04 - 02:43 PM 15 out of 20 and possibly 16 if I got No 15 right. Tougher than usual Nigel. Keep 'em coming. Mary |
Subject: RE: BS: Fathers' Day quiz From: Splott Man Date: 22 Jun 04 - 08:08 AM Two days late I know, I claim 20 with a bit of googling |
Subject: RE: BS: Fathers' Day quiz From: Nigel Parsons Date: 21 Jun 04 - 01:38 PM For the older 'Catters, #8 was a remake of a 50's Spencer Tracy film! |
Subject: RE: BS: Fathers' Day quiz From: GUEST,not going to admit who I am Date: 21 Jun 04 - 09:30 AM 7. |
Subject: RE: BS: Fathers' Day quiz From: GUEST,Sooz (at work) Date: 21 Jun 04 - 08:00 AM Good quiz, Nigel. Effort appreciated, keep'em coming! |
Subject: RE: BS: Fathers' Day quiz From: Hrothgar Date: 21 Jun 04 - 06:02 AM 13/20 No point asking me about TV or movies. |
Subject: RE: BS: Fathers' Day quiz From: Rapparee Date: 20 Jun 04 - 08:22 PM 15/20, from memory. |
Subject: RE: BS: Fathers' Day quiz From: Nigel Parsons Date: 20 Jun 04 - 03:24 PM First past the post, Sooz who PM'd 15 / 20. Next in, Doug with 20/20, but admitting to the need for research! Still lots of 'regulars' to see Nigel |
Subject: RE: BS: Fathers' Day quiz From: Doug Chadwick Date: 20 Jun 04 - 02:52 PM 13 answers from my memory, 6 more after a bit of research and 1 guess. Doug C |
Subject: RE: BS: Fathers' Day quiz From: Sooz Date: 20 Jun 04 - 02:21 PM Confident of 13/20 - may have to look some of the others up! |
Subject: BS: Fathers' Day quiz From: Nigel Parsons Date: 20 Jun 04 - 01:25 PM Another new quiz, posted here before taking it to the local club. The theme is obvious, and the link may be in either the question, or the answer! Please do NOT post answers in the thread Claims of scores may be posted here, but more people get a chance to try it if the answers are not posted too early. Answers can be PMd to me for scoring if required. CHEERS Nigel Fathers' Day Quiz 1, What, using the first two words, is another name for 'The Lord's Prayer'? 2, Who was the famous father of actress Jamie Leigh Curtis? 3, What was the name of G K Chesterton's clerical detective? 4, Which British sitcom is centred on "Craggy Island"? 5, Whose general appearance is claimed to be based on the logo colours for Coca-Cola? 6, Who wrote "You are old Father William"? 7, How was Francois Duvalier, the dictator of Haiti better known? 8, Which 1991 film starred Steve Martin, with Martin Short as an effeminate party arranger? (followed in 1995 by part 2) 9, Which US detective series starred Tom Bosley (Happy Days) and Tracy Nelson? 10, Whose first two UK hits (in 1966) were "California Dreaming" & "Monday Monday"? 11, What was Cliff Richard's #2 hit in 1981? 12, What song was a hit for the Temptations in 1973 & 1987, and for "Was (not Was)" in 1990 ? 13, Which song starts with: " I love my little cat, I do With soft black silky hair It comes with me each day to school And sits upon the chair"? 14, Who wears gor-blimey trousers, and lives in a council flat? 15, Who is considered "the father of English poetry"? 16, Who sailed in "The Mayflower"? 17, What childish name is often used for a crane fly (or US Harvestman)? 18, What archaic form of address for a superior, particularly a king, is also used to describe the male parent on a dog's (or horse's) pedigree? 19, Which song starts "Half a pound of two-penny rice, half a pound of treacle"? 20, By what name is Shirley Crabtree better remembered? |