BS: Christmas Quiz

Subject: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 24 Dec 06 - 03:19 PM

Just to start with my usual request:
PLEASE DON'T POST ANSWERS IN THIS THREAD.

The following quiz is of my normal standard (obscure, deliberately relying on mis-spelling/mis-pronunciation) and I will remember to post answers within a few days.
All answers fit in with a specific theme!
I'll be using it down the club tonight, and if anyone else want's to use it (not for profit except charity!) feel free.

CHEERS Nigel

ps. a much improved chance of scoring 20! (there's 26 questions)

1        What was the alias of "Dick Grayson"?
2        Who co-starred with Bruce Willis in the TV series "Moonlighting"?
3        A mixture of 1 part Conc(entrated) Nitric Acid to 3-4parts conc. Hydrochloric acid is named Aqua Regis because of its ability to dissolve what?
4        What word means to push someone's head below the water?
5        What programme stars Robbie Coltraine (US Robert Pastorelli) as a forensic psychologist?
6        What word describes a short catchy song, or part song used for advertising?
7        In terms of sales, what is the UK's number one blended whisky?
8        What word describes a playful prod or pinch of the gluteus maximus?
9        What symbol adorns the dressing room door of the foremost actor in a stage production?
10        Who was the Prime Minister in 1982?
11        Which song by Neil Sedaka was written about his High School girlfriend & got to No 3(UK)/ No 9(US) in 1959?
12        What was the put-down catchphrase used by "Lord Charles" who often appeared on stage with Ray Alan?
13        What brand name has been used for most of Richard Branson's companies?
14        What film was based on a single song from the film "Holiday Inn"?
15        According to the title of a musical, who had an "amazing technicolour dreamcoat"?
16        What word describes a single item of hose, or holding goods for resale?
17        Which card game allows a score of "one for his nob"?
18        Which name for cigarettes from Players also describes standards used for measuring?
19        What term describes a hospital patient who is neither improving, nor getting worse?
20        What name was shared by Valentino & Nureyev?
21        From what plant do we obtain the main flavouring ingredient for the drink Perry?
22        What name was shared by characters in Tin Tin & in "Dick Barton Special Agent"?
23        According to legend, how did Pope Gregory (540-604) describe some fair skinned child slaves he saw for sale?
24        What word meaning 'Kill' might particularly refer to actions by Sarah Michelle Geller or Kristy Swanson?
25        In which country is the holiday resort Marmaris?
26        How might one describe a letter written in the slang language 'Polari'?


Also apologies if it is too Brit-centric, but that's where I live!

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: Sorcha
Date: 24 Dec 06 - 04:07 PM

Got a few of them, and the theme, of course.

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: DMcG
Date: 24 Dec 06 - 05:36 PM

We are stuck on number 8 at the moment, but have the rest (we think!)

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: kendall
Date: 24 Dec 06 - 06:04 PM

I know some of them but mostly too British for me.

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: Mo the caller
Date: 24 Dec 06 - 06:36 PM

Got all except 18 (with a little help from Google), but dont see how 10 fits the theme

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: Sorcha
Date: 24 Dec 06 - 06:53 PM

OK, I went and played Google, got some more. I'm with Mo....but maybe at a stretch...have ? about several of the others too.

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 24 Dec 06 - 07:30 PM

Think I got 8, no clue on 7, and am in step w/ Mo.

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 25 Dec 06 - 07:14 AM

If No 10's (non-deliberate pun on Downing St, just noticed it now) causing problems, take into account my comments about mis-spelling & mis-pronunciation.
Also the answer "is following" the answer to No9

No8, not a commonly used word, but a form of it appears in "Gentlemen should please refrain" see the verse added by Art Thieme

CHEERS
Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: Sorcha
Date: 25 Dec 06 - 08:10 AM

Well, I was right about #8. Quite common over here!

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: Doug Chadwick
Date: 25 Dec 06 - 11:41 AM

Do you really mean 1982 for #10? 1992 seems to fit better.

DC

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: jacqui.c
Date: 25 Dec 06 - 11:43 AM

I would agree with Doug - I've been puzzling over that one!

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 25 Dec 06 - 12:36 PM

Definitely 1982 (Falklands conflict) common shortening of first name!
There may have been three of them.

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 25 Dec 06 - 12:47 PM

Scores registered so far:
John, GIOK 25/26
John on the Sunset Coast 23/26

The latter being a very creditable score for a transpondian.

Neither got the intended answer for #26, which relates to traditional TV viewing on the afternoon of Christmas day.

CHEERS
Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 25 Dec 06 - 02:25 PM

Oh, Nigel, an NFL football game. How does that fit the quiz?

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: Doug Chadwick
Date: 25 Dec 06 - 02:39 PM

I got the right answer for #10 but by the wrong route - I took a mispronounced surname.

DC

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 25 Dec 06 - 04:42 PM

John otSC:
Oh, Nigel, an NFL football game. How does that fit the quiz?
I hope your'e not being as obscure as me. Possibly the "Rose Bowl", and the reference to Jesus as "The Rose of Sharon" with particular reference to such carols as "Lo How a Rose Upspringing"

CHEERS

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: Sorcha
Date: 25 Dec 06 - 06:11 PM

Nigel says I got 18/26. I'm still arguing about #10! I got the right answer but wrong half of it and wrong meaning.

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 12:45 PM

Jacqui C: 24/26

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 12:47 PM

John otSC:
Was that the answer you were looking for?

I hope so, as my questions aim to have only one valid answer within the theme of the quiz as set.

CHEERS

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 01:35 PM

If anyone is desperate for the answers they're in my usual answers thread SQ2 with links to earlier quizzes

CHEERs
Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 04:41 PM

Nigel, I believe that in fairness to us Yanks essaying your quizzes, we should be given a mulligan or two in consideration of perfect scores.
The research is fun, and no day is wasted when something new is learned.

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 27 Dec 06 - 01:24 PM

And The Walrus comes in with a 25/26, and that's with me being mean, and Insisting on my answer for #21 to fit with the theme, so it's the plant, not the fruit

CHEERS
Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: black walnut
Date: 27 Dec 06 - 05:28 PM

Too Brit-centric? No, we have prime ministers in Canada, too.

~b.w.

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: Mo the caller
Date: 28 Dec 06 - 05:37 AM

Well having seen your answer for 26 it certainly fits better than the synonym for "Merry" Christmas, that I had untill your hints pointed me misleadingly in the direction of Bertram Mills (they were always on tele at Christmas)

Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Quiz
From: greg stephens
Date: 26 Dec 08 - 05:56 AM

I think Q10 was funny, and totally apposite. Who knows how to pronounce these foreign words?