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15 Jan 12 - 02:12 PM (#3290991) Subject: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: Nigel Parsons Another new quiz where there is an unstated theme running through all the answers. Spotting the theme should make the quiz simpler. As usual, comments are welcome, but PLEASE DO NOT POST ANSWERS IN THE THREAD! If you want to PM me with a list of answers I will score them. Answers will be posted in my usual answer thread in about a week. Cheers Nigel 1 What word means to end a rumour, by providing the facts? 2 What church instruments are the most frequently cited as being anti-social? 3 What name is commonly given to a cream biscuit where both the biscuit and filling are chocolate flavoured? 4 Which East Sussex harbour is closest to Guildford? 5 What pedants are exemplified by Mr Quelch, Dewey Finn, & Charles Edward Chipping ? 6 In memory of whom do (UK) barristers wear black robes? 7 What game is played mainly on one leg, and involves throwing a stone into numbered squares? 8 What (in terms of this quiz) might be considered a large group of Scottish musicians? 9 What song got to the top ten in 1971 for 'Greyhound' and was a number one hit in US for 'Three Dog Night'? 10 Whose name is attached to the highest mountain in N America? 11 Which type of confectionery's primary ingredients are brown sugar and butter, although other ingredients such as corn syrup, cream, vanilla, and salt are part of some recipes 12 What name is given to amounts of money paid gratis by government departments e.g. to charities, or, in the past, to students? 13 Which Scottish island takes its name from the Norse for 'island of the deer', and has about 200 human inhabitants, and 5500 deer? 14 What name is given to a savoury snack of a boiled egg, wrapped in sausage meat, rolled in breadcrumbs & deep fried? 15 Which clipper ship was damaged by fire in 2007 while undergoing maintenance? 16 What was the pseudonym of the DJ Peter Walters Dingley? 17 What name is given to fields used for growing rice and other semiaquatic crops? 18 Which actress was best known for playing Leela, the leather-clad barbarian warrior companion of the fourth Doctor in Doctor Who? 19 What apparently (according to a song) wouldn't matter where it occurs, as long as it's not covered by a safety pin? 20 Which commander of the Battle of the Somme and Passchendaele was one of the founders of the Legion? |
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15 Jan 12 - 02:16 PM (#3290995) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: Rapparee Well, I know what thread runs through the quiz.... |
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15 Jan 12 - 03:28 PM (#3291038) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: GUEST,Eliza Nigel, I've done the quiz (and enjoyed it very much!) but I'm only a Guest and can't send you my effort. Never mind, I think I got them all correct. It passed a happy ten minutes, so thank you! |
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15 Jan 12 - 04:03 PM (#3291055) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: Joe_F While in Scotland long ago, I experienced an unsavoury version of No. 14, in which the sausage was omitted and I believe sawdust was used in place of breadcrumbs. |
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15 Jan 12 - 04:06 PM (#3291057) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: KHNic Most enjoyable. Thanks, Nigel. |
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15 Jan 12 - 04:06 PM (#3291058) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: GUEST,Eliza I used to love No 14 with curry sauce for school dinners! Anyone know how I can send my answers in a PM to Nigel? What is a PM? |
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15 Jan 12 - 05:33 PM (#3291107) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: Bill D A PM is a "private message" which one member can use to send messages to other **members**.... Being a member also has other benefits. |
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15 Jan 12 - 06:19 PM (#3291125) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: Rapparee For example, Bill D. stays at your place for 3 weeks each year. |
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15 Jan 12 - 08:29 PM (#3291183) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: Nigel Parsons Guest, Eliza (Whoa, Eliza, littl Liza Jane) PMs are 'personal messages sent between members. I'll accept your claim for a 20/20, although the best that has been PM'd to me is an 18/20 (or 17 + 2*1/2). Once I post the answers in the answer thread SQ2 you'll be able to check your actual score. The thread SQ2 contains the answers to many previous quizzes, and (in most cases) links ('blue clickies') to the original quizzes. I have stated before that I'm quite happy for these quizzes to be re-used,particularly if they raise money for charity. Cheers Nigel |
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15 Jan 12 - 08:41 PM (#3291187) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: gnu I got every single one correct but I don't wanna spoil it for anyone else. |
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15 Jan 12 - 08:47 PM (#3291189) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: Nigel Parsons Gnu: That's fine, PM me the answers & I'll confirm that claim! Cheers Nigel |
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16 Jan 12 - 04:15 AM (#3291275) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: Nigel Parsons 15/20 for The Walrus. Thanks Tom. "Proof" for no1 may (sort of) fit the theme, but it doesn't answer the question. Cheers Nigel |
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16 Jan 12 - 04:17 AM (#3291276) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: Nigel Parsons And a warning for others, Q10 relies on an alternate spelling of a surname. (I didn't spot that when writing) |
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16 Jan 12 - 10:36 AM (#3291383) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: Nigel Parsons Snuffy strides in with 19/20. Only caught by Q6. Googling "barristers" & "Black" will get comments about Charles II but that isn't a whisky, and not all 'hits' get Charles II. It's the other answer! |
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16 Jan 12 - 11:12 AM (#3291409) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: John MacKenzie Charles II IS a whisky. I found it on a list yesterday, and can't find it today. I will keep looking |
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16 Jan 12 - 12:18 PM (#3291450) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: GUEST,Eliza John, look it up under Glenfiddich! |
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16 Jan 12 - 12:22 PM (#3291452) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: GUEST,Eliza Very kind, Nigel, thank you. Might take this Quiz to our Friends of Church group, £1 a go. We're trying to raise money for a re-wire. (By the way I do hope nobody thinks Bonnie Prince Charlie had anything to do with Charles II !!!) |
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16 Jan 12 - 06:17 PM (#3291644) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: Genie Being an Umerrican, I had to do some online research to come up with a few of the answers that a Brit might know offhand. Being a geezer, I had no trouble with #19. A couple- #2, #6 - I wasn't sure of, even after doing my internet research , but used the over-all theme to zero in on the likely answer. I also had to do a bit of internet searching to see how some answers fit with the theme, because I wasn't aware of the connection. This may have to do with some of my customary habits and non-habits. I still have no clue about #3 and I had to guess at #5 (and my answer still doesn't seem to fit with the theme or to fit all three people well). And #8 is a guess, based purely on the theme (which the thread title not-so-subtly hints at). Genie |
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16 Jan 12 - 08:14 PM (#3291673) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: gnu Nigel... I cannot do that because I was making a (poor) joke. I haven't a clue. Nor would I even try. I am just a nunc, whatever that is. |
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17 Jan 12 - 03:53 PM (#3291699) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: gnu |
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17 Jan 12 - 03:54 PM (#3291700) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: gnu ? I did not submit. Who did that? |
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17 Jan 12 - 03:55 PM (#3291702) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: gnu Hehehee... I just googled the phrase. Maybe I AM a nunc. |
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17 Jan 12 - 04:01 PM (#3291705) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: John MacKenzie Not a quid-nunc are you g? I'll get me tin hat. |
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17 Jan 12 - 04:11 PM (#3291710) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: gnu I hope you don't spread that around, G. |
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18 Jan 12 - 06:29 PM (#3292446) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: Nigel Parsons Answers are now posted in my generic answer thread SQ2 Scroll to the bottom of the page for the latest answers, or click on some of the blue links in earlier lists of answers to take you to other quizzes. Cheers Nigel |
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18 Jan 12 - 06:41 PM (#3292454) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: GUEST,Ebor_Fiddler (Well-known pedant) Bonnie Prince Charlie did "have something to do with Charles II. He was the grandson of Charles' younger brother James II and VII. |
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18 Jan 12 - 07:17 PM (#3292466) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: Sandra in Sydney I got 5 right from general knowledge - never got round to searching so dunno how many more I might have found! |
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19 Jan 12 - 07:04 AM (#3292697) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: GUEST,Eliza Ebor, I knew that, they both had Stewart royal blood, but I rather meant that they weren't one and the same! |
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19 Jan 12 - 12:12 PM (#3292881) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: TheSnail Both the port of Shoreham and Chichester Harbour are closer to Guildford than the given answer but I couldn't find anything fitting the theme named after either of them. There is a village called Apuldram on the edge of Chichester Harbour. Will that do? |
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19 Jan 12 - 07:27 PM (#3293118) Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - nunc est bibendum From: GUEST,olddude 42 the answer to everything |