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BS: Weapons Quiz

18 Jul 12 - 11:17 AM (#3378336)
Subject: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons

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)


18 Jul 12 - 11:24 AM (#3378343)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons

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


18 Jul 12 - 12:04 PM (#3378358)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: John MacKenzie

18 is annoying me


18 Jul 12 - 01:20 PM (#3378363)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: gnu

Ooo, ooo, I know, I know!


18 Jul 12 - 01:28 PM (#3378364)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: gnu

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


18 Jul 12 - 02:08 PM (#3378394)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: GUEST,Eliza

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!)


18 Jul 12 - 02:26 PM (#3378402)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Megan L

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


18 Jul 12 - 02:35 PM (#3378404)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons

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


18 Jul 12 - 02:40 PM (#3378405)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Megan L

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"


18 Jul 12 - 02:54 PM (#3378412)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons

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!


18 Jul 12 - 02:55 PM (#3378414)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Megan L

Ach he aye wis a show aff :)


19 Jul 12 - 07:35 AM (#3378679)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons

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


19 Jul 12 - 09:09 AM (#3378704)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons

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!


19 Jul 12 - 09:37 AM (#3378710)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: John MacKenzie

He's got a nug!


19 Jul 12 - 11:09 AM (#3378748)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons

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


20 Jul 12 - 08:53 AM (#3379108)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons

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


20 Jul 12 - 04:54 PM (#3379338)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: GUEST,Eliza

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??


21 Jul 12 - 04:26 PM (#3379658)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: gnu

Freeresh. Almost fell off the page.


21 Jul 12 - 04:40 PM (#3379663)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Dave the Gnome

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!


22 Jul 12 - 12:52 PM (#3379908)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons

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!


22 Jul 12 - 01:10 PM (#3379915)
Subject: RE: BS: Weapons Quiz
From: Nigel Parsons

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

Cheers
Nigel