Silliness Quiz - Page 31

SneakySnake · 01-26-2011, 02:22 AM

I think you are correct with cleave! ????

Shayne Parkinson · 01-26-2011, 02:29 AM

Stitchawl is right! It's cleave.

From the Oxford English Dictionary definitions:

cleave, v.1 To part or divide by a cutting blow; to hew asunder; to split....
cleave, v.2 To stick fast or adhere...

Stitchawl · 01-26-2011, 03:05 AM

Am I 'bad,' or what!

(Just to keep on topic!)

OK... next question;

There is a very serious aliment that affects certain people. This ailment can easily kill a person, and there is no known medicine for it, but it is curable. This aliment was named after a very Victorian idea of what 'chic' fashion dance step a true lady should aspire to...

Edit: A hint... It was first used for this ailment when workers building the Brooklyn Bridge became afflicted.

Now... name that ailment and the country associated with it!

Stitchawl

nohmi2 · 01-26-2011, 05:27 AM

I am sure I'm wrong 'Tarantella'?

Javed · 01-26-2011, 05:31 AM

The bends

Stitchawl · 01-26-2011, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nohmi2

I am sure I'm wrong 'Tarantella'?

The Tarantella is a dance done in belief that, combined with lots and lots of strong liquor, it will cure the bite of a tarantula, which usually isn't fatal anyway.

Not the answer to my quiz question, though.

Stitchawl

Stitchawl · 01-26-2011, 05:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Javed

The bends

Javed's got the right ailment, but not the country associated with it. Remember, it was a two-part question.
You're almost there, Javed. Just a country and you've got the prize!

Stitchawl

Javed · 01-26-2011, 05:44 AM

Named after "The Grecian Bend." So, Greece.

Stitchawl · 01-26-2011, 05:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Javed

Named after "The Grecian Bend." So, Greece.

And that's 100 points and tickets to the ball for Javed!

The Grecian Bend was a dance step that really contorted the body. When the guys were digging the caissons for the Brooklyn Bridge, several of them developed nitrogen bubbles moving from their blood stream into their joints. Very painful, causing them to bend themselves in strange ways trying to relieve the pain, thus the name.

It was my very dear friend, Dr. Jolie Bookspan, who worked out the currently used medical protocols for the hyperbaric chamber used to relieve the problems.

Stitchawl

Javed · 01-26-2011, 06:20 AM

Interesting question, Stitchawl!

Question:

Which of the following is the odd one out and why?

Flying Scotsman, Golden Arrow, Great eastern, Eastern & Oriental Express, Trans Siberian Express.

Stitchawl · 01-26-2011, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Javed

Which of the following is the odd one out and why?

Flying Scotsman, Golden Arrow, Great eastern, Eastern & Oriental Express, Trans Siberian Express.

I believe it's the Golden Arrow. All the other are Famous train lines. The Golden Arrow was the prize that Robin Hood was supposed to win in the Errol Flynn movie version of the story.

Stitchawl

Bilbo1967 · 01-26-2011, 06:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I believe it's the Golden Arrow. All the other are Famous train lines. The Golden Arrow was the prize that Robin Hood was supposed to win in the Errol Flynn movie version of the story.

Stitchawl

Hmmm...the Flying Scotsman wasn't a train line, was it? I thought it was a train. Unless the name got applied to the original train's route later

Great Eastern, on the other hand, was a ship I believe. So I'll go with Great Eastern as the odd one out as all the others are train related and that one's ship related.

Javed · 01-26-2011, 06:40 AM

Stitchawl. Sorry, incorrect. You are on the right track though. (BTW Golden Arrow is a train).

Javed · 01-26-2011, 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Great Eastern, on the other hand, was a ship I believe. So I'll go with Great Eastern as the odd one out as all the others are train related and that one's ship related.

Correct! Well done, Bilbo.

The Great Eastern was a ship, all the others are trains.

Bilbo1967 · 01-26-2011, 06:50 AM

Thank you!

OK - without googling - name the five largest countries in the world (by area) and the two smallest?

Special karma prize if anybody can, in addition, name the largest land-locked country in the world!

01-26-2011, 03:05 AM	#453
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Am I 'bad,' or what! (Just to keep on topic!) OK... next question; There is a very serious aliment that affects certain people. This ailment can easily kill a person, and there is no known medicine for it, but it is curable. This aliment was named after a very Victorian idea of what 'chic' fashion dance step a true lady should aspire to... Edit: A hint... It was first used for this ailment when workers building the Brooklyn Bridge became afflicted. Now... name that ailment and the country associated with it! Stitchawl Last edited by Stitchawl; 01-26-2011 at 04:21 AM.

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SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	I think you are correct with cleave! ????

01-26-2011, 02:29 AM	#452
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	Stitchawl is right! It's cleave. From the Oxford English Dictionary definitions: cleave, v.1 To part or divide by a cutting blow; to hew asunder; to split.... cleave, v.2 To stick fast or adhere...

01-26-2011, 05:27 AM	#454
nohmi2 Pensively observing. Posts: 1,758 Karma: 12675456 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Varied.	I am sure I'm wrong 'Tarantella'?

01-26-2011, 05:31 AM	#455
Javed Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,270 Karma: 1126878541 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Astak Pocket PRO, iPod Touch, PRS-650	The bends

01-26-2011, 05:44 AM	#458
Javed Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,270 Karma: 1126878541 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Astak Pocket PRO, iPod Touch, PRS-650	Named after "The Grecian Bend." So, Greece.

01-26-2011, 06:20 AM	#460
Javed Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,270 Karma: 1126878541 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Astak Pocket PRO, iPod Touch, PRS-650	Interesting question, Stitchawl! Question: Which of the following is the odd one out and why? Flying Scotsman, Golden Arrow, Great eastern, Eastern & Oriental Express, Trans Siberian Express.

01-26-2011, 06:40 AM	#463
Javed Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,270 Karma: 1126878541 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Astak Pocket PRO, iPod Touch, PRS-650	Stitchawl. Sorry, incorrect. You are on the right track though. (BTW Golden Arrow is a train).

01-26-2011, 06:50 AM	#465
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