Silliness Quiz - Page 473

poohbear_nc · 04-21-2012, 08:40 PM

finches - charm

Bookpossum · 04-21-2012, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

larks - exaltation

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

finches - charm

That's 2 points to poohbear.

SneakySnake · 04-21-2012, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Bookpossum

Reporting for duty: I'm going to have to learn to go without sleep!

It looks as if Orlok's quiz is almost finished, so maybe I should put in my offering and it can overlap a bit with the tidying up of the last one.

I'm looking for the collective nouns for the following. Some have more than one noun given to them. A point for every correct one. I have left out the more obvious ones like "herd" or "flock".

Apes
Bears
Buzzards
Cheetahs
Cormorants
Finches
Giraffes
Greyhounds
Gnus
Guinea Fowl
Hippopotami
Larks
Leopards
Nightingales
Owls
Porcupines
Rattlesnakes
Rhinoceroses
Wombats

Parliament of owls?

Bookpossum · 04-21-2012, 10:12 PM

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Parliament of owls?

Correct - and they are much more dignified than our Parliament I think!

That's:

2 poohbear
1 sneaky

poohbear_nc · 04-21-2012, 10:22 PM

Giraffe - tower

poohbear_nc · 04-21-2012, 10:23 PM

leopards - leap

[my favorite = kindle of cats - for kittens]

poohbear_nc · 04-21-2012, 10:24 PM

Hippopotami - bloat

pdurrant · 04-21-2012, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Bookpossum

I'm looking for the collective nouns for the following.

Alas, I don't know any of those without looking them up.

I will mention that although the collective noun for Baboons used to be 'troop', but following a Not the Nine O'Clock News sketch, 'flange' is now often used.

SneakySnake · 04-22-2012, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Bookpossum

Correct - and they are much more dignified than our Parliament I think!

That's:

2 poohbear
1 sneaky

yippee a point! Owls are really cute on the Hooters Calender too!

Bookpossum · 04-22-2012, 02:15 AM

Thanks for the "Gerald" clip, Paul - just as well I didn't have gorillas in the list!

Poohbear is on a roll here. To date we have:

Apes
Bears
Buzzards
Cheetahs
Cormorants
Finches - Charm - Pooh
Giraffes - Tower - Pooh
Greyhounds
Gnus
Guinea Fowl
Hippopotami - Bloat - Pooh
Larks - Exaltation - Pooh
Leopards - Leap - Pooh
Nightingales
Owls - Parliament - Sneaky
Porcupines
Rattlesnakes
Rhinoceroses
Wombats

(Yes, a Kindle of Kittens is a favourite of mine too, but I omitted it - might make the owners of other e-readers feel left out!)

SneakySnake · 04-22-2012, 02:54 AM

A Troop of apes?
A prickle of porcupines?
A mob of wombats? most Ozzie things are mobs?
A Boogie of rattlesnakes?
Guessing other birds might be a flight of???

maianhvk · 04-22-2012, 03:01 AM

Sleuth of bears. I'm pretty sure it was a part of a quiz right here!

Stitchawl · 04-22-2012, 03:09 AM

a Sleuth of Bears
a wake of Buzzards
a leash of Greyhounds (doesn't anyone go to the races?)

Stitchawl

Bookpossum · 04-22-2012, 04:03 AM

You are doing brilliantly! So far we have:
5 Pooh
2 Sneaky
2 Stitchawl (It would have been 3 but Anh got in ahead of you with the bears.)
1 Maianhvk

So now it looks like this:

Apes
Bears - Sleuth - Maianhvk
Buzzards - Wake - Stitchawl
Cheetahs
Cormorants
Finches - Charm - Pooh
Giraffes - Tower - Pooh
Greyhounds - Leash - Stitchawl
Gnus
Guinea Fowl
Hippopotami - Bloat - Pooh
Larks - Exaltation - Pooh
Leopards - Leap - Pooh
Nightingales
Owls - Parliament - Sneaky
Porcupines - Prickle - Sneaky
Rattlesnakes
Rhinoceroses
Wombats

Nice tries on Apes, Rattlesnakes and Wombats, Sneaky, but not what I have (which I cross-checked in a couple of places). But you are definitely going the right way with the Rattlesnakes, as is only right and proper.

orlok · 04-22-2012, 04:08 AM

Just to tidy this one off then,

1. What do Football, Woolworth, Heinz and Dr Pepper have in common? They are Stud poker games

2. What do Karl Marx, Michael Faraday, Herbert Spencer and George Eliot have in common? All buried at Highgate Cemetery (Bilbo1967)

3. What do Romney Marsh, Suffolk, Clun, Forest and Swaledale have in common? Breeds of sheep (Shayne Parkinson)

4. What do tulip, balloon, and flute have in common? Types of Wine Glass (Bilbo1967)

5. What did the poets Wordsworth, Tennyson, John Masefield and John Betjeman have in common? Poets Laureate (Hamlet53)

6. What do nitrous oxide, sodium pentothal and cyclo propane have in common? General Anaesthetics (Hamlet53)

7. What do Micmac, Cree and Ojibwa have in common? North American tribes (Hamlet53)

8. What do Coburg, Vienna, Cottage and Bloomer have in common? Types of loaf (Bilbo1967)

9. Clout, Lost Head, Box and French are all types of what? They are Nails (SneakySnake)

10. What do Glastonbury, Caquetoire and an Elizabeth X have in common? All types of Chair

So the scores were:

Bilbo1967 - 3
Hamlet53 - 3
Shayne Parkinson - 1
SneakySnake - 1
Me - 2 (

)

A tie between Bilbo and Hamlet!

04-22-2012, 04:08 AM	#7095
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	Just to tidy this one off then, 1. What do Football, Woolworth, Heinz and Dr Pepper have in common? They are Stud poker games 2. What do Karl Marx, Michael Faraday, Herbert Spencer and George Eliot have in common? All buried at Highgate Cemetery (Bilbo1967) 3. What do Romney Marsh, Suffolk, Clun, Forest and Swaledale have in common? Breeds of sheep (Shayne Parkinson) 4. What do tulip, balloon, and flute have in common? Types of Wine Glass (Bilbo1967) 5. What did the poets Wordsworth, Tennyson, John Masefield and John Betjeman have in common? Poets Laureate (Hamlet53) 6. What do nitrous oxide, sodium pentothal and cyclo propane have in common? General Anaesthetics (Hamlet53) 7. What do Micmac, Cree and Ojibwa have in common? North American tribes (Hamlet53) 8. What do Coburg, Vienna, Cottage and Bloomer have in common? Types of loaf (Bilbo1967) 9. Clout, Lost Head, Box and French are all types of what? They are Nails (SneakySnake) 10. What do Glastonbury, Caquetoire and an Elizabeth X have in common? All types of Chair So the scores were: Bilbo1967 - 3 Hamlet53 - 3 Shayne Parkinson - 1 SneakySnake - 1 Me - 2 () A tie between Bilbo and Hamlet!

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04-21-2012, 08:40 PM	#7081
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,687 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	finches - charm

04-21-2012, 10:22 PM	#7085
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,687 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Giraffe - tower

04-21-2012, 10:23 PM	#7086
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,687 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	leopards - leap [my favorite = kindle of cats - for kittens]

04-21-2012, 10:24 PM	#7087
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,687 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Hippopotami - bloat

04-22-2012, 02:15 AM	#7090
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Thanks for the "Gerald" clip, Paul - just as well I didn't have gorillas in the list! Poohbear is on a roll here. To date we have: Apes Bears Buzzards Cheetahs Cormorants Finches - Charm - Pooh Giraffes - Tower - Pooh Greyhounds Gnus Guinea Fowl Hippopotami - Bloat - Pooh Larks - Exaltation - Pooh Leopards - Leap - Pooh Nightingales Owls - Parliament - Sneaky Porcupines Rattlesnakes Rhinoceroses Wombats (Yes, a Kindle of Kittens is a favourite of mine too, but I omitted it - might make the owners of other e-readers feel left out!)

04-22-2012, 02:54 AM	#7091
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	A Troop of apes? A prickle of porcupines? A mob of wombats? most Ozzie things are mobs? A Boogie of rattlesnakes? Guessing other birds might be a flight of???

04-22-2012, 03:01 AM	#7092
maianhvk whimsical Posts: 2,779 Karma: 88193939 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: in darkness Device: current: PPW 4. brick: K3 & Voyage.	Sleuth of bears. I'm pretty sure it was a part of a quiz right here!

04-22-2012, 03:09 AM	#7093
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	a Sleuth of Bears a wake of Buzzards a leash of Greyhounds (doesn't anyone go to the races?) Stitchawl

04-22-2012, 04:03 AM	#7094
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	You are doing brilliantly! So far we have: 5 Pooh 2 Sneaky 2 Stitchawl (It would have been 3 but Anh got in ahead of you with the bears.) 1 Maianhvk So now it looks like this: Apes Bears - Sleuth - Maianhvk Buzzards - Wake - Stitchawl Cheetahs Cormorants Finches - Charm - Pooh Giraffes - Tower - Pooh Greyhounds - Leash - Stitchawl Gnus Guinea Fowl Hippopotami - Bloat - Pooh Larks - Exaltation - Pooh Leopards - Leap - Pooh Nightingales Owls - Parliament - Sneaky Porcupines - Prickle - Sneaky Rattlesnakes Rhinoceroses Wombats Nice tries on Apes, Rattlesnakes and Wombats, Sneaky, but not what I have (which I cross-checked in a couple of places). But you are definitely going the right way with the Rattlesnakes, as is only right and proper.

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