Unutterably Silly Quiz

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

Not a Pratchett, no. But it is an author who's already appeared on the list.

There, that should narrow the field.

C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters?

[Shayne Parkinson]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters?

Lewis is correct! But not The Screwtape Letters.

I'm for bed. I'll see if anyone's correctly identified which of this prolific author's works it is by morning.

1. Caladan - Frank Herbert, Dune. poohbear_nc, 2 points
2. Calormen - C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy. pdurrant, 2 points
3. Chetwood - Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. poohbear_nc, 2 points
4. Glome - C.S. Lewis, ???. pdurrant, 1 point
5. Linden-Car - Anne Bronte, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. issybird, 2 points.
6. Milton - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South. Bookpossum, 2 points.
7. Queen's Crawley - William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair. Bookpossum, 2 points
8. Quirm - Pratchett, Discworld series. Bilbo1967, 2 points
9. Longbourn - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice. Billi, 2 points
10. Sandbourne - Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Bookpossum, 2 points

Bookpossum, 6 points
poohbear_nc, 4 points
pdurrant, 3 points
Bilbo1967, 2 points
Billi, 2 points
issybird, 2 points
pdurrant, 2 points

With one point to go, Bookpossum has an unassailable lead.

[Shayne Parkinson]

Since it looks as if this one was a bit too obscure, here's the last answer: Glome is from one of my very favourite books, C.S. Lewis' Till We Have Faces. I highly recommend it.

Thanks for playing, everyone! All yours, Bookpossum.

[Bookpossum]

I hadn't heard of that book, so thanks for the tip, Shayne. Here are a few more Trivial Pursuit questions:

1. What prints are used by breeders and trainers to identify dogs?
2. Who was dipped in the River Styx?
3. What fictional detective was created by Leslie Charteris?
4. What berries give gin its flavour? (This one should suit Stitchawl!)
5. What's the name of Little Orphan Annie's dog?
6. What's the claim to fame of the gluteus maximus?
7. How many wings does a flea have?
8. In which country was water polo invented?
9. Who wrote "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"?
10. What substance must mix with food to give it taste?

[Bilbo1967]

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

I hadn't heard of that book, so thanks for the tip, Shayne. Here are a few more Trivial Pursuit questions:

1. What prints are used by breeders and trainers to identify dogs?
2. Who was dipped in the River Styx?
3. What fictional detective was created by Leslie Charteris?
4. What berries give gin its flavour? (This one should suit Stitchawl!)
5. What's the name of Little Orphan Annie's dog?
6. What's the claim to fame of the gluteus maximus?
7. How many wings does a flea have?
8. In which country was water polo invented?
9. Who wrote "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"?
10. What substance must mix with food to give it taste?

Ok, my initial guesses;

2. Achilles?
3. The Saint
4. Sloe
6. Largest muscle in the human body
10. Saliva

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

I hadn't heard of that book, so thanks for the tip, Shayne. Here are a few more Trivial Pursuit questions:

1. What prints are used by breeders and trainers to identify dogs?
2. Who was dipped in the River Styx?
3. What fictional detective was created by Leslie Charteris?
4. What berries give gin its flavour? (This one should suit Stitchawl!)
5. What's the name of Little Orphan Annie's dog?
6. What's the claim to fame of the gluteus maximus?
7. How many wings does a flea have?
8. In which country was water polo invented?
9. Who wrote "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"?
10. What substance must mix with food to give it taste?

1. Nose prints
5. Sandy
9. Thurber

[poohbear_nc]

4. Juniper berry

[poohbear_nc]

8. USA? - a fraternity prank?

[poohbear_nc]

7. Trick question - none?

[Stitchawl]

Rats!! Too late again!


Stitchawl

[Daithi]

10. Saliva

[Bookpossum]

1. What prints are used by breeders and trainers to identify dogs? Nose prints - poohbear.
2. Who was dipped in the River Styx? Achilles - Bilbo.
3. What fictional detective was created by Leslie Charteris? The Saint - Bilbo.
4. What berries give gin its flavour? (This one should suit Stitchawl!) Juniper - poohbear.
5. What's the name of Little Orphan Annie's dog? Sandy - poohbear.
6. What's the claim to fame of the gluteus maximus? Largest muscle in the human body - Bilbo.
7. How many wings does a flea have? None - poohbear.
8. In which country was water polo invented?
9. Who wrote "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"? James Thurber - poohbear.
10. What substance must mix with food to give it taste? Saliva - Bilbo.

So that's:

poohbear - 5
Bilbo - 4

So only No 8 to go - I would have thought it was the US also, poohbear, but apparently not so.

Sorry Daithi - correct answer but Bilbo beat you to it.

[Bookpossum]

No takers for No 8? It was England.

Over to poohbear for our next quiz.

[poohbear_nc]

Yahoo! I just love the smell of trivia in the mornings!

Errrmmmm .... OK ....

Well folks, it's election time in the old US of A - and the candidates are swamping the media with ads, interviews, personal appearances, etc. You can't get away from them! It wasn't always this way. Campaigning on the telly used to be a dignified business. Then politics oozed into entertainment, and suddenly you have Sarah Palin on SNL!

Who was the first presidential candidate to appear on a comedy TV show? What was the show?

[HomeInMyShoes]

I have no idea, but I'm going with Ross Perot on SNL?