Unutterably Silly Quiz

[orlok]

Originally Posted by issybird

Gould researched snails.

"Snips and snails and puppy dog tails": what little boys are made of.

As for the quadrille, I figure it has something to do with slowness.

Postage Stamps: snail mail.

All correct apart from the quadrille

Originally Posted by issybird

Resting: seven winks.

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Will you walk a little faster said a whiting to a snail
There's a porpose close behind us and he's treading on my tail.

("The Lobster Quadrill" from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)

That's the one

I'm off to bed, so more tomorrow...

[issybird]

Aha! Marital strife = seven year itch.

[Bookpossum]

A
Snakes? I think they are important in connection with Wicca, but I'm struggling otherwise.
D
Monstrous heads = the Seven-headed Hydra.
Sin = Seven deadly sins.
Resting = Seven sleepers of Ephesus - a Rip Van Winkle sort of story I seem to remember.

[Bookpossum]

And another thing:

D
Heaven and earth = Ancient idea of there being seven heavens - seventh heaven of course being the best one to reach.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by orlok

What is the connection between the following, and if possible, why? Each question has a different link:

A. Aristotle; the goddess Wicca; something slinky; mosquito repellant; the route to a bell tower

B. Dancing too slowly for the quadrille; a whistling woman; the tails of young dogs; Stephen Jay Gould; postage stamps

C. Yiddish; Beethoven; sex; Amy Tan; Wordsworth; Leaders of Men

D. Enid Blyton; sheafs of corn; heaven and earth; monstrous heads; sin; God resting; managerial competencies; marital strife

Originally Posted by issybird

Aha! Marital strife = seven year itch.

correct

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

A
Snakes? I think they are important in connection with Wicca, but I'm struggling otherwise.
D
Monstrous heads = the Seven-headed Hydra.
Sin = Seven deadly sins.
Resting = Seven sleepers of Ephesus - a Rip Van Winkle sort of story I seem to remember.

A - not snakes, no.

D - hydra is correct. 7 deadly sins correct. Seven sleepers of Ephesus is correct.

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

And another thing:



D
Heaven and earth = Ancient idea of there being seven heavens - seventh heaven of course being the best one to reach.

It's actually that Islam has seven heavens and seven earths, but you are close enough.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by orlok

What is the connection between the following, and if possible, why? Each question has a different link:

A. Aristotle; the goddess Wicca; something slinky; mosquito repellant; the route to a bell tower

B. Dancing too slowly for the quadrille; a whistling woman; the tails of young dogs; Stephen Jay Gould; postage stamps

C. Yiddish; Beethoven; sex; Amy Tan; Wordsworth; Leaders of Men

D. Enid Blyton; sheafs of corn; heaven and earth; monstrous heads; sin; resting; managerial competencies; marital strife; God

So to summarise where we are:

A. Link = ? Aristotle; the goddess Wicca; something slinky; mosquito repellant; the route to a bell tower

B. Link = Snails (issybird). Dancing too slowly for the quadrille = "Will you walk a little faster said a whiting to a snail" - Alice in Wonderland (pdurrant); a whistling woman; the tails of young dogs = Snips and snails and puppy dog tails (issybird); Stephen Jay Gould = he researched snails (issybird); postage stamps = snail mail (issybird)

C. Link = Joy (issybird). Yiddish = Leo Rosten wrote 'The Joy of Yiddish' (issybird); Beethoven = 'Ode to Joy' (Bilbo); sex = 'The Joy of Sex' (Bilbo); Amy Tan = 'The Joy Luck Club' (Bilbo); Wordsworth = Surprised by Joy (issybird); Leaders of Men

D. Link = Seven (issybird). Enid Blyton = Secret Seven (Bilbo); sheafs of corn; heaven and earth = Islam has seven heavens and seven earths (Bookpossum); monstrous heads = the Seven-headed Hydra (Bookpossum); sin = Seven deadly sins (Bookpossum); resting = Seven sleepers of Ephesus (Bookpossum); managerial competencies = Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (Bilbo); marital strife = seven year itch (issybird); God = God rested on the seventh day (issybird, sort of...)

The ones still to get are emboldened

[Shayne Parkinson]

Seven sheaves of corn: Pharaoh's dream as interpreted by Joseph.

A: The link is a spiral, I think. Aristotle wrote about shelled creatures. Slinkies are coiled springs. Mosquito repellents in the form of a coil. Bell towers have spiral staircases. Don't know about Wicca, unless labyrinths are involved in worship.

Edited to add details when I'd finished my coffee.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

Seven sheaves of corn: Pharaoh's dream as interpreted by Joseph.

A: The link is a spiral, I think.

Seven sheaves of corn is correct, as is the final missing link, spiral. Any rationale?

[Shayne Parkinson]

I added more details post-coffee.

[Bookpossum]

B.
"A Whistling Woman" by A S Byatt. Can't lay my hands on my copy for some reason but I know there was a study being made of snails out on a moor or heath.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

B.
"A Whistling Woman" by A S Byatt. Can't lay my hands on my copy for some reason but I know there was a study being made of snails out on a moor or heath.

Correct .

Anyone care to guess any of the spiral references for question A?

[Shayne Parkinson]

Originally Posted by orlok

Correct .

Anyone care to guess any of the spiral references for question A?

Um... I did.

[Daithi]

Shayne Parkinson had answered

A: The link is a spiral, I think. Aristotle wrote about shelled creatures. Slinkies are coiled springs. Mosquito repellents in the form of a coil. Bell towers have spiral staircases. Don't know about Wicca, unless labyrinths are involved in worship.

These sound reasonable to me. Although, the Aristotle and Wicca links to spirals don't seem too obvious (just an observation and not a knock on Shayne's answer).

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

Um... I did.

Sorry, missed it. Did you update your original post afterwards? All correct apart from the Aristotle and Wicca references.

The answers are now:

A. Link = Spirals (Shayne). Aristotle; the goddess Wicca; something slinky = slinky is a metal spiral (Shayne); mosquito repellant = repellents in the form of a spiral (Shayne); the route to a bell tower
= a spiral (Shayne)

B. Link = Snails (issybird) Dancing too slowly for the quadrille = "Will you walk a little faster said a whiting to a snail" - Alice in Wonderland (pdurrant); a whistling woman = "A Whistling Woman" by AS Byatt, in which there was a study of snails (Bookpossum); the tails of young dogs = Snips and snails and puppy dog tails (issybird); Stephen Jay Gould = researched snails (issybird); postage stamps = snail mail (issybird)

C. Link = Joy (issybird) Yiddish = Leo Rosten wrote 'The Joy of Yiddish' (issybird); Beethoven = 'Ode to Joy'(Bilbo); sex = 'The Joy of Sex'(Bilbo); Amy Tan = 'The Joy Luck Club'(Bilbo); Wordsworth = Surprised by Joy (issybird); Leaders of Men

D. Link = Seven (issybird) Enid Blyton = Secret Seven (Bilbo); sheafs of corn; heaven and earth = Islam has seven heavens and seven earths (Bookpossum); monstrous heads = the Seven-headed Hydra (Bookpossum); sin = Seven deadly sins (Bookpossum); resting = Seven sleepers of Ephesus (Bookpossum); managerial competencies = Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (Bilbo); marital strife = seven year itch (issybird); God = God rested on the seventh day (issybird, sort of...)

So the ones in bold are the only ones left. I'll post the answers and the winner soon.

[orlok]

The missing ones were that Aristotle devised spiral geometry, the godess Wicca is worshipped with spirals, and "Leaders of Men" was a hit by Joy Division.

issybird got the most, so over to you .