Silliness Quiz - Page 615

Bookpossum · 09-20-2012, 06:51 PM

Actually it's a mining town, so I think it would be a case of its being the only place of any size for some distance, so it gets the job of maintaining the roads etc for the farmers. But that's just a guess.

SneakySnake · 09-20-2012, 08:43 PM

Try google maps and look at the satellite picture. Then zoom in on areas that are not "city" ahem! You will see how dinky it is. Lots of rocks! The municipality might include Camooweal (my least favourite town because I was once stuck there sleeping on the road due to flood) and Cloncurry (a nice place because the man at the Gidgee Inn(nice motel just out of town) was nice to us).

We used to drive that way a fair bit, but these days it is cheaper to fly.

Kumabjorn · 09-21-2012, 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

Actually it's a mining town, so I think it would be a case of its being the only place of any size for some distance, so it gets the job of maintaining the roads etc for the farmers. But that's just a guess.

So is Kiruna and Gällivare. Mining towns require a certain population to sustain the mine, if you need to have people move there from the outside you need to provide communal services, schools, health care, library etc, so the limits will expand to cover the necessary tax base.

SneakySnake · 09-21-2012, 01:32 AM

Are you going to tax the rocks?

Kumabjorn · 09-21-2012, 01:55 AM

Not sure I understand the comment/question.

SneakySnake · 09-21-2012, 02:10 AM

You can expand the municipal area, but if there are very few people in that expanded area, the cost of collecting any tax would be more than the taxes that could be collected. In other words expanding the borders of your municipality as a basis for increasing your tax base would be futile. It may have been expanded to include communities (a majority living on welfare) that would be dependent on the town for health services etc. that would be government funded by the national population as a whole.

There is not very much outside Mt Isa, other than a few towns, the nearest being cloncurry 120 kilometres away.

Kumabjorn · 09-21-2012, 02:17 AM

I didn't know that Mt. Isa was a mining town, when I found out I thought it interesting that two other towns are also mining towns, I don't know about the Canadian town and Arjeplog used to be mining, but I believe the mine is closed.
I think tax rates in Australia and Sweden may be different

Anyway, we should get back to asking and answering quizz questions.

Shayne Parkinson · 09-21-2012, 05:44 AM

May I proffer one?

Many nursery rhymes have supposed origin stories or alternative meanings attached to them. The stories often (very often) don't stand up to close investigation, but they can be persistent nevertheless.

Name the nursery rhymes associated with the following interpretations:
1. A complaint about tax rates
2. Part of the propaganda campaign against the Catholic Church during the reign of King Henry VIII
3. The Great Plague of 1665 - "Ring a Ring o' Roses" Bilbo1967
4. Making fun of Mary, Queen of Scots - "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" Bilbo1967
5. Making fun of the defeated Richard III
6. Making fun of Cardinal Wolsey's humble origins
7. The burial of a human sacrifice in the foundation of a building
8. Persecution of Protestants under Mary I
9. The busy home life of Queen Caroline, wife of George II
10. Making fun of an official who supposedly did rather well out of the dissolution of the monasteries in England - "Little Jack Horner" orlok

Bonus question:
What's the rhyme that
- is sometimes said to refer to the worship of the Egyptian goddess Hathor
- makes an appearance in altered form in a well-known fantasy novel

Bilbo1967 · 09-21-2012, 05:51 AM

The only one I think I may know straight off is number 3. Is it 'Ring-a-ring a rosies'? (As in "Atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down").

I'll have to have a think about the others.

orlok · 09-21-2012, 05:57 AM

10. Little Jack Horner Sat in the corner, Eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said 'What a good boy am I!

I have paid a visit to the "Plum" which is a manor house in Mells, Somerset, with a lovely walled garden. The nearby church has a number of graves with my family name (a fairly unusual one), which I visited as part of my family tree search.

Bilbo1967 · 09-21-2012, 05:57 AM

'Mary, Mary, quite contrary' as an obvious guess for number 4?

Shayne Parkinson · 09-21-2012, 05:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

The only one I think I may know straight off is number 3. Is it 'Ring-a-ring a rosies'? (As in "Atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down").

I'll have to have a think about the others.

Quite right, Bilbo!

That's definitely the most familiar of these, so well done for getting in quickly.

Shayne Parkinson · 09-21-2012, 05:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orlok

10. Little Jack Horner Sat in the corner, Eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said 'What a good boy am I!

I have paid a visit to the "Plum" which is a manor house in Mells, Somerset, with a lovely walled garden. The nearby church has a number of graves with my family name (a fairly unusual one), which I visited as part of my family tree search.

Yes! Well done, Orlok.

Shayne Parkinson · 09-21-2012, 05:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

'Mary, Mary, quite contrary' as an obvious guess for number 4?

A very correct guess it is.

Kumabjorn · 09-21-2012, 06:04 AM

Remember, remember for #1?
Not sure though.

09-20-2012, 08:43 PM	#9212
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	Try google maps and look at the satellite picture. Then zoom in on areas that are not "city" ahem! You will see how dinky it is. Lots of rocks! The municipality might include Camooweal (my least favourite town because I was once stuck there sleeping on the road due to flood) and Cloncurry (a nice place because the man at the Gidgee Inn(nice motel just out of town) was nice to us). We used to drive that way a fair bit, but these days it is cheaper to fly. Last edited by SneakySnake; 09-21-2012 at 01:33 AM.

09-21-2012, 05:44 AM	#9218
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	May I proffer one? Many nursery rhymes have supposed origin stories or alternative meanings attached to them. The stories often (very often) don't stand up to close investigation, but they can be persistent nevertheless. Name the nursery rhymes associated with the following interpretations: 1. A complaint about tax rates 2. Part of the propaganda campaign against the Catholic Church during the reign of King Henry VIII 3. The Great Plague of 1665 - "Ring a Ring o' Roses" Bilbo1967 4. Making fun of Mary, Queen of Scots - "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" Bilbo1967 5. Making fun of the defeated Richard III 6. Making fun of Cardinal Wolsey's humble origins 7. The burial of a human sacrifice in the foundation of a building 8. Persecution of Protestants under Mary I 9. The busy home life of Queen Caroline, wife of George II 10. Making fun of an official who supposedly did rather well out of the dissolution of the monasteries in England - "Little Jack Horner" orlok Bonus question: What's the rhyme that - is sometimes said to refer to the worship of the Egyptian goddess Hathor - makes an appearance in altered form in a well-known fantasy novel Last edited by Shayne Parkinson; 09-21-2012 at 06:02 AM.

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09-20-2012, 06:51 PM	#9211
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Actually it's a mining town, so I think it would be a case of its being the only place of any size for some distance, so it gets the job of maintaining the roads etc for the farmers. But that's just a guess.

09-21-2012, 01:32 AM	#9214
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	Are you going to tax the rocks?

09-21-2012, 01:55 AM	#9215
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 4,356 Karma: 20181319 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	Not sure I understand the comment/question.

09-21-2012, 02:10 AM	#9216
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	You can expand the municipal area, but if there are very few people in that expanded area, the cost of collecting any tax would be more than the taxes that could be collected. In other words expanding the borders of your municipality as a basis for increasing your tax base would be futile. It may have been expanded to include communities (a majority living on welfare) that would be dependent on the town for health services etc. that would be government funded by the national population as a whole. There is not very much outside Mt Isa, other than a few towns, the nearest being cloncurry 120 kilometres away.

09-21-2012, 02:17 AM	#9217
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 4,356 Karma: 20181319 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	I didn't know that Mt. Isa was a mining town, when I found out I thought it interesting that two other towns are also mining towns, I don't know about the Canadian town and Arjeplog used to be mining, but I believe the mine is closed. I think tax rates in Australia and Sweden may be different Anyway, we should get back to asking and answering quizz questions.

09-21-2012, 05:51 AM	#9219
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	The only one I think I may know straight off is number 3. Is it 'Ring-a-ring a rosies'? (As in "Atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down"). I'll have to have a think about the others.

09-21-2012, 05:57 AM	#9220
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	10. Little Jack Horner Sat in the corner, Eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said 'What a good boy am I! I have paid a visit to the "Plum" which is a manor house in Mells, Somerset, with a lovely walled garden. The nearby church has a number of graves with my family name (a fairly unusual one), which I visited as part of my family tree search.

09-21-2012, 05:57 AM	#9221
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	'Mary, Mary, quite contrary' as an obvious guess for number 4?

09-21-2012, 06:04 AM	#9225
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 4,356 Karma: 20181319 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	Remember, remember for #1? Not sure though.

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