Silliness Quiz - Page 718

Billi · 02-03-2013, 11:39 AM

See post 10746 by Iznogood.

I have not the slightest idea.

pdurrant · 02-03-2013, 11:42 AM

Thanks! I think we're still waiting for someone to identify the quotation and missing name.

Fbone · 02-03-2013, 05:39 PM

I need a clue.

Iznogood · 02-05-2013, 04:48 AM

It seems this one got a lot harder than I had expected - my apologies for that. This book was recently (2006) re-issued here in Norway, and from the Norwegian publisher I heard that the same book should be re-issued in several other countries as well. I had therefore thought that it would be easier.

I suggest we make this as easy as saying that the quiz is now first-come-first-served. Whoever has a good question may ask it here.

For those wanting a clue:

Spoiler:

For those wanting the solution:

Spoiler:

Stitchawl · 02-05-2013, 06:07 AM

If no one else has a question, here's a fast musical one...

What country boasts the 'first' bagpipes!
When?

Stitchawl

Fbone · 02-05-2013, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iznogood

For those wanting a clue:

Spoiler:

For those wanting the solution:
[SPOILER]

Ah, it's one I didn't read by this author.

orlok · 02-05-2013, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

If no one else has a question, here's a fast musical one...

What country boasts the 'first' bagpipes!
When?

Stitchawl

Was it Ireland? The 1500's?

pdurrant · 02-05-2013, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

If no one else has a question, here's a fast musical one...

What country boasts the 'first' bagpipes!
When?

Stitchawl

Umm.. Norway, 600s?

Stitchawl · 02-05-2013, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orlok

Was it Ireland? The 1500's?

Not even close. For either part. Thanks for playing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Umm.. Norway, 600s?

Closer in year but not in location.

The correct location is truly strange!

Stitchawl

Bookpossum · 02-05-2013, 07:21 PM

Somewhere in Africa?

Stitchawl · 02-05-2013, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

Somewhere in Africa?

Closer that the other two guys, but still well off the mark!

Stitchawl

orlok · 02-05-2013, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Not even close. For either part. Thanks for playing.

Hmph! I'm taking my ball and going home.

Stitchawl · 02-05-2013, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orlok

Hmph! I'm taking my ball and going home.

Wait! You get the Home Edition of our show as a consolation prize!

Stitchawl

Kumabjorn · 02-05-2013, 09:38 PM

Nepal?

Fbone · 02-05-2013, 09:48 PM

Romans first century BCE

02-03-2013, 11:39 AM	#10756
Billi Wizard Posts: 3,388 Karma: 14190103 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Device: Cybook, iRex, PB, Onyx	See post 10746 by Iznogood. I have not the slightest idea. Last edited by pdurrant; 02-03-2013 at 11:41 AM. Reason: added link to the text

02-05-2013, 04:48 AM	#10759
Iznogood Guru Posts: 932 Karma: 15752887 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Norway Device: Ipad, kindle paperwhite	It seems this one got a lot harder than I had expected - my apologies for that. This book was recently (2006) re-issued here in Norway, and from the Norwegian publisher I heard that the same book should be re-issued in several other countries as well. I had therefore thought that it would be easier. I suggest we make this as easy as saying that the quiz is now first-come-first-served. Whoever has a good question may ask it here. For those wanting a clue: Spoiler: The name I omitted was "Fell" For those wanting the solution: Spoiler: The extract is from "The Mad Hatter Mystery" by John Dickson Carr. In this book we read about a hitherto unknown manuscript by Edgar Allan Poe, which is stolen. We hear about a person the newspapers call "The Mad Hatter" who steals hats all over London and puts them on display; e.g. when a barrister's wig is found on the head of a cab horse, things are set in motion. Innocently enough, you say? When a body is found inside the Tower of London with a medieval crossbow bolt through the heart - and a stolen hat on its head - things turn serious. About this book, which in many ways can be considered Carr's breakthrough, Dorothy L. Sayers wrote: "Mr. Carr can lead us away from the small, artificial, brightly-lit stage of the ordinary detective plot into the menace of outer darkness. He can create atmosphere with an adjective, make a picture from a wet iron railing, a dusty table, a gas-lamp blurred by the fog. He can alarm with an illusion or delight with a rollicking absurdity. He can invent a passage from a lost work of Edgar Allan Poe which sounds like the real thing. In short he can write—not merely in the negative sense of observing the rules of syntax, but in the sense that every sentence gives a thrill of positive pleasure."

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02-05-2013, 06:07 AM	#10760
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02-05-2013, 09:48 PM	#10770
Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,353 Karma: 105529930 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	Romans first century BCE