Silliness Quiz - Page 1014

Bookpossum · 02-29-2016, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

Keep going lower.

You might rest your mentis on your manus while thinking.

Like Rodin's "The Thinker". So mantis is chin or jaw and manus is hand of course.

Shayne Parkinson · 02-29-2016, 04:49 PM

Exactly, Bookpossum! Mantis is chin or jaw (hence mandible).

Final results:

Some human anatomical terms. What are the more commonly used names for these?

Hallux - big toe Bilbo
Axilla - armpit poohbear_nc
Umbilicus - navel Bilbo
Phalange - finger Bilbo
Carpus - wrist FBone
Pollex - thumb poohbear_nc
Patella - kneecap Bilbo
Inguen - groin FBone
Mentis- chin Bookpossum
Brachium - arm FBone
Bucca - cheek poohbear_nc
Olecranon - back of elbow FBone
Cranium - skull Bilbo
Oris - mouth FBone
Antecubitis- front of elbow FBone
Tarsus - ankle poohbear_nc

One point for each correct answer.

Fbone 6 points
Bilbo1967 5 points
poohbear_nc 4 points
Bookpossum 1 point

A nail-bitingly close-run outcome, and victory to Fbone. Over to you, Fbone!

Shayne Parkinson · 03-02-2016, 10:11 PM

Fbone doesn't seem to be around, and the results were so very close.

So I'm sure no one would mind if Bilbo or Poohbear were to pose a quiz in the meantime.

Bilbo1967 · 03-03-2016, 04:50 AM

I'll post a quick quiz then. It's been done before, I'm sure, but here are the opening lines of 15 novels. Novel and author please.

1. All this happened, more or less.

2. The schoolmaster was leaving the village, and everybody seemed sorry.

3. It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.

4. It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him.

5. The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

6. They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did.

7. It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.

8. All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

9. Under certain circumstance there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

10. They’re out there. Black boys in white suits up before me to commit sex acts in the hall and get it mopped up before I can catch them.

11. I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.

12. It was the day my grandmother exploded.

13. Mother died today. Or maybe, yesterday; I can't be sure.

14. You better not never tell nobody but God.

15. I'm pretty much fucked.

pdurrant · 03-03-2016, 04:59 AM

4. Catch-22

Bilbo1967 · 03-03-2016, 05:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

4. Catch-22

Correct.

doubleshuffle · 03-03-2016, 05:02 AM

2. Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy.

doubleshuffle · 03-03-2016, 05:04 AM

7. The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath.

doubleshuffle · 03-03-2016, 05:05 AM

14. The Color Purple, Alice Walker (???)

orlok · 03-03-2016, 05:11 AM

5. The Go-Between by L. P. Hartley

orlok · 03-03-2016, 05:17 AM

12. The Crow Road by Iain Banks

orlok · 03-03-2016, 05:21 AM

15. The Martian by Andy weir

doubleshuffle · 03-03-2016, 05:24 AM

13. The Stranger, Albert Camus.

Fbone · 03-03-2016, 05:31 AM

1. Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

Fbone · 03-03-2016, 05:34 AM

3. Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

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02-29-2016, 04:49 PM	#15197
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	Exactly, Bookpossum! Mantis is chin or jaw (hence mandible). Final results: Some human anatomical terms. What are the more commonly used names for these? Hallux - big toe Bilbo Axilla - armpit poohbear_nc Umbilicus - navel Bilbo Phalange - finger Bilbo Carpus - wrist FBone Pollex - thumb poohbear_nc Patella - kneecap Bilbo Inguen - groin FBone Mentis- chin Bookpossum Brachium - arm FBone Bucca - cheek poohbear_nc Olecranon - back of elbow FBone Cranium - skull Bilbo Oris - mouth FBone Antecubitis- front of elbow FBone Tarsus - ankle poohbear_nc One point for each correct answer. Fbone 6 points Bilbo1967 5 points poohbear_nc 4 points Bookpossum 1 point A nail-bitingly close-run outcome, and victory to Fbone. Over to you, Fbone!

03-02-2016, 10:11 PM	#15198
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	Fbone doesn't seem to be around, and the results were so very close. So I'm sure no one would mind if Bilbo or Poohbear were to pose a quiz in the meantime.

03-03-2016, 04:50 AM	#15199
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	I'll post a quick quiz then. It's been done before, I'm sure, but here are the opening lines of 15 novels. Novel and author please. 1. All this happened, more or less. 2. The schoolmaster was leaving the village, and everybody seemed sorry. 3. It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love. 4. It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him. 5. The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there. 6. They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did. 7. It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York. 8. All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. 9. Under certain circumstance there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. 10. They’re out there. Black boys in white suits up before me to commit sex acts in the hall and get it mopped up before I can catch them. 11. I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking. 12. It was the day my grandmother exploded. 13. Mother died today. Or maybe, yesterday; I can't be sure. 14. You better not never tell nobody but God. 15. I'm pretty much fucked.

03-03-2016, 04:59 AM	#15200
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,080 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	4. Catch-22

03-03-2016, 05:02 AM	#15202
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	2. Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy.

03-03-2016, 05:04 AM	#15203
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	7. The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath.

03-03-2016, 05:05 AM	#15204
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	14. The Color Purple, Alice Walker (???)

03-03-2016, 05:11 AM	#15205
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	5. The Go-Between by L. P. Hartley

03-03-2016, 05:17 AM	#15206
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	12. The Crow Road by Iain Banks

03-03-2016, 05:21 AM	#15207
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	15. The Martian by Andy weir

03-03-2016, 05:24 AM	#15208
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	13. The Stranger, Albert Camus.

03-03-2016, 05:31 AM	#15209
Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,297 Karma: 101697116 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	1. Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

03-03-2016, 05:34 AM	#15210
Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,297 Karma: 101697116 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	3. Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera