Silliness Quiz - Page 1021

orlok · 03-09-2016, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

10. Vonnegut

It is indeed Kurt. Thought that might give it away.

doubleshuffle · 03-09-2016, 04:49 PM

2. Sounds like William S Burroughs.

5. Vladimir Nabokov was an avid butterfly collector, so I guess it's him.

7. Thomas Pynchon, I think.

doubleshuffle · 03-09-2016, 04:52 PM

7. No, I don't think it was Pynchon. It must have been Salinger. I read this luxury liner stint story about one of them, and it sounds equally weird for both. But even weirder for Salinger, so I say Salinger.

orlok · 03-09-2016, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

2. Sounds like William S Burroughs.

5. Vladimir Nabokov was an avid butterfly collector, so I guess it's him.

7. Thomas Pynchon, I think.

Yes, yes, no.

orlok · 03-09-2016, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

7. No, I don't think it was Pynchon. It must have been Salinger. I read this luxury liner stint story about one of them, and it sounds equally weird for both. But even weirder for Salinger, so I say Salinger.

Yes

orlok · 03-09-2016, 06:17 PM

That's all of them. And it's a four-way tie!!!

drjd - 3 points
issbird - 3 points
poohbear_nc - 3 points
doubleshuffle - 3 points

orlok · 03-09-2016, 06:20 PM

Here's a tie-break question.

Before writing his best known work, this author was an officer of the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He shouldered the heavy burden of protecting the safety of some 200,000 people, and was noted for his “sense of utter fairness.”

issybird · 03-09-2016, 06:47 PM

Orwell.

orlok · 03-09-2016, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

Orwell.

Yes!

Your turn to set the quiz issy.

issybird · 03-09-2016, 07:13 PM

I shouldn't have jumped in. I don't have anything on hand, so if someone's got a quiz going begging, by all means go for it. Please!

drjd · 03-10-2016, 01:28 AM

Thanks orlok for the mind boggling puzzle!

Bilbo1967 · 03-10-2016, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drjd

Thanks orlok for the mind boggling puzzle!

Yes, that was a difficulty one, but very interesting.

The only one I knew was the tiebreak one

drjd · 03-11-2016, 07:46 AM

Since it is a four-way tie, and nobody else has posted the new quiz, I am taking the turn.

1. Why is the letter A like honeysuckle?

2. What letter of the alphabet separates Europe from Africa?

3. What always has at least ten letters in it and may have tens of thousands of letters?

4. What letter is an insect?

5. What letter is a vegetable?

6. What letter is a drink?

7. In what way are the letter A and high noon alike?

8. What four letters of the alphabet would scare off a burglar?

9. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and is full of T?

10. What letter is never found in the alphabet?

11. What three letters make a man of a boy?

12. If all the letters of the alphabet were invited to a luncheon party, what six letters would fail to arrive on time?

13. What word of only three syllables contains twenty-six letters?

14. Tommy Tucker took two strings and tied two turtles to two tall trees.

How many T’s are there in that?

15. What helpful thing does the letter A do for a deaf woman?

One point for each riddle, Ladies and Gentlemen!

issybird · 03-11-2016, 07:49 AM

2. C (sea)

And, thanks!

issybird · 03-11-2016, 07:50 AM

4. B

03-11-2016, 07:46 AM	#15313
drjd The Couch Potato Posts: 34,509 Karma: 230999999 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: Kobo Glo, Kobo Touch, Archos 9, Onyx Boox C67ML Carta	All About the Alphabet. Since it is a four-way tie, and nobody else has posted the new quiz, I am taking the turn. 1. Why is the letter A like honeysuckle? 2. What letter of the alphabet separates Europe from Africa? 3. What always has at least ten letters in it and may have tens of thousands of letters? 4. What letter is an insect? 5. What letter is a vegetable? 6. What letter is a drink? 7. In what way are the letter A and high noon alike? 8. What four letters of the alphabet would scare off a burglar? 9. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and is full of T? 10. What letter is never found in the alphabet? 11. What three letters make a man of a boy? 12. If all the letters of the alphabet were invited to a luncheon party, what six letters would fail to arrive on time? 13. What word of only three syllables contains twenty-six letters? 14. Tommy Tucker took two strings and tied two turtles to two tall trees. How many T’s are there in that? 15. What helpful thing does the letter A do for a deaf woman? One point for each riddle, Ladies and Gentlemen!

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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. Sounds like William S Burroughs. 5. Vladimir Nabokov was an avid butterfly collector, so I guess it's him. 7. Thomas Pynchon, I think.

03-09-2016, 04:52 PM	#15303
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. No, I don't think it was Pynchon. It must have been Salinger. I read this luxury liner stint story about one of them, and it sounds equally weird for both. But even weirder for Salinger, so I say Salinger.

03-09-2016, 06:17 PM	#15306
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	That's all of them. And it's a four-way tie!!! drjd - 3 points issbird - 3 points poohbear_nc - 3 points doubleshuffle - 3 points

03-09-2016, 06:20 PM	#15307
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	Here's a tie-break question. Before writing his best known work, this author was an officer of the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He shouldered the heavy burden of protecting the safety of some 200,000 people, and was noted for his “sense of utter fairness.”

03-09-2016, 06:47 PM	#15308
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,341 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	Orwell.

03-09-2016, 07:13 PM	#15310
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,341 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	I shouldn't have jumped in. I don't have anything on hand, so if someone's got a quiz going begging, by all means go for it. Please!

03-10-2016, 01:28 AM	#15311
drjd The Couch Potato Posts: 34,509 Karma: 230999999 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: Kobo Glo, Kobo Touch, Archos 9, Onyx Boox C67ML Carta	Thanks orlok for the mind boggling puzzle!

03-11-2016, 07:49 AM	#15314
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,341 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	2. C (sea) And, thanks!

03-11-2016, 07:50 AM	#15315
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,341 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	4. B