Silliness Quiz - Page 1043

doubleshuffle · 08-02-2016, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Right poem. Wrong Poet.

Indeed. But "Life" is still the wrong answer. Getting closer though.

doubleshuffle · 08-03-2016, 01:03 AM

No takers? I was afraid poetry might not be a great hit...

A few hints:

1. It's a famous Romantic poet (and visual artist) talking about the author of one of the most famous loooong religious poems in the English language.

2. It's actually one of the most famous poems by one of the most famous English Romantic poets. Think daffodils. (But it's not that poem.)

4. Scientific minds should easily be able to guess who is speaking here. It's also the poem's title. The author might be a bit harder: also a Romantic, and notorious as a political radical.

6. Utter silliness. Actually one of the American poems everybody knows. The fabric softener joke may only work for Europeans though.

Shayne Parkinson · 08-03-2016, 02:08 AM

1. Blake talking of Milton

2. Wordsworth talking of birth. The title is eluding me, though.

4. A cloud. Your description sounds like Shelley.

Bookpossum · 08-03-2016, 03:18 AM

2. Intimations of Immortality?

orlok · 08-03-2016, 06:04 AM

6. Woman's name is Elenor? The colour of the bird is black (raven)?

doubleshuffle · 08-03-2016, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

1. Blake talking of Milton

2. Wordsworth talking of birth. The title is eluding me, though.

4. A cloud. Your description sounds like Shelley.

All correct.

doubleshuffle · 08-03-2016, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

2. Intimations of Immortality?

Yes. The full title is "Ode. Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood."

doubleshuffle · 08-03-2016, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orlok

6. Woman's name is Elenor? The colour of the bird is black (raven)?

The name is almost correct. The colour is indeed black.

doubleshuffle · 08-03-2016, 08:22 AM

1. Which English poet was - according to which other English poet - of which mythological creature's party without knowing it? (3 points)
- Blake talking of Milton - Shayne Parkinson - (But of whose party was Milton?)

2. What is "but a sleep and a forgetting", and according to which poet? And what is the title of the poem? (3 points)
- Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting according to Wordsworth - Shayne Parkinson. The title of the poem is "Ode. Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood" - Bookpossum

3. "Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss, / Though winning near the goal..." Why can't the poor guy even get to first base? And which poet put him in that position? (2 points)
- Because he's on a Greek vase, put there by John Keats in his "Ode on a Grecian Urn" - Bookpossum

4. "I am the daughter of earth and water, / And the nursling of the sky..." Who says that in a poem by which author? (2 points)
- A cloud says that in Shelley's great poem "The Cloud" (one of his best, in my humble opinion) - Shayne Parkinson

5. How many birds at Coole? And which sort of bird? And which poet put them there? (3 points)
- Wild swans, W.B. Yeats - Bookpossum (Number of birds still open)

6. Mourned lover loses an "e" and turns into a fabric softener. Which colour is the bird? (2 points: one each for the woman's name and the colour of the bird)
- The bird's colour is black. - orlok, the woman's name is Lenore - pdurrant.

7. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side is the title of an Agatha Christie novel. Which poem by which poet is quoted in the title? (2 points)
- The Lady of Shalott - pdurrant. Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Bookpossum

It's a tie now between Bookpossum and Shayne Parkinson (6 points each). pdurrant has 2 points and orlok has 1 point.

2 points are still up for grabs:

Whose party was Milton of, according to Blake?
How many wild swans are there at Coole?

pdurrant · 08-03-2016, 08:28 AM

The woman is Lenore
Seven swans?

doubleshuffle · 08-03-2016, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

The woman is Lenore
Seven swans?

Lenore is correct, but there are a lot more swans.

doubleshuffle · 08-05-2016, 12:17 PM

Come on, folks, we still have a tie for the winner. Think hard: Milton wrote Paradise Lost. Who is the official hero? Who cares? But who is the secret hero? It isn't that hard, even if you have never read it (and believe me, as much as I love poetry, I haven't read the whole thing...) If it ain't God, it can only be...

Please, Shayne or Bookpossum - end this.

doubleshuffle · 08-05-2016, 12:26 PM

Oh, and the number of swans is a prime number, and it is the nth prime number, with n being itself prime. And the number we are looking for is then 3n+8.

Bookpossum · 08-05-2016, 07:26 PM

Okay, is it Lucifer? I've never read it.

For the swans, mathematics was never my thing, but we must be talking about 11, 17, 23, 29, 41, 47, and now I am running out of fingers and toes. But from your clue, n should be 1 and so the answer is 11.

PS. Even if either answer is right, someone else should have a go at the next quiz. Shayne?

Shayne Parkinson · 08-05-2016, 07:30 PM

I'm afraid I'm a bit under the weather at the moment, so anyone who would like to set the next quiz, please feel free.

08-03-2016, 08:22 AM	#15639
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	1. Which English poet was - according to which other English poet - of which mythological creature's party without knowing it? (3 points) - Blake talking of Milton - Shayne Parkinson - (But of whose party was Milton?) 2. What is "but a sleep and a forgetting", and according to which poet? And what is the title of the poem? (3 points) - Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting according to Wordsworth - Shayne Parkinson. The title of the poem is "Ode. Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood" - Bookpossum 3. "Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss, / Though winning near the goal..." Why can't the poor guy even get to first base? And which poet put him in that position? (2 points) - Because he's on a Greek vase, put there by John Keats in his "Ode on a Grecian Urn" - Bookpossum 4. "I am the daughter of earth and water, / And the nursling of the sky..." Who says that in a poem by which author? (2 points) - A cloud says that in Shelley's great poem "The Cloud" (one of his best, in my humble opinion) - Shayne Parkinson 5. How many birds at Coole? And which sort of bird? And which poet put them there? (3 points) - Wild swans, W.B. Yeats - Bookpossum (Number of birds still open) 6. Mourned lover loses an "e" and turns into a fabric softener. Which colour is the bird? (2 points: one each for the woman's name and the colour of the bird) - The bird's colour is black. - orlok, the woman's name is Lenore - pdurrant. 7. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side is the title of an Agatha Christie novel. Which poem by which poet is quoted in the title? (2 points) - The Lady of Shalott - pdurrant. Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Bookpossum It's a tie now between Bookpossum and Shayne Parkinson (6 points each). pdurrant has 2 points and orlok has 1 point. 2 points are still up for grabs: Whose party was Milton of, according to Blake? How many wild swans are there at Coole? Last edited by doubleshuffle; 08-05-2016 at 12:19 PM.

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08-03-2016, 01:03 AM	#15632
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	No takers? I was afraid poetry might not be a great hit... A few hints: 1. It's a famous Romantic poet (and visual artist) talking about the author of one of the most famous loooong religious poems in the English language. 2. It's actually one of the most famous poems by one of the most famous English Romantic poets. Think daffodils. (But it's not that poem.) 4. Scientific minds should easily be able to guess who is speaking here. It's also the poem's title. The author might be a bit harder: also a Romantic, and notorious as a political radical. 6. Utter silliness. Actually one of the American poems everybody knows. The fabric softener joke may only work for Europeans though.

08-03-2016, 02:08 AM	#15633
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	1. Blake talking of Milton 2. Wordsworth talking of birth. The title is eluding me, though. 4. A cloud. Your description sounds like Shelley.

08-03-2016, 03:18 AM	#15634
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	2. Intimations of Immortality?

08-03-2016, 06:04 AM	#15635
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	6. Woman's name is Elenor? The colour of the bird is black (raven)?

08-03-2016, 08:28 AM	#15640
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,039 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	The woman is Lenore Seven swans?

08-05-2016, 12:17 PM	#15642
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	Come on, folks, we still have a tie for the winner. Think hard: Milton wrote Paradise Lost. Who is the official hero? Who cares? But who is the secret hero? It isn't that hard, even if you have never read it (and believe me, as much as I love poetry, I haven't read the whole thing...) If it ain't God, it can only be... Please, Shayne or Bookpossum - end this.

08-05-2016, 12:26 PM	#15643
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	Oh, and the number of swans is a prime number, and it is the nth prime number, with n being itself prime. And the number we are looking for is then 3n+8.

08-05-2016, 07:26 PM	#15644
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Okay, is it Lucifer? I've never read it. For the swans, mathematics was never my thing, but we must be talking about 11, 17, 23, 29, 41, 47, and now I am running out of fingers and toes. But from your clue, n should be 1 and so the answer is 11. PS. Even if either answer is right, someone else should have a go at the next quiz. Shayne?

08-05-2016, 07:30 PM	#15645
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	I'm afraid I'm a bit under the weather at the moment, so anyone who would like to set the next quiz, please feel free.