Silliness Quiz - Page 593

poohbear_nc · 08-23-2012, 09:27 AM

9. Billions & billions!

red_phoenix · 08-23-2012, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

9. Billions & billions!

No - it is a higher number than Sneaky's guess but you have a few too many zeros.

HomeInMyShoes · 08-23-2012, 09:43 AM

A million?

red_phoenix · 08-23-2012, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

A million?

No. Still too many zeros.

pdurrant · 08-23-2012, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by red_pheonix

No. Still too many zeros.

100,000?

red_phoenix · 08-23-2012, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

100,000?

Close enough - up to 75,000 flowers

1 point for Pdurrant

red_phoenix · 08-23-2012, 09:59 AM

1) If you had Lafite-Rothschild on your dinner table, what would it be? Wine – Sneaky Snake
2) What is sushi traditionally wrapped in? Edible seaweed - poohbear
3) May Queen, Wisley Crab, Foxwhelps and Lane's Prince Albert are all species of what? Apples - Fbone
4) What is allspice alternatively known as? Pimento - Fbone
5) What colour is Absynth? Green - Fbone
6) What flavour is Cointreau? Orange. – Sneaky Snake
7) If you were to cut a hare into pieces, marinate it in wine and juniper berries then stew this slowly in a sealed container, what would this recipe be called? Jugged hare - poohbear
8) Fried taratulas, eggs boiled just before they're due to hatch, live octopus, and puffin hearts eaten raw when still-warm, are all traditional foods - true or false? True - Fbone
9) How many crocus flowers does it take to make a pound of saffron? Up to 75,000 flowers, which is enough to fill an entire football pitch - Pdurrant
10) Costing around $2,600 per pound, and made only to order by Knipschildt, what is the name of this chocolate truffle?

Fbone – 4 points
Sneaky Snake – 2 points
Poohbear – 2 points
Pdurrant - 1 point

With 1 question let to answer I declare Fbone the winner.

red_phoenix · 08-23-2012, 11:05 AM

The answer to question 10.

10) Costing around $2,600 per pound, and made only to order by Knipschildt, what is the name of this chocolate truffle? Chocopologie

HomeInMyShoes · 08-23-2012, 11:33 AM

They should apologize for that.

Fbone · 08-24-2012, 03:02 AM

Here's an easy one.

Who was the first English language winner of the Nobel Prize for literature?

Hint: The recipient was also the youngest.

Bookpossum · 08-24-2012, 07:15 AM

Was it Rudyard Kipling? I know he was an early one.

Fbone · 08-24-2012, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Bookpossum

Was it Rudyard Kipling? I know he was an early one.

Correct!

Very good.

Bookpossum · 08-24-2012, 11:39 PM

Thank you! Here's a mainly literary quiz.

1. Which writer lost the use of his left hand at the Battle of Lepanto and was once kidnapped by Barbary pirates and enslaved in Algeria for five years?

2. According to Lady Caroline Lamb, which club-footed poet was "mad, bad and dangerous to know"?

3. And which city is named after her husband?

4. "A Thousand Acres" by Jane Smiley is a retelling of which famous play?

5. Who wrote in 1891: "Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught"?

6. Who is the only Nobel Literature laureate who has also won an Academy Award?

7. And who were the stars of the film?

8. "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys is a prequel to which famous book?

9. Francois Marie Arouet was sent to the Bastille twice for making fun of aristocrats. After that he wrote under the pen name ......?

10. Leonard Bernstein wrote a musical based on which of this writer's works?

Shayne Parkinson · 08-24-2012, 11:43 PM

2. Lord Byron
3. Melbourne - I was there just last week!
4. King Lear
8. Jane Eyre
10. "West Side Story", based on "Romeo and Juliet"

Several of the others are tantalisingly familiar! I'll keep thinking...

Bookpossum · 08-24-2012, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

2. Lord Byron
3. Melbourne - I was there just last week!
4. King Lear
8. Jane Eyre
10. "West Side Story", based on "Romeo and Juliet"

Several of the others are tantalisingly familiar! I'll keep thinking...

Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, No.

And Shayne is off to a flying start with four points.

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08-23-2012, 09:27 AM	#8881
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,523 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	9. Billions & billions!

08-23-2012, 09:43 AM	#8883
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	A million?

08-23-2012, 09:59 AM	#8887
red_phoenix Grand Sorcerer Posts: 18,417 Karma: 445850508 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Sony PRS-T1	1) If you had Lafite-Rothschild on your dinner table, what would it be? Wine – Sneaky Snake 2) What is sushi traditionally wrapped in? Edible seaweed - poohbear 3) May Queen, Wisley Crab, Foxwhelps and Lane's Prince Albert are all species of what? Apples - Fbone 4) What is allspice alternatively known as? Pimento - Fbone 5) What colour is Absynth? Green - Fbone 6) What flavour is Cointreau? Orange. – Sneaky Snake 7) If you were to cut a hare into pieces, marinate it in wine and juniper berries then stew this slowly in a sealed container, what would this recipe be called? Jugged hare - poohbear 8) Fried taratulas, eggs boiled just before they're due to hatch, live octopus, and puffin hearts eaten raw when still-warm, are all traditional foods - true or false? True - Fbone 9) How many crocus flowers does it take to make a pound of saffron? Up to 75,000 flowers, which is enough to fill an entire football pitch - Pdurrant 10) Costing around $2,600 per pound, and made only to order by Knipschildt, what is the name of this chocolate truffle? Fbone – 4 points Sneaky Snake – 2 points Poohbear – 2 points Pdurrant - 1 point With 1 question let to answer I declare Fbone the winner.

08-23-2012, 11:05 AM	#8888
red_phoenix Grand Sorcerer Posts: 18,417 Karma: 445850508 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Sony PRS-T1	The answer to question 10. 10) Costing around $2,600 per pound, and made only to order by Knipschildt, what is the name of this chocolate truffle? Chocopologie

08-23-2012, 11:33 AM	#8889
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	They should apologize for that.

08-24-2012, 03:02 AM	#8890
Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,296 Karma: 101697116 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	Here's an easy one. Who was the first English language winner of the Nobel Prize for literature? Hint: The recipient was also the youngest.

08-24-2012, 07:15 AM	#8891
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Was it Rudyard Kipling? I know he was an early one.

08-24-2012, 11:39 PM	#8893
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Thank you! Here's a mainly literary quiz. 1. Which writer lost the use of his left hand at the Battle of Lepanto and was once kidnapped by Barbary pirates and enslaved in Algeria for five years? 2. According to Lady Caroline Lamb, which club-footed poet was "mad, bad and dangerous to know"? 3. And which city is named after her husband? 4. "A Thousand Acres" by Jane Smiley is a retelling of which famous play? 5. Who wrote in 1891: "Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught"? 6. Who is the only Nobel Literature laureate who has also won an Academy Award? 7. And who were the stars of the film? 8. "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys is a prequel to which famous book? 9. Francois Marie Arouet was sent to the Bastille twice for making fun of aristocrats. After that he wrote under the pen name ......? 10. Leonard Bernstein wrote a musical based on which of this writer's works?

08-24-2012, 11:43 PM	#8894
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	2. Lord Byron 3. Melbourne - I was there just last week! 4. King Lear 8. Jane Eyre 10. "West Side Story", based on "Romeo and Juliet" Several of the others are tantalisingly familiar! I'll keep thinking...

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