Unutterably Silly Quiz

[Shayne Parkinson]

Originally Posted by Hamlet53

Though a powerful king himself, remembered mainly as the father of a great son. Phillip II of Macedonia?

Exactly. The father of Alexander the Great.

[Shayne Parkinson]

A two-part quiz, inspired by one Bilbo (I think) put up recently.

Identify the following people:
- This author is a fan of vampires, but not of the sort who sparkle in the sun, or choose to spend their immortality going to high school. Anne Rice. HomeInMyShoes 1 point.
- A poet who wrote of the courtship of two unlikely lovers. Finding a wedding ring is among the challenges they face. Edward Lear. PDurrant 1 point.
- In 1858 he published his "Table of the Relative Frequency of the Causes of Breakage of Plate Glass Windows", but he's rather better-known for his difference engine. Charles Babbage. HomeInMyShoes 1 point.
- A novelist in her own right, but also known for her biography of a more famous writer. Elizabeth Gaskell. Billi 1 point.
- The earlier of only two US presidents who have faced losing the position via a legislative process described in Article Two of the Constitution. Andrew Johnson. Hamlet53 1 point.
- Though a powerful king himself, remembered mainly as the father of a great son. Philip II of Macedon. Hamlet53 1 point.

Link: members of the Royal Family. Pdurrant, 5 points.

1 point for each correctly identified. Five points for identifying the link between these answers.

Final scores:
Pdurrant, 6 points.
Hamlet53, HomeInMyShoes 2 points each.
Billi, 1 point.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

- A poet who wrote of the courtship of two unlikely lovers. Finding a wedding ring is among the challenges they face.

Edward Lear. "The Owl and the Pussycat"

[Shayne Parkinson]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Edward Lear. "The Owl and the Pussycat"

Nice solving of a somewhat cryptic clue! A point to you.

[pdurrant]

Hmmm we have all five.

1. Anne Rice
2. Edward Lear
3. Charles Babbage
4. Andrew Johnson
5. Philip II of Macedon


Ahah! The British Royal Family.

The only one missing is Elizabeth.

Elizabeth - Queen Elizabeth II
Philip - Prince Philip, her consort
and their children:
Charles,
Anne,
Andrew
and Edward.

[Shayne Parkinson]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Hmmm we have all five.

1. Anne Rice
2. Edward Lear
3. Charles Babbage
4. Andrew Johnson
5. Philip II of Macedon


Ahah! The British Royal Family.

The only one missing is Elizabeth.

You've missed a question.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

You've missed a question.

So I did. I still claim the connection, assuming that writer's first name is Elizabeth!

I can't think off-hand of a novelist called Elizabeth. And there must be lots!

[Shayne Parkinson]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

So I did. I still claim the connection, assuming that writer's first name is Elizabeth!

You're quite right! That's the connection.

That was fast! Back to you, Paul - but feel free to answer the Elizabeth question, everyone.

[pdurrant]

An evening quiz, with a chance for the US contingent to take part!

Let's see….

[pdurrant]

Write out all the positive integers as words, i.e.

one
two
three
.
.
.
.


and then sort the list into alphabetical order.

What's the first number in the list
What's the last number in the list
What's the most common first letter?
What's the least common first letter?

And what do you get if you add them all up and why?

[Bilbo1967]

First = eight?
Last = two?

Do you get infinity if you add them all up? Because there are an infinite number of positive integers?

most common T
least common O ?

What's the last number in the list? There isn't one. As Bilbo notes there are an infinite number of positive integers.

Not sure what add them all up would mean either. Eight + ? + T + O = ?

[Billi]

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

That was fast! Back to you, Paul - but feel free to answer the Elizabeth question, everyone.

Elizabeth Gaskell?

[Shayne Parkinson]

Originally Posted by Billi

Elizabeth Gaskell?

Thanks for completing this one, Billi! Yes, Elizabeth Gaskell it is. A novelist herself, and a biographer of Charlotte Bronte.