ANSWERS
What? In a triumph of
hope over experience,
you really thought there would be ANSWERS?
The evil Web Mistress
rolls on the floor cackling with maniacal laughter!
I mean, what part of 'diabolical' do you still not get?
Seriously, the answers will be appearing after you've
stewed for a bit.
In the meantime, anyone who e-mails me with a correct solution to all or any
part of this little bit of torture fun, will get his or her
name on
The Honours
Board.
See the bottom of this page.
Geoff seems to have a little more
competition this year. 8-)
Don't be put off because some of the questions have aready been answered
corrrectly.
I shall be awarding points in the manner of Formula 1 Grand Prix to find
The Champion
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Something to pond-er:
When an
eel bites your cheek
as you swim in the creek,
That's a moray
{grinning, ducking and running}
Question 1:
Shakespeare plays:
Much Ado About Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, A Winter's
Tale, The Tempest, Hamlet, As You Like It.
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Question 2:
Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Aristotle, René Descartes and Immanuel Kant.
You'd find them all together in Bruce's Philosophers' Song by Monty
Python.
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Question 3:
The 'Road' films of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby - in order:
Raffles founded Singapore, Freddie was born on
Zanzibar, Webster's Dictionary was Morocco bound, More wrote Utopia, Duran Duran recorded Rio, Bali is an Indonesian
Island and Chris Patten was the last British Governor of Hong
Kong.
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Question 4:
Horse-drawn carriages:
a brougham, a victoria, a gig, the chariot, a hackney carriage, a hansom cab
and a sulky.
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Question 5:
Six of them are ducks: mandarin, goldeneye, wood duck, harlequin, mallard and
ruddy duck.
The alert feline, or kittiwake, is a gull.
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Question 6:
Mars is the RED planet, the Golden Gate Bridge is painted International ORANGE,
YELLOW Submarine is the Coleopteran method of traveling below the
surface, Brighton Rock was written by Graham GREENe, Marlene Dietrich
starred in the 1931 film, The BLUE Angel, Duke Ellington and friends
wrote Mood INDIGO and Vita Sackville-West's lesbian lover was VIOLET
Trefusis née Keppel.
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Question 7:
These are all space missions:
Magellan went to Venus in 1989, two Vikings went to Mars in 1975, ten Mariners
went to Venus, Mars and Mercury between 1962 and 1973, Vostok 1 meaning 'east'
took Yuri Gagarin into space in 1961, Galileo went to Jupiter in 1989 and
Voyager was the Interstellar Mission launched in 1977.
Vostok 1 is the odd one out being a) Russian and b) manned.
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Question 8:
All Jacks:
Jack Bauer from 24 (Bauer=farmer) Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the
Carribean, Colonel Jack O'Neill from Stargate SG-1, Detective
Inspector Jack Frost from A Touch of Frost, Jack plug, Jack Shephard
from Lost, Jack Russell, and Jack Vettriano who painted The Singing
Butler.
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Question 9:
All coins:
mark (13sh. 4d.) noble (6sh. 8d.) penny-farthing, sovereign, dong (with the
luminous nose), tanner and bob.
The odd one out is the dong which is Vietnamese.
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Question 10:
All ecclesiastical ranks:
The Monk; John Deacon of Queen and Deacon Blue recorded Dignity;
Judas Priest, Missouri Cardinals, Maddy Prior, Basildon Bond was created by
Russ Abbot and Emily Bishop married the bigamist, Arnold Swain.
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THE WALL
CROSS
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LONG
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OX
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RAIN
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Followed by bow
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GLARE
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LAGER
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LARGE
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REGAL
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anagrams
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FROST
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HAMMER
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POT
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TAR
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follow Jack
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BELL
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BROAD
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ONIONS
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SWANn
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England cricketers
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Q
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Solver
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Q
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Solver
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1
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1st:
Geoff Turner
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6
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1st:
Geoff Turner
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2
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1st:
Phil Schofield
2nd: Geoff Turner
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7
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1st:
Geoff Turner
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3
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1st:
Phil Schofield
2nd: Geoff Turner
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8
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1st:
Phil Schofield
2nd: Geoff Turner
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4
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1st:
Geoff Turner
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9
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1st:
Geoff Turner
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5
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1st:
Geoff Turner
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10
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1st:
Geoff Turner
2nd: Phil Schofield
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Wall
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1st:
Alan Pilcher
2nd: Geoff Turner
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All
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1st:
Geoff Turner
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