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Steph
03-09-2008, 08:01 PM
I`m here.
-Questions by Jenny
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:03 PM
I'm ready ...............
dandysmom
03-09-2008, 08:04 PM
So am I ........
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:04 PM
OK-Q1

Which French King was called `The Sun King`?
pinklizzy
03-09-2008, 08:05 PM
I only know one French king-Louis 14th
dandysmom
03-09-2008, 08:07 PM
It was a Louis, I think...the 14th?
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:07 PM
Louis XIV??????????
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:09 PM
Louis 14th it was
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:10 PM
Q2-What is special about a Manx cat?
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:10 PM
It has no tail...............
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:11 PM
........... or rather a stumpy one.
pinklizzy
03-09-2008, 08:11 PM
It is born without a tail
dandysmom
03-09-2008, 08:12 PM
Some have tails, some stumpy ones and some are tailless.
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:14 PM
The answer I have is-it has no tail
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:15 PM
Are you feeling any better now Liz?
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:16 PM
Q3-Who was Henry VIIIth`s father?
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:18 PM
Henry VII................
dandysmom
03-09-2008, 08:18 PM
Henry VII ...?
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:19 PM
My computer keeps crashing- so hang on if I take a while
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:20 PM
For a mo, I thought that was a trick question!
dandysmom
03-09-2008, 08:21 PM
Mine froze up earlier, seems OK now (knock wood!)
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:21 PM
Lizzy????????????????????
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:23 PM
Q4-What did Mumbai used to be called?
pinklizzy
03-09-2008, 08:24 PM
Sorry, it's my week for being on call again!
I'm going to be a sheep and say Henry VII
dandysmom
03-09-2008, 08:24 PM
Bombay ........
pinklizzy
03-09-2008, 08:24 PM
Bombay.......
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:25 PM
Bombay..........
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:25 PM
Better late than never-Henry VII it was
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:27 PM
Bombay-well done-so far my maths shows you all with 8 points
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:27 PM
That's got to be a record!
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:28 PM
Q5-Egg is an Island-but where?
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:29 PM
Outer Hebrides?
dandysmom
03-09-2008, 08:29 PM
Scotland .....????
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:31 PM
Or could be Inner Hebrides - but isn't that spelt Eigg?
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:32 PM
Scotland was close enough
pinklizzy
03-09-2008, 08:33 PM
Caribean.......
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:33 PM
Q6-What is a Mangosteen?
dandysmom
03-09-2008, 08:34 PM
Tropical fruit
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:35 PM
A species of snake
pinklizzy
03-09-2008, 08:35 PM
A fruit..............
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:37 PM
I want to hear the singing sand on the Isle of Eigg.
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:38 PM
It is a fruit. I`m getting there-would you believe I get so nervous about hosting quizzes that I was sick at 6 O` Clock-daft isn`t it?
dandysmom
03-09-2008, 08:40 PM
Hey, you're among friends, Steph!! Not to worry!
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:40 PM
Poor old you! We don't scare you surely?
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:40 PM
Q7-Who wrote `Cold Comfort Farm`?
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:41 PM
Stella Gibbons
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:42 PM
No of course you do not scare me-I am more highly strung than I appear
dandysmom
03-09-2008, 08:42 PM
Eeek!An English lit major I should know this one...was it Hardy?
dandysmom
03-09-2008, 08:43 PM
It was one of the duller authors .....
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:45 PM
I`m a Hardy fan-but this is not Gabriel Oak nor Jude the obscure
dandysmom
03-09-2008, 08:46 PM
Sorry if I've insulted Hardy .......
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:47 PM
Any more answers????????????
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:47 PM
commonly read at "O" level or used to be!
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:48 PM
I was lucky and got Wuthering Heights!
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:48 PM
Seems two of you were far from the Madding Crowd-Stella Gibbons
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:50 PM
I did say Stella Gibbons Steph! No.46
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:50 PM
Q8-Which composer wrote `The Planet Suite`?
dandysmom
03-09-2008, 08:51 PM
Holst? ......
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:51 PM
Gustav Holst
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:51 PM
Indeed you did-and 3 points-but three folk started the quiz
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:51 PM
Think we must have lost Liz.
pinklizzy
03-09-2008, 08:52 PM
Holst............. (sorry-another phone call)
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:52 PM
How's the elderly Lab, Liz?
pinklizzy
03-09-2008, 08:54 PM
He's fine-going to the kennels for rehoming on Friday, he's such a cuddly boy-I've been walking him after work this week.
dandysmom
03-09-2008, 08:55 PM
Awww, poor old boy ......
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:56 PM
Angie-16,Dandy-14-Liz a brave third place with 10
angieh
03-09-2008, 08:56 PM
Hope he gets a loving new home.
Steph
03-09-2008, 08:58 PM
Q9-What part of the plant does the spice `tumeric` come from?
angieh
03-09-2008, 09:00 PM
The root??????
dandysmom
03-09-2008, 09:02 PM
Seeds .....????
pinklizzy
03-09-2008, 09:03 PM
Seeds?????
Steph
03-09-2008, 09:04 PM
Well as Angie cannot now be over taken-the root

Final Q

What does the cookery term `Bain marie` mean?
pinklizzy
03-09-2008, 09:05 PM
water bath????
angieh
03-09-2008, 09:06 PM
Mary's bath ..........
dandysmom
03-09-2008, 09:07 PM
Don't know...vague idea of a water bath /simmering....???
Steph
03-09-2008, 09:09 PM
Ok that concludes tonight`s quiz-last but first at last was Lizzy,Then Dandysmom

But pride of place was Angie
dandysmom
03-09-2008, 09:11 PM
Congratulations, Angie! :pom

And many thanks to Jenny for setting some excellent questions, and to you for being quizmaster, Steph!
pinklizzy
03-09-2008, 09:12 PM
Well done Angie! And thanks to Steph and Jenny for a great quiz :)
angieh
03-09-2008, 09:12 PM
Wooopeeeee I won! (wonder if that was a good idea!)

Thanks Steph - please thank Jenny for me!!!

Well played Eileen and Liz! Shame we did not have more participants this evening. But I enjoyed it - sort of get caught up in the moment.
angieh
03-09-2008, 09:13 PM
See you all next week .... same time, same place. ......