Quiz 27th May

[Stephan]

I`m here -----------------

[angieh]

So am I .......................

[calismum]

me too..............

[dandysmom]

Me three ......... hi all!

[calismum]

Hi everyone!

[Stephan]

OK

Q1-During which war was the battle of Belleau wood?

[dandysmom]

WWI ...the Great War

[calismum]

Total guess - WW1?

[angieh]

American Civil War?

[Stephan]

WW 1 it was.........

[Stephan]

Q2-On a sundial which part casts the shadow?

[dandysmom]

I'm uncertain ...the gnomen?

[calismum]

The upright bit? - if you are looking for a proper name, forget it! LOL

[angieh]

The pointy triangly bit.

[Stephan]

Angie????????????????

[angieh]

See # 14!..............

[Stephan]

3 pionts to DM-it`s a gnomon

to remember think of a GNOME sitting ON it

[angieh]

odd sort of word that ...........

[dandysmom]

I remembered that vaguely from when I set mine up years ago!

[Stephan]

Did I mention our holiday to India got cancelled?

[calismum]

good way to remember it tho'.

[calismum]

Did I mention our holiday to India got cancelled?

No - what a shame

[yola]

That's a shame. Why did it get cancelled Steph?

[dandysmom]

No!! Too bad.

[Stephan]

Q3-In which novel do we find Black Dog and Blind Pew?

[angieh]

That's a great shame Steph - by the travel co presumably?

[yola]

Treasure Island *guesses*?

[angieh]

Treasure Island ...................

[calismum]

Treasure Island?

[Stephan]

Nobody can afford go to
Kerela it seems

[yola]

Forgot to say hi :oops: OH is carrying out our last interview in a local hotel so I'm on here whilst cooking dinner :D

[dandysmom]

Too late for points, but Treasure Island

[dandysmom]

Hi, Yola, what's for dinner?

[yola]

Nobody can afford go to
Kerela it seems

What so because there weren't enough takers you were cancelled??? That's really bad. What about going independently; circumventing the tour operators completely?

[angieh]

Hi Yola, Hi CM, Hi Eileen, Hi Steph - my manners are bad tonight - must be the blackberry vodka!

[Stephan]

aha me hearties-Treasure Island indeed

[yola]

Hi, Yola, what's for dinner?

Roasted Charlotte potatoes (not mine) over an avocado, red pepper and cucumber salad with diced bacon and red onion + chickpeas in balsamic jus (sounds posher than it is LOL)!!

[dandysmom]

Hi Yola, Hi CM, Hi Eileen, Hi Steph - my manners are bad tonight - must be the blackberry vodka!

Blackberry vodka? :shock:

[Stephan]

Well to be honest we booked it ages ago and what with interest rates falling we are not heart broken

[yola]

Hi Yola, Hi CM, Hi Eileen, Hi Steph - my manners are bad tonight - must be the blackberry vodka!

Much like my LITRE bottle of M&S rose which I'm frantically trying to consume before OH gets home . . . typos will increase as the evening wears on ;)

[calismum]

can you set me a place yola? - sounds lovely

[Stephan]

Q4-the Salk vaccine was developed for which disease?

[dandysmom]

I'm having rose later...Australian

[calismum]

Polio..............

[calismum]

I'm having strawberries and cream just now!

[angieh]

a LITRE bottle Yola????? Good grief girl - will you be able to dish up?

Yes, blackberry vodka. I am getting a liking for fruit vodka and will be making my own later in the year.

[yola]

Polio??????????

[dandysmom]

Polio ..........

[angieh]

I'm going to crib and say Polio too.

[angieh]

blackberry vodka is a curious green colour though. Very dark, you only get the green at certain angles and with the dregs in the glass ................ seems a bit odd I know.

[calismum]

blackberry vodka is a curious green colour though. Very dark, you only get the green at certain angles and with the dregs in the glass ................ seems a bit odd I know.

I just assumed it would be like a ribena coloured deep purpley red!

[Stephan]

All correct----------

Q5-Which nationality was the guitarist Django Reinhardt?

[dandysmom]

I think I'll stick to tonic with my vodka .......

[yola]

a LITRE bottle Yola????? Good grief girl - will you be able to dish up?

Yes, blackberry vodka. I am getting a liking for fruit vodka and will be making my own later in the year.

Either that or I'll fall asleep in it Angie :D I have to ashamedly admit I have a high wine tollerance . . . oooops.

Flavoured Vodka?? Now you're talking! Being of Polish extraction I'm familiar with the home-flavouring of Vodka or Spyrytus (40% + proof) with anything from pepper to blades of grass from a plain!!

[dandysmom]

Sot sure .......French??

[yola]

All correct----------

Q5-Which nationality was the guitarist Django Reinhardt?

South African?? Or failing that Dutch?

[calismum]

Total guess - mexican?

[angieh]

Django was a gypsy wasn't he? French Romany perhaps?

[Stephan]

Keep guessing

[angieh]

I'm a bit worried - Kizzy went out the catflap about an hour ago ............. she's not been out that way before .............

[dandysmom]

I was thinking Gypsy too ...... but will go with French

[Stephan]

use your leeetle grey cells!

[angieh]

German Jewish gypsy?

[calismum]

German?..........

[angieh]

Belgian!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dandysmom]

Just read your post we were all wrong, so will try American ...just guessing!

[calismum]

I'm a bit worried - Kizzy went out the catflap about an hour ago ............. she's not been out that way before .............

Has she been out that long before?

[Stephan]

time out-Belgian was correct

[angieh]

Has she been out that long before?

Yes, but usually she goes out the door which we have opened for her!

[Stephan]

Half time scores

DM 7

Callismum 6

Angie and Yola 5

[yola]

He's definitely N/W European . . . Danish, Belgian, Luxembourgian, Dutch ? :shock: ?

[yola]

Awww pants. I missed out on that one :(

[calismum]

Yes, but usually she goes out the door which we have opened for her!

She'll either appear at a window or surprise you and come back thru' the flap - what kind did you get, did I miss that?

[Stephan]

Q6-who wrote the 39 steps?

[calismum]

John Buchan..........

[angieh]

John Buchan .................

[dandysmom]

John Buchan .....

[Stephan]

yep John Buchan

Q7-who shot John Lennon?

[angieh]

She'll either appear at a window or surprise you and come back thru' the flap - what kind did you get, did I miss that?

We already had one - just a magnetic jobby. Can't have the microchip sort unfortunately as we don't have a near enough power supply and as our back door is in the bit of the bungalow where there's a flat roof (a built on bit by previous people) we can't get new wiring down to where it would need to be.

[angieh]

Gary someone I think ................

[dandysmom]

A deranged man whose name I cannot remember!

[angieh]

We have newly fledged Great Tits - I do hope they are safely roosting out of harms way - ie. Kizzy's way.

[yola]

Mark . . . . . can't get the surname (annoyingly)!!!!

[calismum]

We have newly fledged Great Tits - I do hope they are safely roosting out of harms way - ie. Kizzy's way.

Alfie has taken up residence under the blue tit nest box - too high for him to get too. But I hope they don't jump out!!!!

[Stephan]

well it wasn`t Bolan but Mark is one name

[calismum]

Mark Chapman - thanks Yola, the first name jogged the right memory box!!!

[angieh]

Now, was it Mark Chapman?

[Stephan]

Cleo doesn`t hunt-I`ve had too many `presents` over the years

[yola]

I had a young blackbird sat on the pavement in the garden for ages . . . the cats (even Myshka) were sitting around not quite sure what to do about it . . . daft old fluffs :roll:

[dandysmom]

One worry I don't have with Leia .......

[calismum]

I had a young blackbird sat on the pavement in the garden for ages . . . the cats (even Myshka) were sitting around not quite sure what to do about it . . . daft old fluffs :roll:

That would have been a great photo!!

[Stephan]

I`m awarding 3 points to Callismum and two each to Yola and Angie

[yola]

CHAPMAN!!! That's it. *not fair* . . . sulks . . .

[Stephan]

It`s whose who tonight

Q8-Who played Don Vito Carleone in the godfather?

[angieh]

Isn't it funny how a name can come to you out of the blue if you are given the forename???? Lord knows where I hooked "Chapman" from ............ I started off thinking about Gary .....

[yola]

I`m awarding 3 points to Callismum and two each to Yola and Angie

Thanks Steph :-D

[angieh]

Marlon Brando?????????????

[yola]

Marlon Brando (I think)

[Stephan]

Life isn`t fair Yola-but I did give you two points

[calismum]

Marlon Brando>...................