Quiz - Wed 23rd Sept 09

[calismum]

Well, I'm ready. Questions to hand. Diet coke and bar of Galaxy ( I believe one cancels out the other !!)

[angieh]

I am here CM!

[calismum]

Hi there - feeling a bit better?

[dandysmom]

Hi, CM! A bit early here, but the wine's chilling in the fridge. Sun will soon be over the yardarm .....

[dandysmom]

Ah, Angie, hope you're better!

[angieh]

I have to confess that the rum and coke is having a bit of a numbing effect. Nice though. Sorry, it makes me a bit talkative!

[dandysmom]

Talk away! Is Kizzy stlil sitting nest to you?

[calismum]

So, do you think we'll make a three or will we assume a head to head!!

[yola]

Hello!!! *waved feebly* :D


Be kind to me :lol:

[dandysmom]

Let's start. Poor Yola didn't sound at all well after the dentist..

[dandysmom]

Spoke too soon there, Yola! Maybe this will take your mind off hurting...

[angieh]

Are you Ok Yola? Are you being a brave lady?

Eileen - Kizzy and Pip are playing chase atm!

[calismum]

Oh, hi Yola - hope you feel a bit better. Wisdom tooth extraction is a biggie. I had that done 4 years ago - ouch.

Q1 - On which river are the Victoria Falls?

[yola]

I'm relishing an evening on my own!! Waiting for dinner to cool as I can't eat anything hot.

[dandysmom]

Who's chasing whom?

[angieh]

Mainly Pip chasing Kizzy I'm afraid. But it's so good for her weight loss!!!

River Nile? Sorry not sure White or Blue.

I've just remembered I've got a bar of dark choc in the kitchen - just going to get it.

[dandysmom]

Victoria Falls ....Africa ....the Zambesi?

[yola]

That'd be the Zambezi . . . my ex-husband called me once whilst standing inside/behind the actual falls (or so he says . . . )

[angieh]

Yes, I just thought of the Zambesi ............. darn, it's cooking chocolate, but it's better than nothing!

[angieh]

Kizzy is now sitting next to me!!!

[calismum]

Zambesi is corect.

Q2 - From which type of wood are cricket bats traditionally made?

[angieh]

Is it Willow??????????

[dandysmom]

Wild guess....ash?

[yola]

I'd say willow. "The sound of leather on willow . . . "

[dandysmom]

Oddly enough there was a piece in the paper about cricket getting popular here because of so many immigrants from cricket-playing countries.

[calismum]

Willow was corect

Q3 - What is the largest planet in our solar system?

[yola]

Jupiter????

[dandysmom]

Jupiter ...

[angieh]

Does anyone remember the cricket match with (I think) Alan Bates and Oliver Reed in ............. ???? The Go-Between? Wasn't Women in Love, that was the wrestling match .... hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[angieh]

Sorry, got carried away there ....... Jupiter.

[calismum]

Yes, Jupiter is correct.

Don't remember the cricket scene angieh - but I remember the wrestling one!!!!

[calismum]

Q4 - What is the plant hamamelis commonly known as?

[angieh]

I do think Eileen ought to watch more films!!!

[angieh]

I know this one ............ it's Witch Hazel and I am definitely going to plant one this autumn!

[yola]

I have read the book The Go-Between and it did have a cricket match in it (reaches into dark recesses of memory) but didn't see the film.

Was only watching Ollie Reed in 'The System' (little known early Michael Winner film) and said we ought to get Women in Love just for that wonderfully ahem . . . sexy scene :D

[calismum]

I do think Eileen ought to watch more films!!!

Yes, I do enjoy a good film.

[yola]

No idea, but will go with Angie's witch hazel . . .

[angieh]

I should buy some more films on DVD - I do love to watch a good film.

[dandysmom]

I remember this poem which to me is so evocative of England.....

For the field is full of shades as I near the shadowy coast
And I look thru my tears at the soundless clapping hosts
And a ghostly batter (something) to the bowling of a ghost
As the run stealers flicker to and fro
Oh my Hornby and my Barlow long ago ....

[dandysmom]

Too busy typing to say witch hazel...duh!

[angieh]

What's that from Eileen????

[yola]

I love european cinema, but especially both British and Italian cinema from the 50s ad 60s; they are such snap shots of a fast-changing society gone forever.

[yola]

That's a lovely extract Eileen. Is sounds familiar - not so much the words but the rythm of the words . . .

[angieh]

Yes, I agree Yola - I have seen a few Italian films from that era. Wonderfully evocative.

[dandysmom]

Don't remember, Angie, will look it up after the game. I reversed lines two and three...

[calismum]

I remember this poem which to me is so evocative of England.....

For the field is full of shades as I near the shadowy coast
And I look thru my tears at the soundless clapping hosts
And a ghostly batter (something) to the bowling of a ghost
As the run stealers flicker to and fro
Oh my Hornby and my Barlow long ago ....

"At Lord's" by Francis Thompson

It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk,
Though my own red roses there may blow;
It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk,
Though the red roses crest the caps, I know.
For the field is full of shades as I near a shadowy coast,
And a ghostly batsman plays to the bowling of a ghost,
And I look through my tears on a soundless-clapping host
As the run-stealers flicker to and fro,
To and fro:
Oh my Hornby and my Barlow long ago!

[dandysmom]

Thanks, CM! For some odd reason I've always loved that (even if slightly misquoted!)

[yola]

Beautiful. Yes - it describes England perfectly. Or rather the idyll of a past England - the reality is somewhat broader in terms of cultural influence now.

[calismum]

Witch Hazel it was.

q5 If a dish is 'en papillote' it is cooked or served how?

[angieh]

I've just Googled. An earlier poem than I actually thought.

[calismum]

Thanks, CM! For some odd reason I've always loved that (even if slightly misquoted!)

Beautiful. Yes - it describes England perfectly. Or rather the idyll of a past England - the reality is somewhat broader in terms of cultural influence now.

It is a lovely poem, close your eyes and you can almost be there.

[yola]

Wrapped in a paper parcel.

[dandysmom]

In paper........

[angieh]

Is it sort of cooked enveloped in something and basically steamed?

[dandysmom]

That poem and pictures of your woods full of bluebells really conjure up England to me .... yes, as it was.

[yola]

Don't you have bluebells in the US Eileen? I would have thought they were fairly ubiquitous?

[calismum]

In paper. You are all very smart tonight! Must make them a bit more challenging.

Q6 - What is the first name of my favourite aunt?





or





Q6 - Who is the greek god of music?

[angieh]

Is the answer the same, CM??

Terpsichore???????????? Don't believe you have an aunt of that name!!!!

[calismum]

Is the answer the same, CM??

Terpsichore???????????? Don't believe you have an aunt of that name!!!!

No - different, but thought I'd give you two options - if anyone gets my fav aunt double points!!!!

[dandysmom]

Should remember this one, but don't ...Dionysus?

[yola]

Why does Pheobe ring a bell from classical studies - again, deep distant past :roll:

[dandysmom]

Don't you have bluebells in the US Eileen? I would have thought they were fairly ubiquitous?

Yes, but not acres and of acres of them wild in the woods....I was awed when I saw pics here several years back of them! :shock:

[angieh]

I think it might have been Apollo himself ........... I was perhaps thinking of the Muses before .............

As for your aunt, CM - is it Auntie Delphine?

[calismum]

No - all wrong. Much more 'well known'
but FYI
Terpsichore is the Muse of dancing and the dramatic chorus, and later of lyric poetry.

Dionysus or Dionysos is the god of wine, the inspirer of ritual madness and ecstasy.

Phoebe, was one of the original Titans, who were one set of sons and daughters of Uranus and Gaia. She was traditionally associated with the moon.

Would you like to guess again?

[dandysmom]

Hint? ...........

[yola]

Sorry, not a clue then :oops:

[angieh]

I'm sticking with Apollo.

[calismum]

Well - A big hint, I have one correct answer!!! :)

[dandysmom]

Angie sounds sure so I'll say Apollo too

[calismum]

Apollo it was - I didn't know that!

Q7 - (and this is testing how much of an interest you have all taken in my sheep :) )
What is the fatty substance found naturally on sheep's wool called?

[dandysmom]

lanolin ........

[angieh]

lanolin ................... ?

[yola]

Ah, now this I remember from NCT classes and the fact you were meant to use it - or at least it was a component part of what you used - for sore or cracked boobies when breastfeeding!!!

Lanolin??

Or at least I think so . . . :oops:

[angieh]

wonder if it works on dermatitis????

[calismum]

Yep, Lanolin.

When we shear the sheep in the summer I usually help to roll the fleeces. My hands are sooooo soft at the end of the day. (can imagine why it would be good for sore boobies)!!

[yola]

wonder if it works on dermatitis????

That I don't know. I used the cream on the odd bits of eczema I had and it did ease the itching and soreness.

[angieh]

I might give it a go. I have a patch of dermatitis that won't clear up .........

[calismum]

wonder if it works on dermatitis????

My friends daughter uses it for her dermatitis. But she can only use natural lanolin - she is allergic to some lanolin based products as they have other ingredients.

[angieh]

Thanks for that CM - do you know the brand she uses?

[calismum]

Q8 - Who would be put into a panoptican?

[calismum]

Thanks for that CM - do you know the brand she uses?

Not offhand but I can call her and ask if you are interested?

[angieh]

Many opticians on their summer trip to the seaside!

[calismum]

Scores are v close 13, 13, 14

[angieh]

Not offhand but I can call her and ask if you are interested?

Yes please. I have used Christie's in years gone by ........ I'd forgotten about lanolin completely when trying to think about what might help. I've had the usual cortisone cream from the quack!

[dandysmom]

Panopticon...... something to so with sight or seeing....slides?

[calismum]

Yes please. I have used Christie's in years gone by ........ I'd forgotten about lanolin completely when trying to think about what might help. I've had the usual cortisone cream from the quack!

ok - will phone her tomorrow and let you know.

[yola]

It's not an old-fashioned name for a lighthouse is it (all seeing . . . )? Only I can't think what you might put in one :?

[angieh]

ok - will phone her tomorrow and let you know.

Thanks CM!

[calismum]

No correct answers.

Yola is on the right track.

People would be put into it - so what type of people?

[angieh]

Well, if Yola is on the right track .......... Lighthouse Keepers perhaps ................

[yola]

People???

Is it a posh name for a circus tent (thinking circular again here)?

[dandysmom]

A primitive cabinet type thing for peoples pictures to be taken?? really reaching here.....

[calismum]

No -

It is a circlar prison with a hollow core in which the guard sits. From there the guard can see all the prisoners by turning in a circle.

[calismum]

I'm giving 1 point to yola for the round observation building theory

[dandysmom]

Who would have known? Good one, CM! Another thing learned!

[calismum]

Q9 - Mal de Mer is the French term for which ailment?

[angieh]

That's so odd!

[dandysmom]

Seasickness.

[angieh]

Sea sickness I think.

[yola]

Sea sickness!!!!!! Got to be :D