Quiz January 19th '11

[dandysmom]

Hi all! Want to play? :D:D

[pamela81]

yes please :)

[Shelley123]

Hi Eileen,i'm here :D

[angieh]

Yes, please! I'm here ..............

[lynz85]

evening all!! i shall do my usual 'attempt' to play tonight!

[dandysmom]

Hi, Pamela and Shelley! I am playing cat doorman ... herself is on the porch as it's up to 8 C! Warment in days.

[dandysmom]

Hi Angie and lynz! Shall we wait a few to see if CM and Kazz are coming?

[calismum]

Hi all - minus 5 here and falling :( Internet sooo slow tnight, no idea why.

How is everyone?

[pamela81]

lol she will be enjoying the "heat!!"

[lynz85]

oh i wish it was that hot here! brrrrr

[pamela81]

calismum, where in scotland are you again?

[angieh]

Hi everyone. Computer says 2 atm here, but we had a heavy frost last night and it's been clear all day ..... I've actually not got a jumper on just now, as it's warm and I'm full of home made carrot soup!

[lynz85]

mmm angie some homemade soup would be lovely just now!!

[dandysmom]

I've been wearing a sweater in the house over my sweatshirt, but took it off earlier.

[pamela81]

its not been too bad here today even in the city

[Shelley123]

It's very cold and frosty here again :(

[angieh]

mmm angie some homemade soup would be lovely just now!!

All gone I'm afraid! It was nice and will help me to see in the dark :lol:

[Squirrel]

Hello all... Half asleep here, but good to see you all!

[dandysmom]

OK, let's start. This should be an easy one

Q1 What do anteaters, kangaroos and seahorses have in common?

[lynz85]

its getting like that here, it wasnt too bad this morning, think il go switch the heating up!

[pamela81]

they all have pouches?

[lynz85]

lol eileen, i like how you say easy! do they all have pouches?

[Shelley123]

Does the male look after the babies ?

[angieh]

They are all viviparous?

[lynz85]

hi squirrel!

[Squirrel]

Well, my guess would have been what we call their young, but pouches sounds good to me!

[calismum]

Unsure that an anteater has pouch but I'll go for pouches too.

[angieh]

Both Kizzy and Pip were entranced watching the antics of two squirrels chasing each other this morning. Happily, both cats were watching from indoors!

[pamela81]

harris has a thing about stalking the birds from the inside of the glass, its soo funny to watch as his ears go right back and he ducks under the window sill as our livingroom 1 is really low down

[dandysmom]

Carrying their young in their pouches was the answer I was looking for; will give a point to Angie as they are all viviparous.

Q 2 Name the castle in Cornwall where King Aerhur was born.

[lynz85]

aww hehe, pip likes to watch the tv and laptop! dont think any birds come up close enough to the patio for him to watch

[angieh]

Tintagel ............

[lynz85]

.... dont know!

[Shelley123]

tintagel..............

[dandysmom]

Angie, were those the horrid Eastern greys?

[pamela81]

pb angie please

[calismum]

Tintagel Castle

[angieh]

Yes, they are Eileen ..... I think this was really the first time Pip has had a really good look at them and of course there just happened to be two. His little eyes were like saucers and his tail was thrashing about. He just sat stock still on the window sill and apart from his tail and eyes nothing moved. He was a taut as a bit of rope!

[Squirrel]

I'll agree with those who have gone before...

Grey squirrels seem to be all over the place, though there are a few red about in select places...

[pamela81]

there are red squirrels in aviemore!!

[dandysmom]

You've got to post quickly ... with 6 playing!! Tintagel is correct.

Q 3 In Pinocchio, what was his father's name?

[angieh]

I wish we had red squirrels ..... so very pretty!

[angieh]

............ a piece of wood????

[Shelley123]

Gypeto (sp)

[lynz85]

.................guisseppi

[pamela81]

gepetto i think

[Shelley123]

............ a piece of wood????

:lol: :lol: good one Angie

[calismum]

Guiseppe sp................

[lynz85]

or now maybe it was guipetto?? gui-something!!

[Squirrel]

he was gypeto

[dandysmom]

One point up for grabs ......

[dandysmom]

It was taken as I was posting: accepting odd spellings of Gepetto......\ :D

[Squirrel]

Odd spellings are the only thing you can get when dealing with odd names!!! ;) :p

[lynz85]

ahhh ******!

[pamela81]

that is very true squirrel lol :P

[lynz85]

oops! didnt know bug ger was sweary!

[dandysmom]

That comment about spelling wasn't made sarcastically ... :shock:

[Squirrel]

:lol: I didn't think it was Eileen - just me being Very Cheeky as per usual! ;)

[dandysmom]

oops! didnt know bug ger was sweary!

When I was new on here, used it, as it's not a dirty word in America ... was shocked to be censored? :-D

[lynz85]

i know! il just say booger in future ;)

[Shelley123]

When I was new on here, used it, as it's not a dirty word in America ... was shocked to be censored? :-D

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[dandysmom]

Q 4 If you study orthography, what are you studying?

[lynz85]

:roll: ............... random silly guess, bones

[Squirrel]

My random guess was geography...

[angieh]

I'll go with bones ..... orthopaedics, etc.

[dandysmom]

Neither bones nor geography ........

[lynz85]

clue???............... :)

[Shelley123]

sorry not a clue

[angieh]

What about scripture???????

[dandysmom]

Whatt came up a bit off topic in the last question/answer chat?? Not the b***** word

[pamela81]

dont know...,

[Squirrel]

Yep, I think we need a hint.

[pamela81]

spelling of gypeto?

[lynz85]

..............sarcasm??

[Squirrel]

is it language?

[dandysmom]

spelling of gypeto?


Sooooo close, Pemela ...

[pamela81]

im going for proper spelling

[angieh]

swearing??????????

[Shelley123]

spelling............

[lynz85]

................wood

[calismum]

Language???

[dandysmom]

One point up for grabs ....

[lynz85]

il pb spelling

[dandysmom]

Spelling! That sort of worked in nicely afrer we'd just been talking about spelling.

Q 5 The Blarney Stone in Ireland is inbwhich county?

[pamela81]

donegal???? :S

[lynz85]

...............no idea

[pamela81]

im just guessing, its the bit you hear alot about to visit in ireland

[angieh]

mmmmmmm Cork?

[calismum]

Decided Cork

[Squirrel]

*shrugs* I'll pb Cork

[dandysmom]

One correct answer .... I'm popping to the kitchen for a sec to get some wine ... you may take that as a semi-hint .......

[Squirrel]

that'll mean donegall then!

[lynz85]

guess il pb donegal aswell

[dandysmom]

No no no not Donegal! Wine ......... think

[angieh]

Donegal would make a tweedy sort of wine .... I'm sticking with Cork!!!

[lynz85]

ohhhh cork!!

[dandysmom]

Give up? ............

[Squirrel]

yep I'd say so!

[lynz85]

go on tell :)

[Shelley123]

i give up, i've only just got back on, my computer crashed