Valentine Quiz

[Shelley123]

Hello, anyone want to play ?

[pamela81]

can i play? just making popcorn and getting a wee southern comfort and lemonade :)

[Shelley123]

you certainly can Pamela, just going to get a pen and paper, oh and a cider ;)

[lynz85]

hi shelley and pamela!

[Shelley123]

Hi Lynz, you ok ?

[lynz85]

yes thanks shelley not too bad :P just been a usual rubbishey work week!

you settled down with a wee drinky to unwind tonight?

[angieh]

Hi Shelley, Pamela, Lynz - all OK? I have orange juice and tonic and ryvita and peanut butter oh, and a pesky little doggie who wants the peanut butter!

[pamela81]

hey angie and lynz :)

[lynz85]

hi angie... hehe wee monty maybe if hes good hel get a wee nibble

[Shelley123]

Hi Angie, are you still feeling a bit better ? I hope so
Never tried the dogs with peanut butter, you can stuff kongs with it but Kwame ate the kong and i haven't replaced it yet.
Lynz, sorry to hear you've had a rubbish week at work

[lynz85]

thanks shelley, but every weeks a rubbish week at work getting!!

you feeling better angie?

[Shelley123]

we will begin
Question 1 Like the Taj Mahal, which of the seven ancient wonders was a gift of love from a king to his queen ?

[Shelley123]

it's not good when you don't enjoy your job, Lynz

[Shelley123]

I'm looking foward to reading Eileen's letter to Karen but i know it will make me cry

[angieh]

Thanks Shelley - yes, I'm feeling a bit better. Monty loves peanut butter, we have it in the plastic pots and he generally get the almost empty pot which keeps him amused for hours!

[lynz85]

it's not good when you don't enjoy your job, Lynz

i know, and its just gonna get worse!

[pamela81]

is it the pyramids?????????

[angieh]

I'm looking foward to reading Eileen's letter to Karen but i know it will make me cry
Yes, me too - I wonder where that letter has been all this time?

[pamela81]

glad your feeling better angie :) ive never eard of dogs eating peanut butter!!
lynz, thats not good your not enjoying your job, mine is the same just now but thats because there is now only 7 of us doing my job because some of us are moving :D
i do hope it gets better xxx

[lynz85]

im not too sure on this Q

[Shelley123]

not the pyramids, let me know if you want a clue

[angieh]

No, neither am I .... is it that pink stone temple that was in Indiana Jones????

[lynz85]

a cluuuuuuuuuue plz!

[pamela81]

can i have a clue please>???

[Shelley123]

clue The ....... ....... of Babylon

[pamela81]

hanging gardens of babylon

[lynz85]

il just say whatever pamela just said plz!

[angieh]

Ah yes, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon...... what a sight they must have been, all in flower

[pamela81]

il just say whatever pamela just said plz!

haha i like it!!!! :p :lol: :lol:

[Shelley123]

Hanging gardens is correct

2.Which lusty king who hated monks made Valentines Day a national holiday in England ?

[pamela81]

im going for henry the 8th

[lynz85]

haha i like it!!!! :p :lol: :lol:

i wasnt even gonna pretend i knew what that is!

[angieh]

That's going to have to be Henry 8th ....

[lynz85]

pb henry the 8th............

[Shelley123]

it was indeed Henry v111

3.Who wrote "Tis better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all"?

[lynz85]

was it shakespear???????/

[Shelley123]

not shakespear

[angieh]

Tennyson????

[pamela81]

can i pb tennyson please?

[lynz85]

pb angie plz.......

[angieh]

If you want a chuckle, click on the link in the latest post on the Quotes from Eileen thread ........

[Shelley123]

Tennyson is correct

4.. Which colourful 'language' of love was introduced into western Europe in the 16th century ?

[pamela81]

hmmm im thinking either french or italian. not sure which 1 though

[lynz85]

french???????????????/

[angieh]

Was it courtly love/chivalry .......... something of that nature?

[Shelley123]

think more of something that grows

[angieh]

The language of flowers????

[pamela81]

is it roses????????

[Shelley123]

Lynz ??????????????

[pamela81]

got good news about skye!!! thats her lump away from what i can feel :)

[Shelley123]

great news Pamela

[lynz85]

guess il jump on the flowers bandwagon!

[angieh]

That's good news Pamela .....

[Shelley123]

and flowers it is
Red roses 'I love you', Blue Violets 'faithfulness' etc

5.Where do you "wear your heart" if you are quick to show your feelings?

[lynz85]

on your sleeeeeeeeeeeeeve!!!

[pamela81]

on your sleeve

[lynz85]

i never really got that saying

[angieh]

on your sleevies!

[Shelley123]

defo on your sleeve, i wonder if it means you wear it where everyone can see it ???

6.Which British city did Shirley Valentine abandon for her Greek holiday?

[pamela81]

edinburgh????????

[lynz85]

was it blackpool..............??

[angieh]

Guess Liverpool ..........

[pamela81]

can i change to liverpool?

[Shelley123]

two correct answers

[lynz85]

can i change too please!

[Shelley123]

what film are you watching tonight Pamela ?

[Shelley123]

certainly you can Lynz, Liverpool is correct

7.According to an old English tradition, what is supposed to happen to the first man a woman sees on Valentine's Day?

[pamela81]

its the first twilight movie, we started watchingit last night but i had to take my lenses out because my eyes flared up quite bad and i couldnt see the tv

[pamela81]

does she fall in love with him?

[lynz85]

kiss him???...........

[angieh]

I guess that would depend if he was married or related to her or not ............. ???

[Shelley123]

He does something to her and it's not rude :D

[Shelley123]

you'd better assume he's single ;)

[angieh]

He gives her a flower .................. ?

[pamela81]

pb angie please

[lynz85]

kisses her hand??

[Shelley123]

more than that Angie, think commitment

[pamela81]

i think marry her

[Shelley123]

it would be awful if you didn't like him,lol

[lynz85]

asks her out??????????

[Shelley123]

one correct answer

[angieh]

Asks her to be his Valentine????

[Shelley123]

Marries her :O

8.Who was the Greek goddess of love?

[pamela81]

it was aphrodite

[lynz85]

aphrodite??????

[pamela81]

i can clearly see the scene in the mama mia film where the tiles open up and meryl streep shouts "its aphrodite" as its an island in greece and shes just gotten married

[Shelley123]

Angie ????????

[angieh]

Aphrodite! I did love Mama Mia!

[pamela81]

its a great show, i went to see it live last march with my sister

[Shelley123]

Aphrodite is correct, Mama Mia is a lovely film

9.Which famous building in New York lights up a red heart each St Valentine's Day?

[Shelley123]

its a great show, i went to see it live last march with my sister

bet it was great fun

[pamela81]

statue of liberty?

[pamela81]

it was great shelley, we both had a ball!! made a day out of it by going for dinner, few drinks, then the show and tehn back into town for a few drinks then OH picked us up :)

[angieh]

I have no idea ...... The Empire State building????

[Shelley123]

do you know i can almost feel Eileen typing the answer

Not the statue of liberty, Pamela

[pamela81]

im going to pb angie please.

i know how you feel shelley xx

[Shelley123]

one correct answer :D

[Shelley123]

i think she whispered it to angie

[lynz85]

pb angie please

[Shelley123]

come on Lynz, we don't want to waste the point ;)