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Location: Kilmaloda, Cork, Ireland
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 2,228
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Answers and scores:
Answers:
1) Which pottery company are famous for their bucktoothed orange rabbits with twee expressions and clothes?
PenDelfin
2) Which author wrote 'A Clockwork Orange'?
Anthony Burgess
3) Who played Jerry/Daphne in the film 'Some Like it Hot'? (Bonus point for the name of the director)
Jack Lemmon (Director - Billy Wilder)
4) Name 3 Pendle Witches?
There were in total thirteen Pendle Witches: Alizon Device, Elizabeth Device, James Device, Anne Whittle, alias Chattox, Anne Redferne, Alice Nutter, Katherine Hewitt, John Bulcock, Jane Bulcock & Isobel Robey were the ten hanged at Lancaster gaol.
Elizabeth Southerns, alias Demdike, died in Lancaster Gaol awaiting trial, but was nevertheless considered to be a witch on the basis of evidence already given. Jennet Preston, who lived just over the Lancashire border, was tried in Yorkshire and hanged at York in 1612. Finally, Magaret Pearson was found guilty of witchcraft at Lancaster, but not murder, and received a sentance of one years imprisonment.
5) Who wrote ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, a #1 hit in 17 countries in 1990?
Prince.
6) What is the meaning of the word ‘impecunious’?
Not having money; habitually without money; poor
7) What is the ‘Piccolo Levrieri Italiani’ more commonly known as?
Italian Greyhound.
What country does this flag belong to?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...flag_large.png
Ukraine
9) What was the 3rd book in C.S. Lewis’s Narnia series? A bonus point for those who can name the two characters mentioned in the title)
The Horse and His Boy (Shasta and Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah – will accept Bree)
10) Which country is the Bodhran from? And what is it?
Ireland, a drum.
ANIMAL PICTURE ROUND
1) What is this:
http://naturallog.air-nifty.com/photos/animal/resa.jpg
Lesser or red panda
2) What is this:
http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/shoyak...photo/pm15.jpg
Tenrec
3) What is this:
http://www.ernstmaissen.ch/weltreise/images/agouti.jpg
Agouti
4) What is this:
http://simr02.si.ehu.es/DOCS/nearnet...hics/tapir.gif
Tapir
5) What is this:
http://www.quantum-conservation.org/EEP/fossa.gif
Fossa
6) What is this:
http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Imag.../P_porcus2.jpg
Red River Hog
7) What is this:
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Mammal...ndiBegging.jpg
Coatimundi
What is this:
http://www.3dmadagascar.com/LEMURSPARK/Indri%20Net.jpg
Indri (would accept lemur for 1 point).
9) What is this:
http://www.nature.com/emboj/journal/...bout_cover.jpg
Proboscis Monkey
10) What is this:
http://www.bobsanimalfights.com/Liger.jpg
Liger
SCORES:
WINNER: Luke = 41 points
2nd: Sutty = 35 points
3rd: Helena = 27 points
4th: StewartB = 15 points
5th: China = 13 points
6th: Mand P = 8 points
7th: Random = 5 points
8th: Bluemerlelover = 2 points
9th: Joint between Annestaff and Nissanmad = 1 point each.
I will have to check with Azz - but I think Luke gets 20 rep points for winning! well done all! that was loads of fun - and i hope, a tiny bit educational!
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