[steve_nova]

Please don't post your answers for 24 hours from this posting time thanks.


1. What was the name of the first man powered flight machine which flew over the English Channel in June 1979?
2. Which State in the USA is nicknamed the Bluegrass State?
3. Bufo calamita is a rare UK native what?
4. What language (mostly) is used to describe the various parts of a suit of armour?
5. What is the animal Natrix natrix?
6. Famous battle in 1346?
7. A famous Persian King died in 486 BC, also the name of a Pop Idol?
8. What was the nickname of the boxer James J. Corbett?
9. In which UK city is the brewer S. A. Brain and Son based?
10. What did Britain lose on the 7th January 1558?
11. The state capital of Oregon USA is?
12. The bird Turdus viscivorus is known to spread the seeds of Viscum album, what are they both?
13. In which country would you stroll through the streets of Vientiane?
14. Of the 24 Cantebury tales, name them all?.....only kidding! First and last will do.
15. 2004 will be the Chinese year of the what?
16. What very well known cocktail comprises Galliano, orange juice & vodka?
17. Hate these, but had to put one in....What is the collective noun for Quail?
18. Billy Baston used the magic word Shazam! to change into who?
19. In which Dicken's novel would you find the character Sir Leicester Dedlock?
20. Regulus is a genus of two species of bird found in the British Isles, name them?
21. Who's dying words were "I don't know what I may have seemed to the world. But as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself in, now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undicovered before me"
22. What fruiting tree shares it's generic name with a mythical bird?
23. What was Richard III's horse called?
24. Which country did the car maker Bugatti have it's origins?
25. Vinson Massif is the highest peak of where?
26. From which musical does the song, I Can't Say No come from?
27. Luna is the moon of Earth but what are the two moons of Mars called?
28. Allium cepa is more familiar as which vegetable?
29. Which river runs through the spectacular Big Bend National Park in the USA?
30. Who sang the song title for the Bond film Octopussy?

[steve_nova]

Just pushing this back to the top as no one can post answers yet.

[Nancy]

I hope I have the time right!!! Don't want to put my answer in ahead of schedule. It is now 1757 5th November

2. Kentucky
3. Toad
5. Bright Yellow Snake
8. Gentleman Jim
11. Seattle?
12. Mistle Thrush and Mistletoe
13. Laos
17. Covey?
19. Bleak House
20.Goldcrest and Firecrest
22. Date Palm or Phoenix dactylifera
24. Italy?
25. Antarctica
27. Phobos and Deemos
28. Garlic
29. Rio Grande

[erik]

2. Alabama
6. Troje?
7. Ahasveros?
13. Italy
14. I only know the wifes of Bath, but I have been to Canterbury and its cathedral!
15. Cat?
17. Quail
18. Ali Baba :)
21. Ernest Hemingway?
22. Phoenix?
24. Italy
25. Appalachen
29. Colorado?

[Darrell Clegg]

1. Gossamer Albatross
2. Kentucky
3. (Natterjack) Toad
4. French
5. Grass Snake
6. Crecy
7. Darius
8. Gentleman Jim
9. Cardiff
10. Calais
11. Salem
12. Mistle Thrush / Mistletoe
13. Laos
14. Knights Tale - Parson's Tale
15. Monkey
16. Harvey Wallbanger
17. Bevy / Covey - both are used
18. Captail Marvel
19. Bleak House
20. Goldcrest / Firecrest
21. Sir Isaac Newton
22. Date Palm (Phoenix dactilifera)
23. Wall
24. France
25. Ellsworth Mountains Antarctica
26. Oklahoma
27. Phobos / Deimos
28. Onion
29. Rio Grande
30. Rita Coolidge (All Time High)


Darrell

[erik]

Darrell, did u use any sources or is yoir brain that big and diverse???

[Darrell Clegg]

Erik - I didn't move from my seat once

As a Chartered Librarian I was trained to know where to find the answers to almost any question!

Of course Google helps!!!!

Darrell

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Pedants' Corner

Question Ten presumably refers to England and not Britain.

[Michael Frankis]

Pedants' Corner II

29. Which river runs through the spectacular Big Bend National Park in the USA?

Terlingua Creek and Tornillo Creek.

The Rio Grande doesn't run through Big Bend NP, just along the edge of it

Michael

[Michael Frankis]

New Question . . .

31. Who's dying words were "Bugger Bognor"

[Darrell Clegg]

Quentin Crisp


Seriously - George V 1936

Someone remarked "cheer up your majesty, you will soon be at Bognor again"
alternatively a comment made in 1929 when it was proposed the town be named Bognor Regis on account of the king's convalescence there after a serious illness

Of course it is probably apocryphal (see Kenneth Rose King George V - 1983 ch9; cf last words 455:18)


Bored yet?

Darrell

[Michael Frankis]

Hi Darrell,

Yep, King George V - when very ill, his doctor told him "soon have you well enough to go down to Bognor", at which the King uttered the above, and expired.

Michael

[steve_nova]

Ok, pedants included....

1. What was the name of the first man powered flight machine which flew over the English Channel in June 1979?
The Gossamer Albatross
2. Which State in the USA is nicknamed the Bluegrass State?
Kentucky
3. Bufo calamita is a rare UK native what?
Toad or specifically, the Natterjack Toad
4. What language (mostly) is used to describe the various parts of a suit of armour?
French
5. What is the animal Natrix natrix?
Grass Snake
6. Famous battle in 1346?
Crecy
7. A famous Persian King died in 486 BC, also the name of a Pop Idol?
Darius
8. What was the nickname of the boxer James J. Corbett?
Gentleman Jim
9. In which UK city is the brewer S. A. Brain and Son based?
Cardiff
10. What did Britain lose on the 7th January 1558?
The last of her French territories, specifiacally Calais
11. The state capital of Oregon USA is?
Salem
12. The bird Turdus viscivorus is known to spread the seeds of Viscum album, what are they both?
Mistle Thrush and Mistletoe
13. In which country would you stroll through the streets of Vientiane?
Laos
14. Of the 24 Cantebury tales, name them all?.....only kidding! First and last will do.
The Knight's Tale (first) and The Parson's Tale (last)
15. 2004 will be the Chinese year of the what?
Monkey
16. What very well known cocktail comprises Galliano, orange juice & vodka?
Harvey Wallbanger
17. Hate these, but had to put one in....What is the collective noun for Quail?
A Bevy
18. Billy Baston used the magic word Shazam! to change into who?
Captain Marvel
19. In which Dicken's novel would you find the character Sir Leicester Dedlock?
Bleak House
20. Regulus is a genus of two species of bird found in the British Isles, name them?
Goldcrest and Firecrest
21. Who's dying words were "I don't know what I may have seemed to the world. But as to myself,
I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself in, now and then
finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth
lay all undicovered before me"
Sir Isaac Newton
22. What fruiting tree shares it's generic name with a mythical bird?
Date Palm, Phoenix dactylifera
23. What was Richard III's horse called?
White Surrey
24. Which country did the car maker Bugatti have it's origins?
France
25. Vinson Massif is the highest peak of where?
Antarctica
26. From which musical does the song, I Can't Say No come from?
Oklahoma
27. Luna is the moon of Earth but what are the two moons of Mars called?
Phobos and Deimos
28. Allium cepa is more familiar as which vegetable?
Onion
29. Which river runs through the spectacular Big Bend National Park in the USA?
Rio Grande
30. Who sang the song title for the Bond film Octopussy?
Rita Coolidge

[steve_nova]

Fifebirder, you are of course correct. I won't be using that source again (though I knew it was England pre-union).

Michael Pedant Frankis, I expected nothing less from your scrutiny.

Thanks to all who could be bothered