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Jan-4-2005 18:37

See if there is interest for this.

1. Each day I will post 10 questions, at random times of the day.
2. Each Quiz runs exactly 24 hours.
3. The first person that has all 10 questions right, wins. Or if no one has all questions right, the best one wins.
4. You can only post answers ONCE for the same quiz.
5. No cash involved. Just glory. :)

Jun-18-2006 21:39

Do you like poetry? Who wrote these lines, or to whom they are attributed?

1. I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

2. She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies,
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes.

3. Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.

4. Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus,
that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.

5. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou are more lovely and more temperate;
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

6. By the shore of Gitche Gunee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
At the doorway of his wigwam
In the pleasant summer morning,
Hiawatha stood and waited.

7. My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer;
Chasing the wild deer and following the roe,
My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.

8. Whose woods these are, I think I know,
His house is in the the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

9. No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.

10. I wander'd lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saqw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils.

Bonus:

Green groweth the holly,
So doth the ivy.
Though winter blasts blow never so high,
Green groweth the holly.

Jun-19-2006 00:27

1. ?
2. Lord Byron
3. ?
4. Homer
5. Shakespeare
6. ?
7. ? - looked it up and went "of course it's him!! Who else writes about this country in this way"
8. Robert Frost
9. John Donne
10. Wordsworth
Bonus: ?

Jun-19-2006 00:28

Oh, and forgot to answer "yes" to your question :)

Jun-19-2006 00:54

1. Song of Solomon, King Solomon
2. Lord Byron (one of my favorites)
3. El Dorado, Edgar Allen Poe
4. (straining brain here) I think Homer's Iliad? been years since I read it
5. One of Shakespeare's Sonnets
6. Song of Hiawatha, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
7. erg, not sure, but I think it's Robby Burns
8. drawing a blank on that one for some reason. It's familiar but, I can't place it
9. John Donne
10. William Wordsworth (another favorite)
Bonus: ok, it's a song, The Holly and the Ivy. Can't remember who all does it, although I recall New Christie Minstrels may have done a version of it. Or was it The Weavers? But the original lyrics were written by ........ drat. I can't think of it and I know I'm gonna kick myself later when I remember or am reminded.

Jun-19-2006 00:57

*sigh* I googled it. I definitely am kicking myself for not remembering who wrote that one.

Jun-19-2006 01:22

coz i pm'd my answers to RC before I can just add to Della's in good conscience : bonus is Henry VIII. (and I did not know 8. & sighs 2. (until I read the answer) and my 6. was just a lucky guess!)

Jun-19-2006 01:35

Yes, and I remember that Greyling mentioned a severe punishment for those who justPM their answers instead of posting them.
You did them all among you, and the winner is Della (9/11). I look forward to a new quiz from her workshop.

Jun-19-2006 10:49

ACK!! Ok, give me a couple hours and I'll throw something together. *grin*

*wanders off muttering to self* 'yeah, and try to make it something a little easier this time, would ya?" *self answers* 'ttthhhhbbbttttttttttt!'

Jun-19-2006 18:26

Ok. Sorry I took so long to get back on this. Work got in the way.

How about seeing how much you all know about cats? I love all animals, but cats are an especial favorite. *grin* so, here it is:

Lions, Tigers and Kismet! Oh, My!

1. What is the one domestic feline that is born without a tail?
2. What is the one domestic feline that naturally loves water?
3. What is the large cat name of the breed of domestic cat that is a cross with a small wild cat?
4. There were 8 species of Tiger, 3 are extinct. Name 2 of the remaining 5.
5. What is the name of the species of white leopard?
6. Only one species of lion lives outside of Africa and it is critically endangered. Name it.
7. How many toes (total) does the typical domestic feline have?
8. What was the life span of the oldest recorded domestic feline? Bonus: how many kittens did she have in her lifetime?
9. What is a female cat called and what is a male cat called?
10. What is the latin name for the domestic house cat?

Bonus: Cats share a common sensory organ with snakes and sharks. What is it called?

Jun-19-2006 18:45

oops! Strike the bonus on question #8. I should have double checked before I posted. My info on that is out-dated. I apologize for that.