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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. :)

May-5-2006 02:05

Ijon says I'm the family quiz maker, but he promises to write one soon. Knowing him, it'll probably be something connected to SF. And, Squirrel, we're still waiting for those things hairy, scary, contrary, and above all 'bout Mary.

May-5-2006 02:12

A nice easy one bout Fairy Tales ...

1. Which tower-bound maiden was asked to ‘let down her hair’?
2. What was Sleeping Beauty’s first name? [I know it’s not in the original story]
3. Who wrote the Happy Prince?
4. We all know the Ugly Duckling grew up to be a beautiful swan, but if it wasn’t a duckling in the first place then what was it? That is, what’s a baby swan called?
5. In the story Rumpelstiltskin the princess had to spin gold from what?
6. In the Frog and the Princess what did the princess lose down the well?
7. Name the animals the made up The Four Musicians of Bremen.
8. Besides ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarves’, can you name the other ‘Snow White’ story?
9. What nationality was Hans Christian Anderson?
10. There has to be one obscure one... in the 1950's movie musical Hans Christian Anderson who played him?

May-5-2006 02:18

And now it's crime time. This one is about Agatha Christie.

1. In her youth Agatha Christie wrote a number of romantic novels under what pen-name?
2. What is her only novel narrated by the murderer?
3. What was the name of her archaeologist husband?
4. What Greek mythological hero's name appears in the title of a collection of stories about Poirot?
5. Poirot dies solving his last case. Where? (Name the place)
6. What is A. Christie's murder story laid in ancient Egypt?
7. What is the title of Christie's Christmas book?
8. Poirot was romantically interested in only one woman. Who was she?
9. What is the last Miss Marple book?
10. In how many novels the detectives are Tuppence and Tommy Beresford?

May-5-2006 02:27

As it happenes Squirrel and I posted our questions at the same moment, so please do his quiz first, and only when it's answered you can do the other one. By the way, do you believe in telepathy?

May-5-2006 02:43

1. Her Croatian name is Matovilka, but I don't know the English one.
2. Aurora
3. Oscar Wilde
4. Don't know
5. Straw
6. Crown
7. Dog, cat, donkey, rooster
8. No
9. He was a Dane
10. Don't know

May-5-2006 02:51

4. Cygnet
8. Snow White and Rose Red
10. Danny Kay ?

May-5-2006 03:42

RC Wow that was educational - Matovilka is right! (Rapunzel folks) Coda you rule! So much for my tricky Danny Kay question :)

All the others are right ... 6. is wrong though :)

May-5-2006 22:20

OK that's long enough kids :) The answers were...
1. Matovilka :) / Rapunzel
2. Aurora
3. Oscar Wilde
4. Cygnet
5. Straw
6. Golden Ball (apologies if crown appears in similar story - going by Grimm Bros)
7. Dog, cat, rooster, donkey
8. Snow White and Rose Red
9. Danish
10. Danny Kay

Points to Rosamund with kudos to Coda!

now onto Rosamund's Quiz :)

May-6-2006 01:06

No, it was a golden ball, only it's been a long time since I read it last (to my daughter).

May-6-2006 04:26

:( I didn't get to do Squirrel's! *ties Squirrel up on a Post of Shame and throws chipmunks at him*

Rosamund, I have no idea! *has never read (or watched) Agatha Christie in her life!*