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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-24-2006 10:06

Actually, that was really hard. I guessed a lot of answers :D

May-25-2006 00:20

My brother used to stutter and he had to do all kinds of tongue twisters to help him, most of them are fairly well known…

I thought a filling the blanks might be easier…

1. She sells ….by the sea shore.
2. Peter Piper picked a ……. of pickled peppers.
3. Around the ragged rocks the rugged ……… ran.

This isn’t one my brothers speech pathologist taught him…

4. I’m not the pheasant plucker I’m the pheasant plucker’s mate, I’m only plucking pheasants coz the ………….

5. Betty Botter had some butter, "But," she said, "this butter's …………
6. A big black bug bit a big black ……..
7. How much wood would a …………. chuck if a ………………. could chuck wood?
8. Silly Sally swiftly shooed …………. silly sheep
9. All I want is a cup of proper coffee made in a proper ………… coffee pot.

This is extra for Rosamund...

Na vrh brda vrba …… [which apparently is a Croation tongue-twister… and yes I don’t know which part of the phrase I have removed! ]

May-25-2006 01:28

Only the last word: na vrh brda vrba mrda (it means that on the top of hill a willow is stirring, although they usually don't grow on hills). Yes, we all twisted tongues with that one as children. I'd like very much to know who (or what) is your source of information, but I suppose you won't tell me.

As for the rest , I'll try to guess some of them.

1. shells (seashells)?
2. pot?
6. beetle?
7. woodchuck (I think I heard that one)

Sorry abut silly Sally and her silly sheep, can't think of anything.

May-25-2006 01:44

It reminds me of a phrase "Marry the merry Mary" which one of my professors used trying to teach us the pronunciation of various kinds of e in English.

May-25-2006 03:15

"Easier" you say. "HA!" I say :D

1. seashells
2. packet? - someone told me this one once but I can't remember how it goes except that it's long
3. rascal?
4. pheasant plucker's late?
5. brassy?
6. bowtie?
7. woodchuck
8. seven?
9. copper?

May-25-2006 03:24

still looking for answers to 2, 5 & 6.

May-25-2006 05:14

How's this for a tongue twister?

Red lorry, yellow lorry...

I mixed whiskey with the whiskey mixer...

May-25-2006 16:21

:) no big secret RC ... I got the Croation t-t off the internet. Just trying to be inclusive :)

1. Sea shells
2. Peck
3. Rascal
4. Pheasant Plucker's late
5. Bitter
6. Bear
7. Woodchuck
8. Seven
9. Copper
10. mrda (on the top of hill a willow is stirring) :)

May-25-2006 23:31

Oh, I thought you possibly had a friend or even a relative from Croatia, there are many Croats in Australia.

Ready for some music? This year, 2006., is dedicated to one of the greatest composers of all time, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (and my absolute favourite). False or true?

1. Mozart was born in Vienna.
2. He started writing music at an early age of 15.
3. His wife's name was Constance.
4. The film "Amadeus" was directed by Milos Forman.
5. Tom Hulce won an Oscar for his role in that film.
6. Requiem was his last, unfinished work.
7. He wrote only one opera, "Fidelio".
8. According to the legend, his arch enemy was Haydn.
9. He died at 35.
10. His funeral was attended by hundreds of his admirers.

May-26-2006 01:28

1. false. He died there, but was not born there
2. false. take off 10 years.
3. true. (actually Constanze)
4. didn't see it. (blushes with shame)
5. again, didn't see it
6. true. and finished by one of his students
7. false. he wrote many operas, both german and italian
8. false. he wrote music that he dedicated to Haydn
9. true. of a fever of some sort
10. false. it was a small family affair

Mozart is also one of my favorites *grin*