Place-Name Quiz #7

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 18 Nov 2006, 18:37

Camp Allah, indeed! Better watch out no fundies come after me for that one!!

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 18 Nov 2006, 19:51

Found it thanks to your clue, Cleopas!

11 Head bashed in buffalo jump just rolls of the tongue!

see
http://www.head-smashed-in.com/

1 Chance

4 mug a tissue? Mogadishu

kipling · Post by **kipling** » 18 Nov 2006, 20:33

3. Indented Head (Victoria, Aus)

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 18 Nov 2006, 20:53

Nice one, Kipling , had the map out at Victoria but missed that.

Kampala- Groan!

5 Czech republic?

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 18 Nov 2006, 21:42

22 Haiti

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 18 Nov 2006, 21:49

11. Braintree

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 18 Nov 2006, 21:56

5. Biggar

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 18 Nov 2006, 22:14

3. Salisbury?

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 18 Nov 2006, 22:23

1. Lucknow

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 18 Nov 2006, 22:39

Current state of play for Saturday evening ....

1. Did you get here accidentally??
3. Fractured cranium â€¦ Indented Head
4. Jump on and rob Mr Kleenex for his wallet â€¦ Mogadishu
5. Send all the beggars to this place â€¦ Poortown
11. Cranial mess after big bulls leaped to nut each other â€¦ Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump
18. This god has tents for his worshippers â€¦ Kampala
22. What you might say about a person you really dislike â€¦ Fawkham

Well done people. Only TWO left to get. Get searching.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 18 Nov 2006, 23:27

5 Banks Alabama or Skinflint Virginia ????

Cleopas wrote: 1. Did you get here accidentally??

Some people believe in the intervention of a divine being at the moment of conception, others in the reincarnation of the soul. Myself I think my parents were not as careful as they could be, so Yes is the answer.

or Serendipity

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 18 Nov 2006, 23:57

5. Skinflats (Near Falkirk)

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 19 Nov 2006, 00:35

Both wrong.

#2 ... think that getting there was a stroke of fortune ... like the throw of a dice

#5 ... think of what beggars actually are and if they lived in a place larger than a village but smaller than a city.

If these are not answered by tomorrow afternoon, I'll reveal tha answers. Can't be any fairer.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 19 Nov 2006, 01:02

aaargh. Ok fair enough. May get the answers in dreams.

Woke Mr Soupy in the middle of last night to tell him about Wyoming, it came to me in my sleep, though didn't fire up the comp to post it then
Mind you he's setting the alarm to get up at silly oclock ( 4ish ) to see if the Leonid meteors are visible. Ha we live in Scotland, he should take up cloud watching instead.

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 19 Nov 2006, 11:27

5. Poortown ?

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 19 Nov 2006, 11:30

Applause applause applause!!!

Thank you TG.

Current state of play for Sunday ....

1. Did you get here accidentally?? ... Come by Chance
2. Worrying too much can give you a couple of these â€¦ Ulster
3. Fractured cranium â€¦ Indented Head
4. Jump on and rob Mr Kleenex for his wallet â€¦ Mogadishu
5. Send all the beggars to this place â€¦ Poortown
6. You might need a passport for this London borough â€¦ Pimlico
7. What an audience should do for a good actor â€¦ Clapham
8. What Jonathan does in his chat show â€¦ Rostock
9. Place for suicidal rodents needing a bath â€¦ Leamington Spa
10. Cowardly expanse of water â€¦ Yellow Sea
11. Cranial mess after big bulls leaped to nut each other â€¦ Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump
12. Theft during riots â€¦ Luton
13. A ponderous question to the Great Leader of the LibDems â€¦ Wyoming
14. The drinking establishment has no more money! ... Innsbruck
15. When Robin Harper chaps at your door â€¦ Greenock
16. You need two for a jumper â€¦ Slieve
17. The Caped Crusader has his own place â€¦ Batman
18. This god has tents for his worshippers â€¦ Kampala
19. Unable to function; without help, disoriented, confused â€¦ Lost
20. You can go here for your neckwear â€¦ Thailand
21. Baby sleeps on peasant-carrier â€¦ Cottbus
22. What you might say about a person you really dislike â€¦ Fawkham
23. Rumanian trick â€¦ Ruse
24. What sparrows do to nuts â€¦ Peckham
25. Ale for Solomonâ€™s foreign Queen â€¦ Beersheba
26. City of Orangemen â€¦ Jaffa
27. Named for Mr Gascoigneâ€™s football outfit??? ... Gaza Strip
28. Long way to go for exotic food supplies â€¦ Delhi
29. Bluebottleâ€™s friend is a real goon â€¦ Eccles
30. Ms P ussy is NOT allowed on these premises! ... Bangalore

Scores (so far)

Kipling ........... 9
Soupdragon ... 9
Bob ............... 6
Rapunzell ....... 3
Black Mamba .. 1
Teddygirl ........ 1

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 19 Nov 2006, 11:32

2. Luck (wisconsin)

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 19 Nov 2006, 11:36

Maybe not Luck, just remembered you gave that as a clue so can't be the answer. Rats.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 19 Nov 2006, 11:58

1 Chance ?

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 19 Nov 2006, 12:29

Okay .... that's the second time Soupy has said "Chance" ... and it IS part of the name. It's close enough for me, so I'm giving her the point and drawing this quiz to a close.

The actual place name is Come by Chance.

Final scores

Soupdragon ... 10
Kipling ........... 9
Bob ............... 6
Rapunzell ....... 3
Black Mamba .. 1
Teddygirl ........ 1

GAME OVER!!

If admin can please add these scores to the Totals board, I'd be grateful, thank you ... and congrats to all who took part and stuck with it. You deserve your points ... I promise the next one isn't as difficult (well, not to me they're not!)

!!!

And that's my 700th post!!

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 19 Nov 2006, 16:27

Thank you, Cleopas, this was fun, you must have worked hard getting all these names looked out.

Didn't realise I'd said chance twice. Sorry

kipling · Post by **kipling** » 19 Nov 2006, 16:47

I enjoyed the quiz too - thanks, Cleopas

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 19 Nov 2006, 18:09

Cheers! It's just a wee gift I've always had since schooldays. I was good at geography and I have a very strange sense of humour according to my school Heidie after being excluded several times for several pranks! The word is incorrigible ... but in my defence, my freinds tended to 'incorrige' me!

But hard work? Naah, I was offline for two months and my TV blew up. Not much else to do but read and put my gift to good use.

Happy you enjoyed it ... but I wish more people took part. I get a wee buzz out of it. But it's ended now ... so I'm at a Buzz Stop!

If everyone's agreeable ... new quiz in about a week or so.

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 19 Nov 2006, 19:06

Oh, that was good

I hope they are going to get a bit easier though; my brain shouldn't ache this much on a Sunday..

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 19 Nov 2006, 19:18

Yes, Im with rapunzell on this one - make them easier!!!

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 19 Nov 2006, 20:06

They were wonderfully twisted questions! I can see them all quite clearly now that I know the answers

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 19 Nov 2006, 20:45

Cheers guys ... but if I make them any easier, I'll be told they're not hard enough. What does an admittedly good-looking and utterly charming hunk of maleness like me do?

I think the next one IS much easier ... but I made them up! And there will always be a real stinker or two to provoke everyone's ole grey cells into much unused to activity. (I'll get a kicking for that!)

Let's hear the membership's suggestions on when the next one should be. Never again is NOT an option!!!

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 19 Nov 2006, 22:01

rapunzell wrote:They were wonderfully twisted questions! I can see them all quite clearly now that I know the answers

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 20 Nov 2006, 10:14

Leader board now updated Cleopas. Thanks for offering your quiz.Would have taken part more seriously, but it may have resulted in divorce. Homer is not a huge fan of the amount of time I currently spend on POL matters, without me abandoning him on a Friday night .

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 20 Nov 2006, 12:32

Thank you Marya.

These quizzes don't have to be on a Friday night. In the past, the quiz ended on the same night ... but I let it run over this time due to not being available online all the time. I think that's the way to go. Dadaist's music quizzes always lasted a lot longer.

So I think I'll do the same if that's okay. It means everyone can dip in and have a go at any time. Of course. I'll post up correct answers as soon as I spot them. It means the quiz could last all week.

Anyone disagree??

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 20 Nov 2006, 12:36

Cleopas wrote:
Anyone disagree??

Yes!!

But I've yet to make up my mind as to why? Will get back to you when I do.

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 20 Nov 2006, 13:27

Porty wrote:

Cleopas wrote:
Anyone disagree??
Yes!!

But I've yet to make up my mind as to why? Will get back to you when I do.

I knew this was going to happen! I just knew it. My paranoia is going to kick in any moment now ....

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 20 Nov 2006, 23:48

Looking forward to another quiz Cleopas, but not Friday night this week please. I came in too late to notch up much points on the last one so need to get in on the easy ones if poss.

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 21 Nov 2006, 00:48

Understand where you're coming from, TG ... but no matter when the quiz starts ... somebody is going to feel it's the wrong time ... it's happened every time so far ... I can't win.

Which is why I think letting the Quiz run all week ... and I come in and fill in the right answers when I need to, is the way to go. Competitors will just to have hang on to see who's right and who's wrong and who gets the points.

Otherwise someone is always going to feel left out and I'd like to avoid that if I can.

As for easy vs hard questions ... to me they're all easy!