Place-name Qiz #8

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 25 Nov 2006, 19:01

6. Le Mans

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 25 Nov 2006, 19:04

10 Boysen?

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 25 Nov 2006, 19:15

16 Nitshill

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 25 Nov 2006, 19:17

SoupDragon wrote:Aargh Lithium ion spent ages looking for towns beginning Aaa. Ages coz I couldn'd find them!

It was dumb luck on my part, honest (I was looking at batteries on-line).

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 25 Nov 2006, 20:37

28 Conundrum

kipling · Post by **kipling** » 25 Nov 2006, 20:39

20. Maui
28. Hardscrabble (North Dakota)

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 25 Nov 2006, 20:44

I tried Conunrum way back on page 2 so how about Riddle for no 28

12 Duma (syria) or Dum Dum ( India )

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 25 Nov 2006, 20:53

Just showing my freinds the quiz and how it's progressing ... while waiting on the meal in 10 minutes!

There's even a few correct answers ... so I'll do that now

Lithium battery???? Noooooooo!

But the answer's staring everyone of you ON THIS PAGE right in the eye!!! Can't believe you're missing it!

My freinds are in hysterics ... but they can't enter!

kipling · Post by **kipling** » 25 Nov 2006, 21:30

19. Effingham

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 25 Nov 2006, 21:39

25. Aa?

or Ae (as in forest of Ae, dumfrieshire)

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 25 Nov 2006, 21:41

Alaska!

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 25 Nov 2006, 22:04

24 Legget, California

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 25 Nov 2006, 22:07

Black Mamba wrote:
SoupDragon wrote:Aargh Lithium ion spent ages looking for towns beginning Aaa. Ages coz I couldn'd find them!

It was dumb luck on my part, honest (I was looking at batteries on-line).

Not as smart as we thought eh Soupdragon........

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 25 Nov 2006, 22:07

25 shortened duracell Jura?

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 25 Nov 2006, 22:09

Well I thought it was right , Black Mamba but it's not my twisted mind compiling this. Sure there's something obvious we're missing here

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 25 Nov 2006, 22:13

24 Scapa Flow (as Scarper)

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 25 Nov 2006, 22:17

kipling wrote:19. Effingham

Has to be right. SO funny and well done on the Hardscabble

27 Mirabal

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 25 Nov 2006, 22:44

Dinner was successful

... just settling back with the wine ... so I was allowed to come back online and check to see what was happening with my busy little beavers. And you're doing okay ....

Here goes ....

So far so good ...

1. Fantastic night noise keeps wife awake! ... Great Snoring
2. The viper under the shade of the boulder ... Adderston
3. Ugly bird looks better on a plate ... Turkey
4. Poplar place for witches to gather ... Coventry
5. Famous gig. Come on â€¦ you donâ€™t need any more than that!!! ... Woodstock
6. What the boys are in France
7. Youâ€™d look like a terrorist with this on your noggin ... Balaclava
8. Love doing sums
9. Meadow full of cooks ... Sheffield
10. Young lads out in the sun
11. The grass is so green because of all the c rap that is played there ... Tynecastle
12. A ventriloquist calls his puppet this to many laughs ... Newquay
13. Where fish go to get their swimming gear ... Finland
14. Monotonous, tedious, irksome, tiresome, humdrum place to be ... Boring
15. Iconic car or a voice in the lobby ... Vauxhall
16. Head insectâ€™s mount ... Nitshill
17. Red and white fag packet ... Marlborough
18. A type of sword ... Foyle
19. Oh no! Not bleeding pig again!!! ... Effingham
20. Sheâ€™s the mother of us all
21. Capital sounds like a Ritchie Valens number ... Lobamba
22. Battle of the candles ... Warwick
23. Small Edward wears womanâ€™s lingerie ... Edinburgh
24. Street talk for â€œrun!â€

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 25 Nov 2006, 23:25

6 Nice

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 25 Nov 2006, 23:31

10. Bucksburn

Pleased to hear you are having a nice evening and dinner went well.

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 26 Nov 2006, 00:08

25 Forum (in Rome)
10 Broxburn

Glad to hear you had a lovely evening

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 26 Nov 2006, 00:29

Guest have gone off in a taxi pleasantly inebriated. So let's see where we're at ...

What's left ...

6. What the boys are in France
8. Love doing sums
10. Young lads out in the sun
12. A ventriloquist calls his puppet this to many laughs ... Newquay
20. Sheâ€™s the mother of us all
25. Small MP3 player battery gives the name of this place
27. Butterfly swimmers seem to do this a lot

Clues;
6. It's a gag from 'Allo, 'Allo said by an embarassed Rene to Lt Gruber.
8. Think like a Greek
10. American place of French extraction, musical instrument too!
12. Puppet sounds like a euphemism for "it"!
20. Think Irish.
25. Comment ... you're really skirting round this blindly. Look to Africa.
27. Looking at these swimmers gives you this Antipodean name.

Jeez ... I'm GIVING it away ....

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 26 Nov 2006, 00:30

27 If its not the butterfly sisters
Armstrong Spit in Australia

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 26 Nov 2006, 00:33

8 Pythagorus?

I've a feeling I'm going to get a grand total of zero on this quiz..

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 26 Nov 2006, 01:19

8 Euclid USA

20 Marysborough

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 26 Nov 2006, 10:52

Rapunzell, you could be right.

It is NOT an ancient Greek name, like Pythagoras or Euclid ... you're on the wrong track there. When I wrote "think Greek", I didn't mean draw a name out of a hat. Think more about the subject matter and your possible affection for it.

Do I gotta draw a picture?

As before I'll give the answers before this evening if no-one gets them.

Scores so far ...
Soupdragon ....... 11
Bob .................... 4
Arachnid ............. 3
Kipling ................ 3
Teddy Girl ........... 1
Black Mamba ....... 1
Rapunzell ............ Still looking for her thinking cap.
Sandra ............... Not into it yet.
Porty .................. In the Sports Section.
Marya ................. Your turn will come one day.
Dadaist ............... Busy sparring with Porty and Gilo.
Gilo .................... Taking new member Nelson Hatstand through a rebirthing ceremony.
Epykat, Poppy, Bellybabe, Foxy, Izzie, Pal Of Porty, Bearcub and Rathbone were probably all out on the pull and/or bevvying last night!

These are the overall scores taken from the Stats Board ...
1st division
Bob................45
Arachnid...........34
Teddygirl........28
Foxy..............23
Gilo.................22

2nd Division
Izzie................17
Kipling .............15
Soup Dragon..........12
Dadaist.............11
Rapunzell...........11
Cleopas.............10

3rd division
Jackson Priest ...9
Black Mamba......9
Novastar.............7
Marya............7
Ali.................7
Poppy............5
Ifstar.............4
Denise...........3
MoM ..............3
Impossiblevoices....2
Gedge............1
CatzVP............1
Skeely.............1
Plug.................1
Bellybabe..........1

Now you see what you have to do??? Catching up with Bob is gonna be hard ... but he never finishes the quizzes ... so it IS possible ... Soupdragon will enter the 1st division and Mamba will certainly move up to division two. Where are the rest of you? All to play for yet.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 26 Nov 2006, 11:38

20 Marytown?

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 26 Nov 2006, 12:56

Further clues.

6. Rene ('Allo, 'Allo) said he and his brother (actually himself) came from there. It was side-splittingly funny!!!

People used to ask if Ronald Reagan was referring to his wife or son!!!

8. Say this in the language of the Hellenes. Translate .....

10. What girls (or gay guys) would say ... and what lads would be like on a summer's day under the sun.

12. Roger de Flippin Courcey ... there ... I just gave it away!!!

20. Not a personal name. It's a play on words. Think more how Irish n Scots talk about the female parent ... the mother of the kids.

25. Soupdragon got SOOOOO close with this by writing it in full on the page without thinking of description when ordering said item. An African capital.

27. You look at swimmers in the pool. their nappers go up and down ... like a cork on the sea. Also used on sewing machines.

I honestly didn't think it was this hard.

Now they're dead easy.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 26 Nov 2006, 13:03

12 nookie bear!
Newquay

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 26 Nov 2006, 13:05

Indeed!!!!!

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 26 Nov 2006, 13:11

6 Nancy

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 26 Nov 2006, 13:12

27 Bobbing

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 26 Nov 2006, 13:17

What's left ...

6. What the boys are in France ... Nancy
8. Love doing sums
10. Young lads out in the sun
12. A ventriloquist calls his puppet this to many laughs ... Newquay
20. Sheâ€™s the mother of us all ... Armagh
25. Small MP3 player battery gives the name of this place
27. Butterfly swimmers seem to do this a lot ... Bobbin Head

Well done Marya!

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 26 Nov 2006, 13:19

20. Mater

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 26 Nov 2006, 13:20

That's Latin ... don't think of it as another language. It's the common tongue ...

Another word for mother .... like a bairn would say it ... and not yours or mine, but all together ...

It's in Northern Ireland ...