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A REALLY, REALLY DIABOLICAL QUIZ ANSWERS
(FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH A LEVEL OF MASOCHISM GREATER THAN, OR EQUAL TO, MY LEVEL OF SADISM.)
QUESTION 1:
WHAT CONNECTS THE LETTER, 'P' WITH THE NUMBER 92220?
Answer VENUS:
P=PHOSPORUS=THE MORNING STAR
LOCOMOTIVE 92220=EVENING STAR
QUESTION 2:
HOW MIGHT AN ARGENTINE MARINER, THE NUMBER ELEVEN AT BINGO AND THE SYMBOL OF ONE OF THE BRITISH ISLES HAVE HELPED THE MAN WITH THE SWOLLEN FEET?
ANSWER
LONG JOHN SILVER (1 LEG); LEGS 11 (2 LEGS); ISLE OF MAN TRISKELION (3 LEGS). AN ALTERNATIVE ANSWER TO THE RIDDLE WHICH THE SPHINX ASKED OEDIPUS. OEDIPUS MEANS SWOLLEN FEET
QUESTION 3:
WHAT CONNECTS A SNAPPY LITTLE CANINE, A SMALL WADING BIRD (WITH TEA), A WELSH WIZARD OF OZ, A CONDIMENT ASSOCIATED WITH NORWICH, AND A CLERICAL GENTLEMAN?
answer ENGLAND WICKET KEEPERS: JACK RUSSELL, ALAN KNOT+T, GERAINT JONES, PHIL MUSTARD AND MATT PRIOR
QUESTION 4:
WHICH IS THE ODD ONE OUT AND WHY? A FISH, A DIRTY LOOKING SEA CAPTAIN, THE SEERESS OF KNARESBOROUGH, THE GOD OF THE MUSES, A BIRD WITH AN UNLOVELY SONG, THE MONA LISA, AND A PUNCTUATION MARK.
Answer THE SEERESS OF KNARESBOROUGH, MOTHER SHIPTON, IS A MOTH. THE REST ARE BUTTERFLIES: A GRAYLING, A DINGY SKIPPER, AN APOLLO, A PEACOCK, A PAINTED LADY, AND A COMMA
QUESTION 5:
WHERE, IN A TWO DIMENSIONAL CONTEXT, MIGHT YOU FIND, AMONG OTHERS, MERLIN, MATILDA OR MAUD, AUGUSTUS, ROMEO AND JULIET, THE CRUSADING MONK OF AMIENS AND THE GRIM REAPER.
Answer IN THE TAROT DECK:
#1 THE MAGICIAN, #3 THE EMPRESS, #4 THE EMPEROR #6 THE LOVERS, #9 (PETER) THE HERMIT, # 13 DEATH
QUESTION 6:
IN WHAT WAY DOES VENTA BELGARUM CONNECT TWO FRATERNAL DEMON HUNTERS, A WEAPON THAT WAS THE OCCIDENTAL WINNER, THE NEW VAUDEVILLE BAND AND A PERSUASIVE AUTHOR?
Answer VENTA BELGARUM=WINCHESTER. SUPERNATURAL' S SAM AND DEAN WINCHESTER HUNT DEMONS, THE WINCHESTER CARBINE WAS "THE GUN THAT WON THE WEST." THE NEW VAUDEVILLE BAND HAD A HIT WITH WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL AND THE AUTHOR OF PERSUASION, JANE AUSTEN, IS BURIED IN SAID CATHEDRAL
QUESTION 7:
WHAT IS NEXT IN THIS SEQUENCE: NOTHING, PERDIX IN PIRUS COMMUNIS, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER OF THE SAME, THEN A BRACE OF STREPTOPELIA TURTUR TURUR, TROIS POULES, V ANULI OF 79?
Answer EIGHT MAIDS A-MILKING. THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS MEET THE FIBONACCI SERIES: 0 1 1 2 3 5 8. [ 79 IS THE ATOMIC NUMBER OF GOLD. ]
QUESTION 8:
WHERE MIGHT YOU FIND TOGETHER, ELLA AND HER FRIEND PATRICIA, A PUNCTUATION MARK, A QUADRILATERAL, THE GREEK GODDESS OF THE RAINBOW, A STRICT HESITATION, A CUCKOO, HALF A DIAMETER, ONE THAT'S ANONYMOUS AND A GREEK HERO WITH A NUMBER OF COLLEGE TUTORS?
Answer IN THE HUMAN BODY: PATELLA, COLON, TRAPEZIUM, IRIS, STERN-UM, COCCYX, RADIUS, INNOMINATE BONE AND ACHILLES TEN-DONS
QUESTION 9:
WHAT IS THE MUSICAL CONNECTION HERE: BORON, OHIO, ?=MC2, ONE THOUSAND, IOWA, NITROGEN,
RHODIUM, , , ZERO, DEUTERIUM AND YTTRIUM?
B; OH; E; M; IA; N;
RH; A; PS; O: D; Y
QUESTION 10:
HOW DOES THE SILLITOE TARTAN CONNECT THE FIRST CANTERBURY PILGRIM, THE OWNER OF AN EYE IN LINCOLN CATHEDRAL, A GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND, CORVUS FRUGILEGUS FRUGILEGUS, BLOODY MARY AND SOME NOT-QUITE-CRUSTACEANS?
CHESS: BLACK AND WHITE CHECKED BOARD, KNIGHT, BISHOP, KING, ROOK, QUEEN AND P(R)AWNS
(FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH A LEVEL OF MASOCHISM GREATER THAN, OR EQUAL TO, MY LEVEL OF SADISM.)
QUESTION 1:
WHAT CONNECTS THE LETTER, 'P' WITH THE NUMBER 92220?
Answer VENUS:
P=PHOSPORUS=THE MORNING STAR
LOCOMOTIVE 92220=EVENING STAR
QUESTION 2:
HOW MIGHT AN ARGENTINE MARINER, THE NUMBER ELEVEN AT BINGO AND THE SYMBOL OF ONE OF THE BRITISH ISLES HAVE HELPED THE MAN WITH THE SWOLLEN FEET?
ANSWER
LONG JOHN SILVER (1 LEG); LEGS 11 (2 LEGS); ISLE OF MAN TRISKELION (3 LEGS). AN ALTERNATIVE ANSWER TO THE RIDDLE WHICH THE SPHINX ASKED OEDIPUS. OEDIPUS MEANS SWOLLEN FEET
QUESTION 3:
WHAT CONNECTS A SNAPPY LITTLE CANINE, A SMALL WADING BIRD (WITH TEA), A WELSH WIZARD OF OZ, A CONDIMENT ASSOCIATED WITH NORWICH, AND A CLERICAL GENTLEMAN?
answer ENGLAND WICKET KEEPERS: JACK RUSSELL, ALAN KNOT+T, GERAINT JONES, PHIL MUSTARD AND MATT PRIOR
QUESTION 4:
WHICH IS THE ODD ONE OUT AND WHY? A FISH, A DIRTY LOOKING SEA CAPTAIN, THE SEERESS OF KNARESBOROUGH, THE GOD OF THE MUSES, A BIRD WITH AN UNLOVELY SONG, THE MONA LISA, AND A PUNCTUATION MARK.
Answer THE SEERESS OF KNARESBOROUGH, MOTHER SHIPTON, IS A MOTH. THE REST ARE BUTTERFLIES: A GRAYLING, A DINGY SKIPPER, AN APOLLO, A PEACOCK, A PAINTED LADY, AND A COMMA
QUESTION 5:
WHERE, IN A TWO DIMENSIONAL CONTEXT, MIGHT YOU FIND, AMONG OTHERS, MERLIN, MATILDA OR MAUD, AUGUSTUS, ROMEO AND JULIET, THE CRUSADING MONK OF AMIENS AND THE GRIM REAPER.
Answer IN THE TAROT DECK:
#1 THE MAGICIAN, #3 THE EMPRESS, #4 THE EMPEROR #6 THE LOVERS, #9 (PETER) THE HERMIT, # 13 DEATH
QUESTION 6:
IN WHAT WAY DOES VENTA BELGARUM CONNECT TWO FRATERNAL DEMON HUNTERS, A WEAPON THAT WAS THE OCCIDENTAL WINNER, THE NEW VAUDEVILLE BAND AND A PERSUASIVE AUTHOR?
Answer VENTA BELGARUM=WINCHESTER. SUPERNATURAL' S SAM AND DEAN WINCHESTER HUNT DEMONS, THE WINCHESTER CARBINE WAS "THE GUN THAT WON THE WEST." THE NEW VAUDEVILLE BAND HAD A HIT WITH WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL AND THE AUTHOR OF PERSUASION, JANE AUSTEN, IS BURIED IN SAID CATHEDRAL
QUESTION 7:
WHAT IS NEXT IN THIS SEQUENCE: NOTHING, PERDIX IN PIRUS COMMUNIS, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER OF THE SAME, THEN A BRACE OF STREPTOPELIA TURTUR TURUR, TROIS POULES, V ANULI OF 79?
Answer EIGHT MAIDS A-MILKING. THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS MEET THE FIBONACCI SERIES: 0 1 1 2 3 5 8. [ 79 IS THE ATOMIC NUMBER OF GOLD. ]
QUESTION 8:
WHERE MIGHT YOU FIND TOGETHER, ELLA AND HER FRIEND PATRICIA, A PUNCTUATION MARK, A QUADRILATERAL, THE GREEK GODDESS OF THE RAINBOW, A STRICT HESITATION, A CUCKOO, HALF A DIAMETER, ONE THAT'S ANONYMOUS AND A GREEK HERO WITH A NUMBER OF COLLEGE TUTORS?
Answer IN THE HUMAN BODY: PATELLA, COLON, TRAPEZIUM, IRIS, STERN-UM, COCCYX, RADIUS, INNOMINATE BONE AND ACHILLES TEN-DONS
QUESTION 9:
WHAT IS THE MUSICAL CONNECTION HERE: BORON, OHIO, ?=MC2, ONE THOUSAND, IOWA, NITROGEN,
RHODIUM, , , ZERO, DEUTERIUM AND YTTRIUM?
B; OH; E; M; IA; N;
RH; A; PS; O: D; Y
QUESTION 10:
HOW DOES THE SILLITOE TARTAN CONNECT THE FIRST CANTERBURY PILGRIM, THE OWNER OF AN EYE IN LINCOLN CATHEDRAL, A GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND, CORVUS FRUGILEGUS FRUGILEGUS, BLOODY MARY AND SOME NOT-QUITE-CRUSTACEANS?
CHESS: BLACK AND WHITE CHECKED BOARD, KNIGHT, BISHOP, KING, ROOK, QUEEN AND P(R)AWNS