Quiz night thread (Part 4)

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  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    Hello and correct Bigshorts :)
    10
  • SallysallySallysally Posts: 5,070
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    All correct Sallysally (specifically The Judge in Trial by Jury, but I knew what you meant ;):))
    10,11

    Amazing - but you nearly always do! :)
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    Good evening and welcome to connections :)

    Connection 1

    1.What name is shared by crop pants and an Italian island in the Gulf of Naples?
    2.Classic 1963 film starring Steve McQueen, set in a German POW camp during World War II?
    3.What is the name of the small breed of horse, often wild or half wild, found in the southwestern USA?
    4.A feature offered by law enforcement agencies to assist in transporting individuals is known as a police... what?
    5.What T is the speed at which a piece or passage of music is meant to be played?
    6.What name is given to an official appointed by a sovereign state to protect its commercial interests?

    What is the connection?

    Connection 2

    7.What name is shared by a famous painting of a stag by Edwin Landseer and a BBC1 series with Richard Briers and Susan Hampshire which ran from 2000-2005?
    8.What country was collectively known as the Trucial States until 1971?
    9.What is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet?
    10.What C is a pirate or privateer?
    11.Americans call it a faucet. What do we call it?
    12.Which figure of Arthurian legend is the father of Sir Gawain?
  • bcdeebcdee Posts: 317,974
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    1 Capri
    2 The Great Escape
    3 Mustang
    4 Escort
    5 Tempo
    6 Ambassador

    Connection 1 Cars
  • Mrs TeapotMrs Teapot Posts: 124,896
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    1.

    2. The Great Escape

    3. Pony

    4. Escort

    5. Tempo

    6. Envoy

    9. Iota

    11. Tap
  • bcdeebcdee Posts: 317,974
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    9 Delta
    10 Corsair
    11 Tap
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    Q6 is wrong bcdee and Mrs Teapot.(3,9 too) A bit more specific please bcdee for C1 :)
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    9-11 correct bcdee
    6-8,10,12 and connections
  • Mrs TeapotMrs Teapot Posts: 124,896
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    Q6 is wrong bcdee and Mrs Teapot.(3,9 too) A bit more specific please bcdee for C1 :)

    I'm stuck now :D
  • bcdeebcdee Posts: 317,974
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    Connection 1 Ford cars
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    Yes :)
  • Mrs TeapotMrs Teapot Posts: 124,896
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    9. Delta

    I think

    Is the second connection water
  • Dare DevilDare Devil Posts: 118,737
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    4. Escort
    5. Tempo

    9. Delta
    10. Captain?
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    Not water, but Delta is right Mrs Teapot
    Not captain Dare Devil

    6-8,10,12, C2
  • SallysallySallysally Posts: 5,070
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    Connection 1

    1. capri

    2.the great escape

    3.palomino

    4. escort

    5.tempo

    6. ambassador

    cars?


    7. Monarch of the Glen

    8. Oman

    9 delta

    10. corsair

    11.tap

    12. lot

    airlines
  • Mrs TeapotMrs Teapot Posts: 124,896
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    10 Corsair
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    3 and 6 is wrong in C1 Sallysally (and 8) Ford cars) :)
    Corsair is right Mrs Teapot
    6,8
  • SallysallySallysally Posts: 5,070
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    3 is mustang

    8 emirates (UAE)?
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    Yes and yes Sallysally :)
    6 is consul
    Back with you all tomorrow
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    On this day in 1986: Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson

    1.Your close relatives are sometimes referred to as your flesh and... what?
    2.Which word can mean a mark placed over a letter to indicate pronunciation or the characteristic way a person speaks?
    3.What A is a mishap or unforeseen event?
    4.Meat and eggs from poultry living at liberty in natural conditions are often described as free... what?
    5.Current affairs: which comic and writer recently passed away of a heart attack, aged 60?
    6.In the television series Star Trek, what was the name of the Communications Officer on board the original Starship Enterprise, played by Nichelle Nichols?

    7.Picture: name this type of pasta? http://www.postimage.org/image/wxiesim51/
    8.In politics, who was the first ever Green MP and leader of the Green Party from 2008-2012?
    9.The Galata Bridge spans what water body that is part of the Bosphorous strait?
    10.Which compnay was formed in 1600, during the reign of Elizabeth I, to compete with Spain, Portugal and the Dutch for the spice trade?
    11.In biochemistry, what name is given to an ester derived from glycerol and three fatty acids?
    12.In Greek mythology, who found the city of Thebes, the acropolis of which was named in his honour?
  • bcdeebcdee Posts: 317,974
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    1 Blood
    2 Accent
    3 Accident
    4 Range
    5 Mel Smith :(
    6 Scotty
    7 Spaghetti
    8 Ross Harper (maybe that was just up here :o )
  • Mrs TeapotMrs Teapot Posts: 124,896
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    1. Blood

    2. Bugger.......grrrrrrrrrrrrr

    3. Accident

    4. Range

    5. Mel Smith

    6. Luitenat Ahurah (s)
  • Mrs TeapotMrs Teapot Posts: 124,896
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    7. Spagetti
  • The quizmasterThe quizmaster Posts: 93,043
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    6 and 8 are wrong bcdee
    All correct Mrs Teapot except 7
    7-12
  • AxGAxG Posts: 25,663
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    1.Blood
    2.Accent
    3.
    4.Range
    5.Mel Smith
    6.Wriker (sp) ?

    7.
    8.Caroline Lucas
    9.Marmara
    10.
    11.
    12.
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