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Quiz night thread (Part 5)
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The quizmaster
16-10-2013
1.What name is shared by one of the seasons and an elastic device made of coiled metal?
2.What is the popular name for an apple that is dipped in sugar syrup and left to set?
3.If a word is monosyllabic, it has how many syllables?
4.What L is the name given to land or property held by a tenant for a specified period?
5.In the French language, the word jaune denotes which colour?
6.As used in lonely hearts columns, what does the abbreviation GSOH stand for?

7.What is the usual term, originating in America, that describes a spirit, especially whisky, served undiluted over ice cubes?
8."O true apothecary!/ Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die." These are the last words spoken by which of Shakespeare's title characters?
9.Damodar and Rupnarayan are tributaries of which river, a tributary of the Ganges?
10.In biology, what is the name of the point at which paired homologous chromosomes remain in contact forming a cross shape during the first phase of meiosis?
11.One of Michaelangelo's first major sculptures, now in the Bargello in Florence, is of which Roman god?
12.Sejong the Great, noted for cultural achievements including the institutuion of Hangul, a highly phonetic native script, was king of which country from 1418?
Mrs Teapot
16-10-2013
1. Spring

2. Toffee

3. 1

4. Lease

5. Green

6. Good Sense of Humour
bcdee
16-10-2013
1 Spring
2 Toffee Apple
3 One
4 Leased
5 Green
6 Good sense of humour
7 Liquor
Mrs Teapot
16-10-2013
7. On the rocks
The quizmaster
16-10-2013
5 is wrong Mrs Teapot, bcdee
5,8-12
Dare Devil
16-10-2013
1. Spring. It's unfortunately a very, very long way off
2. toffee apple? sticky apple? the apple people have on bonfire night?
3. One
4. Lease
5. Brown?
6. Good sense of humour
7. On the rocks
10. Osmosis?
spotify95
16-10-2013
Originally Posted by The quizmaster:
“1.What name is shared by one of the seasons and an elastic device made of coiled metal?
2.What is the popular name for an apple that is dipped in sugar syrup and left to set?
3.If a word is monosyllabic, it has how many syllables?
4.What L is the name given to land or property held by a tenant for a specified period?
5.In the French language, the word jeune denotes which colour?
6.As used in lonely hearts columns, what does the abbreviation GSOH stand for?

7.What is the usual term, originating in America, that describes a spirit, especially whisky, served undiluted over ice cubes?
8."O true apothecary!/ Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die." These are the last words spoken by which of Shakespeare's title characters?
9.Damodar and Rupnarayan are tributaries of which river, a tributary of the Ganges?
10.In biology, what is the name of the point at which paired homologous chromosomes remain in contact forming a cross shape during the first phase of meiosis?
11.One of Michaelangelo's first major sculptures, now in the Bargello in Florence, is of which Roman god?
12.Sejong the Great, noted for cultural achievements including the institutuion of Hangul, a highly phonetic native script, was king of which country from 1418?”

1) Spring
2) Toffee apple
3) 1
4) Landlord

Brain's gone dead....
irishguy
16-10-2013
10. Centromere
P_P
16-10-2013
1. Spring
2. Toffee Apple
3. 1
5. Yellow?
The quizmaster
16-10-2013
5, 10 are wrong Dare Devil
4 is wrong spotify
5,8-12
The quizmaster
16-10-2013
Originally Posted by P_P:
“1. Spring
2. Toffee Apple
3. 1
5. Yellow?”

All correct P_P
8-12
Barracute
16-10-2013
1) Spring
2) Toffee Apple
3) One
4) Lease
5) Red?
6) Good Sense Of Humour
7) Neat?
The quizmaster
16-10-2013
5,7 are wrong Barracute
Leasehold as an alternative for Q4
8-12
irishguy
16-10-2013
8. Hamlet?

Was Centromere wrong for 10?
Sallysally
16-10-2013
1. Spring

2. toffee apple

3.one

4. lease

5. Well, if you really meant jeune, then I presume green (as in young), but if you meant jaune, then yellow

6. Good sense of humour

7.on the rocks

8. Either Romeo or Juliet (probably the latter)

10. chiasmata
Dare Devil
16-10-2013
10. Alleles?

Struggling to remember the words associated with chromosomes and genetics
irishguy
16-10-2013
Originally Posted by Sallysally:
“10. chiasmata”


Doh - yes- chiasmata, not centromere
AxG
16-10-2013
1.Spring
2.
3.1
4.Lease
5.Yellow
6.Good sense of humour

7.On the rocks?
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.Korea?
The quizmaster
16-10-2013
All correct Sallysally (Romeo) and AxG
9,11
irishguy
16-10-2013
Cheers, QM!

Oppps..not finished yet... 11. Jupiter?
The quizmaster
16-10-2013
Not Jupiter
irishguy
16-10-2013
11. Last attempts - Mercury? Mars? Neptune?
The quizmaster
16-10-2013
No, no and no irishguy
irishguy
16-10-2013
Originally Posted by The quizmaster:
“No, no and no irishguy ”

Crap - Bacchus? Hercules? Concordia? Diana? That's my lot!

If you're up for a hint - you could always give us the name of the greek equivilent... or the natural elements they had dominion of...?
The quizmaster
17-10-2013
Bacchus
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