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Posted

OK. This could be quite quick as Christmas and of course the New Year is approaching!

 

What is the connection: Raven, sparrow, ermine, snow goose, snow leopard and monkey?

 

Chris

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Is it anything to do with official robes and ceremonies?

Posted

OK. This could be quite quick as Christmas and of course the New Year is approaching!

 

What is the connection: Raven, sparrow, ermine, snow goose, snow leopard and monkey?

 

Chris

Copied to bring it to the top of the next page.

 

Is it anything to do with official robes and ceremonies?

 

No :rolleyes:

Posted (edited)

OK. This could be quite quick as Christmas and of course the New Year is approaching!

 

What is the connection: Raven, sparrow, ermine, snow goose, snow leopard and monkey?

 

Chris

Copied to bring it to the top of the next page.

 

Is it anything to do with official robes and ceremonies?

 

No :rolleyes:

the golden compass, they are the spirit guides to the characters

Edited by Munkeh
Posted

Ding !

 

They are all types of "daemons" attached to the characters within the Philip Pullman book "His Dark Materials", which has just been released as the film "The Golden Compass".

 

Over to Munkehland...

 

 

MrsB :rolleyes:

Posted

OK. This could be quite quick as Christmas and of course the New Year is approaching!

 

What is the connection: Raven, sparrow, ermine, snow goose, snow leopard and monkey?

 

Chris

Copied to bring it to the top of the next page.

 

Is it anything to do with official robes and ceremonies?

 

No :rolleyes:

Shame....I always thought that the opening of Parliament would have suited someone in a monkey suit :D

 

:D

Posted

Ding !

 

They are all types of "daemons" attached to the characters within the Philip Pullman book "His Dark Materials", which has just been released as the film "The Golden Compass".

 

Over to Munkehland...

 

 

MrsB :rolleyes:

 

give the names of the riendeer in rudolf the red nosed riendeer

 

trick question, looking for one off the wall answer

Posted

I thought "Northern Lights" was released as "The Golden Compass" :rolleyes:

What? :D

 

Did someone say "Dark Materials"?

 

I'm sure they meant to say "Northern Lights" :o

 

Although there's a bit of "Dark Materials" in there too. :grin:

 

MrsB :D

Posted (edited)
give the names of the riendeer in rudolf the red nosed riendeer

 

My first answer was a bit too rude for this forum. :grin:

 

Second answer involves rangifer cannibilism being the cause of his red nose....... :rolleyes::D

 

Third answer, bearing in mind "All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names." would be

Oy RedNose, beetroot conk, gout-dolf and *&&^^%$%£%$. :D

Edited by keehotee
Posted

Remebering something really obscure i heard once is it Olive the other Riendeer ?

 

Ding

 

correct :rolleyes:

 

You'd do well to laugh that's awfull :D

 

Err i have to ask one now dont i ?

 

err ok

 

name a book author who has had a book published for every letter of the alphabet ? i know of only one but ill accept any correct answer.

Posted

 

name a book author who has had a book published for every letter of the alphabet ? i know of only one but ill accept any correct answer.

 

Sounds like the sort of thing Terry Pratchett would do.

 

It does doesn't it but as i can use google i can say that he has a few letters missing from his portfolio.

Posted

Michael Moorcock was fairly prolific... was it him?

 

Far to much use of the word The for it to be him.

 

The dancers at the end of time is a great set of stories though :rolleyes:

 

Ill offer a single letter clue after the next wrong guess.

Posted

Lucy Daniels is the name of several authors (awfuls) who wrote kids' books with animals in the title like - but not quite - Aardvark In An Ambulance, Beaver In A Blender, Ferret In A Fryer and other alliterative stuff like that. Does that count? She/he/they had verbal diarrhea so I imagine they'll've covered the whole alphabet.

Posted

Lucy Daniels is the name of several authors (awfuls) who wrote kids' books with animals in the title like - but not quite - Aardvark In An Ambulance, Beaver In A Blender, Ferret In A Fryer and other alliterative stuff like that. Does that count? She/he/they had verbal diarrhea so I imagine they'll've covered the whole alphabet.

 

I would of let that stand but they dont cover the whole alphabet !!

 

They are not learning books all are proper works of fiction.

 

X how many books begin with X ???

Posted

I would of let that stand but they dont cover the whole alphabet !!

Did I imagine "X-ray Axolotl Anxiety" ? :D:rolleyes:

 

wikipedia says you did Zebras were in there though :D not sure on the multiple authors.

 

want another clue ? he has been in the times best sellers list, he has written a lot of books (duh!)

 

Lots of fantasy and science fiction as well as non fiction

Posted

Remebering something really obscure i heard once is it Olive the other Riendeer ?

 

Ding

 

correct :rolleyes:

 

You'd do well to laugh that's awfull :D

 

Err i have to ask one now dont i ?

 

err ok

 

name a book author who has had a book published for every letter of the alphabet ? i know of only one but ill accept any correct answer.

 

does Sue Grafton count?

Posted

I would of let that stand but they dont cover the whole alphabet !!

Did I imagine "X-ray Axolotl Anxiety" ? :D:rolleyes:

 

wikipedia says you did Zebras were in there though :D not sure on the multiple authors.

 

want another clue ? he has been in the times best sellers list, he has written a lot of books (duh!)

 

Lots of fantasy and science fiction as well as non fiction

 

Isaac Azimov ?

Posted

I would of let that stand but they dont cover the whole alphabet !!

Did I imagine "X-ray Axolotl Anxiety" ? :lol::huh:

 

wikipedia says you did Zebras were in there though :anibad: not sure on the multiple authors.

 

want another clue ? he has been in the times best sellers list, he has written a lot of books (duh!)

 

Lots of fantasy and science fiction as well as non fiction

 

Isaac Azimov ?

 

Nope

Posted

Just googled it and have never heard of the author but the seires of books looks like it could be interesting..........are they worth a read? What would you compare them to Tolkien, Patchett or Rowling?

 

Kind of pratchet with rowling mixed in more towards rowling though.

 

If you enjoy pratchett and rowling then they are well worth a read.

Posted

Kind of pratchet with rowling mixed in more towards rowling though.

 

If you enjoy pratchett and rowling then they are well worth a read.

Ah!...........I'm more of a Tolkien fan, 'Caching in Middle Earth', 'The Fellowship of the Geocoin', '101 hardest multi-caches in Mordor'........that type of stuff :)

Posted (edited)

OK - some quick Christmas trivia to keep things moving....

 

How often (according to the Met Office) has snow fallen on the roof of the weather centre on a christmas day?

 

When was the Queens Christmas speech first televised?

 

When was celebrating Christmas first made illegal in England?

 

Ding to the final correct answer, as usual

Edited by keehotee
Posted

Here's a few guesses to get things rolling:

 

 

How often (according to the Met Office) has snow fallen on the roof of the weather centre on a christmas day? 13

 

When was the Queens Christmas speech first televised? 1953

 

When was celebrating Christmas first made illegal in England? 1650

Posted

How often (according to the Met Office) has snow fallen on the roof of the weather centre on a christmas day? 14 <_<

 

When was the Queens Christmas speech first televised? She was crowned in 1953 so I guess 1955 :blink:

 

When was celebrating Christmas first made illegal in England? Well the English Civil war was in 1642 and I think the Christmas celebration was being stepped on before it started so I guess 1640. :huh:

Posted

How often (according to the Met Office) has snow fallen on the roof of the weather centre on a christmas day? 10

 

When was the Queens Christmas speech first televised? 1957

 

When was celebrating Christmas first made illegal in England? 1645

Posted

How often (according to the Met Office) has snow fallen on the roof of the weather centre on a christmas day? Once

 

When was the Queens Christmas speech first televised? 1960

 

When was celebrating Christmas first made illegal in England? 1648

Posted

Don't know about the first two but I have a recollection that it was Cromwell who banned Christmas. As he didn't become 'Lord Protector' until 1653 I'll have a guess at that.... 1653.

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