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Previously on here we have had the question about word which include all 5 vowels in the correct order.

Can anybody name any of the 4 words containing all 5 vowels once each in reverse order?
 
And all my own work too .....................er not! OK I did do a little cheat via Google but the time was impressive and would have got me through fastest finger!
 
I run quizzes every month in aid of Cancer Research and next week have to host a Christmas quiz
Having done one last year (ten rounds x ten questions) I have had a lot of work finding another one hundred questions for this year as there is only so many questions on Christmas.
Has anyone any unusual questions they can think of, one or two of mine probably need replacing.
 
You've probable got the one about which company changed Santa's suit from green to red? Coca Cola
 
i had seen it thanks but a lot of sites say this is not true and it happened ten years before, I try and avoid any controversial items there's always one smart ass trying to be clever.
 
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Ask them for X number words of six letters or more which contain NO vowels: I'll start you off with syzygy, much loved by my father.

Are you doing themes? If you get a theme of 'weapons' going, you could ask what a yataghan is. It's a C19 Turkish sword with a curved blade.

Animal themes: 1. What is a yapok? It's an amphibious nocturnal opossum of Central and S. America, aka the water opossum. 2. As bovine is to cow, what is ursine, and vulpine? (Bear, and fox.) 3. How do you spell the name 'vizsla', which is a breed of Hungarian hunting dog? (Pro. vizzla)

Spelling: 1. How many 'rs' in 'underrated'? 2. How many 'es' in 'topsy-turvy'? 3. Spell 'reminiscent'.

Sport: 1. In which game would you find a tambour? (Real tennis. It's the sloping buttress on one side of the receiver's end of the court.) 2. How many red balls in a game of snooker? (15.) 3. If a horse race is 16 furlongs, what is the nearest distance in meters? (3200m.)

Fashion: 1. What was the colour associated with the Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli? (Shocking pink.) 2. What was the name of the streamlined style designed by Christian Dior after WWII? (New Look.) 3. What is the number given to Coco Chanel's most famous perfume? (Chanel No.5) 4. Who developed the popular chain of boutiques known as 'Biba' in the 1960s? (Barbara Hulanicki.)

Weapons: Which of these weapons were named after their inventors: shrapnel, grenade, howitzer, mortar, and torpedo? (Only shrapnel.)

Trees: What are these: Totara, gingko, acer, and jacaranda?

Further ideas upon request. Please send ssae. :D
 
Originally posted by jinnyj@Dec 6 2005, 08:25 PM
...but the time was impressive and would have got me through fastest finger!
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Ah shush, you're just trying to turn me on, woman!
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Mel - that webiste is class!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Loved all the Father Jack keyrings & stuff - I want one!!! I was very pleased to see that there is a Father Ted DVD boxset out now with al the episodes in it - bring it on!!!
 
Films:-
1 - give the family connection between Star wars episode 4 and episode 1 - Denis lawson (wedge antilles) is ewan macgregors uncle
2 - Who directed Return of the jedi - Richard Marquand
3 - Name the 2 actors to have been killed by an Alien, Predator and Terminator - Lance Henrickson, Bill Paxton


More on request
 
Roger, do you wish to encourage or discourage us from putting up some more for your consideration? You know that one or two of us will only go on and on and on and on if you don't stop me. I mean, us.

Literature: 1. Whose autobiography was 'The Bell Jar'? (The late American poet Sylvia Plath.) 2. Who wrote the epic poem 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel'? (Sir Walter Scott.) 3. What nationality is Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot? (Belgian.) 4. Who wrote the children's story 'Black Beauty'? (Anna Sewell.) 5. In Japanese literature, what is a haiku? (An epigrammatic verse form, in 17 syllables.)

Religion: 1. In the RC Church, what is an imprimatur? (A licence, certifying the Church's approval.) 2. Once a year, many Muslims make a pilgrimage to Mecca. In which country does it lie? (Saudi Arabia.) 3. From which country did the founder of Buddhism come? (North India. The Buddha was the title applied to Gautama Siddhartha, the religious teacher who founded Buddhism.) 4. The Mormon Church is known by what other name? (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.) 5. What do Church Commissioners do? (Administer the property of the Church of England.) 6. What is the 'churinga' to Australian Aborigines? (A sacred amulet.)

More? :brows:
 
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