General Chat

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1. What name is given to a female fox? VIXEN 2. In which continent is the country of Tunisia located? AFRICA 3. In the children’s nursery rhyme, how many blackbirds were baked in a pie? FOUR AND TWENTY (24) 4. What colour are raspberries? RED 5. What name of a Spanish dish is an anagram of an Italian dish? 6. What is a male elephant called? BULL 7. A flowers female organ is called a what? 8. A now-famous film star came under notice playing a bit part in an episode of Perry Mason. Who was he? 9. Who were the Sabines? AN ANCIENT TRIBE LIVIING NORTH EAST OF ROME, CONQUERED AND ASBORBED BY THE ROMANS 10. Is Mercury nearer than Earth to the sun? MERCURY 11. Which country’s flag has red, white and green horizontal stripes? 12. Which Emily Bronte novel received a review stating, “the only consolation we have is that it will never be generally read”? WUTHERING HEIGHTS 13. Which countries border Australia? 14. What colour is something described as verdant? GREEN 15. What type of vehicle was a penny-farthing? BICYCLE 16. What ingredient makes a souffle rise? EGG WHITES 17. What type of cheese can buffalo milk be used to make? MOZZARELLA 18. What anagram of “result” is a word meaning shine or gloss? LUSTRE

2) North Africa 3) 4 and 20 catherinexx

1 - vixen 15 - a bike ;-))

17 - mozzarella 18 - lustre ;-))

5 - paella

4 Red 6 Bull 15 Bike 16 Eggs C x

18 Lustre

14 - verdant is green ;-))

9 - did the sabines come from Italy?? or am I having a senior moment??

1=vixen 2=Africa 3=4&20 4=Pink 5=Paella 6=Bull 7= Sepal 8= 9= 10= 11=Italy 12= 13= Tasmania 14=Green 15=Bike 16=Eggs 17=Mozarella 18 = lustre

8. A now-famous film star came under notice playing a bit part in an episode of Perry Mason. Who was he? - Not sure about that one but I know that David Hasselhoff was in one, so was Montel Williams along with a whole host of other stars! 9. Who were the Sabines? - ancient people of central Italy before the Romans 10. Is Mercury nearer than Earth to the sun? Mercury is closer to the sun than Earth is to the sun. 12. Which Emily Bronte novel received a review stating, “the only consolation we have is that it will never be generally read”? - Wuthering Heights

Right I'm back, I got sidetracked on to a msn conversation with my sister yesterday. Still need to get 5 (paella is not what I was looking for), 7, 8 (Clue his initials are R R), 11 (Flag of Italy has vertical stripes) and 13 (btw Tasmania is not a country) Michelle

Hi Michelle I should have read the question shouldn't I?? is No 5 tapas, anagram of pasta and I will take a shot at Robert Redford for no. 8 7 is a carpel, I think ;-))))

5 = Tapas becomes Pasta

11.hungary

11 - Bulgaria, maybe (courtesy of http://www.flags.net/search.php ) ;-))

Lorraine , I think you are right, I cheated and still got it wrong ;-(( Bulgaria is white, red and green

dee try flags of all countries instead as they do a flag finder by colours and horizonal/vertical designs.if you type in flags of all counties its the first site google goes to.lol

I'll remember that for next time Lorraine, cheers ;-))))