The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)

feargale

dilallio wrote: »

I'm probably completely wrong here. I'm guessing it's either Tajik or Kirghiz as they are smaller countries further away than most of the others. I'll go with Tajik

Tajik is correct. It's very closely related to Persian ( Farsi.) In fact Persian originated in that area and migrated to Persia displacing Arabic. Tajik and Persian are so close as to be almost dialects of the same language. They are mainly disinguished by alphabet and by borrowings, Persian from Arabic and Tajik from Russian.
The other four are Turkic languages and were at one time part of a Turkic continuum extending to Turkey itself which drew much of its military manpower from Central Asia. Then the Russians aligned themselves with the Persians, cutting off Turkey from Central Asia.

Corkgirl18

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

"Maman" is a famous sculpture created in 1999.
Who created the sculpture and what does it depict?

Maman depicts a giant spider. There have been tours and exhibitions of the sculpture all over the world.
The sculptor is the French-American artist Louise Bourgeois.


A question in its place- Where did the phrase Peeping Tom come from?

feargale

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

A question in its place- Where did the phrase Peeping Tom come from?

Coventry. He was peeping at Lady Godiva in breach of the deal she made with the populace.

feargale

A tower called Kiek in de Kok ( meaning "peep into the kitchen" ) is a prominent landmark in which European capital city?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

feargale wrote: »

A tower called Kiek in de Kok ( meaning "peep into the kitchen" ) is a prominent landmark in which European capital city?

An unimpressive round tower in Tallinn.

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

An unimpressive round tower in Tallinn.

Correct on the city, Autumn Harsh Cloud. Not sure I agree about the rest. For an extra mark, what language bestowed the name on the tower?

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feargale wrote: »

Correct on the city, Srameen. Not sure I agree about the rest. For an extra mark, what language bestowed the name on the tower?

Always sounded German to me.

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Always sounded German to me.

Not good enough.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

feargale wrote: »

Not good enough.

Low German
Middle German

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Low German

One mark awarded.

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Middle German

One mark deducted.

Plattdeutsch or Low German it is, the official language of the Hanseatic League which stretched from London in the west to Novgorod and Tallinn in the east and was centred on Hamburg and Lubeck. There are towers of the same name in other Hansa cities such as Gdansk. So named because the young soldiers manning the towers could look down into private houses, specifically kitchens. They could probably more appropriately be named Kiek in de Boudoir.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Fantastic Four, Fifty Shades of Grey, Saving Christmas, Movie 43 and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 are all films. What have they in common?

Orion

Based on the quality of the three of them that I recognise I'm going to guess Razzie winners?

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Orion wrote: »

Based on the quality of the three of them that I recognise I'm going to guess Razzie winners?

That' snit. All won Worst picture in the more recent Raspberry Awards.
Your question.

Orion

Australe, Humorum, Cognitum and Serenitatis are all what?

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Orion wrote: »

Australe, Humorum, Cognitum and Serenitatis are all what?

All preceded by Mare are lunar seas. Mare Tranquillitatis is the well known Sea of Tranquillity.

Orion

And you're up.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

What links Walter Brennan, Daniel Day Lewis and Jack Nicholson?

dilallio

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

What links Walter Brennan, Daniel Day Lewis and Jack Nicholson?

They are the only male actors to win 3 oscars.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

dilallio wrote: »

They are the only male actors to win 3 oscars.

Correct.

Your question next so.

looksee

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

What links Walter Brennan, Daniel Day Lewis and Jack Nicholson?

And here was me thinking one was in The Riordans, one was a poet and the other was a golfer

dilallio

Sticking with movies, what have the following movies in common:
The Life of Brian
A Clockwork Orange
From Dusk 'till Dawn
The Big Sleep (1946)

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

dilallio wrote: »

Sticking with movies, what have the following movies in common:
The Life of Brian
A Clockwork Orange
From Dusk 'till Dawn
The Big Sleep (1946)

I know two were banned in Ireland so I'll go with that.

dilallio

Correct Srameen - that was quick!
You're up - I must say I love this thread - some brilliant questions on a wide variety of topics.
I just wish I could answer more of them

looksee

dilallio wrote: »

Correct Srameen - that was quick!
You're up - I must say I love this thread - some brilliant questions on a wide variety of topics.
I just wish I could answer more of them

Don't we all!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Who was Crosaire ?

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Who was Crosaire ?

He was the compiler of the Irish Times complex crossword, died aged about 192 in Zimbabwe in recent years

dilallio

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Who was Crosaire ?

Crosaire was the pseudonym of the Irish Times crossword compiler - I loved his crosswords.







Q. Answer the following crossword clue:


_ _ _ E _


Clue: HIJKLMNO

dilallio

Sorry Feargale - didn't mean to jump the gun - I'm a one fingered typist

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Water.
(H to O)
I complete the Corsaire every day.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

feargale wrote: »

He was the compiler of the Irish Times complex crossword, died aged about 192 in Zimbabwe in recent years

First in, so your question is next.