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

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Mineral water...

Samaris

Mineral water is a good guess, but nope!

looksee

er - not soda water? Hardly describe it as gorgeous though!

Samaris

It's nothing to do with anything you eat or drink, but it does refer to ground and water.

looksee

Oh, its not one of those rock tower things that have been carved by water to amazing shapes?

Samaris

Nope, it's to do with one of your senses.

BrensBenz

Samaris wrote: »

Nope, it's to do with one of your senses.

Rock and water! Taste? Anything to do with the filtration of water through rocky mountains and sold in hotels for ridiculous prices despite it being next to impossible to differentiate it from tap water?

Woooopppps! Just saw this:"....but it does refer to ground and water."

looksee

Yes, I just spotted that. I think Samaris might have to think in terms of emigrating when we finally figure it out.

Samaris

looksee wrote: »

Yes, I just spotted that. I think Samaris might have to think in terms of emigrating when we finally figure it out.

:eek:

OK, it specifically does have to do with the ground in this case, although the word stems from "rock". It has to do with your sense of smell though, and it's very common.

Maybe a little less so in Ireland, but you've all encountered it!

Edit: I don't think I'll get away with using this as a future question, looksee might come after me if I do so I'll say that it has a -similar- meaning to "coumarine".

looksee

Yay, I think I have it! Though I have to admit it was suggested by a friend this morning...is it the smell of the earth when rain falls after a dry spell? We don't notice it as much in Ireland but when I lived in africa it was quite extraordinary when the wet season started the amazing smell of the earth.

Samaris

looksee wrote: »

Yay, I think I have it! Though I have to admit it was suggested by a friend this morning...is it the smell of the earth when rain falls after a dry spell? We don't notice it as much in Ireland but when I lived in africa it was quite extraordinary when the wet season started the amazing smell of the earth.

That's it exactly! The relation to coumarine is the smell of freshly cut grass, stemming from "coumarin", a chemical compound in green vegetation.

You're up!

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What is the anatomical name for the human shin bone.

Samaris

Garble..which ones are which.. is it the tibia?

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That's it!

Samaris

There is a particular religious commune in Malaysia called the Sky Kingdom who has a rather unusual focus of veneration. Anyone know what object it is? (Actually, they have several, but they are particularly well-known for one in particular)

looksee

Oh is that the same as cargo cult? looking out for aeroplanes?

Hm, there is something in the back of my mind says that is not the one, but I can't quite remember what it is. Hang on, is it a teapot - yes a ginormous teapot. When you look at some of the things people believe, its not that daft really!

Samaris

looksee wrote: »

Oh is that the same as cargo cult? looking out for aeroplanes?

Hm, there is something in the back of my mind says that is not the one, but I can't quite remember what it is. Hang on, is it a teapot - yes a ginormous teapot. When you look at some of the things people believe, its not that daft really!

Yep! Actually, they have a few, including a two-storey teapot and a vase that it pours into (representing the pouring of blessings from above), a ginormous yellow umbrella (representing shelter) and an ornamental fishing boat (representing Noah's ark). They've also been attacked on numerous occasions because the ruling powers disagree with religious offshoots. I believe the teapot got firebombed in the late 1990s, although it survived with only mild singing.

Back over to you!

looksee

Heavens there is only us and Brens playing!

Ah well, um, something difficult >.> *thinks*

Well not that difficult I think -

Dickens' character Ebenezer Scrooge is visited in 'A Christmas Carol' by how many ghosts - and can you say who they are?

Samaris

looksee wrote: »

Heavens there is only us and Brens playing!

Ah well, um, something difficult >.> *thinks*

Well not that difficult I think -

Dickens' character Ebenezer Scrooge is visited in 'A Christmas Carol' by how many ghosts - and can you say who they are?

Hrm..hopefully I don't confuse in Muppet Christmas Carol in here!
Jacob Marley (Plus his brother Robert in the Muppets! )
Ghost of Christmas Past
Ghost of Christmas Present, plus the two children of mankind which may or may not count, Ignorance and Want
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

I don't know if they were given more specific names. One definite ghost, plus three "Ghosts of", which are more..I dunno, phantoms or apparitions.

garancafan

looksee wrote: »

Heavens there is only us and Brens playing!

I'm playing too. Just not having the answers. Would have had "tibia" except Mrs gf had me applying my formidable intellect to adminstering weed-killer to the front paving! Keep the thread going. I'ts informative as well as being fun.

looksee

garancafan wrote: »

I'm playing too. Just not having the answers. Would have had "tibia" except Mrs gf had me applying my formidable intellect to adminstering weed-killer to the front paving! Keep the thread going. I'ts informative as well as being fun.

I wasn't being entirely serious there garancafan, certainly not mod-speaking. I think the thread is great fun, even if my contribution is mostly ignorance and wild guesses :P

Anyway Samaris is right about the ghosts, in fact I had completely overlooked the two children spirits - i was counting 4, so Samaris has it!

Jellybaby1

Samaris wrote: »

.....Jacob Marley (Plus his brother Robert in the Muppets! )
Ghost of Christmas Past
Ghost of Christmas Present, plus the two children of mankind which may or may not count, Ignorance and Want
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.....

A little known fact is that these four ghosts were also known as Eeny, Meeny, Miney, and Mo!

All right I'm not good at hard quizes - you'll just have to put up with my silly interruptions until ye ask a question I actually know the answer to, or even, to which I might know the answer.

Samaris

looksee wrote: »

Anyway Samaris is right about the ghosts, in fact I had completely overlooked the two children spirits - i was counting 4, so Samaris has it!

To be honest, I'd forgotten about them too, it's been years since I read the books. I'd just happened to read a Cracked article a couple of days ago that referenced them, so strangely timely question

In Cockney rhyming slang, what is a kettle?

A sample phrase might be "Nice kettle there, mate."

looksee

Ok, unless anyone happens to know, this is going to be good for guesses I cant think of anything offhand that rhymes with kettle so it may have to be one of those double ones, maybe pot? mot? (or is that Irish?) girlfriend? Doubt it somehow!

Samaris

Right track, it -is- a double term, and kettle isn't the part that rhymes (because Cockney slang is awkward that way!). It's not pot though, although good try.

garancafan

Samaris wrote: »

... "Nice kettle there, mate."

More likely would be: "Nice kettle there, me ol' china"

Samaris

Given this is a rather obscure one, I'll give the full phrase! "kettle and hob"

Jellybaby1

Probably like a 'tin of fruit' being a suit! There have been a lot of modern additions to rhyming slang but I'm guessing the kettle is an old one, but sadly, I don't know it.

Pulsating Star

Job?

Samaris

Nope, not job, it is an object.