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

garancafan

TIME FLIES? - YOU CANNOT! - THEY GO TOO FAST!

BrensBenz

garancafan wrote: »

TIME FLIES? - YOU CANNOT! - THEY GO TOO FAST!

Excellent! Off you go with your question.

garancafan

All right then. Taking a cue from the last question (excellent question btw):
Which composers were most closely associated with the Savoy Operas?

BrensBenz

garancafan wrote: »

Which composers were most closely associated with the Savoy Operas?

Hmmm, I saw "opera" and thought "oh well, it's leaba time for BrensBenz". But, as I tucked the woof into his leaba, I thought "Savoy?" opera. "That's not shoutie shoutie opera for obese people. That's the listen-to-able stuff that my grannie used to play. Her favourites were Gilbert and Sullivan so, final answer: Gilbert and Sullivan.

garancafan

Spot on. You are the very model of a modern major-general.

Over to you.

BrensBenz

The membership of the Masons, Ku Klux Klan, etc. is usually secret but, using a freedom of information request, I learned the identity of two members of the Loyal Order of Water Buffalo. Without peeking, can you name them? Of course, we don't want to endanger these people by "outing" them so.......use spoilers.

looksee

Wot eez zees Vater Buffalo (you have me at it now) of which you speak?

Edit: cheated, oh right!

Jellybaby1

Without peeking I'm going to say Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble!

garancafan

BrensBenz wrote: »

Hmmm, I saw "opera" and thought "oh well, it's leaba time for BrensBenz". But, as I tucked the woof into his leaba, I thought "Savoy?" opera. "That's not shoutie shoutie opera for obese people. That's the listen-to-able stuff that my grannie used to play. Her favourites were Gilbert and Sullivan so, final answer: Gilbert and Sullivan.

By obese people do you mean the audience or the performers (like these)?

Rubecula

BrensBenz wrote: »

The membership of the Masons, Ku Klux Klan, etc. is usually secret but, using a freedom of information request, I learned the identity of two members of the Loyal Order of Water Buffalo. Without peeking, can you name them? Of course, we don't want to endanger these people by "outing" them so.......use spoilers.

I can tell you one member of the "Buffs"... Yes tis yours truly Moi!

I joined the Buffs in 1999. Not really a secret organisation though, just an excuse to raise money for charity (and have a few drinkypoos with like minded folks ... and a bloody good laugh too.)

BrensBenz

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Without peeking I'm going to say Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble!

Correct! Mr. Flintstone and Mr. Rubble are honourary members of the Bedrock Chapter of Water Buffalo.

So, hit us with a question. I'm braced.

Jellybaby1

Steady on.......(loved the Flintstones by the way)hmmmm...lemme tink fer a minute!

Jellybaby1

OK, here goes, probably too easy for you clever people. There are some very talented people in the world, but a lot of 'em have something in common. So without peeking, and a wild guess will probably do, what do Jennifer Anniston, Whoopi Goldberg, Jamie Oliver, William Butler Yeates, and Oliver Reed have in common?

Samaris

Iiii am gonna make a guess that they all use noms de plume. Or don't use their original name as a public face, or however it's phrased.

BrensBenz

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

OK, here goes, probably too easy for you clever people. There are some very talented people in the world, but a lot of 'em have something in common. So without peeking, and a wild guess will probably do, what do Jennifer Anniston, Whoopi Goldberg, Jamie Oliver, William Butler Yeates, and Oliver Reed have in common?

First thought, when I was just halfway through the list of names, was that they have all allowed details of their soap opera ailments / fears / phobias to be carefully leaked to the meeja in an effort to maintain their celebriddy status.

However, W.B. Yeats and Oliver Reed had more than enough real talent not to have to resort to Max Clifford-type tactics.

As for the rest: someone famous for having a talented hairdresser; an unfunny comedienne and a cooking obnox. Hmmmm....Nope. I'm out.

(Was Oliver Reed allergic to water in his whiskey? Ohhh, no. That was WC Fields.)

Layinghen

Would they all be left handed?

Jellybaby1

Samaris wrote: »

Iiii am gonna make a guess that they all use noms de plume. Or don't use their original name as a public face, or however it's phrased.

Nope! Well, at least Jamie uses his real name, dunno about the rest.

Jellybaby1

Layinghen wrote: »

Would they all be left handed?

Trust you to put a spanner in the works Hen, I haven't a clue if they were all left-handed or not. That's not what I'm looking for though. Keep going.

looksee

They all wrote poetry, or at least one wrote poetry and the others wrote pomes.

Jellybaby1

looksee wrote: »

They all wrote poetry, or at least one wrote poetry and the others wrote pomes.

I suppose Jamie might have written an ode or two to one of his oily creations, but no, that's not it either. On, on, on.

Jellybaby1

........I can hear wheels and cogs turning...

Samaris

BrensBenz wrote: »

First thought, when I was just halfway through the list of names, was that they have all allowed details of their soap opera ailments / fears / phobias to be carefully leaked -

By any chance do they all share a specific ailment?

Edit: Are we allowed more than one guess?

Jellybaby1

Samaris wrote: »

By any chance do they all share a specific ailment?

Edit: Are we allowed more than one guess?

Go for it Samaris!

BrensBenz

Samaris wrote: »

By any chance do they all share a specific ailment?

Edit: Are we allowed more than one guess?

Come on, Samaris. I think we're getting close!
Here's a few "allergies" that I've actually (yes, really) heard. And not from celebriddy airhead TV shows. Well, mostly from people who "think" they should be on celebriddy airhead TV shows:

Spiders? (Not really original enough.)
Spanish Euro coins? (Obviously not applicable to W.B. Yeats.)
Aeroplanes with less than four engines?
Dogs with spikes on their collars?
Lemon curd?
Ship's compass?
Adhesive on the back of stamps?
Taking batteries out of appliances?
Sitting in the back seat of cars?
Chicken?

How about "they all have a phobia of marzipan?"

So, JellyBaby1, on a scale of 1 - 10, how warm are we?

Samaris

BrensBenz wrote: »

Spiders? (Not really original enough.)
Spanish Euro coins? (Obviously not applicable to W.B. Yeats.)
Aeroplanes with less than four engines?
Dogs with spikes on their collars?
Lemon curd?
Ship's compass?
Adhesive on the back of stamps?
Taking batteries out of appliances?
Sitting in the back seat of cars?
Chicken?

Some of those are amazing. I wonder what the technical term for an allergy to two-engined planes is?

Hm, so it's something that both genders can have, so that cuts out a certain amount of..well, anything pregnancy-related. I'm coming down to speech impediment at some point in their lives, or dyslexia.

BrensBenz

Samaris wrote: »

I wonder what the technical term for an allergy to two-engined planes is?

Dunno but there is a cure which even non-qualified people can administer. You grab the eegit poor unfortunate victim by the lapels and give them a good shake. In fact, this will work with pretty much all of that list.

Speech impediment has possibilities though:
Anniston talks through her nose but then all Yank women do;
Jamie Oliver can't talk but that has been obligatory on the BBC for decades;
Oliver Reed slurred but we know why. Did he have a stammer in his youth?;
Whoopie Goldberg's grammar is appalling but that too is obligatory among American black folks.

I thought maybe a fear of flying but W.B.Yeats would have been flying before a fear of flying became trendy. But....Hmmm....Didn't he write a poem, from the point of view of a pilot about to die?

I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above.....

OK. Best guess: They all have or had a fear of flying.....when a fear of crashing would make a lot more sense.

Layinghen

Hmmmmm, I'm leaning towards dyslexia........

Jellybaby1

YES!! They were all dyslexic! Samaris mentioned dyslexia before Layinghen did. So Sam, your turn I believe.

(now wasn't that entertaining?)

garancafan

Samaris wrote: »

I wonder what the technical term for an allergy to two-engined planes is?

How about "bimotoaviophobia". I looked it up and it doesn't exist. So I hereby invent it.

BrensBenz

Samaris wrote: »

I wonder what the technical term for an allergy to two-engined planes is?

garancafan wrote: »

How about "bimotoaviophobia". I looked it up and it doesn't exist. So I hereby invent it.

Very good, but three-engined planes were also included. So, most McDonnell Douglas and some Boeings (early 727's) are no-nos too. Perhaps "minusquattuoraviophobia" to cover single, twin and tri-engined aircraft?

PS: Aren't phobias usually expressed in Greek? Although people were still speaking Latin when I was a chiseller, I wasn't allowed to play with the Greek boys so I never learned Greek.

OldGoat

BrensBenz wrote: »

PS: Aren't phobias usually expressed in Greek? Although people were still speaking Latin when I was a chiseller, I wasn't allowed to play with the Greek boys so I never learned Greek.

Hybrid words abound. Aquaphobia for one. Homophobia is another. As is television. Automobile.

Samaris

Hurrah! Well, that one was a bit of a team effort

Ok then, who (or what) are Huginn and Muninn?

looksee

I feel obliged to suggest some species of gods?

Samaris

Nope, but on the right track.

BrensBenz

Samaris wrote: »

Hurrah! Well, that one was a bit of a team effort

Ok then, who (or what) are Huginn and Muninn?

Again. local knowledge! Huginn and Muninn are Norse ravens (the black raven is a popular mascot in NCD; "Fingal" is where our Viking ancestors went for their holidays). Huginn and Muninn were a little like U2 aircraft, doing reconnaissance for Wednesday I mean Odin.

Norse mythology is fascinating and, if you also find it so, visit Iceland!

Samaris

BrensBenz wrote: »

Again. local knowledge! Huginn and Muninn are Norse ravens (the black raven is a popular mascot in NCD; "Fingal" is where our Viking ancestors went for their holidays). Huginn and Muninn were a little like U2 aircraft, doing reconnaissance for Wednesday I mean Odin.

Norse mythology is fascinating and, if you also find it so, visit Iceland!

Indeed so! And hah, someday I shall - I'd love to see the geography of the place; it's amazing from the landscape pov as well as the history.

You're up then, Brens!

BrensBenz

OK.

Well, I'm sure these two are among Jellybaby's favourites (not) but what have Little Richard and Neil Young got in common?

Hint: It has nothing to do with their careers - more to do with events during their childhoods.

JB: Go on, go on, go on, go on, have a little listen, just a tincey wincey little listen, go on, go on, on......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jmNe77vces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2coygw1HT0

looksee

Who?

Jellybaby1

BrensBenz wrote: »

....JB: Go on, go on, go on, go on, have a little listen, just a tincey wincey little listen, go on, go on, on......

Whaddya mean? NOT? I'll have yiz all know that I AM an ageing rock'nroller, and proud of it an' all! I used to rock mah crib to those toons y'know. Don't know the answer but I know I should as I've watched a bio-docu-programme about Mr. Young but nothing occurs to me at the minute. Might ask himself as he's a hooge fan of Neil Young. At a wild and crazy guess I'll try childhood illnesses?

BrensBenz

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

At a wild and crazy guess I'll try childhood illnesses?

Just thought that, since neither of them has ever appeared in a musical that you wouldn't..........oh, never mind. Actually, did Little Richard make a cameo appearance in "The Girl Can't Help It"? Hmmm? Not sure!

"Childhood illnesses" is good but more detail required. Consequences? I think conferring with himself is allowed.

Jellybaby1

BrensBenz wrote: »

...."Childhood illnesses" is good but more detail required. Consequences? I think conferring with himself is allowed.

Ah, so I'm on the right track.

Childhood diseases......mumps, German measles, measles made by other countries, colic, whooping cough, scarlah fever, chickenpox, croup, polio, rickets as in RUN, Forest, RUN', and last but not least that other childhood disease, infantile paralysis which some may say is like polio but more infantile. Well, am I any warmer?

Regarding 'conferring with himself'. I never even asked!

Samaris

Hrm, long term consequences of illness...deafness seems a wee bit unlikely, Beethoven notwithstanding. Damaged eyesight?

BrensBenz

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Ah, so I'm on the right track.

Childhood diseases......mumps, German measles, measles made by other countries, colic, whooping cough, scarlah fever, chickenpox, croup, polio, rickets as in RUN, Forest, RUN', and last but not least that other childhood disease, infantile paralysis which some may say is like polio but more infantile.

Samaris wrote: »

Hrm, long term consequences of illness...deafness seems a wee bit unlikely, Beethoven notwithstanding. Damaged eyesight?

You're both sort of warmish but I'm really looking for (I suppose) life time "consequences" of a childhood disease. Richard and Neil (they insist on me calling them by their first names) are by no means unique in having this consequence of a certain disease caught during their childhood but, if I gave you the name of the best known survivor, the game would be up.

By the way, maybe I've misled you slightly - this disease attacked adults as well as children. Neil and Richard just happened to be affected during their childhood and have the same consequence.

Jellybaby1

Dyslexia? But you wouldn't be that sneaky now would you? To turn the tables like that?

garancafan

Tone deafness, surely.

BrensBenz

garancafan wrote: »

Tone deafness, surely.

Mods, come on! Grasp the ban hammer in both hands and smite this...this....Philistine.....on the bonce....really hard.

BrensBenz

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Dyslexia?

No. Wrong direction entirely. Their "consequences" are visible.

Samaris

Huh... a limp?

BrensBenz

Samaris wrote: »

Huh... a limp?

Excellente! You've played this before. They both have minor deformities of the leg, caused by polio, causing slight limps.

And silver medal for Jellybaby1.

I was reading about survivors of polio and the author was suggesting that the will power required to overcome that dreadful disease made the victims stronger and more determined to succeed. Other survivors are Joni Mitchell, Donald Sutherland, Alan Alda, Mia Farrow and, yes, Johnny Weissmuller!

The most obvious victim, whose name would have given the answer away was, of course, Ian Dury.

Your turn, Samaris.

Samaris

Huh! I have to admit, that was just a guess based on a physical issue caused by illness. Even the name Ian Dury wouldn't have told me anything.

Hrrrrrm. Uhm.

What is a tittle?