| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Oct 29 01:14PM On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 16:30:32 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > Name *any* actor who played one of the four Mercer brothers. > A2. Adam and Eve had Cain, Abel, and this third son who is > mentioned in Genesis 4:25. Name him. Seth > A3. This novel has three brothers named Dmitri, Ivan, and Alexei, > and possibly a fourth, illegitimate brother named Pavel. Name it. The Brothers Karamazov > is to have a look. > B1. The 1970s punk band the Monks sang "shame about the boat > race". What were they referring to by the term "boat race"? Face > B2. Sometimes characters on the long-running British soap > "Coronation Street" get in trouble for telling "porkies". What > are porkies? Lies > Wilson, portrayed by Terence Stamp, says to a befuddled American, > "Can't be too careful nowadays, y'know? Lot of tea leaves about, > know what I mean?". So, what did he mean by "tea leaves"? thieves > C. The Early Modern Olympics > C1. In the 1896 Olympics, what was awarded for winning an event? A laurel wreath > the distance covered by the competitors changed with each new > Olympics through 1924, when the present standard was adopted. > What event? Marathon > C3. What was the first non-leap year when the modern Olympic > games were held? 1900 > example of how it works. We ask: "Singer Johnny and actor Grant." And > you say: "Cash and Cary (carry)". > E1. You find it on a duck and not in your home. down and out > E2. Sir John A. Macdonald and the Minister of Public Safety. > E3. It's a penalty for someone who maybe drives too fast and > someone who maybe cares too much about how his clothes look. fine and dandy > F. Tricky Southernmost Points > F1. The southernmost point of mainland Africa is not the Cape > of Good Hope, but it's fairly near there. What is it? Agulhas National Park > Island, but it's near there. Where is it? > F3. The southernmost point of Great Britain (the main island) > is not Land's End, but it's near there. What is it? Lizard |
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