More Quintessential Quizzes: A Collection of Curious Words, Derivations, Literary Allusions, and Little-Known Oddities of Fact and Fiction PDF
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WB IUBI LuaiiiBWisauaBisiiu IBEESSSEZL^EM [jj232j2|gl£ EBliHiEIl Quizzes exert a strong hold over anyone with a lively and inquiring mind. This sequel to the very success ful Quintessential Quizzes includes hundreds of fascinating questions, many with unexpected answers, and should intrigue, entertain and stimu late the whole family. More Quintessential Quizzes is compiled by Norman Hickman, a native New Yorker, with adapta tions by Ian Gillies, winner of the Top Brain' award of the BBC's 'Brain of Britain' competition. It is introduced by Irene Thomas, herself a former Brain of Britain and regular member of the Round Britain Quiz team. Good luck in your attempts to outwit them! MORE QUINTESSENTIAL QUIZZES A Collection of Curious Words, Derivations, Literary Allusions, and Little-Known Oddities of Fact and Fiction NORMAN G. HICKMAN Adapted by Ian Gillies Foreword by Irene Thomas London UNWIN PAPERBACKS Boston Sydney First published in Great Britain by Unwin Paperbacks 1983 This book is copyright under the Berne Convention. No reproduction without permission. All rights reserved. Unwin® Paperbacks 40 Museum Street, London WC1A 1 LU, UK Unwin Paperbacks Park Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Herts HP2 4TE, UK George Allen & Unwin Australia Pty Ltd 8 Napier Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia © Norman G. Hickman, 1979, 1983 English revisions ©' Ian Gillies, 1983 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Hickman, Norman G. More quintessential quizzes. 1. Questions and answers I. Title II. Gillies, Ian 793.73 AG195 ISBN 0-04-793062-4 Set in 9 on 10 point Univers Medium by V & M Graphics Ltd, Aylesbury, Bucks and printed in Great Britain by Cox and Wyman Ltd, Reading FOREWORD Ever since the day when Oedipus solved the riddle of the Sphinx, quizzes have fascinated everyone who has a lively and inquiring mind. This book contains hundreds of intriguing questions, and some unusual answers which may cause many family arguments and much searching in reference-books to confirm half-remembered facts . . . like 'What was the name of Alexander the Great's horse?' ... 'Why is a boudoir so called?' ... or: 'Who wrote the words and music for "Stardust”?'. One of the categories I find most interesting is the one titled 'Who said it first?’ ... it's full of things I thought I knew! It's all good, clean fun, and has been admirably 'translated from the American' by Ian Gillies, who is an expert question setter himself, besides being 'Top Brain' in the BBC’s 'Brain of Britain' contest - a very rare and hard-won honour. Irene Thomas PUBLISHER'S NOTE This book is based upon the one volume The Quintessential Quiz Book first published in the United States of America. It has been anglicised by Ian Gillies for publication in two books. Many of the original questions are retained and the publishers acknowledge with thanks all those individuals who helped Norman Hickman in compiling his book. Thanks are due for permission to reprint from the following copyright material: Belloc, Hilaire, 'On His Books', Sonnets and Verse (London: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd.). Reprinted by permission of A. D. Peters & Co. Ltd., London. Churchill, Winston S., from Painting as a Pastime (London: Ernest Benn Ltd.). Reprinted by permission of Ernest Benn Ltd. Housman, A. E., When I Was One and Twenty' and A Shropshire Lad’, from authorised editions of The Collected Poems of A. E. Housman (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1939, 1940, 1965. Copyright 1967-68 by Robert E. Symons). Reprinted by permission of Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Nash, Ogden. 'The Pig', 'The Turtle', Verses From 1929 On (New York: Little, Brown & Co., 1933, 1940, 1930). Reprinted by permission of Little, Brown & Co. Schickele, Peter. The Definitive Biography of P. D. Q. Bach (London: Cassell Ltd., 1978). Reprinted by permission of Cassell Ltd. Thurber, James, Reprinted by permission of Mrs James Thurber for one cartoon caption copyright 1943 by James Thurber. Renewed 1971. From Men, Women and Dogs, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Originally printed in The New Yorker. CONTENTS Abbreviations 9 Magic and the Occult 75 Aliases 11 Meetings 77 American History 13 Mistresses 79 Archaeology 15 The Months of the Year 81 The Bible 17 Motoring 83 Big and Little 19 Mythology 85 Birds 21 Names on the Map 87 The British Isles 23 Openers 89 Business and Finance 25 Opera 91 Capitals 27 Peace 93 Cats and Dogs 29 Phrase Origins 95 Children's Literature 31 Plants and Trees 97 The Cinema 33 Prime Ministers 99 Clubs and Societies 35 Religion 101 Communication 37 R.LP. 103 Crime and Punishment 39 Rocks 105 Cricket, Rugby and Soccer 41 Royalty 107 Days and Dates 43 Science 109 Drink 45 Sculpture 111 English Literature 47 Sea Creatures 113 European History 49 Sherlock Holmes 115 Fictional Farewells 51 Ships and Boats 117 Flight 53 Spies and Traitors 119 Games 55 Three of a Kind 121 A Garden of Curiosities 57 Time and Tide 123 The Groves of Academe 59 Titles 125 Humour 61 Travels and Voyages 127 Hunting, Shooting and Weather 129 Fishing 63 Weights and Measures 131 Insults 65 Women 133 Jazz 67 World War II 135 Kith and Kin 69 X Certificate 137 The Law 71 Yiddish 139 McMacs 73 Endings 141
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