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Title: New quiz
Post by: Borlotti on November 21, 2009, 16:52:51
Answers musical (stage/show and/or film).  Anyone want it before I bother to type it??
Title: Re: New quiz
Post by: Deb P on November 21, 2009, 17:57:21
Why not! ;D
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Post by: macmac on November 21, 2009, 18:15:54
C'mon Borlotti
it's dark-wet-miserable and I'm
BORED
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Post by: betula on November 21, 2009, 18:31:36
Get typing then B   ;D
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Post by: tomatoada on November 21, 2009, 20:08:24
I thought it would be here by now.
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Post by: small on November 21, 2009, 20:19:32
Bring it on.  I love musicals and I love a quiz.
Title: Re: New quiz
Post by: Borlotti on November 21, 2009, 21:01:12
Every answer is the title of a musical (stage show and/or film).  The clues may be cryptic, general knowledge or anagrams.  The number of words in each answer is shown in brackets.

1. Yul Brynner wouldn't have needed it! (1)
2.  What you may hear coming from the orchestra pit (4)
3. Agrees to redesign this musical (1)
4. The little orphan (1)
5. Still not too happy after Hugo (2)
6. My Italian Mum ! (2)
7. Mo rips nappy to make this musical (2)
8. An Antipodean magician? (4)
9. "Little Jesus sweetly sleep" because ...... (4
10. Dance in this, if you can get in (3)               
Title: Re: New quiz
Post by: Borlotti on November 21, 2009, 21:02:27
Next 10 after you get the first ten.
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Post by: Fork on November 21, 2009, 21:38:29
This should be fun!

Grease
The Sound Of Music
Hair
Annie
les Miserables
Mama Mia
Mary Poppins
The Wizard Of Oz
A Star Is Born
A Chorus LIne

wonder how many I got wrong!

Title: Re: New quiz
Post by: small on November 21, 2009, 21:47:13
Beat me to it, Fork, apart from 1 and 3 reversed I reckon you're right!
Title: Re: New quiz
Post by: Borlotti on November 21, 2009, 21:48:14
Well done, 1 is Hairspray and 3 is grease so that is good, 9 is wrong.  Do you want the other 10.
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Post by: Borlotti on November 21, 2009, 22:01:58
1. Is Hairspray

3. Is Grease (anag.).
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Post by: snipsnip on November 22, 2009, 00:54:53
9 We will rock you

snip
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Post by: . on November 22, 2009, 01:12:21


9 (b)
Jerry Springer The Opera ?
Title: Re: New quiz
Post by: Borlotti on November 22, 2009, 10:39:25
9. We Will Rock You (correct well done snip snip)
Part 2
11. An Irishman's spectrum (2)
12. Sanguinary siblings (2)
13. AA ferries around this musical (3)
14. What an Earl may call his blonde? (3)
15. What the little girl says to her toy? (2)
16. Nothing comes? Quite the opposite! (2)
17. Men on board used to play this (1)
18. Cat by night repeated round this musical (4)
19. A tale of the east? On the contrary! (3)
20. Group on drugs? (2)

13 and 18 are anagrams.
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Post by: saddad on November 22, 2009, 10:46:48
Quote from: Borlotti on November 22, 2009, 10:39:25
9. We Will Rock You (correct well done snip snip)
Part 2
11. An Irishman's spectrum (2)
12. Sanguinary siblings (2)
13. AA ferries around this musical (3)
14. What an Earl may call his blonde? (3)
15. What the little girl says to her toy? (2)
16. Nothing comes? Quite the opposite! (2)
17. Men on board used to play this (1)
18. Cat by night repeated round this musical (4)
19. A tale of the east? On the contrary! (3)
20. Group on drugs? (2)

13 and 18 are anagrams.

!2 is Blood Brothers
15 Oh Boy?
16 Anything goes
20 Take That?
Title: Re: New quiz
Post by: Borlotti on November 22, 2009, 10:49:35
12  Blood brothers
16 Anything goes
Correct  ;D ;D
afraid 15 and 20 wrong :( :(
Title: Re: New quiz
Post by: saddad on November 22, 2009, 10:50:43
I wasn't sure hence the ?
Can I knick some for another forum where I set some quiz questions?
:)
Title: Re: New quiz
Post by: Borlotti on November 22, 2009, 10:52:36
Well I nicked it from my Pensioners' magazine, written by Melvyn so don't suppose it matters.
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Post by: Poppy Mole on November 22, 2009, 10:53:40
15  Hello Dolly
19  West Side Story
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Post by: saddad on November 22, 2009, 11:00:23
They sound right Poppy
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Post by: Poppy Mole on November 22, 2009, 11:26:42
17 Chess
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Post by: Borlotti on November 22, 2009, 11:30:56
Correct Poppy, that cat looks like my neighbours cat that is still trying to get in the cat flap.
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Post by: Poppy Mole on November 22, 2009, 11:33:17
It a dead ringer for mine too.

13  Free as Air
Title: Re: New quiz
Post by: Borlotti on November 22, 2009, 16:04:22
13. Correct, Free as Air.

Do you want the answers now, or anyone else have a go?
Title: Re: New quiz
Post by: saddad on November 22, 2009, 16:45:45
Quote from: Borlotti on November 22, 2009, 10:39:25
9. We Will Rock You (correct well done snip snip)
Part 2
11. An Irishman's spectrum (2)
12. Sanguinary siblings (2)
13. AA ferries around this musical (3)
14. What an Earl may call his blonde? (3)
15. What the little girl says to her toy? (2)
16. Nothing comes? Quite the opposite! (2)
17. Men on board used to play this (1)
18. Cat by night repeated round this musical (4)
19. A tale of the east? On the contrary! (3)
20. Group on drugs? (2)

13 and 18 are anagrams.

I'll just bump these onto the 2nd page... might get some more atttempts
:)

11,14,18 and 20 to get
Title: Re: New quiz
Post by: . on November 22, 2009, 16:53:26


#20  High Society    :D
Title: Re: New quiz
Post by: Borlotti on November 22, 2009, 17:24:34
20, High Society correct.

11 is hard even with the answer.
14 is easy, very popular musical.
18 is very difficult anagram twice.
Title: Re: New quiz
Post by: Bugloss2009 on November 22, 2009, 17:26:00
Finnigan's Rainbow
My Fair Lady
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang  ;D

hello by the way  ;D
Title: Re: New quiz
Post by: Borlotti on November 22, 2009, 17:31:44
Very good, correct, we have someone clever on here.  Hurray. Congratulations.
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Post by: Bugloss2009 on November 22, 2009, 17:34:50
as of 5am today I got the winter vomiting bug. It took my mind off it. Thought i was a gonner about lunchtime
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Post by: Borlotti on November 22, 2009, 17:37:58
Sorry to hear that, hope you feeling a bit better, do you want another silly one.
Title: Re: New quiz
Post by: saddad on November 22, 2009, 18:27:10
Welcome to A4A Bugloss...  :) Hope you are feeling bettter soon!
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Post by: Poppy Mole on November 22, 2009, 20:23:08
Thanks for doing that - I enjoy quizzy things.