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General Knowledge Question

 

1 In the British sitcom who is hiding The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies in his cafe. René Artois

2 In which ancient book did the grain refining operative, the saw bones, the religious adviser, and the soldier of fortune have their two bobs worth while on a stroll in Kent. Canterbury Tales

3 In which semi autobiographical novel by Mary Ann Evans does the love torn Maggie Tulliver struggle with her conscience? The Mill on the Floss

4 Which ancient Greek (470–399 BC) said,"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." Socrates

5 A slang form of greeting, especially amongst World War I Aussie soldiers [Hi] digger...sorry, NG, a spot of devious poetic licence there .. they would probably have said "Gday digger" :-)

6 Which English cricketer has scored more first-class runs and more first-class centuries than any other cricketer in the history of the game? Jack Hobbs

7 Who was Archbishop of Westminster from 1976 until his death in 1999? Basil Hume

8 With which shipping magnate did opera diva Maria Callas have a stormy 10 year love affair? Aristotle Onassis

 

Well done, eyebee. Any luck now with the keywords in bold for the connection?

 

Got it! The philosophers from Monty Python's Bruces' Philosophers' Song. For those who don't know it here are the words:

 

Immanuel Kant was a real pissant

Who was very rarely stable

Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar

Who could think you under the table

David Hume could out-consume

Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

And Wittgenstein was a beery swine

Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel

 

There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya

'Bout the raising of the wrist

Socrates himself was permanently pissed

 

John Stuart Mill, of his own free will

With half a pint of shandy got particularly ill

Plato, they say, could stick it away

Half a crate of whiskey every day

Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle

Hobbes was fond of his dram

And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart

"I drink therefore I am"

 

Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed

A lovely little thinker but a bugger when he's pissed.

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Yes, spot on eyebee. Post away.

 

In the actual words of the song I always preferred

Immanuel Kant was a real pisstank...

 

Answer to the other Pattaya local knowledge question

 

Where does JFK's creator dine Latino in Pattaya?

 

Director of "JFK" Oliver Stone on his regular Pattaya visits reckons that his mate (from Vietnam days??) Big Al does the best Tex Mex food and hamburgers in the world.

 

Big Al has 2 food stands, one outside the Atlantic Bar opposite Big C in N Pattaya, and another next door to Oasis Gogo on Soi Bukhao.

 

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