1. What is a forecastle?
2. Who said “The world has grown suspicious of anything that look like a happily married life”?
3. Who is the MP for Otaki?
4. Who wrote Middle Age Spread?
5. It’s félicité in French, felicità in Italian, felicidad in Spanish, and koanga in Maori, what is it in English?
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(1) This is the fore part of a ship, pronounced foc’sle
(2) Too Easy – Oscar Wilde
(3)Not the unlamented Darren Hughes who until recently was in Parliament despite losing it to Nathan Guy Thanks MMP
(4)Roger Hall
(5) Happiness and give rise to the girls name Felicity
1 The enclosed upper deck forward of the forward mast on a multimast ship,normally crews quarters.
2 Oscar Wilde but has been a foundation plank of Labour Party Policy since the 90s.
3 The Hon Nathan Guy who defeated the late unlamented (politically) Darren Hughes last election but he, Hughes slipped back in on the “List”.
4 Rodger Hall.
5 Good wishes, blessings.
1. For’ard part of a ship above the cable locker used as crew quarters.
2. Oscar Wilde. ( To droll for Mark Twain .)
3. Pass.
4. Rodger Hall.
5. Felicitations. ( An expression of good wishes ).
1 The bit up the front of the boat where we matelots lived;
2 Helen Clark;
3 Some guy whose name escapes me;
4 Roger Hall;
5 Lucky, which is what I’ll be if I get any of these right…
1. The castle between the third and the fifth ones.
2. Zsa Zsa Gabor.
3. Can’t think of a joke so I’ll say Nathan Guy.
4. Rodney Hide.
5. don’t know and can’t think of a joke. Sorry.
Damn .. Damn.. Damn.. I think he has got it..
Paul Tremewan says.. Helen Clark..
One point less for me..
Front end of a ship
Oscar Wilde
Nathan Guy
Roger Hall
Happiness
1. Front part of ship – covered I think.
2. Mae West
3. Nathan Guy
4. Roger Hall
5. Not sure you don’t mean Kotanga in Maori – which is what you hang your clothes on. Just as Kaitaia is Meals on Wheels.
Re 3: I was going to add a little something about Otaki and suggest vacant: gay abandon…but that would have not been polically correct and sensitive and too new rage, so I will refrain.
pdm: love the meals on wheels!
Re 3 – now that I’ve read your original answer with my brain in gear you’ve got another point.
1. The place to be at sea.
2. Some-one in a wild place.
3. A Guy place.
4. I don’t know who wrote it, but I placed some on my toast this morning.
5. A happy place
Zen – I’ve updated Friday’s answers post to award you three right and a bonus for wit.