1. Which novel opens: “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” and who is the author?.
2. Who said: “Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess “?
3. What are malbec and tempranillo?
4. In which ocean is Madagascar?
5. It’s feu in French,fuoco in Italian, feugo fuego in Spanish and ahi in Maori, what is it in English?
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1 Eric Blair t/a George Orwell 1984,
2 Mark Hotchkin
3 wine grapes
4 Indian
5 Ready? Aim: Fire!
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(1) George Orwell’s 1984
(2) Oscar Wilde
(3) Varieties of grape
(4) The Indian Ocean
(5) Fire
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If this was last weeks quiz I knew all of the answers then but only one now – bugger!!
1. Pass
2. Mae West
3. Pass
4. Indian Ocean
5. Pass
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1) 1984 by George Orwell
2) I appear to have got my one quote for the year
3) grapes or the wines made from them (French and Spanish respectively)
4) The Indian Ocean (Madagascar being actually attached to India ~85 million years ago)
5) Hmm, don’t know… Pot au feu is beef stew but it’s not ‘beef’ and I can’t imagine it’s stew either.. I’ll guess it’s ‘to cook’?
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1 1984?
2 Oscar Wilde.
3 Grapes.
4 Indian.*
5 Fire/Hot.
* The only one I am 100% sure about. I know someone who is an engineer constructing a dam there at present. It is quite a developing country now despite crazy politics.
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1. Pass.
2. pass.
3. Pass
4. Indian.
5. Fire ( Terra del FUEGO )
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