Thursday’s quiz

1. Who said: A women who doesn’t wear perfume has no future.

2. Who sang Je ne regret rien?

3. Which is France’s (and Western Europe’s) highest mountain?

4. Which city is regarded as the Paris of the Southern Hemisphere?

5. It’s rire in French, ridere  in Italian, reír in Spanish and kata in Maori, what is it in English?

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8 Responses to Thursday’s quiz

  1. Andrei's avatar Andrei says:
    14/07/2011 at 12:14 pm

    (1) Mae West?

    (2) much easier : Edith Piaf

    (3) Mont Blanc

    (4) Lot’s of cities lay claim to be the Paris of the …….. Show’s insecurity in their own identity if you ask me but let me guess that it isn’t Oamaru.

    (5) Laugh

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  2. bulaman's avatar bulaman says:
    14/07/2011 at 12:15 pm

    1) Channel
    2) Piaf
    3) Mount White or White mountain
    4) Nowhere in the southern hemisphere has that much dog shit in the streets! Buenos Aires?
    5) ride? on ya bike??
    Cheers

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  3. Cadwallader's avatar Cadwallader says:
    14/07/2011 at 1:30 pm

    1 Coco Chanel.
    2 Piaf.
    3 Mt Blanc.
    4 Vientianne (sp) the capital city of Laos.
    5 Go away! Or for Labour supporters “…. off!”

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  4. Cadwallader's avatar Cadwallader says:
    14/07/2011 at 1:49 pm

    #4 I just realised Laos is not in the Southern Hemisphere…a guess Montevideo? My travel agent says Vientiane (sp) is the “Paris of the Orient!” (That’s worth .25 of a point, surely?)

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  5. Andrei's avatar Andrei says:
    14/07/2011 at 2:30 pm

    Vientianne is the Paris of the Orient Cadwaller … well I’ll be!

    I always thought Baku was the Paris of the East so I did a double take then saw that you had written “Orient” rather than “East”.

    Relieved that my whole world hadn’t been turned upside down by this new and startling knowledge that there were two Paris’s of the East I went to google and searched and too my utter dismay I found

    Paris of the East may refer to:
    Beirut, Lebanon
    Bucharest, Romania
    Budapest, Hungary
    Casablanca, Morocco
    Ghazni, Afghanistan
    Hanoi, Vietnam
    Kolkata, India
    Lahore, Pakistan
    Shanghai, China
    Warsaw, Poland

    And while I was familiar with this claim for Beirut I wasn’t aware that this claim had ever been made for any of the other cities listed.

    And even worse neither Vientianne nor Baku appear.

    My guess is that the claim for Baku comes from the citizens of that fair city who long ago bailed and moved to Moscow, it being a place which might best be admired from afar.

    I would relieve the sense of unease all this has caused me with a stiff Vodka but alas some ninny has, for my own good I understand, just increased the excise duty on it to save me from myself.

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  6. Cadwallader's avatar Cadwallader says:
    14/07/2011 at 7:41 pm

    I see a problem with this poser. I suggest that the question be restricted to the “Paris” of NZ.

    Despite the “Rues” in Akaroa it cannot be that locale as it doesn’t have a river.
    That leaves Balclutha…fail!
    Hamilton…Fail!
    Riverton…no Guyton squirms there.
    Wanganui by either spelling…nah!
    Of course..Palme Nord!!! Boulevards. Cold winters. A university on the South Bank.

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  7. gravedodger's avatar gravedodger says:
    14/07/2011 at 9:03 pm

    1 Coco Chanell.
    2 you sing it I’ll hum it.
    3 Mont Blanc.
    4 Noumea.
    5 Laugh

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  8. adam2314's avatar adam2314 says:
    14/07/2011 at 9:24 pm

    1. Chanel.
    2. Edith Piaf.
    3. Mont Blanc.
    4. Buenos Aires.
    5. Laugh.

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