Thursday’s questions were:
1. Who said: Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love.? And since it’s probably an easy guess, from which work does it come?
2. Who was Valentine and why is the celebration on February 14 named after him?
3. It’s cadeau in French regalo in Italian and Spanish and koha in Maori, what is it in English?
4. By what name is dianthus caryophyllus more commonly known?
5. Valentine’s Day is . . .?
Points for answers: (taking a chairtable view since none fully answered #2):
Andrei wins a virtual bunch of red roses, and good wishes to Little T on her birthday with four and a half right and a bonus for the full answer to #1.
Willdwan got four right, a bonus for imaginative reasoning for #2 and a smile for Mrs D.
Alwyn and J Bloggs also win a virtual bunch of red roses with four and a half right.
Answers follow the break:
1. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.
2. A Roman Catholic saint (patron saint of lovers, beekeepers and epiliepsy) who was martyred on this date.
3. Gift.
4. Carnation.
5. Whatever you choose it to be and as an incurable romantic I like a day devoted to celebrating love though have no need for commercial fripperies to do it.
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