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Sunday Times/Faber Literary Quiz
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Are we all ready? At first glance it looks a stinker! Blondes 4: Bruce Gold? Drinks 3 is Alice Picture 1 is Michael Palin
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Dear Cybergeeks,
If you lack the wherewithal to complete the quiz on your own, or with the help of real friends, perhaps you should not participate. It is a grave shame that this webpage is the second to come up on a google search. More so that the real intelligence demanded by the quiz be debased by bitty mass participation. In fact, the prize is attainable given that the level of knowledge required is limited to so few Times readers. Perhaps these should be left to compete among their equals rather than this half-witted rabble.
Barry
P.S. The answer to number 4 is 'The Idiot'
If you lack the wherewithal to complete the quiz on your own, or with the help of real friends, perhaps you should not participate. It is a grave shame that this webpage is the second to come up on a google search. More so that the real intelligence demanded by the quiz be debased by bitty mass participation. In fact, the prize is attainable given that the level of knowledge required is limited to so few Times readers. Perhaps these should be left to compete among their equals rather than this half-witted rabble.
Barry
P.S. The answer to number 4 is 'The Idiot'
I trust the lack of suggestions today is because we are all busy and not because fellow readers have taken notice of the comments made by BarryJones. I have gained a great deal of pleasure over the past few years during this quiz season and I trust other contributors have too. For one, I do not expect to win - being British it's the taking part that counts! However, if Mr Jones considers himself widely read enough to compete against the best what is he doing 'Googling' the answers?
Dear all: Took Barry Jones advice and have been busy conferring with my real friends - sadly they are useless so will continue with present company! I thought that his comments might be a wind-up, it looks as if I may be wrong. Incidentally an anagram of Barry Jones is Barren Joys (I confess I googled this so perhaps I am a cybergeek. ). Back to business - did anyone else think I may have got it wrong with my Drinks suggestion - Alice in Wonderland or have alternative suggestion. Thanks
We really should feel sorry for Barry Jones that he feels the need to lash out in this way - I never knew that Times readers were such an elite group, I thought anyone could buy it!
Trying to get round to checking on the Alice answer - there's a copy around here somewhere. Have checked Departures 5 is definitely Winnie in The Secret Agent by Conrad. Also not sure if we confirmed Marriages 1 is Mrs Elton in Emma, but have also checked this.
Trying to get round to checking on the Alice answer - there's a copy around here somewhere. Have checked Departures 5 is definitely Winnie in The Secret Agent by Conrad. Also not sure if we confirmed Marriages 1 is Mrs Elton in Emma, but have also checked this.
Definitely Alice for Drinks 3. The 'nice-tasting' beverage is described below. 'However, this bottle was NOT marked `poison,' so Alice ventured to taste it, and finding it very nice, (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast,) she very soon finished it off.'
Thank you very much flapwing. i was finding that pretty tough! As I see it we need births 1 and 3, boobies5 and marriages 4. I am currently able to google all day and have been checking answers. I have to say some of the nasty commets by some are distressing as not everyone who enters is fit and well and a teacher. we older ones are using lots of our memories too.
