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Now listen very carefully, Steve, I shall say this only once. In the film ‘Oklahoma!’ a man wooed a girl
with the promise of taking her out in his ‘posh’ carriage called a Surrey and he extolled the virtues of his
‘Shiny Little Surrey With A Fringe on the Top’. In true male fashion, he turned up in a clapped out, dirty,
dusty wagon.

Q239. Which plant is the source of the cloth, linen?
Flax fibres. (Not my ideal material as it creases if you so much as look at it).

Q240. What was the small pet which nurse Florence Nightingale carried everywhere with her?
Owl (Pre Harry Potter, here! She died aged 90 after spending the last 52 years of her life in bed!).

Q241. Which “Q” are Christians who gather in a place of worship called a “Meeting House”?
Quakers (they of oat fame!).

Q236. Is a mink considered an aquatic, semi-aquatic or non-aquatic animal?
Semi-aquatic (Best of both worlds!).

Q237. The children’s story Heidi was set in Germany & which other country?
Well, as it frequently mentiond the Swiss Alps, I’m willing to put my money on Switzerland.

Q238. Which English county are the racecourses Sandown Park & Epsom in?
Surrey (without a fringe on top!).

Q236. Is a mink considered an aquatic, semi-aquatic or non-aquatic animal?
I would guess semi-aquatic as, after escaping/being set free from fur farms by liberationists in the 60s, this North American invader set about gobbling up the UK’s water vole population.

Q237. The children’s story Heidi was set in Germany & which other country?
Switzerland?

Q238. Which English county are the racecourses Sandown Park & Epsom in?
Surrey.

Q233. In 1955, which city became the official capital of Wales?
Cardiff (Caerdydd in Welsh).

Q234. Which children’s TV cartoon character has a cat called Pilchard?
Bob the Builder

Q235. How many days were there in February 2000?
29 – a Leap Year.

Cardiff
Bob the ‘We can fix it’ Builder
29, if the year is dividable by 4 it’s a Leap Year.

coolonespa wrote:

Me too but mine were impacted so I had them out in hospital. Many a funny story there but not for the forum

Ha ha the mind boggles! Mine were also impacted and removed in hospital. I resembled a hamster storing food supplies for days afterwards. Not much fun as I was a secondary school teacher at the time and stoically went straight back to work.

Q233. In 1955, which city became the official capital of Wales?
Cardiff

Q234. Which children’s TV cartoon character has a cat called Pilchard?
Sounds familiar but I only know of Postman Pat and his black and white cat (Jess), and Bagpuss. Mr Benn? Bob the builder?

Q235. How many days were there in February 2000?
29 – my youngest son’s partner was born in a leap year and recently celebrated her 7th ‘birthday’!

Q230. What is another name for a German Shepherd dog?
Alsatian (and I still call them that).

Q231. What is the common name given to the 3rd molar teeth?
Wisdom (many people do not get them until their 20s, but I had mine through -
and out – when I was 14. Apparently due to the amount of antibiotics I had
to take – in particular, Tetracycline, which also discolours them – grrrr).

Q232. Which is the smallest British bird?
Goldcrest (for years I thought it was the wren, but as the question commonly
crops up in quizzes, I now know better).