The weather has suddenly got colder. It will be 4 C tomorrow and raining. So I’m having the outside of the house painted.
Two decorators arrived yesterday afternoon to leave their kit in the kitchen and leave the front door open for long enough for the internal and external temperatures to equalise. The job was supposed to start at the beginning of October but somehow it didn’t. I know it has to be done but what a joyless way to spend quite a lot of money while living in discomfort surrounded by equipment and draughts. Oh well, I could take up ocean cruising.
The squirrel baffler was delivered yesterday but I have been too cold to unpack it. There are no squirrels in the back garden to baffle but I hope it will stop the mice doing gymnastics on the bird feeder pole. Meanwhile may I baffle you? Friends sent me their daughter’s half term quiz. There are eighty questions so I’ll just give you the first ten as a taster.
1. What was regularly smuggled into the USA from Canada for 21 years, to honour a poet?
2. If you did not have a thermometer, or any scientific instrument, how could you measure the air temperature reliably?
3. Name three countries where English is at least one of the official languages.
4. How does some burnt bread in Canada link to a Ridley Scott film?
5. What was a Caesarean contribution to modern vanity?
6. What was the first (known) extra-terrestrial song?
7. Who is the only person in the country who doesn’t legally require a licence to drive?
8. How did some bubbles help a 1913 Ghost?
9. When might you get catty about a Hungarian list?
10. Why might the streets of England be paved with platinum & how could you retrieve it?
I can answer hardly any of these. I hope you will be providing answers in due course.
Francis
The other seventy questions are at least as hard. They are set for the third form at Oundle. Actually I can get more answers on Uni Challenge. I have applied for the answers.