to think that asking the literal translation of 'hors d'oeuvre' in a monthly pub quiz

[Ormirian]

is pushing the envelope a bit?

I got it wrong when I tried and I know a little French. And do you know what a 'tawse' is, or the name for the phobia of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth?

DH is sorting the quiz this month and he let me read the questions last night. I told him he was expecting a bit much.

It's not bloody University Challenge. I think we will be lynched....

Well I know the answers to two out of three of those. But I never know any sports answers when it comes to quiz questions.

Did you solid? Which ones? I could have a stab at horses doovers but I got it wrong - I thought it meant 'out of work' and I have a vague idea what a tawse was.

Is it multiple choice?

the literal translation for hors d'oeuvre is "out of work", so you were correct

YABU. You need some testing ones to sort the wheat from the chaff and give the ones on their i-phones chance to shine... There is inevitably one person that knows the word 'arachibutyrophobia' and may have been waiting their whole life to use that knowledge.

Yes chil - DH did Because he watches and inwardly digests QI!

And I suspect that given the usual calibre of quiz teams in our pub, we'd not have enough wheat for a single bread roll.....

But it doesn't mean 'out of work' in the sense we mean it - it means apart from the main work - ie not the main meal.

I knew two of them, but not the peanut butter one. I'd like to though.

It sounds like a great quiz! Can I come? Far better than the usual football/Coronation street questions you usuall get.

Tawse is a whip or cane?

Do I get a point?

Maybe your DH can post the questions here - we can have an MN Pub Quiz night!

TL: No. Were I the quizmaster I'd produce such an article and wield it.

THWACK!

OK. Will mean a lot of typing though

Yes well done that gal! A tawsw is an instrument of physical punishment in Scotland.

Aha! Solid now I know how you knew

yeah but do you know what a tregus is?

i cannot balance my bank account, keep my house tidy, not get in trouble at work for general uselessness, but I know what a tregus is ...

i also know that a killer whales willy is 8 feet long

i stopped going to our local quiz coz the questions were about real knowledge, not just the bits of crap that I know

Well Paula, if you mean tragus it's the bit of ear cartilage attached to your face and sticks out a little, but not the shell-like bit.
I want to get mine pierced!

Dh enjoyed poncing about with the mic .

There were only 3 teams there and just the clever ones. One got horses doovers right, w got tawse and no-one got the peanut butter one.

He got a round of applause at the end and was v pleased with himself