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The Quinto Coño Christmas Quiz!

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elQuintoConyo · 01/12/2020 09:16

Here ye, here ye!

Day one of my Christmas Quiz Smile

All welcome, sadly no prizes - except a smug smile and a pat on your own back Grin

I'll post one question per day until Christmas Eve.

So, grab yourself a festive drink and snack of your choice and keep away from Google!

Bets of luck Xmas Smile

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FlibbertyGiblets · 07/12/2020 09:33

yy we wish you a merry Christmas.

HB to your young person, hip hip hooray etc.

Saisong · 07/12/2020 10:08

At last one I can answer without wringing my brains out - We wish you a merry Christmas!

And a very happy birthday to the little conyo (not a sentence I ever expected to write! Blush)

TrickyD · 07/12/2020 11:19

We wish you a merry Christmas and Happy Birthday to Coñyo child.

AdaColeman · 07/12/2020 12:25

At last one I know!
When he was little, DS used to sing "We wish you a merry Christmas and an apple in your ear"!

Happy Birthday to the Small Person! Cake Cake Cake

theconstantinoplegardener · 07/12/2020 12:30

Ooh yes, We Wish You A Merry Christmas! The first one I've been able to answer! Smile

InTheCludgie · 07/12/2020 14:10

We Wish You A Merry Christmas. A foggy pudding to go with a cup of good cheer!

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elQuintoConyo · 08/12/2020 10:23

Yes, We Wish You a Merry Christmas! I love the 'apple in your ear' Ada and the foggy pudding - apt for the freezing fog I've been reading on the news.

Question 8:

According to Dickens, just how dead was Jacob Marley?

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elQuintoConyo · 08/12/2020 10:25

And thanks for the birthday wishes for Mini Coño Grin he had an Among Us themed party with DH and me Cake

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TrickyD · 08/12/2020 12:47

Dead as a door nail.

AdaColeman · 08/12/2020 14:51

Marley is as dead as a door nail. I'm reading A Christmas Carol at the moment, I usually do in December, and this has also reminded me to dig out my DVD of Dickensian, which is a lovely December treat.

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elQuintoConyo · 08/12/2020 17:35

Yes! Dead as a doornail Xmas Grin

I'm going to have to look out for some fiendish Christmas facts, these are all too easy Xmas Blush

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TrickyD · 08/12/2020 21:47

We are all enjoying it, thanks for taking the time to do it. 👏

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elQuintoConyo · 09/12/2020 08:06

Aw, you're welcome TrickyD I do have a list of 67 questions I've garnered over the years!

Today's is mean Xmas Grin

Question 9:

Who wrote the original story of Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer?

Bonus smug: what other R-names were in the running?

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AdaColeman · 09/12/2020 09:26

I'd like it to be Hans Christian Andersen, but I don't think it is, he would have squeezed even more poignancy into the story!
No idea on the names, but Ragnar is my favourite R name.

Nowisthemonthofmaying · 09/12/2020 09:35

Rowen? Rupert? Robert? Reinhard? Richard?

No idea on the writer... L Frank Baum?

Luxplus · 09/12/2020 09:44

Robert may I think.
Only know the others name in Danish

TrickyD · 09/12/2020 09:54

Johnny Marks wrote the song but Robert May wrote the book which inspired it.
He could have been Rollo or Reginald.
It would have to be Reggie though to fit in the verse.

InTheCludgie · 09/12/2020 13:16

Roddy? No clue who wrote the book!

AdaColeman · 09/12/2020 15:51

Just as an aside from the A Christmas Carol question....
When King George IV visited Scotland in 1822, Sir Walter Scott arranged a lavish programme of dinners, receptions and balls and the catering contract for all these events was awarded to one Ebenezer Scroggie, whose name later became the inspiration for the character of Ebenezer Scrooge.

TrickyD · 09/12/2020 20:21

That is a fact worth remembering for future quizzes.

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elQuintoConyo · 09/12/2020 21:25

I thought Dickens had read ebeneezer Scroggle on a gravestone in an Edinburgh graveyard? with something about him being a 'meal man' but he misread it as 'mean man'? A man who worked with corn.

We google at our peril Xmas Grin

TrickyD has it again. It was Robert L May who wrote the story in 1939 for a department store called Montgomery Ward. R-names in the running included Rollo and Reginald.

Ragnar the Red Nosed Reindeer would have been a fine beast to behold!

For a bonus point for whoever can't sleep.... What the fuck is Myrrh? Xmas Grin

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TrickyD · 09/12/2020 21:58

I was told that Myrrh, which was used for embalming, was symbolic of Jesus’ death and suffering, gold representing kingship and francincense priesthood.

Ragnar would indeed be a great name for a reindeer. Better than Reginald certainly. This could become the Baby Reindeer Names forum.

Nowisthemonthofmaying · 09/12/2020 23:09

I think myrrh is a scented resin though I'm not sure what type of plant (tree?) it comes from...

AdaColeman · 10/12/2020 02:22

Yes, we are both telling the same Ebenezer Scroggie/Scrooge story but from differing viewpoints! Xmas Wink

I agree myrrh is another resin, associated with the birth and death of Jesus. Myrrh is an ingredient of sacramental chrism.

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elQuintoConyo · 10/12/2020 08:06

Myrrh yes, it was used to mask the scent of death and showed that he was destined to die, just like.... well, everyone tbf! Xmas Grin

Question 10:
Which group sang the iconic 1992 rave tune 'Ebeneezer Goode'?

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