THE GREEK INTERPRETERS
Winter Meeting: February 3rd, 2011, Hershey's, E. Lansing
The members were treated to (or tortured by) two quizzes.
These were authored by: The Woman I and The Chemist. Click the name to see the quiz.
The members were treated to (or tortured by) two quizzes.
These were authored by: The Woman I and The Chemist. Click the name to see the quiz.
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The Greek Interpreters of East Lansing Presents A Quiz for a Wintry Evening Thursday, February, 3, 2011 The Adventure of Black Peter A Very, Very "P.C." Entertainment Prepared by Etta C. Abrahams, The Woman I |  |
Except for the last blanks in #11, 12, 13 & 22, All answers contain a word that begins either with the letter "p" or the letter"c"
1. "One should always look for a _____ alternative and _____ against it."
2. The above is the first rule of _____ investigation.
3. S.H. to S.H. : "I am the ______ and you are the master."
4. S.H. says he can't imagine a more "_____ _____" but S.H. says it doesn't seem _____.
5. James Lancaster was a little "Ribbston _____ " of a man.
6. At the behest of the _____ , Holmes pursued the case of the sudden death of the unoperatic _____ Tosca.
7. Holmes is known around ccertain unsavoury parts of London as _____ Basil.
8. One P.C. was, oddly, of this religion: _____ . (maybe that's why he didn't smoke)
9. When the "fit" was on him he was a _____ fiend.
10. The tobacco pouuch was made of this: _____ sealskin. (appropriate for a sealer)
11. C.P.R. couldn't help Black Peter,but it did spell out: _____ . _____ . _____ .
12. Not a lovebird by any stretch, Wilson was a notorious _____-_____ .
13. A Central American country listed between Argentine and San Paulo: _____ . _____.
14. Some called it an outhouse, but to Black Peter it was the "_____".
15. John Hopley Neligan wore a _____ . _____ .on his head, had a _____ .hand, and is grasped by his _____,
after which his _____ was relit and he became a wretched _____ .who wanted to speak _____.
16. Not by Bernie Madoff, but half the _____. families of _____. were ruined by the West Country bankers.
17. a strange metaphor for being harpooned, perhaps, P.C. was _____ . like a beetle on a _____. ( do beetles shriek?)
18. Neligan's pretence was "_____ golf".
19. In the darkness off the night, Watson imagines a "fierce tiger of _____". But man is the most dangerous game.
20. A Hugh of a "sallow" hue: _____.
21. Not the real McCoy, but the real owner of the pouch: _____ . _____.
22. It was self-defense claims the murderer, who says he killed, not murdered. The reason, Black Peter had a _____-_____.
23. It's off to Norway for Watson & Holmes: he'll send "_____ ".later.