How certain phrases immediately identify the speaker - signature expressions, in other words. Try these:
1. Just the facts, ma'am. Never actually spoken by him as such but forever associated with which TV series?
2. I had a dream.
3. Peace in our time.
4. Nyet. This one's more difficult but it was a Russian Minister who became known as Mr. Nyet.
5. Friends, Romans, countrymen ... attributed, in the play, to whom?
6. Well he would, wouldn't he?
7. Is that a rocket in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me? Never actually said by her but in her idiom.
8. They couldn't hit an elephant at this dis - This one is more difficult. It was the American Civil war and he was General John ............?
9. My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack. Apocryphal and yet attributed to whom?
10. To boldly go ... Which series?
Answers
Dragnet, Martin Luther King, Chamberlain, Molotov, Marcus Antonius, Mandy Rice-Davies, Mae West, Sedgewick, Foch, Star Trek
"General Sir John ..": "Sir"? Really?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I think that it was either General John Barndoor or General John Fingerlicker.
ReplyDeleteDearieme - oops, you always catch me out. Now corrected.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean you "think that it was". You're allowed to peek at the answers, you know.
Come to think of it, old chap, you do know about highlighting the white bit below Answers, don't you?
And yes - it was fingerlicker. :)
And where's our music for tonight or do I have to go out and find it m'self?
ReplyDeleteDid someone request music?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RfSFpRuHaY
I would have thought Napoleon said #9
ReplyDeleteI'll do a Billy evening - already have tonight's.
ReplyDeleteFor some other evening:-
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6BB6Ne5HFM
Just viewed it - that's Sunday evening and will need to be viewed with the HQ.
ReplyDelete1. Just the facts, ma'am.
ReplyDelete???
2. I had a dream.
SUSAN BOYLE
3. Peace in our time.
GEORGE BUSH JR
4. Nyet.
UK BORDER PATROL OFFICER
5. Friends, Romans, countrymen ...?
TONY BLAIR
6. Well he would, wouldn't he?
HARRIET HARPERSON
7. Is that a rocket in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me? OSAMA BIN LADEN.
8. They couldn't hit an elephant at this dis...?
JFK
9. My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
RT HON BOB AINSWORTH MP
10. To boldly go ... Which series?
KOJAK
dearieme,
ReplyDeletela música es encantadora :)
of the questions, missed 3,4, 6, 8, 9...ah well :)
Some interesting answers here.
ReplyDeleteGoodness, got 7!
ReplyDeleteClever girl.
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