New Year Acronym Quiz

[barbelman]

If the Quizmeister will forgive me for such frivolity and to give HIM the chance of a few points (he can't enter his own quizzes!) may I offer the following collection of acronyms to solve. They are a mixture of songs, sayings, books and other miscellaneous things ;D.
An example is 100 P in a P which would be One Hundred Pence in a Pound.
Some are very easy and some are not as is the way with these things.
Barbelman

Half a point per answer perhaps?
(Each clue is preceded by a number in red so don't get confused - patronising....moi?)

1 7 W of the A W
2 [/font]E T the E T by S S
3 1st P the P
4 To K a M by H L
5 F F and O U
6 90 D in a R A
7 I A C, G M O of H
8 G, F and M
9 2’s C 3’s A C
10 D a D a F D
11 A P of G at the E of a R
12 No 10 D S
13 The D V C by D B
14 -273 K is A Z
15 2 P to a Q
16 2468 W D W A
17 Q P R F C
18 9 P in the S S (?)
19 P, the 12th S of the Z
20 1642 E C W
21 D or N D
22 650 S in H of C
23 2 H are B than 1
24 H P and the G of F
25 1666 G F of L
26 7 S of R
27 A K of E R M of Y
28 29 D in F in a L Y
29 S and S by J A
30 A B 2nd W of H the E
31 the W in the W by K G
32 2007, C Y of the P
33 the G of N by A M
34 D the D D
35 64 S on a C B
36 S, S, A, W, the 4 S
37 150 P of D in the O T
38 24 D, C E
39 2.2 P to a K
40 C 22 by J H
41 the C of the L B
42 N in a M of S
43 6080 F in a N M
44 B B B F
45 W A L in a Y S
46 T of T C by C D
47 N T S Y, T S Y N
48 57 H V
49 30 D H S A J and N
50 H V P and the K A

and for a wwhole bonus point
51 S T L S Q R

[Herr von Puebik]

Took me a while but I knew I'd get at least one :o :o
50 Herr von Puebik and the Kipling Award :P

Modified to get spelling of my name right :-/ thanks Tony I'll give myself a couple of points in my own league :-[ :P

Nice idea for a quiz, Tony.

Got my clever head on today:

1. Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
2. ET the Extra-Terrestrial by Steven Spielberg
3. First past the post
4. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
6. Ninety degrees in a right-angle.
8. Go forth and multiply
9. Two's company, three's a crowd
11. A pot of gold at the end of a rainbow
12. Number 10 Downing Street
13 The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
14. Minus 273 Kelvin is Absolute Zero
15 Two pints to a quart
16 2-4-6-8 Who do we appreciate ?
17 Queens Park Rangers Football Club
19 Pisces, the 12th sign of the Zodiac
20 1642 - English Civil War
21 Deal Or No Deal
22 650 Seats in the House of Commons
23 Two heads are better than one (as stated by Lembet Opik
) ;D
24 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
25 1666 - Great Fire of London
27 All Kinds of Everything Reminds Me Of You
28 Twenty-nine days of February in a Leap Year
30 Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry the Eighth
31 The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Graham
32 2007, Chinese Year of the Pig
33 The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean
34 Drop the Dead Donkey (ee-aw!)
35 Sixty-four squares on a Chess board
36 Spring, summer, autumn, winter - the four seasons
37 150 Psalms of David in the Old Testament
39 2.2 pounds to a kilo(gram)
40 "Catch 22" by Joseph Heller
41 The Charge of The Light Brigade
42 Never in a month of Sundays
43 6,080 feet in a Nautical Mile
46 Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
47 Nice to see Ya, to see Ya nice !
48 Fifty-seven Heinz varieties
49 30 days hath September, April, June and November

Better leave it at that I think, nearly taken an hour on my tea-break !

A mystery guest has provided the following answers. Here they are, word for word. I must say that his/her answer to number eight is far more accurate than mine!

8. Gold Frankincense and Myrrh

10 Doe a deer a female deer

18 Nine planets in the solar system, or are they????

26 Seven seas of rye

29 does not appear to have a clue, so could be anything. Tony has confused himself with the 29 in the previous question

33 The Guns of Navarone, but who wrote it

43 6080 fathoms in a nautical mile

45 We all live in a Yellow Submarine

and - ta da !!!!!!!
51 Should Tommo let serious quizzes run???????? Perhaps not!

[barbelman]

thedriver said:

Took me a while but I knew I'd get at least one :o :o
50 Herr von Puebic and the Kipling Award :P

Now you would thought that you (of all people) could SPELL it right - but correct!

Tony

[barbelman]

Well done Tommo, mystery guest, HVP and Lord C. - I must make it harder next time! ???

Points so far are
Tommo 20 points
Mysteryperson 2.5 points
Lord Cheeky 1.5 points
HVP 0.5 points

Just 5, 7 and 38 to get...

Tony

Okay, haven't given up yet.......

44. Better beginnings, better futures

and the newly-added 29 is
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.

and "Mystery guest" offers:
51 Should Tommo let serious quizzes run?

[barbelman]

tommo said:

Okay, haven't given up yet.......

44. Better beginnings, better futures

and the newly-added 29 is
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.

and "Mystery guest" offers:
51 Should Tommo let serious quizzes run?

Just 29 correct, Tommo.....

[Lord Cheeky]

44) Britsh Bar Billiards Forum
51) Sergeant Tommo's Lonley Sheep Quiz Room

[barbelman]

cheeky said:

44) Britsh Bar Billiards Forum
51) Sergeant Tommo's Lonley Sheep Quiz Room

Well done ;D Both right, Lord C - for 1.5 points

Just 5, 7 and 38 left

Tony

[Q]

I've only got one answer for you Tony.
F'e, MBH

[milhouse]

q said:

I've only got one answer for you Tony.
F'e, MBH

Feckin'eck My Balls Hurt ?

milhouse said:

q said:

I've only got one answer for you Tony.
F'e, MBH

Feckin'eck My Balls Hurt ?

My brain hurts (Freudian slip ?) LMAO, btw ;D ;D ;D

[CraigC]

Damn, missed this.

38 = 24th December, Christmas Eve.

[barbelman]

craicc said:

Damn, missed this.

38 = 24th December, Christmas Eve.

Correct!

Just two to get
5 F F and O U which you should ALL get although to some strange people it would be F F and O B!

7 I A C, G M O of H (think witchetty grub)

Just in from the "Mystery guest" :

"7 is: I’m a Celebrity, get me out of here;

Cannot get 5, but it should be what one says to one’s wife on New Year’s Eve:

FEELING FRUITY? And OPEN UP!"


:o :o :o

[Mark James]

Forty five & one up..... (don't you get that far, tommo? ;))

markjames said:

Forty five & one up..... (don't you get that far, tommo? ;))

Ah, no wonder I didn't get it. In Redhill we think of it in terms as being a "one down" rather than a one-up. ;)
And presumably Barbelman's reference is to the all-too-familar "forty five and - oh b*gger !" ;D

[barbelman]

tommo said:

markjames said:

Forty five & one up..... (don't you get that far, tommo? ;))

Ah, no wonder I didn't get it. In Redhill we think of it in terms as being a "one down" rather than a one-up. ;)
And presumably Barbelman's reference is to the all-too-familar "forty five and - oh b*gger !" ;D

It actually refers to those strange people ( :-*) who say forty five and one ball but I like yours better!

Quiz is all finished now

Tony

[barbelman]

Final points are thus;

Tommo 20 points
Mysteryperson 3 points
Lord Cheeky 2 points
HVP 0.5 points
Mark James 0.5 point

and a special 0.1 point award to Milhouse for interpreting Q's acronym so beautifully!! ;D

well done all
Tony

[Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.)]

I thought 5 was Free Fall and Oxford United :(