Quiz time

[Tonz]

Who wrote The Real Thing?

The Real Thing - Drama 1982 - Tom Stoppard
The Real Thing (Truth and Poer at the Coca-Cola company) - 2004 - Constance L Hays.
The Real Thing - Song - Tennesse Ernie Ford

[silentC]

Sorry, Zed, but it wasn't Russell Morris. He sang it but it was written by someone else. Someone unlikely I might add.

Tonz, in Australia there is only one real thing

[craigb]

Johnny Young.

Produced by Ian Meldrum

[silentC]

Yes!! I was starting to think I was making these too hard

[craigb]

Well if we're going to talk about ancient Australian music

Miles Ago is the title of an album by which Australian band ?

[Tonz]

Spectrum?

[craigb]

Yep.
Your turn

[Tonz]

See how many of these you can get.
Who were the famous riders of these horses?

Bucephalos
Black Bess
Arion
Copenhagen
Marengo
Babieca
Incitatus
Pegasus
Trigger
White Surrey
Midnight

[Driver]

Bucephalos - Alexander the Great
Black Bess - Dick Turpin (highwayman)
Arion
Copenhagen - Duke of Wellington
Marengo - Napoleon Bonaparte
Babieca
Incitatus - Caligula (don't think he rode the horse but he had him made a senator!)
Pegasus
Trigger - Roy Rogers
White Surrey
Midnight

Struggling with the rest.

Col

[arose62]

I knew Bucephalos and Trigger, so went googling for the others:

asking about Arion gave:
"Immortal Horses

Pegasus is perhaps the most familiar of Poseidon's equine offspring, but he is not the sole horse born of a unique union. Poseidon sires the horse Arion as well, one of several horses in Greek mythology to be endowed with immortality.

In other myths, Adrastus is not the sole master of Arion. Rather, the horse is first owned by Oncus. Herakles requests the horse for use in battle, and he then passes Arion into the hands of Adrastus."

Sheesh! Following on from just reading about the monk's spelling mistake (celibate for celebrate) makes me wonder if this bb is still family-rated.

I never knew until now that greek gods fathered horses.... my mind is still boggling. Did it happen every time? Did the poor mother know what she was about to give birth to? Did the midwife? Breastfeeding ? Nappy changing ?
Toilet training ? High chairs ?

Cheers,
Andrew

[silentC]

I think the lines between gods, humanity, and the animal kingdom were very blurred back then.

I nominate Driver as the next quiz master, seeing as he had most of them. All in favour?

[craigb]

Aye

[Tonz]

I
I nominate Driver as the next quiz master, seeing as he had most of them. All in favour?

Sounds fair enough...

The full answers I've got are..

Bucephalos - Alexander the Great
Black Bess - Dick Turpin
Arion - Hurcules
Copenhagen - The Duke of Wellington
Marengo - Napoleon Bonaparte
Babieca - El Cid
Incitatus - Caligula
Pegasus - Apollo
Trigger - Roy Rogers
White Surrey - Richard III
Midnight - Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates (in Rawhide).

[Driver]

OK

What was Tonto's real name (we're talking about the Lone Ranger's offsider, here, not our distinguished fellow member of this BB) and - apart from his fame as Kemo Sabay's mate, what else was he noted for?

[craigb]

Are you after the name of the actor who played Tonto?