Index : Q : Quotation Marks

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Quotation Marks

• Which word describes the inverted commas used in "quotation marks"? ( goto )



• When writing a work of prose is it necessary to put the thoughts of a character into quotation marks or italics? ( goto )



• I suspect many languages don't have punctuation marks at all but apart from subtle changes (like European style quotation marks) does any language use an entirely different system of punctuation marks to English? ( goto )



• What causes birth marks? ( goto )



• What is the meaning of Shakespeare's quotation, "To be or not to be, that is the question"? ( goto )



• Who first designed proofreaders marks, and when? ( goto )



• What Johnny Marks favorite was introduced by Burl Ives? ( goto )



• Is it possible to determine a vehicle's speed by measuring skid marks? ( goto )



• Which quotation from Richard 111 described a period in the late 1970's? ( goto )



• What was used to erase the pencil marks before there was rubber for erasers? ( goto )



• What is the name for the marks on Jesus Christ's body caused by the nails? ( goto )



• Is there anyone called Mark Spencer who works for Marks and Spencer? ( goto )



• What is the famous quotation which appears on one side of the British 2£ coin? ( goto )



• Does anybody know what marks the central most point in the Irish Sea? ( goto )



• Can anyone come up with the origin of the quotation, "Cometh the hour; cometh the man"? ( goto )



• What is the source of the quotation "Against ignorance [even] the gods [themselves] strive in vain"? ( goto )



• What 70's tune had the lyrics "two black eyes and knuckle marks on his head"? ( goto )



• Which pop group has one song with a Tagalog chorus and another that was promoted with question marks? ( goto )



• Packs of which famous global brand have a well known Caesar quotation on them and why? ( goto )



• Which famous quotation, now associated with empty promises, was originally a pun on the usage of a Latin word? ( goto )



• This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Trafalgar's battle. Why was Admiral Nelson killed and what happened to Vice-Admiral Villeneuve? ( goto )



• I thought, "Don't just do something, stand there" was a famous quotation but I'll be blowed if I can find it? ( goto )



• It beggars belief that "begs the question" went begging. What does the quotation mean and which Grecians earned the egregious laurels? ( goto )



• Who was the author of this [approximate] quotation: "All the world is mad but me and thee, and I think I have doubts about thee?" ( goto )



• Sorry my previous question should have been: The answer is the form of a shakespearean quotation,The question is:- A play - Illusion and reality - play on words. (11,3,12,3,4) ? ( goto )



• This weekend marks the start of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. Name the host city of the last Winter Olympics staged in the same year as the Summer Olympics. ( goto )



• What links Prospero, the quotation "How far this little candle throws his beam! So shines a good deed in a naughty world", and the Bible? ( goto )



• In what movie is the exchange between the prosecutor and an automotive expert about the equipment used to analyze tire marks taken almost verbatim from an actual court transcript? ( goto )



• Which book by George Eliot does this quotation come from: 'Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking'? ( goto )



• His early biographer (better-known as an expert on fishing) claimed that this man was quite a rake in his youth, and an unusual portrait that is now the subject of a frantic fundraising campaign seems to confirm the description. Today, most people know him best as the author of a famous quotation, which inspired the title of an important novel. Who was he, what is the quotation, and who wrote the novel? ( goto )