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#200540 - Tue Nov 11 2003 03:39 AM Quiz Help please!
PurpleFan Offline
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I am stuck on these four questions. All help is appreciated. Thanks.

2 When will the copyright to the song Happy Birthday to You run out?
It already has, 2004, 2010, 2020, 2030, 2037, 2040

3 Where is the twice-weekly Thieves' Market held?
Barcelona, Granada, Lisbon, Antwerp, Morocco ,

9 Which bird make a cry sounding something like "a little bread and no cheese"?
Robin Redbreast, House Sparrow, Yellowhammer, Magpie, Blue Tit

10 Which part of the tongue registers bitterness?
Front, Back, Left, Righ,t Middle

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#200541 - Tue Nov 11 2003 03:52 AM Re: Quiz Help please!
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#9 Yellowhammer
10 Back of the tongue
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#200542 - Tue Nov 11 2003 04:03 AM Re: Quiz Help please!
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Q3 looks like Lisbon. See here
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#200543 - Tue Nov 11 2003 04:07 AM Re: Quiz Help please!
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And Happy Birthday becomes 'public domain' in 2030. Snopes.com has a very interesting story on it here.
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#200544 - Tue Nov 11 2003 04:21 AM Re: Quiz Help please!
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Dear ren & ozzzz2002,
Thank you both so much. I never would have found any of those answers without you both. I appreciate it.
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#200545 - Tue Nov 11 2003 10:24 AM Re: Quiz Help please!
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Question 9: It's the Yellowhammer.
http://www.croghannationalschool.com/yellowham.html
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#200546 - Tue Nov 11 2003 12:52 PM Re: Quiz Help please!
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Uroborus, Thank you for that interesting link! I had never heard of a yellow hammer so it was nice to learn something new! I appreciate your help.
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#200547 - Sun Nov 16 2003 01:21 AM Re: Quiz Help please!
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Your very welcomed, PF. However, I think I owe ren33 an apology, as I didn't realize that ren had already posted the answer. The link was still cute, however. Sorry Ren!
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#200548 - Sun Nov 16 2003 01:41 AM Re: Quiz Help please!
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Absolutely nothing to apologise for. It was an interesting link, and thanks.
Most British Schoolchildren seem to know that that is what the Yellowhammer says. I wonder why that is?
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#200549 - Tue Nov 18 2003 05:41 PM Re: Quiz Help please!
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I'm not from Britain, but I'm guessing that the Yellowhammer has a fairly prominent place in British folk wisdom. I wonder who coined that delightful phrase describing the Yellowhammer's call.
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#200550 - Tue Nov 18 2003 07:26 PM Re: Quiz Help please!
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Well, thanks Uroborus, that sent me off on a very interesting'Google', I found out that, yes, it comes from English country lore indeed. However, the Yellowhammer seems to be the state bird of Alabama. There is no mention in any USA sites of that call, though.
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#200551 - Tue Nov 18 2003 08:00 PM Re: Quiz Help please!
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Thanks for the info, Ren. That Alabama thing comes as a bit of a surprise, as in my superficial research on the bird led me to assume that the bird only lived in Europe. I'd never heard of the bird before this thread! Thanks.
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