Fix the Fracture Trivia Quiz

Answer: move to the music

Bail Heed Ant Sir = belly dancer or ballet dancer

Which type of dancer you envision will depend on how you pronounce the fracture, but it doesn't really matter, as any proficient dancer is, by definition, moving to the music. Belly dancing is a Western term to describe a style of dancing common in the Middle East whose movements focus on the torso and undulation of the hips. Ballet developed in 15th century Italy, and involves presentation of a dramatic story, usually on a stage and involving multiple dancers, although there may well be solo pieces featuring one of the main characters.

Answer: could be more helpful

Know You Said All = No use at all

Something or someone who fails to provide meaningful assistance (often in some moment of at least semi-urgency) may earn this exasperated epithet.

"I am no use at all when it comes time to change a tyre on the car, and immediately call roadside assistance."

Answer: pass the pigskin

Thud How Less Cow Poise = The Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys are an American football team (one of the ones whose name gets international recognition). An American football is often referred to as a pigskin, despite the fact that they are made of cowhide covering a rubber (or similar) bladder filled with air. The outer leather was almost certainly never made from a pig's skin, but the internal bladder almost certainly started as a pig's bladder - it's shape when inflated is what led to the unusual oblate spheroid shape of the ball.

When the quarterback throws the ball to another player, it is called a pass. Fans watching the quarterback about to be tackled while still well behind the line of scrimmage, might well exhort him to pass the pigskin quickly.

Answer: corpses

Mower Chew Hairy = mortuary

A mortuary is a place where the bodies of dead people may be stored in preparation for either a post mortem examination or preparation for interment.

"The corpses in the mortuary all need to be kept in carefully controlled refrigeration to avoid decomposition."

Answer: brainstorming session

Butcher Ed Stew Gather = Put your heads together

When one person on their own is having difficulty with some problem, they may wish to confer with others. One such type of consultation is the brainstorming session, in which everyone is encouraged to make as many suggestions as they can, feeding off each other's ideas and hoping to make a breakthrough.

"Two heads are better than one - why don't you put your heads together and see if you can come up with a plan?"

Answer: silence, please

Sane Home Oar = say no more

The answer relates to a literal understanding of the phrase 'say no more', but it is more commonly used as an idiomatic expression which suggests that there is no need for further explanation, the listener understand the point being made, so further information is unnecessary.

It immediately makes me envision a Monty Python skit, in which Eric Idle asks Terry Jones a series of increasingly suggestive questions about his romantic life. Each answer elicits the response, "Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more." However, the 'say no more' bit on its own does not carry the sexual innuendo of the whole.

Answer: try another day

Arrange Heck = A rain check

When something has been offered but cannot be delivered, those who missed out may be offered a rain check - a chance to return at another time when the goods or service will once again be available. It literally started in reference to outdoor sporting events, such as a baseball game or a cricket match, that might be called off because of rain. Those who had paid to attend might be offered a chance to return for another day's play without having to pay for another ticket. They would be able to collect a ticket on their way out, for use at a later time.

The practice extended to shops which ran out of sale items. A customer could get a slip entitling them to return later and buy the item at the sale price, even if the sale had finished. It then extended into general use, including a polite refusal of an invitation, and a suggestion that it will be accepted at another time: "I'm busy tonight, so can't meet you for dinner. How about a rain check?"

Answer: find the fugitive

Won't Hid Debt Oral Hive = Wanted dead or alive

Familiar from the movies and television shows set in the Old West of the USA is the poster displaying a picture of some desperado with an indication that the authorities are looking for them. The message usually starts with 'Wanted' in large letters, followed by one or more indications of how badly they are being sought. It may indicate that a monetary reward is on offer. If the fugitive from the law is considered to have committed especially serious offenses, and to be a serious danger to society, the phrase 'Dead or Alive' may be included. This indicates that those who encounter the person in question are free to shoot first, on the presumption that it is virtually an act of self-defense, and claim any reward on proof that the claimant has successfully either killed or captured them.

'Wanted Dead or Alive' was also the title of a television show starring Steve McQueen as a bounty hunter that originally aired in glorious black-and-white between 1958 and 1961.

Answer: eager to eat

Leak Eng Much Hops = Licking my chops

This expression is also sometimes found as 'licking my lips', which similarly indicates that one is eagerly anticipating something that appears to be imminent. Chops is the older term, a reference to the jaw or mouth that dates to the 14th century. While it originally applied directly to food (suggesting that the anticipation was so strong as to make saliva dribble from your mouth), it has since come to be applicable in a range of contexts.

"The upcoming Ashes series looks to be a corker - I am licking my chops in anticipation."

Answer: royal couple

Up Rinse Amp Rinses = A prince and princess

Members of a royal family who are children of the reigning monarch are called, in English, princes if they are male and princesses if female - although in some cases this may be a courtesy title, and not an actual rank. Marrying one may or may not entitle their partner to share the same title - protocol for noble titles is very culture-specific (and also changes over time).

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, is the son of (at the time) Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales; his wife is Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. So Diana Spencer became a princess, but Meghan Markle didn't get the title, despite having the status. Charles, now King Charles III, was the son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - a queen's consort is not traditionally given the title of king, although the wife of a king is usually called a queen. It's complicated.