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1. "Six o'clock already I was just in the middle of a dream I was kissin' Valentino by a crystal blue Italian stream" are words from what song?

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Answer: Manic Monday

"Manic Monday" is a song from the eighties of the American pop rock band The Bangles. Written by Prince and released in 1986, the song reached the second position in Billboard Hot 100 charts.

From Quiz Sixes

Answer: Accounting

Coopers and Waterhouse have since merged, and Arthur Anderson has essentially been put out of business due to the accounting scandals of the early 2000s. Let's hope the troubles in the accounting profession are of the past!

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Answer: Monty Python

Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Giliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin made up perhaps the greatest comedy troope of all time. Their films and 'Flying Circus' television series continue to amuse up to this very day!

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Answer: Argon

Argon happens to be the most common noble gas in the Earth's atmosphere, even more so than helium! The noble gases are also referred to sometimes as the 'ideal' gases...

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Answer: to watch out for someone in a dangerous situation

"To keep six" is a slang idiom meaning to hang back and watch out for someone in order to insure that potential dangers are avoided. It is often used for illegal or prohibited actions.

From Quiz I Can Fix a Six

Answer: Pastorale

Beethoven's 6th symphony was named the "Pastoral Symphony" or "Pastorale" because it reflects Beethoven's love for nature and the time he spent in the countryside. "The Choral" is an alternative name for Beethoven's 9th symphony. "Pathétique" is Symphony No.6 by Tchaikovsky. "La Passione" (The Passion) is Haydn's Symphony No. 49.

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Answer: Catherine Parr

It's true, Henry's wives did not fare well, several losing their heads (literally) while others passed away from various medical problems. Catherine Parr outlived old Henry, she being his sixth and final wife. Thank you for playing this quiz...I hope you were able to enjoy it and learn a thing or two in the process!

From Quiz I Can Fix a Six

Answer: in a state of confusion or disarray

"At sixes and sevens" is a British idiom meaning in a state of total confusion or disarray. The phrase probably derives from a dice game named "hazard". In late 20th century, it was made famous by the song "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from the musical "Evita".

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Answer: sestina

Sestina is a fixed verse form of six stanzas of six lines each, usually followed by a three-lines final stanza named envoi. It has no rhyme, instead it is structured as a complicated pattern where the ending words of each line are repeated, a technique known as lexical repetition. A sextet is a group or set of six persons or objects and music written for a group of six. A sextant is an optical instrument used in navigation and an angle measurement unit .Sistine is an adjective referring to any of the five popes named Sixtus or to the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.

From Quiz Six for Sunday Dinner

Answer: Eight

Squid, the main ingredient of calamari, is an underwater creature with ten appendages-- two are tentacles and eight are arms-- and one can grow to colossal sizes! Fried squid, or calamari, was a dish originating in Southern Europe though its popularity expanded to Asia as well, particularly because of an abundance of seafood in East Asia. Fried calamari rings may be the most popular; squid is fried for a short time and served as an appetizer. If 'six' was thinking about only eating six-legged creatures, I neither knew how to prepare insects nor did I want to. Just grin and bear it!

From Quiz I Can Fix a Six

Answer: Paul Gauguin

"The Moon and Sixpence" is a novel written by William Somerset Maugham, where the life of the central character, Charles Strickland, resembles that of Paul Gauguin. Michelangelo's life is the subject of the novel "The Agony and the Ecstasy" by Irving Stone, who also wrote the novel "Lust for Life" about Van Gogh.

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