A User Friendly Wordwise Quiz

Answer: Middleweight

A middleweight is a professional boxer weighing 154-160 pounds or 70 to 72.5 kilograms. Famous middleweight boxing champions include Rocky Graziano (USA), Sugar Ray Robinson (USA), Marvin Hagler (USA), Chris Eubank (UK) and Nigel Benn (UK).

Answer: Focus

Four times 'cus' gives focus or focuses and foci. A focus can be a point upon which attention is directed.

Answer: Stretch Armstrong

Stretch Armstrong was a toy in the shape of a muscle man who was made of latex rubber and filled with gelled corn syrup. He could be stretched from his original size before gradually decreasing back to his usual size.

Answer: Big Band

Big bands were popular in the 1930s to the 1950s and were large jazz or dance bands.

Answer: Tom Mix

Tom Mix (1880-1940) was an American star of cowboy movies and between 1910-1935 he made more than 300 westerns during his career. He must have loved wedding cake and mothers-in-law as he was married five times. His famous horse, Tony, outlived him when Tom was killed in a car crash in 1940.

Answer: In between jobs

A post of employment or occupation is called a job. Both a plumber and a teacher are well known forms of employment or jobs. If you are currently not working but are at the end of one job, before starting another, then you are said to be 'in between jobs'. To be on the job, ahem, is a British taboo term for something quite different.

Answer: Headshrinker

A headshrinker is a slang term for a psychiatrist who is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.
Samuel Goldwyn was a movie producer, born in Warsaw, Poland, whose remarks became Goldwynisms. He said, "Anyone who goes to see a psychiatrist wants his head examining".

Answer: Paradise Lost

Another word for Heaven is paradise. John Milton was an English poet who was born in London. He wrote the epic poems of 'Paradise Lost' (1667) and 'Paradise Regained' (1671).

Answer: A string of pearls

Glenn Miller was an American orchestra leader and trombonist who recorded the song 'A String Of Pearls' in 1941. He composed 'Moonlight Serenade' which became his signature tune. Glenn disappeared during a flight over the English Channel in 1944 and was presumed dead when his body was never recovered.

Answer: Finding Nemo

'Finding Nemo' (2003) was about a clown fish who was caught by a scuba diver on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. His father, Marlin, teamed up with a forgetful blue tang fish called Dory to locate and rescue Nemo. Barry Humphries voiced a memorable shark called Bruce who parodied the movie 'The Shining' with the phrase "Here's Brucie" while pummeling a submarine door. Jack Nicholson said "He's Johnny" in "The Shining" (1980) while smashing a door with an axe. 'Finding Nemo' was a beautifully made animated adventure from the creators of 'Toy Story'.