Or Register for FREE!


Welcome to our Cat Forums!
Welcome to our CatForums!
You are seeing this message because you are viewing our cat forums as a guest.

You can continue to browse our many cat related areas as a guest but you are more than welcome to register and join our friendly community of Cat Lovers! ... And for free!

Doing so will also remove this message and some of the ads, such as the one on the left.

Please click here to register.

Reply

calismum's Avatar
Catsey Veteran
 
Cats owned: Two Tabby Girls
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Scotland, UK
Posts: 5,052
21-07-2010, 09:33 PM   #121

Re: Wednesday night is quiz night! - 21 July '10


Q9 - I read this and could quote it but had no idea what the poem or poet was. Can either of you guess?

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach.



Reply With Quote


dandysmom's Avatar
Catsey Veteran
 
Cats owned: Leia: blue torbie
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Posts: 31,378
21-07-2010, 09:34 PM   #122

Re: Wednesday night is quiz night! - 21 July '10


Read that back in high school .....



Reply With Quote


calismum's Avatar
Catsey Veteran
 
Cats owned: Two Tabby Girls
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Scotland, UK
Posts: 5,052
21-07-2010, 09:34 PM   #123

Re: Wednesday night is quiz night! - 21 July '10


Have you ever wondered ....Why a boxing ring is square?



Reply With Quote


angieh's Avatar
Catsey Veteran
 
Cats owned: Magnificent moggies
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Hampshire, UK
Posts: 21,718
21-07-2010, 09:35 PM   #124

Re: Wednesday night is quiz night! - 21 July '10


I am ashamed to say I don't know. I will guess Robert Browning ...............



Reply With Quote


dandysmom's Avatar
Catsey Veteran
 
Cats owned: Leia: blue torbie
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Posts: 31,378
21-07-2010, 09:36 PM   #125

Re: Wednesday night is quiz night! - 21 July '10


Th poem was by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, but cannot think of the title



Reply With Quote


calismum's Avatar
Catsey Veteran
 
Cats owned: Two Tabby Girls
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Scotland, UK
Posts: 5,052
21-07-2010, 09:39 PM   #126

Re: Wednesday night is quiz night! - 21 July '10


DM is corect - you were so close angieh - just chose the husband instead of the wife.

The title is Sonnet 43



Reply With Quote


calismum's Avatar
Catsey Veteran
 
Cats owned: Two Tabby Girls
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Scotland, UK
Posts: 5,052
21-07-2010, 09:40 PM   #127

Re: Wednesday night is quiz night! - 21 July '10


Q10 - last one

If you can keep your head when all about you, Are losing theirs and blaming it on you.

Title and poet please



Reply With Quote


dandysmom's Avatar
Catsey Veteran
 
Cats owned: Leia: blue torbie
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Posts: 31,378
21-07-2010, 09:40 PM   #128

Re: Wednesday night is quiz night! - 21 July '10


She wrote it to him.



Reply With Quote


dandysmom's Avatar
Catsey Veteran
 
Cats owned: Leia: blue torbie
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Posts: 31,378
21-07-2010, 09:41 PM   #129

Re: Wednesday night is quiz night! - 21 July '10


That's Kipling's "If".



Reply With Quote


angieh's Avatar
Catsey Veteran
 
Cats owned: Magnificent moggies
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Hampshire, UK
Posts: 21,718
21-07-2010, 09:43 PM   #130

Re: Wednesday night is quiz night! - 21 July '10


I think it#s Kipling .................. sorry Kizzy is trying to walk on the keyboard.

Gunga Din (sp???)



Reply With Quote

Reply