Quiz night 3 March 2010

[calismum]

I
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
'O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!'

II
Pussy said to the Owl, 'You elegant fowl!
How charmingly sweet you sing!
O let us be married! too long we have tarried:
But what shall we do for a ring?'
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-tree grows
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood
With a ring at the end of his nose,
His nose,
His nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.


III
'Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?' Said the Piggy, 'I will.'
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.

[angieh]

I like your friends - how wonderful! Kizzy would make a perfect model but where will I get an owl from?

[calismum]

Originally Posted by angieh

I like your friends - how wonderful! Kizzy would make a perfect model but where will I get an owl from?

The wooden one in my garden!

[calismum]

Q2 - Which modern means of transport now*usually replaces the richly adorned but*antiquated and impractical 'Sedia Gestatoria'?

[angieh]

Not too good at dancing????

[angieh]

No idea CM .......... rickshaw?????

[dandysmom]

Haven't a clue: wild guess motorized watercraft for gondolas?

[yola]

Originally Posted by dandysmom

Haven't a clue: wild guess motorized watercraft for gondolas?

That's what I was going to say; vaporetti I think theyr'e called!!

[calismum]

Originally Posted by angieh

Not too good at dancing????

Put it on wheels -

[calismum]

The sedia gestatoria is a portable throne on which Popes were once carried. It consists of a richly-adorned, silk-covered armchair, fastened on a suppedaneum, on each side of which are two gilded rings; through these rings pass the long rods with which twelve footmen (palafrenieri), in red uniforms, carry the throne on their shoulders. Pope John Paul I at first declined to use the sedia gestatoria, along with the papal tiara and several other symbols of papal authority, but was eventually convinced by the Vatican staff that its use was necessary in order to allow crowds to see him. Pope John Paul II refused to use the sedia gestatoria completely; Benedict XVI has not, as of yet, restored its use. The sedia gestatoria has been functionally replaced in modern times by the motorized and secured "popemobile".