A Distressingly Obvious Quiz_Beagle CB Quiz

Answer: Ruby

Matsumoto, who was born in 1965, is the inventor of Ruby, a dynamic object-oriented language. Ruby is also my birthstone, and I don't like it. Ruby is the red variety of carborundum. I would have preferred the blue variety, also known as sapphire, but I would have had to born in September for that. Bad timing, Mum and Dad. April would have got me a diamond, and December a turquoise.

Answer: Carrot

The carrot became orange in the 15th century because of the efforts of patriotic Dutch growers who succeeded in getting it adopted as the Royal vegetable of the House of Orange - I presume the Royal fruit was already spoken for. Bugs Bunny is rarely seen without his carrot.

Answer: Hopkins

Sir Anthony Hopkins (knighted in 1993) is irrevocably linked to Dr. Hannibal Lecter, but he is a great actor. Christopher Lee was one of the finest Draculas, and Robert Englund will probably be always linked to Freddy Krueger. Lon Chaney, on the other hand, despite playing such horrors as 'The Wolfman' and 'the Phantom' was known as 'The Man With a Thousand Faces'.

Answer: Librarian

Bat Girl was Head Librarian at Gotham City Public Library by day and a sexy costumed crime fighter by night. In 'Black Mask', Jet Li played a gentle, mild-mannered Hong Kong Librarian, but he was also the genetically-engineered eponymous superhero. Mike Hanlon was the only member of The Losers brave enough to stay in Derry - as Head Librarian.

Other famous librarians appear in 'The Name of the Rose' and, of course, Giles in 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'.

Answer: In maritime law, this is the amount that can be charged for detaining a ship beyond the time alloted for loading or unloading.

The opposite of demurrage is 'dispatch', where a ship is unloaded ahead of schedule. If a ship is delayed unloading, demurrage can run to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Answer: Lankin

'Long Lankin' was the sinister subject of the song (and quite creepy it is too). Of the wrong answers, Jack the Ripper is England's best known 'unknown' killer, Dick Turpin was a famous English highwayman and Thomas the Rhymer was an innocent Steeleye Span character lured away by the Queen of Elfland.

Answer: Silverfish

There is nothing remotely piscine about silverfish (Lepisma saccharina) apart from their colour and movement. They are also known as the fishmoth, and they date back 300 million years(!) from the Palaeozoic Era.

Answer: Cuddy

Having once had a one-night stand with Gregory House, there was an undeniable chemistry between the characters. Gregory House is played by the UK's Hugh Laurie.

Answer: Dibbler

These cute little creatures, which look like marsupial mice with white rings around their eyes, are unfortunately endangered.

Answer: Discworld

1. 'Ruby', a troll and Detritus the troll's love. First found in "Moving Pictures"
2. 'Carrot', a dwarf by adoption and probably the heir to Ankh-Morpork. First appeared in "Guards, Guards!"
3. 'Dr. Hopkins', secretary of the Clockmaker's Guild from "Thief of Time".
4. 'Librarian'. The Librarian of Unseen University was once a wizard, but was magically transformed into an orang-utan and has strenuously resisted efforts to change him back.
5. 'Demurrage'. Black Aliss Demurrage, a witch who went to the bad. Shoved into the oven of her gingerbread cottage by a couple of kids in the end.
6. 'Lankin'. An elf from "Lords and Ladies".
7. 'Silverfish'. President of the Alchemist's Guild and also heavily involved in the clicks industry in "Moving Pictures".
8. 'Cuddy'. First (genetic) dwarf in the Watch, who joined in "Men at Arms".
9. 'Dibbler'. Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler, sausage-purveyor extraordinaire.

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