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Quiz about Burn the Witch
Quiz about Burn the Witch

Burn the Witch Trivia Quiz

I'm trying to get hold of a copy of 'Burn the Witch', but I can't be speaking too clearly as everyone seems to be misunderstanding me. Can you work out what's going on?

A multiple-choice quiz by Quiz_Beagle. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Quiz_Beagle
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
320,793
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
659
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Question 1 of 10
1. The first person that I speak to seems to think that I'm trying to 'earn the flitch' and explains to me what should be done - apparently, "in twelvemonth and a day" a married couple must swear, that awake or asleep, they have "not wish't themselves unmarried again". A tough call, eh? This takes place periodically in the town of Great Dunmow in Essex. What do you win? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. The next person I speak to appears to think that I am saying 'fern the bitch' and eagerly tries to sell me the book 'Where the Red Fern Grows'. With apologies for turning the noun into a verb, what is the name of the bitch (female dog) whose grave was 'ferned'? Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. Unfortunately the next person I speak to seems to think that I have begun to 'gurn and twitch' and advises me to consult a doctor immediately as I have obviously been taking the drug MDMA. What is 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine more commonly known as? Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. The next person seems to believe that I want to 'turn to rich' and starts telling me a cautionary tale about some king who wanted to turn everything he touched to gold - what is the name of this king? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. The next person I talk to, even though I speak as clearly as possible, seems to think that I want to 'learn to skritch'. Which famous beagle enjoyed being 'skritched' on the head by his master, who he referred to as 'the round-headed kid'? Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. Not again! This time someone thinks I need to 'turn a hitch'. Given that a hitch is a sort of knot used to tie a rope to something else, can you spot the hitch that I have made up? Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. I'm still not getting anywhere - the next person I talk to seems to think I am confirming directions somewhere and agrees that I should 'turn at the lych'. What, in Britain, is a lych gate the traditional entrance to? Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. I just can't be speaking clearly enough. The next person thinks I am asking how to 'earn a stitch'! What is not likely to be a cause of a side (or anywhere else) stitch when exercising? Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. At last someone understands the first word - admittedly they think I want to 'burn the snitch', but it's progress of a sort. In the unlikely event that I did want to burn a snitch, what would I not be setting fire to? Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. At last, someone who understands that what I want to purchase a song! The trouble is, I've been on the telephone so long that I've forgotten which artist(s) sang 'Burn the Witch'...please can you tell me? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The first person that I speak to seems to think that I'm trying to 'earn the flitch' and explains to me what should be done - apparently, "in twelvemonth and a day" a married couple must swear, that awake or asleep, they have "not wish't themselves unmarried again". A tough call, eh? This takes place periodically in the town of Great Dunmow in Essex. What do you win?

Answer: A side of bacon

 The custom of the 'Flitch Trials' is even mentioned in Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' and people from all over the world come to convince a jury of Judge and Jury of 6 maidens and 6 bachelors of their content with the married state. A side of bacon is half a pig. The next Dunmow Flitch 'trials' are to be held in 2012 and every four years after that, if you think you can manage it.
2. The next person I speak to appears to think that I am saying 'fern the bitch' and eagerly tries to sell me the book 'Where the Red Fern Grows'. With apologies for turning the noun into a verb, what is the name of the bitch (female dog) whose grave was 'ferned'?

Answer: Little Ann

 'Where the Red Fern Grows', by Wilson Rawls is a book about a boy who raises two redbone coonhound dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann. After their death, a 'red fern' grows between their grave mounds, supposedly planted by an angel. There is actually no such plant, although it may be the oblique grape-fern (Sceptridium dissectum) which can turn bronze or red in winter and grows on disturbed ground.
3. Unfortunately the next person I speak to seems to think that I have begun to 'gurn and twitch' and advises me to consult a doctor immediately as I have obviously been taking the drug MDMA. What is 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine more commonly known as?

Answer: Ecstasy

 Side effects of this illegal drug include the lower jaw extending, in a grotesque parody of the admittedly grotesque 'sport' known as gurning. Gurning takes place in the North West of England and involves stretching the jaw and pulling a hideous face - often within a horse collar.
4. The next person seems to believe that I want to 'turn to rich' and starts telling me a cautionary tale about some king who wanted to turn everything he touched to gold - what is the name of this king?

Answer: Midas

 King Midas foolishly wished that everything that he touched should turn to gold. Obviously this made eating and drinking a bit difficult, and when (according to some legends) he turned his young daughter into gold, that definitely put paid to his thoughts of wealth.

Although Bacchus reversed the effect, Midas went on to argue musicianship with Apollo and finished up with donkey's ears...
5. The next person I talk to, even though I speak as clearly as possible, seems to think that I want to 'learn to skritch'. Which famous beagle enjoyed being 'skritched' on the head by his master, who he referred to as 'the round-headed kid'?

Answer: Snoopy

 Snoopy would make Charlie Brown 'skritch' him on the head, even though Charlie Brown worried that he would get tendinitis and his arms fall off. In one strip, published 19 June 1966, Charlie Brown concluded that he was 'just the sort of person people naturally take advantage of' (and beagles, obviously!)
6. Not again! This time someone thinks I need to 'turn a hitch'. Given that a hitch is a sort of knot used to tie a rope to something else, can you spot the hitch that I have made up?

Answer: Beagle bend

 A bend knot is actually a knot used to tie two pieces of rope together, and there is no such thing as a beagle bend (an unfortunate omission, I feel). All the wrong answers are actual names of hitch knots.
7. I'm still not getting anywhere - the next person I talk to seems to think I am confirming directions somewhere and agrees that I should 'turn at the lych'. What, in Britain, is a lych gate the traditional entrance to?

Answer: A churchyard

 A lych gate (also spelled lychgate, lichgate or lycugate) is a covered porch that is traditionally the entrance to a churchyard. The word 'lych' comes from the Saxon word for corpse and the lych gate was where the coffin was originally rested prior to burial.
8. I just can't be speaking clearly enough. The next person thinks I am asking how to 'earn a stitch'! What is not likely to be a cause of a side (or anywhere else) stitch when exercising?

Answer: Exercising on a Sunday

 A stitch (or, more properly, exercise related transient abdominal pain (ETAP)) can occur for many reasons (including all the wrong answers) but the day you exercise doesn't make any difference.
9. At last someone understands the first word - admittedly they think I want to 'burn the snitch', but it's progress of a sort. In the unlikely event that I did want to burn a snitch, what would I not be setting fire to?

Answer: A baked custard in a pastry dish

 A snitch in England can be slang for a nose, a pejorative term for an informant or the 'Golden Snitch' in Harry Potter. A baked custard in a pastry dish is a quiche - which is pronounced 'keesh', not 'kwitch'.
10. At last, someone who understands that what I want to purchase a song! The trouble is, I've been on the telephone so long that I've forgotten which artist(s) sang 'Burn the Witch'...please can you tell me?

Answer: Queens of the Stone Age

 'Burn the Witch' was released in January 2006 by Queens of the Stone Age from their fourth album 'Lullabies to Paralyze'. At last I have a copy!
Source: Author Quiz_Beagle

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