10 / 10 but needed clue for Hawthorne, without clue guessed Thoreau. As it chances Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales in childhood is how I know about Theseus. Does V-day now last all through Feb? I guess it does, my supermarket's already stocking Easter eggs .
Brilliant, Ronald, well done! I think technically it’s still one day but my quiz always comes out on the first Monday of the month and there aren’t many other February themes
I done alright except the Austrian flower. But I feel like it's blue or purple, perhaps. Might be getting muddled with another Germanic story. And I know nothing of Harry Potter.
I'm into mythology and literature. I like a lot of old Gothic Horror/Gothic Romance. I'm not into musical, so The Sound of Music was beyond me and I never read Harry Potter.
Are Austrians unaware of it? Edelweiss is their national flower and emblem of their Alpine Club. Salzburg airport features Sound of Music iconography. Roughly running level with Mozart.
I mostly came up short on the 19th century literature ones (and Harry Potter), but the myth ones were easy. Oh—all bad romance?
A clue for the big connection is that the order of the answers matters…
10 / 10 but needed clue for Hawthorne, without clue guessed Thoreau. As it chances Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales in childhood is how I know about Theseus. Does V-day now last all through Feb? I guess it does, my supermarket's already stocking Easter eggs .
Brilliant, Ronald, well done! I think technically it’s still one day but my quiz always comes out on the first Monday of the month and there aren’t many other February themes
6 without hints, 8 with. I failed to get Isis or Nevermore.
Still a very respectable score
8, my best yet. More into romance than I thought.
I appreciate the effort you must have put into the link ♡
Thank you!
I done alright except the Austrian flower. But I feel like it's blue or purple, perhaps. Might be getting muddled with another Germanic story. And I know nothing of Harry Potter.
It’s quite an eclectic set of questions! Sounds like you did well on the whole
I'm into mythology and literature. I like a lot of old Gothic Horror/Gothic Romance. I'm not into musical, so The Sound of Music was beyond me and I never read Harry Potter.
Just see the hints, so I was wrong about the flower possibly being blue. That's another book I'm thinking of.
Also I was shocked to learn on moving to France that very few non-anglophone Europeans have heard of the Sound of Music or the song Edelweiss
Are Austrians unaware of it? Edelweiss is their national flower and emblem of their Alpine Club. Salzburg airport features Sound of Music iconography. Roughly running level with Mozart.
I think they’ve definitely capitalised on the popularity of the film for tourist money!
I don’t think I’ve asked an Austrian, just French, Spanish, German, and also a Colombian…
It really feels like it’s a traditional Austrian song, doesn’t it?
7 without hints, 8 with 👌
That is an excellent score!
5 without looking at the hints, 7 with.
That should be enough to guess the connection. The order of the answers matters…
Ah, yes. After some… initial… hesitation.
very good very good
Yay! A Lorna Doone question! I adore this book so much.
Me too! Underrated classic, I feel.
8 (9 with the hint!). The connection isn't coming to mind...🤔
It’s really simple and it’s not so much to do with the content of the answers as something more superficial that links them…
Aha! 😄
9/10 - didn't get the Moby Dick one.
Bloody well done, Matt! Did you get the extra connection?
No... still scratching my head on that.
The ‘heads’ of the answers might help you…
D'oh! :)
I only got 4 - Edelweiss, Emily, Nevermore and Snape. And such a romantic link..
Nice! Ah yes I think you’ve spotted it
I only got Venus, Theseus and Emily. I need to read Lorna Doone!
I really like Lorna Doone, it’s set during a fascinating period of history that gets a bit overlooked