The New Mini Quiz for the Abruzzo Earthquake Appeal

ok so who can tell me why ronald is a wonderful,caring and absolutely honest person with no guile who runs this place ...and puts up with us ... the correct answer of my choice will be within the first three answers... after that if the answers carry on and i have found no exceptioanl repsonses which satisfy my warped view on life i will only give five pound for the next best... unless of course its spelled correctley and has excellent grammer then it will go back up to ten... an award for spelling will make my initial donation go up by another 2 pounds... if none of the first three posts falls within that category...note my spell check is american english...is there such a thing....and is all this too convuluted... Roanld is not allowed to enternote i did not run a spell check on this... to make it unclear... cause i just read the above i think it will be a donation of twelve pounds if spelt correctley and is ingratiating enough to embaress the person that runs the place of course it all depends on me finding my way back here...

:star:Well done Adriatica for being the first!!! Ronald ...hmmm... now let me see. I haven't really been around long enough to get to know him so probably not best qualified to have a go at this one! Sorry! I'll have a stab with this:- Because he was raised by wolves?Can I add to my original post though that whoever answers correctly (or in this case whoever makes Adriatica laugh the hardest and Ronald squirm the most) will be expected to provide the next question (and donation!)Something about Ronald... Wasn't that a movie? ;)

I'd have a go at this Adriatica but it IS all too konfusing...Give us a klue what you want ... J

ok i pay the money and ask a real question ...so for two pounds where do all the woolly abruzzi end up for the winter

a) At a picnic?b) Floridac) Moxie's houseOne of these MUST be right ??/

a wrong... you dont say where the picnic is.....b your thinking of pensioned off canadiansc what is or where is moxies house... cause technically it could be in the right area... but i have a feeling its in the direction from here that one thinks about getting colder not warmer

Ok I''ll have another goSking??

OK Adriatica- you REALLY need to change your spell check to english...actually so do I....However, I will have to give the question much more thought. tomorrow ..but I' AM thinking it's worth a fiver?J

look i already owe 12 ...now i got to pay more???? ok thenbut someone put me out of my misery soon.... otherwise i am going to have to dig a "pit" for myself again

I searched Google for "pecore, abruzzo, inverno" and the only stories that came up are about sheep being eaten up by bears or wolves...http://newscontrol.repubblica.it/item/509310/orso-sbrana-tre-pecore-in-a...Then I though ok let us just ask Google straight "Dove vano le pecore di Abruzzo in inverno" and I get the answer "nei pagliai" - which obviously raises the question: "What ARE pagliai then...."So back to Google with "pagliai, pecore" which gives nothing much. Then we try Google Images and I get thishttp://www.leditoriale.com/uploads/news/1226434876-1698-pagliare-tione_b...and thishttp://www.leditoriale.com/index.php?page=news&news=149and that is my answer. H) :)

So that is it is it Adriatica? You have been stringing us along for a little stone house?! Hrmmmmph ... I am going to suggest that they consider Bora Bora as a winter holiday destination for this year...Sooooo... we must wait for Adriatica to wake up from his snooze to find out if indeed Ronald was right with thishttp://www.leditoriale.com/index.php?page=news&news=149If so 'The Big R' is next up with a question (and the answer jolly well better not be little stone house!) :bigsmile:

if i could award you the prize i would ... because i seem to be slowing things down here ... i really must give another clue i think... the place they go to has an old reputaion for having loads of pits to store wheat in days long past... hence its name derives from that latin word... the place the sheep depart from is L'Aquila... although other places too but thats the famous route ... and i belive its around a 2444 km walk although with my broken shin i have been unable to ceriry the correctmess of this... along old compacted earth routes... there are quite a few festa that derive from this aincient practice... and i do love my festasi have a feeling as well that alpine sheep do the same sort of thing... but other destinations... did i say one clue ... the little stone houses... and we have a few up in the mountains here ...did not fit enough sheep in... once moxies hairy chappie was inside... but they are very much to do with sheep herding of the past... and i remember a posting with pictures ... maybe from Bruno or Stefano in the past on that

http://www.roangelo.net/valente/tratturo.htmlSo is the answer Puglia?Whether it is or not, I've learnt something new and now want to know more. Thanks Adriatica!PS - am I supposed to put some money into the pot - or have I forced Adriatica to??? Or both

If Adriatica approves your answer then he gets to put his money in the pot and then you (if you are right) provide the next question and the next donation.Ie For two pounds who can tell me such n such... and so it goes on :) Thanks for joining the fray Anne ;)

We can, given the layout, have two questions running concurrentlySo both Anne and Mr C can put up a question! :) More money for the pot!! Wahooooooo!Answerererers... Please reply to the question rather than starting a post underneath - thanks!

A question (£2 per answer to the Earthquake Appeal please):What do you call a fish without any eyes? :steve:

Oh shoot - I'm cooking supper - can you wait until I have some Google time later???? (smell of burning garlic in background)

OK. While Annec is trying to poison her family:Another question. Both parts must be correct and £2 to the Earthquake Appeal per attempt please.1) What do you call a cross-channel swimmer without any limbs?and2) What was the name of the man dug out of the bog in Ireland?

In a packet of jelly babies how do you know which ones are illegitimate?Answer is now worth £10.00 !!!.

It's and old'un but a good'un - but damned if I can remember. Anyway, meanwhile, who hid under a weighbridge to escape? There's a Marche connection and the answer is actually in the old forum (for a fiver)

Clever ol' Moxie :bigsmile: A question from you now? How about something with an Italian theme like: What did Buffalo Bill call his pistol J) J) ?

The thing, among many, that worries me about this site is that the postings and replies all get muddled up in some strange order :( .Perhaps if there was a 'quote' button it might make more sense ;) but it all seems a jumble to me now.Anyway, back to Jinty's question.Who hid under a weighbridge in Marche to escape in WW11?Alan Whicker? Otherwise I don't know!