Friday, 26 June 2026

"HELP ME SPARKY"



I remember, when I was a kid, the Children's Holiday Programme was broadcast on the National Programme. The programme had daily sessions featuring stories, music, and question-and-answer games to keep kids entertained during school breaks. 
These were very good especially on rainy days with stories like Little Toot, Diana and The Golden Apples, Maxi The Taxi Driver, Flick the Little Fire Engine, Sparky etc keeping us enthralled and the quizzes engendered fierce competition between me and my siblings.

As the weather has packed up and no doubt the bloggers are indoors sheltering from the cold and rain, I thought that a little quiz game might come in handy.
As you are all out of practice since the last quiz I ran was back in February 2025 I've decided to keep this one short and limited to five questions only - easy ones.

Here goes.

Question one:
What do these people have in common?

  1. Franz Schubert
  2. Richard Prowse
  3. Carl Orff

Question two:
What do these people have in common?
  1. Trent Horn
  2. Robert Prowse
  3. Sister Mary Fruitloop

Question three:
What do these people have in common?

  1. The Curmudgeon
  2. Chiara Ferragni
  3. Joanna Goddard

Question four:
What do these things have in common?

  1. Eternity
  2. Elephants
  3. The end of space
Question five:
What do these places have in common?

  1. Wainuiomata
  2. Moera
  3. Thorndon


Send in your answers and I promise that if you are successful your name will be published.

Good luck!

9 comments:

Richard (of RBB) said...

1. They all like to use Mr Orff's last name, as in 'Phark Orff'.
2. They all pray the rosary to Karen.
3. They all only write about two blog posts a month.
4. They try to last as long as nothing because nothing lasts forever.
I'm still thinking about no. 5.

Richard (of RBB) said...

5. People in all these places want to live in the Nui because that's where the best jokes come from.

THE CURMUDGEON said...

That’s a new record for you - 0 out of 5.
Let’s see if Robert can equal or better that.

Rob said...

1. They are all composers
2. They all go to Sunday Mass
3. Influencers
4. Start with E
5. They all complain about the weather.

THE CURMUDGEON said...

Now there’s a surprise. We have a tie with Robert also getting 0 out of 5.
What to do?

Richard (of RBB) said...

I think that Robert's no. 1 answer is correct.

THE CURMUDGEON said...

The official results have been published.

Rob said...

I want a recount. I got number 4 right too. That makes at least 2.

THE CURMUDGEON said...

If you believe that “the end of space” starts with an ‘e’ then no wonder you believe in all that nutty Catholic stuff.
I refer you to ‘The rules’. The adjudicator’s ruling is final.