Daily Quiz

[Denise]

Stress

Denise

[Pete Eeles]

I guess Gary's looking for a butterfly connection. But I suspect you're on the right lines, Denise

Cheers,

- Pete

[Gruditch]

There is a butterfly connection, but no, Denise is not on the right lines.

Gruditch

[Padfield]

They're all episodes of the sitcom 'Butterflies'.

Guy

[Gruditch]

Well googled Guy, over to you.


Gruditch

[Denise]

Well I was half right Gary. Wendy Craig (aka Ria) was always stressed about something.

Denise

[Padfield]

I love a bit of random! It had me puzzling, Gruditch!

I think this is easier. Which four butterflies do these unlikely bedfellows recall?

Vladimir Masorin
Nero
Le Capitaine Haddock
Norman the Doorman

Guy

[Pete Eeles]

Red Admiral
Purple Emperor
Grizzled Skipper
Gatekeeper

Cheers,

- Pete

[Padfield]

Your mind slices through my questions like a knife through butter.

Well done!

Guy

[Pete Eeles]

You have to be joking. And there's no way I would have gotten the answer to Gary's question! Ok - here we go:

Silver-studded Blue is to Brown Argus as Silver-spotted Skipper is to ????

Fill in the missing name - and explain why.

Cheers,

- Pete

[Mikhail]

Plebeius argus-Brown Argus. Hesperia comma= Comma

Misha

[Padfield]

Misha, that's not fair. You answered during University Challenge!!

Guy

[Mikhail]

Sorry Guy. Don't have a telly.

Misha

[Pete Eeles]

Well done Misha - over to you!

Cheers,

- Pete

[Mikhail]

What have we here?

Misha

[Dave McCormick]

Going to guess and say Buff Tip caterpillars?

[Mikhail]

Well guessed Dave. Over to you.

Misha

[Dave McCormick]

Well maybe this time I can think of something better....

What does Rotherhithe have to do with one species of butterfly, and what is the butterfly?

[Rogerdodge]

Dave
A shot in the dark here, but Rotherhithe docks are only about 4 miles from Camberwell, the first reported location of Camberwell Beauty in England. Perhaps it is postulated that hibernating CBs arrived on timber at Rotherhithe?

[Pete Eeles]

The Julia.

"This is a central American species and a single specimen was captured in 1936 in a greengrocer’s shop in Rotherhithe, east London. It is believed to have been accidentally imported in the pupal stage amongst bananas, the specimen being attributed to the Jamaican subspecies delila."

Cheers,

- Pete