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padfield wrote:I can solve f) too, and it doesn't contain a typo...

The penny has finally dropped. D'oh!

Paul

It's going to be a long night writing these reports, and a little longer now because I've just jotted down a connecting wall of British butterflies. For those who don't watch Only Connect, the idea is to divide these 16 butterflies into four groups of four connected butterflies - you have to find the groups and the connections.

There's nothing especially obscure here - no mythology or Latin roots or anything - but I hope it gives a little pause for thought for those who've finished Roger's and Nick's questions. Nor is there anything especially festive, except, as I said, I always find Victoria Coren a little festive!



Guy

Guy
I am not sure I have this right, but at least one line is certain.
I like these, and shall try to put some together over the next few days.

Rare Vagrants to UK from Mainland Europe
Camberwell Beauty, Long-tailed Blue, Queen of Spain, Pale Clouded Yellow

Larval foodplant Prunus sp
Black Hairstreak, Brown Hairstreak, Black-veined White, Scarce Swallowtail

Successful overwintering adults in UK
Brimstone, Comma, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock

Different names for same butterfly
Monarch, Milkweed, Wanderer, Black-veined Brown

I share your enthusiasm for the delicious Victoria Coren. She is intelligent, gorgeous, witty, and (this is a real plus point for me) a very accomplished Poker player.
I would love to take her on!
Her father Alan Coren was often cited as being the most witty man in Britain, and I still remember his brilliant contributions to the News Quiz on Radio 4. I have some collections of short stories by him hidden away somewhere that I must dig out again.

Congratulations! You solved the wall!

You get 4 points for the correct lines, 4 points for the connections and a bonus 2 for getting it all right!

I look forward to your walls.

Guy

...and what do points mean....?

...and what do points mean....?

Gaining a tactical advantage over the opposition with the object of winning the competition.?



(ISIHAC 56.4)

All this intellectual activity is making me feel that it's time to hibernate. I shall crawl into my tortoiseshell.

Mike

Rogerdodge wrote:

...and what do points mean....?

Gaining a tactical advantage over the opposition with the object of winning the competition.?



(ISIHAC 56.4)

Indeed! I am lucky to have Samantha with me now, giving me a hand, whilst I look for clues!
She says she's looking forward to going out with me on a bike-ride later.
She loves to sit on my cross-bar and ring my bell at the end....


What was that about intellectual activity, Mike?

Samantha has got to go off early to meet an entomologist friend who's been showing her his collection of winged insects. They've already covered his bees and wasps and tonight she's hoping to go through his flies.

Yes; she said that she going to sort out his old Crustacae from his Diplopoda next!

I gave up when someone posted a link to the Amateur Entomologists' Society 2012 Christmas Quiz...

http://www.amentsoc.org/about/news/0169/
...
this one has 100 very difficult questions.....
N

I've got number 98....

Thanks for that link, Nick! Good family fun for everyone over the holidays!

And they're not that difficult...

Guy

Oh yes they are!!!!

Oh no they're not !!!!!

I think I've got three of them at first look. Fail.

Okay, the Comma is the only British butterfly name that does not have........

......what?????

David M wrote:Okay, the Comma is the only British butterfly name that does not have........

......what?????

i was going to say more than 5 letters but then i remembered Wall so you can see how far my butterfly knowledge extends. i'll go back to watching

Chris

I'll stick to the AES one, got quite a few (nowhere near 100 mind but double figures)

David M wrote:Okay, the Comma is the only British butterfly name that does not have........

......what?????

... any of the last 11 letters of the alphabet? Like Chris, I find wall messes up all my other theories.

Guy

padfield wrote:

David M wrote:Okay, the Comma is the only British butterfly name that does not have........

......what?????

... any of the last 11 letters of the alphabet? Like Chris, I find wall messes up all my other theories.

Guy

Nope, the clue is in the question.

... any of the letters in the word 'butterfly'?

Guy

ChrisC wrote:

I'll stick to the AES one, got quite a few (nowhere near 100 mind but double figures)

Still only up to 15, this quiz is going to drive me nuts!