Showing posts with label Ottawan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ottawan. Show all posts

Sunday, 13 November 2022

Snapshots #266: A Top Ten Spelled Out Song Titles


After all those years turning the letters round on Countdown, Carol Vorderman probably knows a thing or two about spelling (as well as numbers). 

Let's see how well she spells out these song titles...

10. Fired by Jessi and Waylon.

Jessi and Waylon's boy is Shooter.

Shooter Jennings - D.R.U.N.K.

9. Andy rocks gently with a fruity farewell.

Andy Kim sung Rock Me Gently. A fruity farewell is an "apple-bye".

Kim Appleby - G.L.A.D.

8. One third of a church pulpit for sale.

Church pulpit

Pulp - F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.

7. Big cat goes missing.

Where's the Cougar gone?

John Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.

6. Nitrogen discovered in northern capital.

Ottawa + N

Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O.

5. Was Jung A Cook on holidays?

Was Carl A Thomas (Cook)?

Carla Thomas - B.A.B.Y.

4. Found in between Dury Lane and James Street.

Between Ian Dury and James Brown. 

(Yes, I know it's Drury Lane, but spotting that was part of the clue.)

Ian Brown - F.E.A.R. 

3. She’s a member of the Scooby Gang and Not Your Muse.

Daphne was a member of the Scooby Gang. Celeste sang Not Your Muse.

Daphne & Celeste - U.G.L.Y.

2. Another biblical hero steals Jonah’s great fish. 

Noah & The Whale mix up two biblical stories.

Noah & The Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.

1. My mate, Twenty.


Anagram!

Tammy Wynette - D.I.V.O.R.C.E.

(I had to resist the temptation to go with the Billy Connolly version.)


M.O.R.E. S.N.A.P.S.H.O.T.S. N.E.X.T. S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y.

Sunday, 8 December 2019

Saturday Snapshots #114 - The Answers


Good morning. Hope you're all having a Jolie Sunday, and not a Maleficent one. Hopefully you didn't have to raid any tombs to come up with the answers to yesterday's quiz...


10. Aquatic mammal triumphs at spelling club.


How do you spell club? D-I-S-C-O.

The otter won!

Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O.

Sam's favourite at the moment. I've got him listening to it to stop him singing this.

9. Refusal to fantasise over Roy Orbison tune makes home a squash and a squeeze.


A Squash & A Squeeze is a kid's book by the author of The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson. Probably the best kids' writer around these days. Anyway, it's about a house that gets very crowded.

It's Over was the Roy Orbison song.

Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

8. Dirty... always looks like a conjuror, s'embrasser.


Photo taken before she became a blonde.

Dirty Harry.

Deborah always dressed like a conjurer.

According to google translate, kissing in French is s'embrasser.

Deborah Harry - French Kissing (In The USA)

7. Yorkshire member, sounds like penny-pinching toilet.


Yorkshire Dales? Member... is... er...

A penny-pinching toilet would be a miser loo.

Dick Dale - Misirlou

You know what they call a Quarter-Pounder with Cheese in Paris?

6. What happens when you smell an onion? Not where Iggy Pop sits.


Iggy Pop was The Passenger. Hence, he didn't sit in the driver's seat.

Sniff 'n' The Tears - Driver's Seat

5. Come on, Pennywise & Pagliacci...  Punch Phil!


Punch & Judy + Phil Collins.

Judy Collins - Send In The Clowns

4. Bono gladdens spouse - your round!


"Bono gladdens spouse" was obviously an anagram. I mean, how could Bono gladden anybody?

Splodgenessabounds - Two Pints Of Lager & A Packet Of Crisps, Please

3. Sindy & Barbie babytalk with demented singer.


Iris DeMent was the singer.

Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

2. A cubic centimetre inside Mum denies empty evenings.


Ma, with a cc in the middle = Macca.

Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights

1. Post-war Price Super-hero meets Nixon Twins.


1952 was post-war.

Vincent Price.


Richard Nixon.

Thompson Twins.



Wanted: more Saturday Snapshots. Next week.


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