`ph` quiz---part one

[Wren]

ALL ANSWERS CONTAIN THE LETTERS `PH`Tangled_lights#1
1) Religious leader of a Muslim state

2) A beautiful maiden

3) Plant-sucking insect

4) Rodent

5) A son of your brother or sister

6) Expectorated matter

7) Draw off

8) Keep or maintain in unaltered condition

9) Is this a windy car

10) Mineral pitch

 

[BayOfPlenty]

1) Caliph; 2) Nymph; 3) Aphid; 4) Gopher; 5) Nephew; 6) Phlegm; 7) Syphon; 9) Zephyr; 10) Asphalt. Struggling with no. 8

 

[stormysip]

1) Caliph; 2) Nymph; 3) Aphid; 4) Gopher; 5) Nephew; 6) Phlegm; 7) Syphon; 9) Zephyr; 10) Asphalt. Struggling with no. 8

Cant get number 8 eithduher

 

[dingdongd]

Cant get number 8 eithduher

8. Photocopy.

 

[ChrisTru]

No - 8 uPHold?

 

[ChrisTru]

No - 9 Typhoon? a car made by the General Motor Company

 

[Wren]

1) Caliph; 2) Nymph; 3) Aphid; 4) Gopher; 5) Nephew; 6) Phlegm; 7) Syphon; 9) Zephyr; 10) Asphalt. Struggling with no. 8

Well done BayOfPlenty----all correct except for no. 9

 

[Wren]

8. Photocopy.

Not Correct dingdongd, sorry

 

[Wren]

No - 8 uPHold?

Correct

 

[Wren]

No - 9 Typhoon? a car made by the General Motor Company

Sorry not correct ChrisTru

 

[ChrisTru]

9 - Triumph?.............what's it got to do with windy? maybe nothing, maybe EVERYTHING!!!

 

[stormysip]

Typhoon - windy car

 

[Wren]

9 - Triumph?.............what's it got to do with windy? maybe nothing, maybe EVERYTHING!!!

Well that IS the correct answer, but I`m not
too sure myself why it is---I have my theories
but can`t put it on here

 

[Tropicgal]

I was going to say 'Zephyr' for No. 9!!

 

[ChrisTru]

9 - Triumph?.............what's it got to do with windy? maybe nothing, maybe EVERYTHING!!!

Looks like EVERYTHING then

 

[Wren]

Looks like EVERYTHING then

I looked up the word TRIUMPH and apart from the obvious meaning
it also had these meanings:- Hypernyms (to "triumph" is one way to...):
blow; bluster; boast; brag; gas; gasconade; shoot a line; swash; tout; vaunt

So blow and bluster must be itweed#

 

[ChrisTru]

I looked up the word TRIUMPH and apart from the obvious meaning
it also had these meanings:- Hypernyms (to "triumph" is one way to...):
blow; bluster; boast; brag; gas; gasconade; shoot a line; swash; tout; vaunt

So blow and bluster must be itweed#

So i'll just Triumph about me own Triumph then!!!