Connections

[granny grump]

I am really stumped on a couple and would greatly appreciate any help - closing date 06/06/07

What is the connection between:

Red Hot Poker
La gare
Dr Demento
Old maid
Rummy.
I feel that the connection is card games but I have never heard of La gare or Dr Demento.

Who used to say 'Five down , ten to go' and what connects him to:
May 20 1810
Alan Jardine
Hammond Innes
Quantock Hills

'Babe you're getting closer, the lights are going dim' is the first line of which 1977 no1 hit.
This connects with:
Louth
Clare
Dominic Monaghan
Virginia Mayo so the conenection is Counties o Republic of Ireland but I can't get the answer to the no 1 hit.

As always many thanks in advance

[obsessed]

Hi Granny Grump. Are you really a granny (as I am now)
and are you grumpy?
The first connection is I believe card games, but perhaps you could check on the second and third answers and have another look at them.
Babe you're getting closer, etc. The song is "Way Down"
Down being a county in Northern Ireland. So the connection is counties in Ireland collectively and not just the south.
Will have a think about your second question.

[kempie]

"Five down, ten to go" - William G. Stewart, host of Channel 4's Fifteen-to-One.

[brokenbank]

La gare is a card game but don't know of Dr. Demento

[julesy]

Hi GG
Do you have the connection for V or N please?

I don't have the ones you need, sorry.
J.

[granny grump]

Hi Julesy

N - They are blind in one eye
V - D H Lawrence novels

good luckx

[julesy]

Thanks GG, do you need any others?

[granny grump]

Thank you kempie - I've been on 15 to one many moons ago & I still couldn't get it - can you see a connection? even with the last answer I can't get it.

Thankyou brokenbank - I will keep googling dr demento

Hi obsessed ,Yes I am a granny (of 11) and as for 'grump' it depends who you talk to! Actually I coined the phrase as I work in an office of young things - my other nickname - also coined by me is 'The old trout'

Are you a new granny - how many how old?. My eldest grandaughter is due to make me a greatgrand mother in October. My husband said he has just got to grips with sharing his bed with a grandma - he doesn't think that he can manage a great granny! thanks for your help

[granny grump]

No thanks julesy How about you are there any more that you want?

[julesy]

I still need Connections, C, F,IQ and S
Clues
H3 & 4, I 1, S1,2 and 3

Thanks
Julie

[granny grump]

Hi julesy

C - all murderers
F - I still need this one
I - Signs of the Zodiac
Q - Best Film Acadamy award winners best film
S - Tarot cards

H3 Recorder
H4 Flute
I1 - Fish
S1 - Tower
S2- Magician
S3 - Chariot

What answers do you have for section F? I may have a couple wrong which will obviously affect the connection.. Have seen your post for the new quiz - my cheque will be in the post tomorrow

[kempie]

Clutching at straws but how about Tartans?...

Stewart, Innes and Jardine are Scottish clans.
Somerset (home of Quantocks) is also a registered tartan

http://www.tartans.scotland.net/tartan_info.cf m@tartan_id=2280.htm

[granny grump]

Thank you kindly kempie - that sounds good - I'll spend a bit of time on that thread

[julesy]

Thanks again GG, I will also research tartans.
Thanks for sending for the new quiz from Daphne, good luck with it.

Julie

[granny grump]

Hi again Julesy

What answers do you have for section F?

[earthakitten]

Evening all ...
Connection F GG I have something else ... if you want a clue for the moment try ...
May Jardine Hammond Stewart Gower ... the last name should be your best clue but only if I am right !!! xx

[granny grump]

Many thanks earthakitten - of course you are right Gower was the first AOB. -- is there a specific connection or is it that they are cricketers?

kind regards GG

[earthakitten]

Dig a little deeper GG you will be rewarded !!
Let me know if you cant find it xx

[Headley]

E) 2- Chemin de fer - I have
3- Napoleon XIV

[granny grump]

Many thanks Headley - by george you've got it. I was relying on my schoolgirl French and it let me down. And I've no idea where I got Dr Demento from instead of Napoleon 14th. As soon as I saw that it all came flooding back. all done an dusted now.

[granny grump]

Many thanks earthakitten - I've finally got it. Talk about thick. I've been trying batsmen/bowlers/LH/RH/born abroad etc. etc. It didn't help that I was looking for a cricketer named Innes instead of Hammond. Himself looked at the list and said 'They're all England Captains!'

Why don't I see the obvious first?

All done and dusted now and thanks again for all the help. Good luck to anyone else who is doing it