The Challenge

[spursfan]

Help please
Q54 A seven-lettered word containing two sets of double letters,alternatively spelt as a six-lettered word with one set of double letters.Either way it is the outline of a speech etc or a rough sketch for a portrait.Which word?
Q117 In mediaeval times and indeed much later in certain places it was the custom ( and once a rule of the church ) for a newly married couple to abstain from nookie for 1,2 or 3 nights after the wedding.How were these nights referred to?
Q120 To date this competition has been held in the USA,UK,Australia and Malaysia and the world champions have come from USA,UK,Canada and Thailand and nowhere else.Which competition?
Thanks

[Phil7]

Q.54 I'm trying to make sense of BALLOON and BALLON...

BALLOON as in a speech balloon - an outline, yes? And the best for the other is that BALLON in Google turned up "Ballon Cartoons" - cartoon as in preliminary sketch (but the link gave me an error!).

[Argee2]

Q54. The only word I can find is ABBOZZO which is a preliminary sketch or outline but I cannot find it spelt with six letters.

[Pea Pod]

http://www.focusresearch.com/gw/?p=216 There you are abbozzo with six.

[Argee2]

Well done, peapod. I can go to bed now. There you are, ABBOZZO and ABOZZO. Glad to help even if you are a spursfan!!!

[Argee2]

P.S. Sorry I have not got anywhere with the non-honeymoon, or the other question.

[spursfan]

Hi Phil7,Argee2 & Pea Pod
Many thanks to all of you for your replies

[ontarioice]

Q120: World Scrabble Competition. World champions as you will see on this link come from the 4 countries you name and nowhere else. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Scrabble_Ch ampionship

[spursfan]

Hi ontariororice
Many thanks as yet again you have come up trumps

[ontarioice]

Monday is a slack day for me so I Googled for you trying for Q117. I read the whole of the following site:
http://www.drizzle.com/~celyn/mrwp/mrwed.html but nowhere is abstainence mentioned. Another site I visited had the following to say: Quote:
The statement of Pope Nicholas I in which he declared in 866, "If the consent be lacking in a marriage, all other celebrations, even should the union be consummated, are rendered void", shows the importance of a couple's consent to marriage. It has remained an important part of church teaching through the years. Unquote.
Consent seems to be the main theme from what I've read and it would actually seem that no abstainance was required at all. I think the library is your best bet for this one as there are lots of books shown on sites, but the contents of said books are not available.
Sorry to let you down with this one.
Cheers O-ice

[spursfan]

Hi O-ice
Thanks for your lateat message
You have no need to apologise as you most certainly do not let me down,your answers are always welcome
Ther was one question I did not post because it was so wordy and I thought I might find the answer,but as I haven't,see what you can make of this
Q116 Maurice Chevalier,Bing Crosby,Fred Astaire,Judy Garland,Bob Hope,John Wayne,Jimmy Stewart,Charlton Heston,Kirk Douglas,Sidner Poitier,Paul Newman,Robert Redford,Sean Connery, Harrison Ford and Anthony Hopkins.Which director are they delighted to have in common?
At the risk of suggesting a red herring,the use of the word delighted may be a clue
Thanks

[Peabrain]

Spursfan,

'delighted' is a big clue as you suggested and there are several other very other famous actors and actresses who could have been included in the list as it is incomplete.

[spursfan]

Hi Peabrain
Thank you for your response.I was fairly sure that I had found the answer and your tip helps to confirm it
Have you completed the quiz this month or do you need any hints?
Regards
spursfan

[ontarioice]

Hi
I'm not picking up on the "delighted" hint. Thought it might be a woman director, but can't find one they all had in common. Actually can't find any director they had in common. Afraid I'm quite lost on this one. Perhaps later when you and Peabrain has finished the puzzle you'll let me know the answer.
I'm not doing the puzzle myself but find the questions very 'Challenging.'
O-ice

[spursfan]

Hi O-ice
Thank you for your message
The closing date for this quiz is today and the answers should arrive Tuesday/Wednesday
I will post the answer for this and Q117 when I receive them
Regards
spursfan

[ontarioice]

Thanks. I hope you'll let me try to help with your next quiz.
I enjoy it so much when I actually come up with an answer for you.
O-ice

[ontarioice]

Hi spursfan
Any reults yet on Q116 and Q117?

[spursfan]

Hi O-ice
Apologies for not giving you the answers as promised but we have been away for a few days and only returned home yesterday (Friday)
Q116 Cecil B de Mille (Golden Globe award winners )
Q117 Tobias (or Toby) nights
I have not started this months quiz yet as the answers are not due to be posted until Jan 5th but I am sure to require help later in the month
All the best for Christmas and the New Year
Regards
Spursfan

[ontarioice]

Hi
Two comments.
1. I have never heard or read of De Mille being called "delightful." Other things, but not that.
2. Tobias nights is a new one on me. It is in Google as I'm sure you checked for yourself, but how would a body have gone about finding it?
Thanks for your greetings and may we wish you and yours "The Compliments of the Season."
O-ice