Lifeboat quiz

[Nid 1]

D Day to-morrow and still have a few to solve (the easy ones !!!)
1. No points in a spray.
2. If such a flower is seen, it's by arrangement.
3. ...........prick you ............. (cannot make sense of this one)
4. More than one general , perhaps.

It has been extra difficult as no numbers given for the answer.
Thank you all for the help.

[grasscarp]

Dont know if there is a theme. Could 1 be eau-de-nil?

[quinie]

What is the theme,please,Nid1?

[grasscarp]

just looked at Nid's previous post and it is flowers......

[Nid 1]

Sorry Grasscarp & Quinie did not put answers are all flowers ,Trees and veg even.
Apologies.

[grasscarp]

could 2 be wallflower?

[Nid 1]

Thanks grasscarp at least it is better than leaving a blank when I send it in.

[grasscarp]

If you want to put something anyway, I suggest poinsettia for number 1, as it is an anagram of points and a tie.

[grasscarp]

2 is fuschia - anagram of if such a

[grasscarp]

Now wondering if 1 is snowdrops. No with points s and w plus a spray is drops of water

[grasscarp]

Did you send this in Nid. What did you put for 3. I am still thinking about it and wondered if it is Lupin, as pins prick you.....

[factor-fiction]

fuschia- anagram of IF SUCH A

[TheWinner]

3. Thorn ?

[grasscarp]

what flower, tree or veg is a thorn. also factor, I got that one yesterday.......

[TheWinner]

http://www.macmilland...merican/thorn#thorn_5

[seadogg]

Could 1. be nosegay (no S.E.). Is this quiz connected with the Lifeboats S.O.S. week Nid?

[ubasses]

how about cactus or thistle for 3.?

[grasscarp]

A bush or tree with a lot of thorns on it is called a thorn! Well you live and learn so I must apologise Winner.

[Nid 1]

Now all the answers are back.
I. was Love -in -a-mist
3. was Thistle ( this 'll )
4 Alexanders
and the defiency desease I do not appear to survive this at first was Berberis.

[boxtops]

Good to see the answers - thank you, nid!