A couple more of 'em

Question # 1

What connects a pastime for public schoolboys, mutual one-handed slapping and Marilyn Monroe in bed?

Answer

Five. Eton Fives, high-five, Chanel No. 5 (heee heee)


Question # 2

Put the following words in order:

HAT, YES, FIRE, TRY, OPT, PUMP, SET, DUE

(If any1 knew the complete answer to that without looking below, i'l eat my bathroom chappals)

Answer

These English-seeming words are also the cardinal numbers from one to eight in various languages:

yes (1 Spanish Romany)
due (2 Italian)
try (3 Belarussian)
fire (4 Norwegian)
pump (5 Welsh)
hat (6 Hungarian)
set (7 Catalan)
opt (8 Romanian)

Whoa !!!

Question # 3

Which literary work links Robin Cook, Benjamin Franklin, Ismail Merchant, Arthur Miller, and Christopher Reeve?

Answer

"The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer. The people in the question all have medieval professions as surnames, and someone from each of these professions had a tale to tell in Chaucer's work:

Tale 2: The Miller's Tale
Tale 3: The Reeve's Tale
Tale 4: The Cook's Tale
Tale 10: The Merchant's Tale
Tale 12: The Franklin's Tale

I can only sigh !!! Maybe i can attempt these quizzes next time with some help from Google and Wikipedia

What the heck!! Guess il have to go to bed feeling like an inadequate moron :(