Friday 20 December 2019

A quiz



Here's a little quiz – based on a subject we’ve touched upon before: You have two cows. Cows have been important throughout the ages. Who might have come up with these lines?
Thou hast two cowes, blisful matir for to seke, Thy cowes art but a milde wight and meke.
A cow, a cow, my kingdom for a cow!
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of two cows must be in want of a wife.
You have two cows. That's a maximum combined energy output of 1.062*1020J.
You have two cows. You shall milk them on the beaches, you shall milk them on the landing grounds, you shall milk them in the fields and in the streets, you shall milk them in the hills...
You have two cows. One of them is descended from Turgon, son of Fingolfin, son of Finwë, and dwelt in the hidden city of Gondolin, that in Quenya is called Ondolindë, which is The Rock of the Music of the Water. The other is the daughter of... (continue for 300 pages)
You have two cows. Not a lot of people know that.
A large black monolith appears and then you have two cows.
Listen, don't mention the cows. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it all right.
You have two cows. Huge, inflatable cows floating above London.
You have two cows, but they were born to run, so you set them free.
U have 2 cows. It's alright, they moo in mysterious ways
"What are those things, Spock?" "They're cows, Jim, but not as we know it."
This show was brought to you by the letters C, O, W, and S, and by the number 2.
You have 42 cows.
You have two cows. Your sole object in life is to find suitable bulls.
You have two cows. One of them is a mole.
Your two cows are the milkmen. Moo moo ga moob!
This is Ground Control to Major Cow, you've really made the grade. And the papers want to know whose grass you eat.
You're just some bovine that I used to know.
You have two cows. One of them used to produce ordinary milk, but then it got cancer and started to produce illegal crystal milk. The other says "bitch!" a lot. You win a gazillion awards for your cows. 
You have a printing press that creates cows. You print tons of cows for everyone, then wonder why there are no pastures left.
You have five cows, named Alpha through Epsilon. They give you an excuse to rail against modernity.
You have two cows. You feel guilty, but you have no clue why.
You have two cows. Being female, they suffer.
You have two cows. I won’t tell you how many I have. I would rather hide in a fridge.
You have two cows. I can’t tell you how many I have. In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Most of the answers can be found here.