Govende – a game of wordplay, puns, leaps of thought and trivia - GAME 2

Ta Mac That’s how you thank a Scotsman
What’s a Scotsman ?

A very large old steam train that flew along.

What is a train?

A train (terrain) is an area and can be flat or undulating.

What is undulating?

'Tarmac' comes from 'tar macadam' . I suppose Macadam herself was a chemist.

What is a chemist?

Undulating

It’s when you’re never on time for appointments and have no excuse.

What is excuse

An ex-cuse is a person who used to live in the city of Syracuse in the United States.

What is united?

It is a way to stand. The song says so: "United we stand, divided we fall, and if our backs should ever be against the wall, we'll be together, forever, you and I".

What is forever?

Forever, hopefully it is is two arms and two legs per person.

What is a person?

Per son is when you divide something between your two male offspring.

What is divide?

Divide is a mathematical function - a bit like add, subtract or multiply.

What is subtract?

Sub tract is a smaller path ,often beside the main one.

What is a path?

A-path-y is when you are disinterested in something, say - a particular activity.

What is activity?

Activity pertains to mental and physical changes.

What does 'mental' mean to you?

"Going mental" can mean worrying until you lose all sense of proportion.

What is proportion?

Proportion is when you eat a portion of food that contains probiotics.

What is contains?

It’s rubbish diet plans that tell you’ll attain a loss of a stone a month

What is rubbish

Rubbish is just a little bit rubb, but not enough to be definite about it.

What is little?

Little is always a relative quantity.

What is quantity , as compared with quality?

The word takes on more of an identity with Mary’s passing.

What is identity

Identity?? Hmm?!

Isn't that the film where everyone was killed by a kid?

What is killed?

Killed is how some Americans pronounce the garment worn by men in what they call Scodland.

What is a garment?

Gar is a species of fish which live in central America and which were never ment (meant) to be eaten.

What is a species?

"species, in biology, classification comprising related organisms that share common characteristics and are capable of interbreeding. This biological species concept is widely used in biology and related fields of study."

What is biology?

(You almost had us stumped there Caleo )

Biology is using two different oils on my ageing skin to try and ward off the ravages of time.

What are ravages?

RAV is an antivirus that you might accidentally install. Although it’s not harmful, if it appears suddenly it certainly ages you!!