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Getting to know you - A Fun 'My Favourite Things' Quiz
My Favourite...1. Time of Day: Morning
2. Food: a tartine with goat cheese and French saucisson
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): sparkling water
4. Band/singer: Pink Martini
5. Actor: Cary Grant
6. Spot in Australia:Balmoral
7. Team/Sport:Socceroos
8. Car:Prius
9. Animal:wallaby
10. Activity: cooking
11. Things to collect: shells
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Sunset
2. Food: Mexican food like Burritos, Tacos and Enchiladas
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Boost Juice
4. Band/singer: Ed Sheeran
5. Actor: Jennifer Lawrence
6. Spot in Australia: I haven't been to enough places to give an answer
7. Team/Sport: don't have one
8. Car: Audi R8 Spyder
9. Animal: house animal:Ragdoll Cat. otherwise I think Squirrel monkeys are so cute!!!
10. Activity:cooking
11. Things to collect: pamphlets and maps from when I visit places, like when I went to the Gold Coast I kept all the maps from the theme parks and all the cards from shops I went to.
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Evening
2. Food: So many kinds of pasta I love the stuff
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Fruit teas
4. Band/singer: Dog is Dead and I may have a guilty pleasure when it comes to 1D
5. Actor: Chloe Moretz
6. Spot in Australia: Melbourne city, bit biased but I just love it
7. Team/Sport: don't have one
8. Car: Aston Martin Vanquish
9. Animal: Seals or Bears (even though I'm terrified of them)
10. Activity: Watching movies
11. Things to collect: Key chains! I've been collecting them from (almost) everywhere I go since I was 15 and I've got around 25 now
Hi, I've just joined GoodReads!1. Favourite time of day - Dawn (or whenever I get up). I love the sound of the birds outside, and the promise of a new day.
2. Food - Marinated or spice-rubbed grilled salmon
3. Drink - flavoured black tea, perhaps French Earl Grey or Coconut Chai
4. Band/singer - Stan Ridgway
5. Actor - Jon Hamm
6. Spot in Australia - the Snowy Mountains in winter!
7. Team/Sport - Does kicking a soccer ball around the park count?
8. Car - I don't drive so I have zero interest in cars.
9. Animal - Red pandas and black cats
10. Activity - Reading, chatting online
11. Things to collect - I'm in minimalism mode, so I don't collect things anymore, although I do have a beautiful collection of English enamel boxes.
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Depends upon how I feel. The morning when not working.
2. Food: Plain foods. A nice steak or stew with boiled vegetables and garlic prawns in cream sauce etc.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Coffee
4. Band/singer: R.Stones, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Doobies etc.
5. Actor: Current - Matt Damon
6. Spot in Australia: Apart from home, the Kimberley because of the outback and Gold Coast because I had a nice time there.
7. Team/Sport: I like F1. McLaren.
8. Car: Astin Martin DB9, & 6 Shelby Cobra.
9. Animal: Many.
10. Activity: Depends upon mood.
11. Things to collect: Model aircraft.
Paul wrote: "My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Depends upon how I feel. The morning when not working.
2. Food: Plain foods. A nice steak or stew with boiled vegetables and garlic prawns in cream sauce etc.
3. D..."
Fleetwood Mac and the Dooby brothers - swoon!!!
Kiera wrote: "My Favourite... 1. Time of Day:
Very late at night. I'm talking 9:30 to after midnight sort of time.
2. Food:
I love cakes and pastries (naughty naughty, I know. Lol.)
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-a..."
INXS, very nice. Listening to a lot of them atm.
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Sitting on couch outside, with a nice ice tea in one hand and a book in the other
2. Food: Ice-cream
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Ice-Tea
4. Band/singer: Too many, but currently The Civil Wars
5. Actor: gotta love Hugh Jackman in Wolverine, but I have lots of favs
6. Spot in Australia: 1000 steps in Dandenong
7. Team/Sport: AFL, go the Blues!
8. Car: Honda crv
9. Animal: had a cat we called Xena ( cause me and my siblings are Xena: warrior princess fans) but she died
10. Activity: I have lots of em, reading is the obvious choice and eating!
11. Things to collect: cinema tickets ( after each movie, I keep the movie ticket so if someone says if I've watched a particular movie, I have proof haha, nah just an odd habit)
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Late night-time when the world is quiet and peaceful
2. Food: Raspberry pavlova and Smoked Salmon (not together)
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Iced Aloe Vera Drink
4. Band/singer: Celtic Woman
5. Actor: Ian Mc Kellen
6. Spot in Australia: Cape Tribulation and Tassie – anywhere it is green with little technology
7. Team/Sport: Don’t believe in competition
8. Car: anything without a top
9. Animal: Cats and Horses!
10. Activity: Reading and working on my novel
My Favourite...1. Time of Day: Bed time
2. Food: Burritos
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Fresh Juice and coke
4. Band/singer: Fall Out Boy and The Kooks
5. Actor: Ben Stiller
6. Spot in Australia: Exmouth, WA
7. Team/Sport: West Coast Eagles for supporting, Netball for playing
8. Car: Nothing specific, but I love 4WDs
9. Animal: Dogs and Goats
10. Activity: Reading (obviously), and going to the beach
11. Things to collect: Books
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: When my husband comes home from work
2. Food: Guacamole Dip with chips- No lime, just tons of garlic, cilantro, red onion, tomato and avocados
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): XXXX Summer in Australia and Yuengling beer- made in Pennsylvania
4. Band/singer: Kenny Chesney and Johnny Cash
5. Actor: Too hard!
6. Spot in Australia: Caloundra, Sunshine Coast
7. Team/Sport: Alabama Crimson Tide & Auburn Tigers
8. Car: Red Corvette
9. Animal: My precious puppy, Chloe
10. Activity: Hiking/walking
11. Things to collect: Sand from all over the world. The most unusual sand in texture that I've come across is Punta Cana. It feels like velvet.
Nikki wrote: "My Favourite...1. Time of Day: Bed time
2. Food: Burritos
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Fresh Juice and coke
4. Band/singer: Fall Out Boy and The Kooks
5. Actor: Ben Stiller
6. Spot in Au..."
Gotta love Burrito's! Or any Mexican food in general really :-)
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Bed time :)
2. Food: Chocolate
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): L&P... and baileys... not together, I just like them both lol
4. Band/singer: .... ooo...um.... live and queen... it changes on a song by song basis lol my attention span doesn't really allow for favorites a lot of the time
5. Actor: Bill Bailey and Dylan Moran
6. Spot in Australia: Queens Gardens, Perth (and Ohope beach, NZ)
7. Team/Sport: All Blacks... (don't ban me coz I'm kiwi haha)
8. Car: shelby cobra... i wish lol
9. Animal: Cats
10. Activity: painting... and sleeping (I dream a lot so sleeping is both refreshing and entertaining)
11. Things to collect: earrings
1. Time of Day: Dawn2. Food: Pizza
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Strawberry milkshake
4. Band/singer: 5SOS/Taylor Henderson/Coldplay
5. Actor: Dougie Baldwin
6. Spot in Australia: Dicky Beack on the Sunshine Coast
7. Team/Sport: I only watch State of Origin, so Qld
8. Car: Porsche
9. Animal: Wolf
10. Activity: Reading
11. Things to collect: Freckles
Ooohhh - fun!My Favourite...
1. Time of Day: Any time of the day I don't have to go to work!
2. Food: fish'n'chips & pavlova
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Diet Coke
4. Band/singer: I like a variety, more like a fav song than a fav band or singer
5. Actor: Sandra Bullock
6. Spot in Australia: Anywhere it's green and gets rain (as opposed to where I live!)
7. Team/Sport: I guess gymnastics. Not a sports fan.
8. Car: one that's paid for!
9. Animal: Cats Rule!
10. Activity: Are you kidding me? Reading!
11. Things to collect: Books (oh, and more cats if I had the room and money!)
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: just before my kids wake and the house is so quiet...
2. Food: chocolate chip cookies
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): chocolate milk
4. Band/singer: Pink
5. Actor: channing tatum
6. Spot in Australia: lake keep it
7. Team/Sport: NSW blues
8. Car: none i tend to walk everywhere..
9. Animal: dog
10. Activity: lying in my hammock reading from my kindle while my kids play outside
11. Things to collect: BOOKS!!!!
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: twilight
2. Food: Italian, a good pie
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic):anything with chocolate in it
4. Band/singer: INXS, Cold chisel, Pink
5. Actor: Chris Hemsworth, Channing Tatum, James Franco
6. Spot in Australia: great barrier reef
7. Team/Sport: swimming
8. Car: mini cooper
9. Animal: dog
10. Activity: reading
11. Things to collect: first edition books
My Favourite1. Time of Day - Twilight
2. Food - Italian
3. I enjoy a moscato wine or a good cup of tea
4. I have never really thought to like a band, I enjoy certain songs and I don't usually relate thos to a band. Maybe Credence Clearwater Revival or Herman's Hermits?
5. I fell in love with Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing but I also liked Mel Gibson (in his younger days), Paul Newmand, Robert Redford,Matthew McCounaghey and Channing Tatum.
6. The Sunshine Coase will do me
7. No sport
8. Don't know that either
9. Cat
10. Reading, card making
11. Paper for crafting and other things craft related and shoes
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: first thing in the morning (yeah I am that sick)
2. Food: vegan gluten free quesadilla OR green salad with avocado
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic):green smoothie with kale and kiwi
4. Band/singer: dunno, so many. maybe still cranberries
5. Actor: dunno
6. Spot in Australia: Kangaroo Island
7. Team/Sport: roller derby
8. Car: dunno
9. Animal: owl
10. Activity: reading and writing
11. Things to collect: high distinctions
My Favourite...1. Time of Day: Afternoon
2. Food: I don't know, but this has made me really hungry... I might go with pasta; thus I can have my diversity... and well, pasta too.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Tea!
4. Band/singer: Floor Jansen
5. Actor: Eva Green
6. Spot in Australia: Salmon Rocks
7. Team/Sport: Gymnastics
8. Car: VW Beetle
9. Animal: Okapi
10. Activity would be dancing and reading
11. Things to collect are ornaments. :D
My Favourite...1. Time of Day: About 20 minutes before my shift at work ends ;)
2. Food: Home made Spaghetti bolognese
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): I'll keep the previous posts favourite - Tea!
4. Band/singer: Don't have a favorite just like individual songs
5. Actor: Dont watch enough TV to have a fav actor!
6. Spot in Australia: My back deck early in the morning when the suns out
7. Team/Sport: Jiu Jitsu
8. Car: Mitsubishi Lancer
9. Animal: Bird
10. Activity: Reading
11. Things to collect are ornaments. Books, other than that i'm a minimalist.
My Favourite...1. Time of Day: Bedtime
2. Food: Italian
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Red wine or scotch
4. Band/singer: I love rock - modern and classic - but to narrow it down, the CDs I'd most hate to lose are by Queen and Billy Joel
5. Actor: If I could only say one, Bette Davis
6. Spot in Australia: Home (Dandenong Ranges), Daylesford, Harrietville, so many beautiful country towns in Victoria and Australia...aren't we lucky?
7. Team/Sport: Collingwood - Go the Pies!
8. Car: Mustang
9. Animal: Cat and dog
10. Activity: Writing, reading, canoeing, relaxing in front of the wood fire with a glass of red...
11. Things to collect: Books, experiences, reminders of those experiences
It's especially lovely when you've just changed the sheets, isn't it, Sally?
Sandi wrote: "It's especially lovely when you've just changed the sheets, isn't it, Sally?"Oh I can get that Sandi! Clean sheets, freshly showered and you want to make sand/snow angels in the bed! :D
Oh, yes, Julie! And a warm, purry cat or two and your special human next to you, to complete the pic?
Sandi wrote: "Oh, yes, Julie! And a warm, purry cat or two and your special human next to you, to complete the pic?"Only if they are equally fresh and after I have wallowed in that loveliness for a satisfactory amount of time! ;D
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I'm with you both Julie and Sandi :)
My Favourite...
1. Time of Day:
Any time of day where I can read
2. Food:
Seafood
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic):
Tea, Tea, Tea, and more Tea
4. Band/singer:
This one is tough, I listen to anything and anyone really
5. Actor:
Ryan Reynolds, he's from my hometown of Vancouver :)
6. Spot in Australia:
Never been, but I really want to go. I hear it is beautiful (Im afraid I will melt on the cement though)
7. Team/Sport:
Ice Hockey - Vancouver Canucks
8. Car:
I don't know, lol a car.
9. Animal:
Black lab puppies
10. Activity
Reading
11. Things to collect
Books
1. Time of Day:
Any time of day where I can read
2. Food:
Seafood
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic):
Tea, Tea, Tea, and more Tea
4. Band/singer:
This one is tough, I listen to anything and anyone really
5. Actor:
Ryan Reynolds, he's from my hometown of Vancouver :)
6. Spot in Australia:
Never been, but I really want to go. I hear it is beautiful (Im afraid I will melt on the cement though)
7. Team/Sport:
Ice Hockey - Vancouver Canucks
8. Car:
I don't know, lol a car.
9. Animal:
Black lab puppies
10. Activity
Reading
11. Things to collect
Books
Nice, Melissa! Australia is beautiful and it's not all about heat and cement. We have plenty of hills, countryside, deserts, beaches and more and the heat depends on time of year and where you go. :)
Sandi wrote: "Nice, Melissa! Australia is beautiful and it's not all about heat and cement. We have plenty of hills, countryside, deserts, beaches and more and the heat depends on time of year and where you go. :)"
One day I shall go :) I have had rave reviews from friends and family who have been.
One day I shall go :) I have had rave reviews from friends and family who have been.
And one day I'd love to go to Canada, Melissa. It looks so beautiful!
Sandi wrote: "And one day I'd love to go to Canada, Melissa. It looks so beautiful!"
:) it is quite beautiful - I think you would find probably some things are similar to Australia over here (Just a colder climate haha)
:) it is quite beautiful - I think you would find probably some things are similar to Australia over here (Just a colder climate haha)
Yes, I agree, Michael. I love that we have four distinct seasons, but summer is my least favourite.
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I would come down in our winter - we think it is cold but you would be quite comfortable as it is no where near as cold as Canada!I live in the tropic - you would probably melt - LOL!
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day:
Bed Time :D
2. Food:
Sunday Roast
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic):
Apple Cider
4. Band/singer: at the moment:
Haim
5. Actor: At the moment:
Sam Heughan (outlander)
6. Spot in Australia:
The Grampians and Ocean Grove
7. Team/Sport:
Richmond and (sport) Soccer
8. Car:
my car - Honda Civic
9. Animal:
Sea turtle
10. Activity:
Surfing
11. Things to collect:
coins from different countries
This is so fascinating, I am learning a lot about Australia. Here it is the opposite, it is the cold seasons that you need to watch out for lol. Fortunately, Vancouver is mild all year around - it just rains, and rains, and rains. But I have lived in Alberta where I clearly remember going to school in minus 50 weather.
Michael wrote: "You would love it here Melissa. If you can, come over during our spring time as Summers can get quite hot. :)"
It would be nice to see an ocean that doesn't immediately make you recoil due to chilly factor haha
It would be nice to see an ocean that doesn't immediately make you recoil due to chilly factor haha
Melissa wrote: "Michael wrote: "You would love it here Melissa. If you can, come over during our spring time as Summers can get quite hot. :)"It would be nice to see an ocean that doesn't immediately make you re..."
Then you would love it here Melissa :) we are literally surrounded by beautiful ocean and some of the most beautiful beaches you will find anywhere in the world.
☼♄Jülie wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Michael wrote: "You would love it here Melissa. If you can, come over during our spring time as Summers can get quite hot. :)"
It would be nice to see an ocean that doesn't immedi..."
So very tempting - I hope my questions aren't annoying, I find Australia super fascinating. You are similar to Canada but different, and your accents are nicer haha.
It would be nice to see an ocean that doesn't immedi..."
So very tempting - I hope my questions aren't annoying, I find Australia super fascinating. You are similar to Canada but different, and your accents are nicer haha.
Hi Keely, Nice to find someone else who loves bed time. The sea turtle is an unusual choice of favourite animal. :)
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Night when everything's quiet and still
2. Food: Hamburgers really good ones
3. Drink ice coffee
4. Band/singer: Despite being only early twenties numerous groups from sixties-eighties
5. Actor: Jenson Ackles
6. Spot in Australia: My dad likes rugby I have seen a bit of it with him
7. Team/Sport: Blanking on this one
8. Car: Anything dark and sleek
9. Animal: Fox
10. Activity: Drawing
11. Things to collect: Pretty outfits, classic novels, anything with good craftsman's ship
Aussie Readers
Books mentioned in this topic
The Beer Lovers Guide to Australia (other topics)North and South (other topics)
Storm Boy (other topics)
Mike from Brisbane here
Its amazing the variety of answers that have been posted
My Favorite...
1. Time of Day:- morning
2. Food: -steak
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic):- Coke
4. Band/..."
I also collect karaoke songs. I have a couple thousand of them. I love singing- even if I am a bit rubbish. Lol