Pub Quiz - 20050711

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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:49:03 +0100, Keith Willoughby
<keith@flat222.org> wrote:

>Barbara Bailey <rabrabbjb@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 01:01:12 +0100, Keith Willoughby
>> <keith@flat222.org> wrote:

>>>4) What name is given to a newly hatched pigeon?
>> squab?

Yay me!
>
>Yup! First correct answer of this, IIRC
>
>>>5) Who was the murder victim in Cluedo?
>> Mr Boddy?
>
>Well, it's not what I was looking for, but apparently that was the
>victim in the film Clue.

On reflection, it may have been Mr Boddy in the game Clue in the US,
too. I'm not sure.


>Rest correct.

 

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Keith Willoughby (keith@flat222.org) writes:
> 2) Multiple choice - roughly what percentage of the air we breathe is
> Oxygen. Is it 21%, 31%, or 41%?

21%

> 3) Which two colours make up the flag of Canada?

Red and white.

> 4) Which composer features on the 20 quid note?

Selma Lagerlöf. But she was an author. 🙂

> 5) Which 15th Century Italian statesman wrote the book The Prince, and
> whose name is now associated with amoral governments?

Machiavelli

> 7) In Scrabble, which letter has the most tiles?

E

> 8) What was the currency of Greece before the Euro?

Drachma

> 10) Hepatitis is a disease of which organ in the body?

Kidney

> 11) How many faces does a dodecahedron have?

12

> 12) In which country was the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior sunk?

New Zealand

> 13) Is a ventricle a chamber in the heart, or a valve in the heart?

Valve?

> 15) Paul Martin is the prime minister of which country?

Australia

> 15) Which singer/songwriter's real name is Declan McManus?

Elvis Costello

> 1) Which city was eliminated in the first round of voting for the 2012
> Olympics?

Moscow

> 2) For a point each, name the country and the city in which the Rumble
> in the Jungle took place?

Congo, Kinshasa. (Nevermind if it was called Zaire at the time.)

> 4) How long, in metres, is a standard Olympic swimming pool?

50

> 5) For a point each, name the two sports that were dropped last week
> from the 2012 Olympic programme

Softball and ... I'm pretty sure that Modern Pentathlon survived, but
I can't think of any other.

> 9) Who was the last non-European to win the world Formula 1 world
> championship?

Ayton Senna?

> 14) Football: Which country lost in the final of the World Cup in both
> 1974 and 1978?

Holland

> 2) For a point each, name the two leaders of the Labour Party who died
> whilst still leader?

John Smith was one of them.

> 3) Bauxte is the principle ore of which metal?

Aluminum

> 6) What colour is the Circle line on a London Underground map?

Green.

> 8) Nassau is the capital of which nation?

Bahamas. Unless it is Bermuda.

> 10) Who was the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth?

Noah?

> 11) Who was George Bush Sr.'s Vice President?

Don Quayle

> 12)What is the third biggest island in the world, after Greenland and
> Borneo

New Guinea. Except that I thought it was the second biggest...

> 4) Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble,
> Tres bien ensemble.

The Beatles - Michelle

> 6) Commencing countdown, engines on

David Bowie - Space Oddity




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Keith Willoughby (keith@flat222.org) writes:
> Haran Pilpel <haranp@zahav.net.il> writes:
>
> All correct!

So all of a sudden Nassau is now the captial of Jamaica????



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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> writes:

> Keith Willoughby (keith@flat222.org) writes:
>> 4) Which composer features on the 20 quid note?
>
> Selma Lagerlöf. But she was an author. 🙂

They have quids in Sweden now? ;-)

>> 10) Hepatitis is a disease of which organ in the body?
>
> Kidney

No

>> 13) Is a ventricle a chamber in the heart, or a valve in the heart?
>
> Valve?

Chamber

>> 15) Paul Martin is the prime minister of which country?
>
> Australia

Nope.

ObTrivia: Who is the PM of Australia?

>> 5) For a point each, name the two sports that were dropped last week
>> from the 2012 Olympic programme
>
> Softball and ... I'm pretty sure that Modern Pentathlon survived, but
> I can't think of any other.

Beisubol

>> 9) Who was the last non-European to win the world Formula 1 world
>> championship?
>
> Ayton Senna?

Nope.

>> 6) What colour is the Circle line on a London Underground map?
>
> Green.

Nope

Rest correct.

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Keith Willoughby (keith@flat222.org) writes:
>>> 6) What colour is the Circle line on a London Underground map?
>>
>> Green.
>
> Nope

Repeat 100 times:

District Line is green!
District Line is green!
District Line is green!
District Line is green!
District Line is green!
....


That was really embarrassing! I will have to blame on that District
and Circle runs same tracks for a longer stretch. Still, it's a serious
brain fart.



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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> writes:

> Keith Willoughby (keith@flat222.org) writes:
>> Haran Pilpel <haranp@zahav.net.il> writes:
>>
>> All correct!
>
> So all of a sudden Nassau is now the captial of Jamaica????

Gragh. I scan the answers so quickly, I end up just looking for answers
that look familiar. Jamaica looked familiar because it's been answered
.. . . Good catch. Ta.

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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 01:01:12 +0100, Keith Willoughby
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>2) Multiple choice - roughly what percentage of the air we breathe is
>Oxygen. Is it 21%, 31%, or 41%?
21
>3) Which two colours make up the flag of Canada?
Red andWhite
>5) Which 15th Century Italian statesman wrote the book The Prince, and
>whose name is now associated with amoral governments?
Machiavelli
>8) What was the currency of Greece before the Euro?
Drachma
>9) During which battle did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place?
>10) Hepatitis is a disease of which organ in the body?
Liver
>13) Is a ventricle a chamber in the heart, or a valve in the heart?
Chamber
>3) Who played the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of
>Thieves?
Alan Rickman
>6) What was Darth Vader's name in Star Wars before he turned evil?
Anakin Skywalker
>8) How was the TV character Diana Prince better known?
Wonder Woman
>14) Who played Ironside on TV?
Raymond Burr
>15) Which singer/songwriter's real name is Declan McManus?
Elvis Costello
>Sport
>9) Who was the last non-European to win the world Formula 1 world
> championship?
Ayrton Senna
>15) Which sport is played by the Boston Celtics?
Basketball
>3) Bauxte is the principle ore of which metal?
Aluminum
>7) How is Deoxyribonucleic acid better known?
DNA
>8) Nassau is the capital of which nation?
Bahamas
>11) Who was George Bush Sr.'s Vice President?
Dan Quayle
>15) Who was Director of the FBI from 1924 to 1972?
J. Edgar Hoover
>
>A) Name the movies from which these quotes come
>
>1) I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.
The Godfather
>2) Here's looking at you, kid.
Casablanca
>3) All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
Sunset Boulevard
>4) I feel the need - the need for speed!
Top Gun
>5) I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
Apocalypse now
>6) Show me the money!
Jerry McGure
>7) You're gonna need a bigger boat.
Jaws
>8) As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.
Gone With the wind
>9) Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!
Dr. Strangelove, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
>10) Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast.
King Kong
>
>B) Name the songs these lyrics from from
>
>
>4) Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble,
> Tres bien ensemble.
Michelle, The Beatles
>

>6) Commencing countdown, engines on
Space Oddity, David Bowie

>
>7) Cover me with kisses, baby
> Cover me with love
Call me, Blondie
>
> Isn't it, isn't it?
>
>
>Anagrams
>
>1) War on: he gets going (politician) -
>2) I'm that clean hero (sportsman) -
>3) I come, he gargle (singer) -
>4) Handsomely top (sportsman)
>5) Liked long tune (musician) -
>
>Picture round at http://flat222.org/keith/pictures.pdf (1.2 megs)

 

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The artist formerly Known as Bruce In Cleveland <brucemorrison216@sbclgobal.invalid.net> writes:

> On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 01:01:12 +0100, Keith Willoughby
> <keith@flat222.org> wrote:
>
>
>>Sport
>>9) Who was the last non-European to win the world Formula 1 world
>> championship?
> Ayrton Senna

No

Rest correct!

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> 2) Multiple choice - roughly what percentage of the air we breathe is
> Oxygen. Is it 21%, 31%, or 41%?
21%

> 3) Which two colours make up the flag of Canada?
White and rec

> 4) Which composer features on the 20 quid note?
Handel?

> 5) Which 15th Century Italian statesman wrote the book The Prince, and
> whose name is now associated with amoral governments?
Machiavelli

> 8) What was the currency of Greece before the Euro?
Drachma

> 9) During which battle did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place?
Sevastopol?

> 10) Hepatitis is a disease of which organ in the body?
Liver

> 11) How many faces does a dodecahedron have?
Twelve

> 12) In which country was the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior sunk?
New Zealand

> 13) Is a ventricle a chamber in the heart, or a valve in the heart?
Chamber?

> 15) Paul Martin is the prime minister of which country?
Canada

> MTVF
> 2) Who was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1935, aged only 6?
Mickey Rooney?

> 3) Who played the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of
> Thieves?
Errol Flynn?

> 6) What was Darth Vader's name in Star Wars before he turned evil?
Anakin Skywalker

> 8) How was the TV character Diana Prince better known?
Wonder Woman

> 13) Which musical features the songs Oh What a Beautiful Morning and The
> Surrey With The Fringe on Top?
Oklahoma

> 14) Who played Ironside on TV?
Raymond Burr

> Sport
> 1) Which city was eliminated in the first round of voting for the 2012
> Olympics?
Manila?

> 2) For a point each, name the country and the city in which the Rumble
> in the Jungle took place?
Lusaka, Zambia?

> 4) How long, in metres, is a standard Olympic swimming pool?
50

> 5) For a point each, name the two sports that were dropped last week
> from the 2012 Olympic programme
Baseball? Tennis?

> 6) Which horse won the Grand National in 2000, and got its name from the
> French word for butterfly?
Papillon

> 7) Boxing: Who had the longest uninterrupted reign as world heavyweight
> champion, at 11 years 7 months?
Joe Louis?

> 9) Who was the last non-European to win the world Formula 1 world
> championship?
Fittipaldi?

> 14) Football: Which country lost in the final of the World Cup in both
> 1974 and 1978?
> 15) Which sport is played by the Boston Celtics?
Basketball

> GK
> 1) Which book begins "Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four Privet Drive,
> were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very
> much."?
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's [Sorceror's] Stone

> 2) For a point each, name the two leaders of the Labour Party who died
> whilst still leader?
Clement Attlee? Michael Foot?

> 3) Bauxte is the principle ore of which metal?
Aluminum

> 4) What name is given to a newly hatched pigeon?
> 5) Who was the murder victim in Cluedo?
Mr. Boddy

> 6) What colour is the Circle line on a London Underground map?
Yellow?

> 7) How is Deoxyribonucleic acid better known?
DNA

> 8) Nassau is the capital of which nation?
Bahamas

> 9) Which US politician was nicknamed Tailgunner Joe?
McCarthy?

> 10) Who was the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth?
Noah

> 11) Who was George Bush Sr.'s Vice President?
Dan Quayle

> 12)What is the third biggest island in the world, after Greenland and
> Borneo
Madagascar?

> 13) In which British city is the hill called Arthur's Seat?
Edinburgh?

> 15) Who was Director of the FBI from 1924 to 1972?
J. Edgar Hoover

> Bonus round
> A) Name the movies from which these quotes come
>
> 1) I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.
The Godfather

> 2) Here's looking at you, kid.
Casablanca

> 4) I feel the need - the need for speed!
Easy Rider?

> 5) I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
Apocalypse Now

> 6) Show me the money!
Jerry Maguire

> 8) As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.
The Grapes of Wrath?

> 9) Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!
Dr. Strangelove

> B) Name the songs these lyrics from from
> 4) Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble,
> Tres bien ensemble.
Michelle

> Anagrams
>
> 1) War on: he gets going (politician) -
George Washington

> 2) I'm that clean hero (sportsman) -
Harmonic Athlete ;-)

> 3) I come, he gargle (singer) -
Michael George

> 4) Handsomely top (sportsman)
Daley Thompson

> 5) Liked long tune (musician) -
Duke Ellington

> Picture round at http://flat222.org/keith/pictures.pdf (1.2 megs)

1 - Martin Luther King
5 - Chico Marx
9 - George Bernard Shaw

 

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>>5) Who was the murder victim in Cluedo?
> Mr Boddy?


Well, it's not what I was looking for, but apparently that was the
victim in the film Clue.

Mr. Boddy is the victim in the American game Clue.

 

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bill.daly@tradition-na.com writes:

>> 2) Multiple choice - roughly what percentage of the air we breathe is
>> Oxygen. Is it 21%, 31%, or 41%?
>> 4) Which composer features on the 20 quid note?
> Handel?

No

>> 9) During which battle did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place?
> Sevastopol?

Sorta

>> MTVF
>> 2) Who was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1935, aged only 6?
> Mickey Rooney?

No

>> 3) Who played the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of
>> Thieves?
> Errol Flynn?

Nope.

>> Sport
>> 1) Which city was eliminated in the first round of voting for the 2012
>> Olympics?
> Manila?

No

>> 2) For a point each, name the country and the city in which the Rumble
>> in the Jungle took place?
> Lusaka, Zambia?

No, yes.

>> 5) For a point each, name the two sports that were dropped last week
>> from the 2012 Olympic programme
> Baseball? Tennis?

Yes, no

>> 9) Who was the last non-European to win the world Formula 1 world
>> championship?
> Fittipaldi?

Nope

>> 2) For a point each, name the two leaders of the Labour Party who died
>> whilst still leader?
> Clement Attlee? Michael Foot?

Yes, no.

>> 5) Who was the murder victim in Cluedo?
> Mr. Boddy

Sorta, but no.

>> 12)What is the third biggest island in the world, after Greenland and
>> Borneo
> Madagascar?

No

>> 4) I feel the need - the need for speed!
> Easy Rider?

No

>> 8) As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.
> The Grapes of Wrath?

Nope

Rest correct, modulo "Michael George"

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"Keith Willoughby" <keith@flat222.org> wrote in message
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> "harry" <harry@hrsnospamx.fsnet.co.uk> writes:
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>> "Keith Willoughby" <keith@flat222.org> wrote in message
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>>> 6) Which type of animal lives in a drey?
>>
>> Hare
>
> Nope.
>
> ObTrivia: What does a hare live in?

Form

>

>
>>> 2) Who was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1935, aged only 6?
>>
>> Lassie?
>
> Kewl! No.

OK, I'll revert to the first name I thought of before plumping for Lassie:
Shirly Temple
>
>
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