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easthammer 4:07 Thu Mar 19
Daily Quiz anyone?

If you are stuck at home and bored like me.
How about exercising the old grey cells?

I have for a number of years run quiz nights and couple of times a year. I was due to do one tomorrow which is now cancelled So I have a bank of questions sitting in my computer's hard drive. They are quite eclectic in their nature.

I am thinking I could put up a set of questions for which you write down your answers. After 30mins or so I will put up the answers. DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS. before I post the right answers.

You mark your own answers and post your score.

I will then record the scores and at the end of the "lockdown" we will see who is WHO's brainbox supreme. Obiviously no looking up the answers (you only cheat yourselves)

Word of warning these won't be easy questions as they have been devised for teams of six. Forming teams on here might be too problematic. So I'll try to pick out the easier questions.

Any interest?

zico 11:29 Fri Mar 24
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A nice easy one to finish the week -

Are they related? …Just place True or False

1. Indira Gandhi was the granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi


2. Queen Victoria was grandmother to Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany


3. Judith Keppel (Millionaire and Egghead) and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall are Third cousins.


4. Friends star Matthew Perry and singer Katie Perry are brother and sister


5. Actors Michael Keaton and Diane Keaton are brother and sister


6. Tom Hanks is Abraham Lincoln's third cousin four times removed.


7. Jon Voight is Angelina Jolie’s father


8. Opportunity Knocks star Hughie Green was Paula Yates’s father


9. Audrey Hepburn and Katharine Hepburn were sisters


10. Phylicia Rashad who famously starred on The Cosby Show and dancer and choreographer Debbie Allen from Fame are sisters.

riosleftsock 9:19 Thu Mar 23
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12 woohoo!

zico 8:35 Thu Mar 23
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Quite happy with an 8. Did wonfder re Monty Python and put Holy Grail and thought Chapman rather than Gilliam. Thanks MD.

Far Cough 8:23 Thu Mar 23
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7 cheers

easthammer 7:56 Thu Mar 23
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10 thanks MD

Westside 7:50 Thu Mar 23
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11. Thanks.

Mad Dog 7:28 Thu Mar 23
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1. T.e. stockwell and John cohen founded which supermarket chain

TESCO

2. Who presented the original series of supermarket sweep

DALE WINTON. (I'll accept david ruprecht as he did the Yank version)

3. Sweep was a character along with the title character on the sooty show. What was the girl panda called

SOO

4. The creator of the sooty show and his son who took over from him both share the surname corbett. Can you name either of their first names?

HARRY AND MATTHEW

5. Ronnie corbett and ronnie barker first came to prominence on a TV show with John Cleese. What was the show?

THE FROST REPORT

6. What was the first monty python film?

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT (Sketches released in a film format)

7. Who provided the animation on monty python?

TERRY GILLIAM

8. Who was the main character in the TV animation "ducktails" (all together now. Might solve a mystery, or rewrite history, ducktails... oweeeooo)

SCROOGE MCDUCK

9. What is the French for duck

It’s CANARD (you can say that again Rodney…. Sorry quote from only fools and horses)

10. Are there more cats or dogs in France?

CATS

11. Toto is the dog in which classic book/film

(the wonderful) WIZARD OF OZ

12. Toto had a massive hit with "africa". Their preceeding hit was a girls name. What was it?

ROSANNA

13. What is the city in Africa with the highest population

CAIRO

14. What has rhe highest population New York city or Los angeles

NEW YORK (8.5M VS 3.4M)

15 what uk supermarket is owned by us company walmart

ASDA



Note. I would have got the monty python one wrong. Which is why I had to word it carefully. I would have put holy grail. But all the checks I've done the answer categorically is and now for something completely different is classed as a film

Mad Dog 9:05 Thu Mar 23
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1. T.e. stockwell and John cohen founded which supermarket chain
2. Who presented the original series of supermarket sweep
3. Sweep was a character along with the title character on the sooty show. What was the girl panda called
4. The creator of the sooty show and his son who took over from him both share the surname corbett. Can you name either of their first names?
5. Ronnie corbett and ronnie barker first came to prominence on a TV show with John Cleese. What was the show?
6. What was the first official monty python film released in cinemas?
7. Who provided the animation on monty python?
8. Who was the main character in the TV animation "ducktails" (all together now. Might solve a mystery, or rewrite history, ducktails... oweeeooo)
9. What is the French for duck
10. Are there more cats or dogs in France?
11. Toto is the dog in which classic book/film
12. Toto had a massive hit with "africa". Their preceeding hit was a girls name. What was it?
13. What is the city in Africa with the highest population
14. What has rhe highest population New York city or Los angeles
15 what uk supermarket is owned by us company walmart

easthammer 2:08 Thu Mar 23
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8 for me thanks Zlco

riosleftsock 11:21 Wed Mar 22
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8 at last

zico 9:07 Wed Mar 22
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Zeb, think it's made a bit easier for us because we know that if mum had come through the stroke she would have just been left bed bound with dementia, which is no life at all, so it's a source of comfort that she isn't going to have to stare at a ceiling for god knows how many years like her sister did. I'm keeping busy with funerals, wakes and Registrars etc, it will probably hot me a little more when it's all done. Unfortunately what we didn't really know is that mum chose a rather expensive solicitor firm to be Executors. Mum has a reasonable estate and her financial advisor had a word with the solicitor I think and they have stated that they will charge hourly rates instead of a % of the estate. I didn't know some solicitors if executors can charge between 3& and 5% of the state! WTF! Nothing you can do either as it's in the will and prior to death it's none of my business. it was entirely up to mum. I suspect she did it so I didn't have to deal with Probate but I think if a Solicitor is going to be an Executor for an older person some sort of cost agreement should be worked out for future Executorship when the Will is written otherwise it's an unknown. When I saw the hourly rates - £400 plus VAT for a partner, to £245 plus VAT for a senior solicitor and £150 plus VAT for a paralegal I nearly had a flipping heart attack! Maybe a percentage would be cheaper!! Thankfully the solicitor is happy for me to do all the stuff like funeral, registering the death, informing all banks, financial institutions and HMRC etc and just concentrating on probate. Plus mum was savvy enough to place half the estate in trust. That's what dementia rips away, only 6/7 years ago was this strong intelligent woman, and all that wiped out in a matter of years. Thankfully mum had 80 odd years of good health. I really feel for those who get dementia earlier in life, it's a horrendous predicament.

Far Cough 9:04 Wed Mar 22
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6 thanks

zebthecat 7:48 Wed Mar 22
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10 here thanks.
No Boro of tennis players.
Hang in there zico, I had to wait a month too. No fun at all.

Mad Dog 7:30 Wed Mar 22
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7 merci

Trying to write another tenuous quiz for tomorrow. Having issues getting back to the start. But I bloody well will

Westside 7:21 Wed Mar 22
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8. Thanks.

zico 7:08 Wed Mar 22
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1998
January - The Drudge Report breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with ……………….., which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him.
Monica Lewinsky

February – The ………………., a large-scale steel sculpture, 20 meters tall and with a wingspan of 54 meters, by Antony Gormley is installed at Gateshead, northern England.
Angel of the North

March - ITV airs a special one-off edition of Sunday Night at the London Palladium to celebrate ex host, …………………70th birthday. It includes appearances by Diana Ross and Joe Longthorne.
Bruce Forsyth's

April - The ………………………for Northern Ireland is signed by the Irish and British governments and most Northern Ireland political parties, with the notable exception of the Democratic Unionist Party.
Good Friday Agreement [Belfast Agreement]

May - ………………..goes into hiding as her public relations representative, Julian Torton, confirms that she has left the Spice Girls permanently. (Full name at the time for a full point)
Geri Halliwell

June - To mark the tenth anniversary of the death of ………………., BBC Two airs “You Are, Are You Not?”, a documentary paying tribute to the chat show presenter.
Russell Harty

July - Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg, was released to critical acclaim and was the top grossing domestic film of 1998. Winning five Academy Awards including Best Director. The opening ………………..Beach battle was the most involved scene, costing $12 million to film over four weeks with 1,500 extras.
Omaha

August - Manchester United TV begins broadcasting, making Manchester United F.C. the world's second football team to have its own television channel, the first being fellow English Club………………in 1997. (If anyone gets this you can have 5 points, it surprised me)
Middlesbrough (Boro TV)

September - US Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final ………………..retains title; beats ………………..6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
Patrick Rafter - Mark Philippoussis (point for each)

October - ………………..releases her debut single "Baby One More Time"

Britney Spears

November - ………………..1 space probe overtakes Pioneer 10 as the most distant man-made object from the Solar System, at a distance of 69.419 AU (1.03849×1010 km).
Voyager

December - Hugo Chávez, politician and former member of the military, is elected President of ………………...
Venezuela

zico 12:42 Wed Mar 22
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Best wishes Zeb. It's not easy but at least I am busy with things which keeps me occupied. We have to wait till 12th April though.

1998
January - The Drudge Report breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with ……………….., which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him.

February – The ………………., a large-scale steel sculpture, 20 meters tall and with a wingspan of 54 meters, by Antony Gormley is installed at Gateshead, northern England.

March - ITV airs a special one-off edition of Sunday Night at the London Palladium to celebrate ex host, …………………70th birthday. It includes appearances by Diana Ross and Joe Longthorne.

April - The ………………………for Northern Ireland is signed by the Irish and British governments and most Northern Ireland political parties, with the notable exception of the Democratic Unionist Party.

May - ………………..goes into hiding as her public relations representative, Julian Torton, confirms that she has left the Spice Girls permanently. (Full name at the time for a full point)

June - To mark the tenth anniversary of the death of ………………., BBC Two airs “You Are, Are You Not?”, a documentary paying tribute to the chat show presenter.

July - Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg, was released to critical acclaim and was the top grossing domestic film of 1998. Winning five Academy Awards including Best Director. The opening ………………..Beach battle was the most involved scene, costing $12 million to film over four weeks with 1,500 extras.

August - Manchester United TV begins broadcasting, making Manchester United F.C. the world's second football team to have its own television channel, the first being fellow English Club………………in 1997. (If anyone gets this you can have 5 points, it surprised me)

September - US Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final ………………..retains title; beats ………………..6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0

October - ………………..releases her debut single "Baby One More Time"


November - ………………..1 space probe overtakes Pioneer 10 as the most distant man-made object from the Solar System, at a distance of 69.419 AU (1.03849×1010 km).

December - Hugo Chávez, politician and former member of the military, is elected President of ………………...

zebthecat 2:05 Wed Mar 22
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9 today zico - thanks.
My mother's funeral was today.
We got through it but it is draining.

easthammer 1:46 Wed Mar 22
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Just 5 for me thanks Zico

riosleftsock 10:02 Tue Mar 21
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9 thanks

Westside 8:28 Tue Mar 21
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7. Thanks.

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