easthammer 4:07 Thu Mar 19
Daily Quiz anyone?
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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?
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Westside
7:59 Mon Oct 2
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15. Thanks.
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zico
6:54 Mon Oct 2
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Around London
1. Who said "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life"?
Samuel Johnson
2. The Old Bailey stands on the site of which former prison?
It stands on the site of Newgate Prison
3. Which London Museum was initially named the “Museum of Manufactures” in 1852?
The Victoria and Albert
4. Which annual garden show is held in the grounds of the Royal Hospital, London?
Chelsea Flower Show
5. The Fairfield Halls are in which London borough?
Croydon
6. What event does "The Monument" in London commemorate?
The Great Fire of London
7. Which seaside town also has a Nelson's Column?
Built 24 years prior to the one in London, it is in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk and known as “The Norfolk Column”
8. In which London square would you find a statue of Mahatma Gandhi?
Tavistock Square
9. Which World War 2 cruiser is moored on the Thames?
HMS Belfast
10. Which London bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule and suspension bridge?
Tower Bridge
11. Harry Potter’s Platform 9 3/4 can be found in which London railway station?
King’s Cross
12. In which century was St Paul’s Cathedral as we know it today declared open?
1700s (1710 to be precise)
13. Which area of London did Jack the Ripper make his killings?
Whitechapel
14. In which department store does Rowan Atkinson play the jewellery counter attendee in ‘Love Actually’?
Selfridges
15. Originally known as Buckingham House, in which year was Buckingham Palace built? (half a point for the correct century)
1703 (half a point for 18th century)
16. The Thames Barrier has been operational since which year?
1982
17. What is the name of the series of tests which must be passed by all black cab drivers before they can get a licence to work in the capital?
The Knowledge
18. What is the name of the Blue Whale in the Natural History Museum? Is it Joy, Eve, Hope or Grace?
Hope
19. What is 20 Fenchurch Street also known as?
The Walkie Talkie
20. On a London underground map what lines are represented by the following colours, (i)Red, (ii) Yellow, (iii) Green, (iv) Black and (v) Brown
They are respectively (i)The Central line, (ii) Circle, (iii)District, (iv) Northern and (v) Bakerloo. (point for each)
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zico
11:02 Mon Oct 2
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Around London
1. Who said "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life"?
2. The Old Bailey stands on the site of which former prison?
3. Which London Museum was initially named the “Museum of Manufactures” in 1852?
4. Which annual garden show is held in the grounds of the Royal Hospital, London?
5. The Fairfield Halls are in which London borough?
6. What event does "The Monument" in London commemorate?
7. Which seaside town also has a Nelson's Column?
8. In which London square would you find a statue of Mahatma Gandhi?
9. Which World War 2 cruiser is moored on the Thames?
10. Which London bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule and suspension bridge?
11. Harry Potter’s Platform 9 3/4 can be found in which London railway station?
12. In which century was St Paul’s Cathedral as we know it today declared open?
13. Which area of London did Jack the Ripper make his killings?
14. In which department store does Rowan Atkinson play the jewellery counter attendee in ‘Love Actually’?
15. Originally known as Buckingham House, in which year was Buckingham Palace built? (half a point for the correct century)
16. The Thames Barrier has been operational since which year?
17. What is the name of the series of tests which must be passed by all black cab drivers before they can get a licence to work in the capital?
18. What is the name of the Blue Whale in the Natural History Museum? Is it Joy, Eve, Hope or Grace?
19. What is 20 Fenchurch Street also known as?
20. On a London underground map what lines are represented by the following colours, (i)Red, (ii) Yellow, (iii) Green, (iv) Black and (v) Brown
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Mad Dog
11:25 Fri Sep 29
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10. Forgot boa morte (somehow) and didn't put any subs. Probably wouldn't gave got them anyway
Merci
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zico
8:53 Fri Sep 29
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Thanks all, I'm back!! Motherboard had died, not sure if it was when I cleaned it a few weeks ago with an air duster as sometimes the duster shoots out liquid rather than air, who knows! Anyway the repairer had a second hand case, motherboard, heat sink etc lying around so it all looks pretty new in there now and he configured it so just turned it on and back as good as new. Bit quicker too. £216 well spent as hopefully it will last a while now. Saved by the processor apparently as it's old but decent. Will have to start thinking about a new PC though at some stage, but this at least now works!!
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Westside
7:49 Fri Sep 29
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9. Thanks.
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zebthecat
7:16 Fri Sep 29
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A failrly miserable 7 today thanks.
I had a motherboard die (MSI NVidia graphics) and managed to pick up a second hand one for not much on Ebay.
Swapping the second hand one in was fiddly but it booted forst time wiht no issues.
I also weird issues once where the PC used to die randomly and this got more frequent and finally it would not boot at all. This turned out to be the power supply and was a easy fix. Also got a nice modular power supply (Be Quiet dar power) that lasted me 12 years and two further PCs before it, literally, went bang. Luckliy I had a spare knocking around.
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zico
6:42 Fri Sep 29
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Thanks Cough. Seems there is an issue with the motherboard which is annoying since it was brand new two years ago!! Anyway.
Robert Green
Lucas Neill
George McCartney
James Collins
Anton Ferdinand
Yossi Benayoun
Nigel Reo Coker
Mark Noble
Bobby Zamora
Carlos Tevez
Luis Boa Morte
Jonathan Spector
Hayden Mullins
Marlon harewood
Half a point each if you put Jimmy Walker or Callum Davenport as neither got on.
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Far Cough
3:11 Fri Sep 29
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I wouldn't bother with an image, I've changed m/boards without reinstalling everything, I just took the old HDD transferred it to the new machine and let Windows use it's plug and play magic. You may have to reboot it a few times to get a clean device manager, if not, the most important drivers are the chipset drivers, which should come with your new m/board. Good luck anyway.
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zico
1:48 Fri Sep 29
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I should really buy a new one but just can't be arse3 with re installing everything from scratch. Was bad enough last year. Have one of these image back ups but because the mother board was the thing that went true image was useless! I just back up all my important docs onto a USB stick.
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Far Cough
1:09 Fri Sep 29
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Yeah I know what you mean, I built mine from scratch about 2 years ago, brand new case, m/board, graphics card and ssd and a couple of hdds and it has more lights than Blackpool.
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zico
1:01 Fri Sep 29
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Cough, yes it's a possibility as recently it was not firing up enough so I left it on and overnight it crashed. Took front off but the button had vanished! Taken it to repairer to get new case and anything else it needs. Had a new motherboard and graphics card last year. Bit like Triggers Broom!!!
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Far Cough
12:34 Fri Sep 29
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zico, maybe your power supply is kaput?
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zico
12:29 Fri Sep 29
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Gents. Normal quiz suspended today as the start button on my PC has died so can't access quizzes. So off the top of my head today. Playing Sheffield United this week and of course they moaned and got compensation after our Great Escape several years ago. Name as many West Ham players as you can who played any part on the pitch in that famous 1-0 win at Old Trafford on the last day to keep us up that season.
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easthammer
2:26 Fri Sep 29
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13 for me only got one 3-pointer ironically the longest one 93 million miles to the sun. Thanks, MD
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Mad Dog
11:51 Thu Sep 28
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This is why I love doing this quiz. Learning shizzle answering the questions and researching them for my Thursday quiz. (Though a lot of the questions I write are things I just know. Unkess like today a queation or fact gives me an idea for a topic and I have to look a few things up. Knew quite a few though. Like the moon, sun, west ham and bizarrely the new Zealand one)
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zico
10:45 Thu Sep 28
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I thought it was about 40 and when you think that Brighton to Glasgow is 461 miles I felt a bit of an idiot!! Suspect living on what is a relatively small island doesn't help you comprehend large distances.
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Mad Dog
10:10 Thu Sep 28
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Did the quiz because I was surprised to see how far san Francisco was from LA. I assumed it wss about 100 miles
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zico
9:43 Thu Sep 28
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Thanks MD, Just 7 thanks to the tolerance. Undercut quite a few of those by a long way!
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Mad Dog
8:26 Thu Sep 28
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Ok here’s the tolerance in miles. You want km. multiply the miles by 1.6 for km
1. Paris to Berlin
545miles (878km) 436 - 654
2. San Francisco to Los Angeles
422 miles (675.2km) 337.6 – 506.4
3. Boleyn ground to London stadium
3.1 miles (4.96km)2.48 -3.72
4. Dundee fc to Dundee utd ground
200 yards (183 m)160 – 240 yards
5. Lands end to john o groats
603 miles (970km) 482.4 – 723.6
6. Earth to the moon
238,855 miles (384,000km) 191084 - 286626
7. Earth to the sun
93 million miles (149.91 million km) 74.4million – 111.6 million
8. New Zealand to Australia
926 miles (1491 km)740 – 111.2
9. Dover to Calais
26 miles (42km)20.8 – 31.2
10. Hawaii from mainland USA
2400 miles 1920 - 2880
11. Moscow to Chernobyl
433 miles (697km) 346 - 520
12. Argentina to Falkland islands
250 miles (400km) 200 - 300
13. Los Angeles to New York City
2445 miles (3936 km) 1956 - 2934
14. Tokyo to Beijing
1300 miles (2092km) 1040 - 1560
15. Manchester to Liverpool
35 miles (56 km)28 - 42
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Westside
8:26 Thu Sep 28
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14 for me. Thanks.
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