Daily Quiz anyone?

[easthammer]

"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?"

[riosleftsock]

"Back from holidays now with a 7! Let me know when (if) you want me to do another one and give you a break. I took the laptop with me but the wife forgot to pack the adaptor (euro-uk), so I let my eldest daughter buy a pack at the airport and she bought US-uk instead, so I watched most of the palace game and then had no working laptop for ten days"

[Far Cough]

6

[Mad Dog]

I watched it my old flat. I went nuts when Johnny put that kick over. God knows what my neighbours thought

[zico]

I remember the RWC and we had gone to London for a night out and was watching the Final early morning on TV. My mate had to get back though so we were listening to extra time on the car radio. When Jonny scored the drop goal the noise on the radio was so loud we couldn't tell if he had scored or missed. It was only when we say loads of motorists in their cars waving their arms in the air weknew it had gone over. How there wasn't a pile up on the M23 I'll never know!

[Texas Iron]

6

[Mad Dog]

One of my earliest memories that. 4 years old and remember my mum pointing out where my dad was on tv. I remember going to the parade next day very clearly.

[zico]

Where does the time go. Not as shocking as 41 years since Sir Trevor won a major trophy for West Ham!

[Mad Dog]

9/10 didn't get moody blues. Can't believe that England triumph was 18 years ago this November.

[zico]

"Today's answers - WHAT’S THE LINK? 1. Which group's Nights in White Satin only reached No19 in the chart on it's original release in 1968? Moody Blues 2. Which film did the band McFly take their name from? Back to the Future 3. What road safety device was designed in the UK in 1934 by Percy Shaw and is today used all over the world? Cat’s eyes. 4. Who was the first son of a Formula 1 World Champion to win the F1 World Championship? Damon Hill 5. Who is the only male athlete in history to win both the 200 metres and 400 metres events at the same Olympics? Michael Johnson 6. Which company, now most famous for shaving products, only stopped producing swords in 2005? Wilkinson Sword 7. Who was England's football manager between Don Revie and Bobby Robson? Ron Greenwood 8. Katie Holmes was the only cast member to appear in all 128 episodes of which cult TV show? Dawson’s Creek 9. Which two boxers named 'Sugar Ray' have won world titles? Robinson/Leonard 10. What's the link between the previous answers? A selection of England Rugby World Cup Winners Lewis Moody - Neil Back – Mike Catt – Richard Hill – Martin Johnson – Jonny Wilkinson – Will Greenwood – Matt Dawson – Jason Robinson – Jason Leonard – (I couldn’t find a Dallaglio question that would have given the game away straight off!)"

[zico]

"Thank you, it won't last!! Seriously, had a good teacher in Easthammer..."

[Mad Dog]

Another nice link. Loving your work zico

[zico]

"Hopefully nice and easy today. WHAT’S THE LINK? 1. Which group's Nights in White Satin only reached No19 in the chart on it's original release in 1968? 2. Which film did the band McFly take their name from? 3. What road safety device was designed in the UK in 1934 by Percy Shaw and is today used all over the world? 4. Who was the first son of a Formula 1 World Champion to win the F1 World Championship? 5. Who is the only male athlete in history to win both the 200 metres and 400 metres events at the same Olympics? 6. Which company, now most famous for shaving products, only stopped producing swords in 2005? 7. Who was England's football manager between Don Revie and Bobby Robson? 8. Katie Holmes was the only cast member to appear in all 128 episodes of which cult TV show? 9. Which two boxers named 'Sugar Ray' have won world titles? 10. What's the link between the previous answers?"

[zico]

"Hopefully nice and easy today. WHAT’S THE LINK? 1. Which group's Nights in White Satin only reached No19 in the chart on it's original release in 1968? 2. Which film did the band McFly take their name from? 3. What road safety device was designed in the UK in 1934 by Percy Shaw and is today used all over the world? 4. Who was the first son of a Formula 1 World Champion to win the F1 World Championship? 5. Who is the only male athlete in history to win both the 200 metres and 400 metres events at the same Olympics? 6. Which company, now most famous for shaving products, only stopped producing swords in 2005? 7. Who was England's football manager between Don Revie and Bobby Robson? 8. Katie Holmes was the only cast member to appear in all 128 episodes of which cult TV show? 9. Which two boxers named 'Sugar Ray' have won world titles? 10. What's the link between the previous answers?"

[zico]

"Hi all. Will do the scores later, East - Did you have any score for last Friday? Charlie - Any scores for last Thurs and Fri?"

[Syd Puddefoot]

Also 4 and also failed with the link

[charlie paynter]

4 Link was too clever for me!

[easthammer]

Only 5 So not enough Knowledge to make the link :(

[Mad Dog]

I knew it was general Norman scharzkov (sp???) My puny brain neglected that when I realised it was first letters making the link. Initially I used the s and got confused. Only for the penny to drop a couple of mins later.

[Texas Iron]

8 Clever link ?üòÉ?üòÉ

[Turpinator]

5

[zico]

Mad Dog 10:09 Mon Aug 30 If anyone got Norman's name and missed out the General bit it's still a point. In fact I was only going for KNOWLEDGE originally and went for Norman as the (N) question but when General flashed up on Google I changed tack and made it Question 1.

[Far Cough]

4

[Mad Dog]

"Hell yeah it was. Didn't get 2 or 10 So 9 out of 11 Ironically I got the link but initially I had ""s knowledge"" and thaought what the hell was that. Then I realised you were after the general aspect instead of his name as part of the link."

[zico]

"Is that a compliment Mad Dog?! ;-) Sorry all, was invited to a free round of golf this afternoon and couldn't resist that. Answers today and something a bit different I hope.... GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. Who was known as Stormin’Norman? General Norman Schwarzkopf 2. Name the nuclear-powered Project 949A Antey (Oscar II class) submarine that sank in an accident on 12 August 2000 in the Barents Sea? Kursk 3. What name is given to the score 111 in cricket? Nelson 4. What is the capital of Canada? Ottawa 5. Aspirin was originally derived from the bark of which tree? Willow tree 6. Peter Shilton played his 1000th league game with which club? Leyton Orient 7. Which American energy company went bankrupt in 2001? Enron 8. In fashion, what do the letters DKNY stand for? Donna Karan New York 9. What was Dorothy's surname in ""The Wizard Of Oz""? Gale 10. Although never launched into space, what was the first Space Shuttle called? Enterprise 11. What is the clue/link given? Question one answer “General”. First letters of 2-10 spell Knowledge = Category Title.."

[Mad Dog]

Re the link. You sneaky so and so