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?"

[zico]

"Mad Dog

[riosleftsock]

5 today

[Syd Puddefoot]

4

[Mad Dog]

2. And Italian job was a guess. I know absolutely fuck all about cars

[easthammer]

Better than I thought with some inspired guesses I got 7

[Texas Iron]

9… Missed Emu…Casette

[Far Cough]

3

[zico]

"CARS 1. The DB moniker used on multiple Aston Martin models stands for what? David Brown (who purchased Aston Martin in 1947) 2. What is the name of the private racetrack owned by Ferrari? Fiorano Circuit 3. What does BMW stand for? Two points for German and one point for the English translation. Bayerische Motoren Werke (which roughly translates to Bavarian Motor Works) 4. What type of feathers are used to brush the jaguars before they are painted to make sure they don’t attract dust? Emu 5. Where was the steering wheel of the first Land Rover? In the middle 6. The Rolls Royce radiator ornament is called The Spirit of ….. what? Ecstasy 7. The 2010 Lexus SC430 was the last new car to be factory-equipped with a what in the dashboard? Cassette deck 8. Which model of car in production from 1908 to 1927 was nicknamed the Tin Lizzie? Ford Model T 9. In 1945 to what name did British car manufacturer SS Cars change their name in order to prevent association with a Nazi organisation? Jaguar 10. Registration numbers of ‘HMP 729G’, ‘GPF 146G’and ‘LGW 809G’ appear on the cars that were the stars of which famous 1969 film? The Italian Job – Trivia -Each of the Mini Coopers had personalised number plates that relate to parts of the film. The red Mini is registered as ‘HMP 729G’, which represents ‘Her Majesty’s Prison’ and Charlie Croker’s prison number. The plates on the white Mini are ‘GPF 146G’, a reference to the grand prix flag mentioned by one of the characters. The blue Mini’s plates display ‘LGW 809G’, which refers to London Gatwick Airport (code LGW) and the flight number of the plane the gang would have caught if their getaway had been successful."

[easthammer]

11 for yesterday. Could be struggling today!

[zico]

"CARS 1. The DB moniker used on multiple Aston Martin models stands for what? 2. What is the name of the private racetrack owned by Ferrari? 3. What does BMW stand for? Two points for German and one point for the English translation. 4. What type of feathers are used to brush the jaguars before they are painted to make sure they don’t attract dust? 5. Where was the steering wheel of the first Land Rover? 6. The Rolls Royce radiator ornament is called The Spirit of ….. what? 7. The 2010 Lexus SC430 was the last new car to be factory-equipped with a what in the dashboard? 8. Which model of car in production from 1908 to 1927 was nicknamed the Tin Lizzie? 9. In 1945 to what name did British car manufacturer SS Cars change their name in order to prevent association with a Nazi organisation? 10. Registration numbers of ‘HMP 729G’, ‘GPF 146G’and ‘LGW 809G’ appear on the cars that were the stars of which famous 1969 film?"

[zico]

"Rio, yep can imagine its it's a bit of a nightmare. Was weird earlier. Just hung then asked you to log in again then just a load of code across the screen."

[Texas Iron]

11 today

[riosleftsock]

"zico It could be sorted, we need a new host server. I have reserved the url (slightly different) in case the site crashes. We need a web developer, some cash and possibly sponsorship, subs or adverts to run it. The downside is that it would probably be hosted on google or AWS server farms and subject to their terms of service. So the anti-bumming, honkyfest that is WHO would be curtailed or short lived probbaly."

[zico]

Jesus how slow is this site and it's not even match day!! Quite happy with 10. Used my crap maths skills to count 25 years back from Sliver Jubilee in 1977. Put Gwen Stephani down for Lady Gaga for some bizarre reason! Thanks Cough. I'll do next Thursday if needed.

[Syd Puddefoot]

Very poor 7. Especially as i was suckered into answering 1953 to Q10 which was of course when the coronation occured.

[riosleftsock]

"10, can't believe I got Suck here Steiner's constituency wrong."

[Mad Dog]

11

[Far Cough]

"Answers: 1. Bern 2. Miss Trunchbull 3. London and Paris 4. Sunderland 5. Stefani Germanotta 6. 1986 7. The Good Friday Agreement 8. Alexander Fleming 9. A tower 10. 1952 11. Greece 12. 35-years-old 13. Holborn and St Pancras 14. Three (Peter Andre, Alex Reid and Kieran Hayler) 15. Four (Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and JFK) 16. Randy Newman"

[Far Cough]

"Answers: 1. Bern 2. Miss Trunchbull 3. London and Paris 4. Sunderland 5. Stefani Germanotta 6. 1986 7. The Good Friday Agreement 8. Alexander Fleming 9. A tower 10. 1952 11. Greece 12. 35-years-old 13. Holborn and St Pancras 14. Three (Peter Andre, Alex Reid and Kieran Hayler) 15. Four (Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and JFK) 16. Randy Newman"

[Far Cough]

"zico, that's what I'm afraid of, that we're scraping the bottom of the internet barrel of quizzes? By the way, can someone else do the Thursday quiz, as next week I start jury duty?"

[zico]

"You bugger Cough, I'm sure I've used one or two of them in the last few months and I can't remember the bloody answer!!!!!!"

[Far Cough]

Questions: 1. What is the capital of Switzerland? 2. What is the name of the headteacher in Roald Dahl's Matilda? 3. Charles Dickens wrote A Tale of Two Cities. What are the two cities? 4. The Stadium of Light is home to which English football club? 5. What is Lady Gaga's real name? 6. In what year was the Chernobyl disaster? 7. The Troubles in Northern Ireland were brought to an end in 1998 with the signing of what document? 8. Who discovered Penicillin? 9. What is the collective noun for a group of giraffes? 10. What year did Elizabeth II become Queen? 11. Where was Prince Philip born? 12. How old do you have to be to stand for US president? 13. What is Keir Starmer's constituency? 14. How many times has Katie Price been married? 15. How many sitting US presidents have been assassinated? 16. Who wrote the hit song 'You've Got A Friend In Me?'

[riosleftsock]

I missed Monday's but just scrolled back and would have got 3 I reckon.

[riosleftsock]

8 today

[Syd Puddefoot]

Just 7