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?"

[Far Cough]

"zico, cheers but I had Bomber so no change in score"

[Syd Puddefoot]

"16 for me, thanks Zico"

[zico]

"Far Cough, Interesting, just found that he was called Butch and also found an article written by someone who was critical of him who called him Butcher. Also stumbled across this very old thread that discusses it - https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/397714-sir-arthur-bomber-harris-butch-butcher.html I'm no expert so for the sake of fairness Bomber, Butch or Butcher I'll give a point so if that's the case give me an updated score."

[Texas Iron]

15 today Cheers…

[Mad Dog]

11 for me Gracias

[Far Cough]

"zico, Bomber Harris was also known as Butcher Harris"

[Far Cough]

11 cheers zico

[zico]

"Famous Nicknames - What is the famous nickname of the person in the description? 1. Henry McCarty – a.k.a. William H. Bonney (outlaw, 1859–81) Billy the Kid 2. Temijin (c1160–1217; son of a Mongolian chieftain; adopted name means ""perfect warrior"" Genghis Khan 3. William Joyce (Nazi collaborator and propagandist, 1906–46) Lord Haw Haw 4. William Perry (American football player – Chicago Bears, 1985–93) Refrigerator (Fridge) 5. Moe Howard, Curly Howard and Larry Fine (collectively) The Three Stooges 6. Mary Mallon – born in Ireland in 1869, emigrated to the USA in 1884; kept in isolation in New York from 1915 until her death in 1938 Typhoid Mary 7. Eric Moussambani (swimmer from Equatorial Guinea – Sydney 2000) Eric the Eel 8. Albert DeSalvo (convicted murderer) Boston Strangler 9. Nikolai Petrovich Polyakov (a.k.a. Nicolai Poliakoff; children's entertainer, born 1900 in Dvinsk, Latvia; died 1974 in Peterborough) Coco the Clown 10. Robert Stroud (convict – died, aged 73, on the day before the assassination of John F. Kennedy, after 54 years in prison) Birdman of Alcatraz 11. Henri Charriere (criminal and writer) Papillon 12. Michael Gross (German swimmer, with an arm span of 2.13 metres; won 2 gold and 2 silver medals in Los Angeles 1984, 1 gold and 1 bronze in Seoul 1988) The Albatross 13. Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris Bomber Harris 14. Ilich Ramirez Sanchez (terrorist leader, arrested 1994) Carlos the Jackal 15. Edmond Dantes (fictional character) Count of Monte Cristo 16. Steven Frayne (magician, born Bradford 1982; star of his own TV series, subtitled Magician Impossible (Watch, 2011–14) Dynamo 17. Theodor S. Greisel (children's writer, 1904–91; the surname of his pen name was his mother's maiden name, and what the S stood for in his real name) Dr. Seuss 18. Nick Freeman (Manchester–based lawyer) best known as a celebrity defence lawyer. Mr. Loophole 19. Margaretha Geertruida McLeod (nee Zelle) Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I. Mata Hari 20. Title, meaning ""guided one"", adopted by Mohammed Ahmed, the Sudanese military leader who captured Khartoum in 1885. The Mahdi"

[zico]

"Very long day today so answers will again be late. Famous Nicknames - What is the famous nickname of the person in the description? 1. Henry McCarty – a.k.a. William H. Bonney (outlaw, 1859–81) 2. Temijin (c1160–1217; son of a Mongolian chieftain; adopted name means ""perfect warrior"" 3. William Joyce (Nazi collaborator and propagandist, 1906–46) 4. William Perry (American football player – Chicago Bears, 1985–93) 5. Moe Howard, Curly Howard and Larry Fine (collectively) 6. Mary Mallon – born in Ireland in 1869, emigrated to the USA in 1884; kept in isolation in New York from 1915 until her death in 1938 7. Eric Moussambani (swimmer from Equatorial Guinea – Sydney 2000) 8. Albert DeSalvo (convicted murderer) 9. Nikolai Petrovich Polyakov (a.k.a. Nicolai Poliakoff; children's entertainer, born 1900 in Dvinsk, Latvia; died 1974 in Peterborough) 10. Robert Stroud (convict – died, aged 73, on the day before the assassination of John F. Kennedy, after 54 years in prison) 11. Henri Charriere (criminal and writer) 12. Michael Gross (German swimmer, with an arm span of 2.13 metres; won 2 gold and 2 silver medals in Los Angeles 1984, 1 gold and 1 bronze in Seoul 1988) 13. Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris 14. Ilich Ramirez Sanchez (terrorist leader, arrested 1994) 15. Edmond Dantes (fictional character) 16. Steven Frayne (magician, born Bradford 1982; star of his own TV series, subtitled Magician Impossible (Watch, 2011–14) 17. Theodor S. Greisel (children's writer, 1904–91; the surname of his pen name was his mother's maiden name, and what the S stood for in his real name) 18. Nick Freeman (Manchester–based lawyer) best known as a celebrity defence lawyer. 19. Margaretha Geertruida McLeod (nee Zelle) Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I. 20. Title, meaning ""guided one"", adopted by Mohammed Ahmed, the Sudanese military leader who captured Khartoum in 1885."

[Mad Dog]

"Fuck no. I can't stand that type of ""art"". Pretentious bullshit. she could shit in her hands and clap and the poncey arty types would hail it as some sort of comment on modern feminism or capitalism or some shit. All.that type of art is absolute bollocks"

[Syd Puddefoot]

Also 11. Couple of guesses including which ear. Not a fan of Tracey Emmim then Dog?!

[Texas Iron]

11 CHEERS...

[Texas Iron]

11 CHEERS...

[Texas Iron]

11 CHEERS...

[riosleftsock]

"12 today, liked this one."

[Far Cough]

7 cheers

[zico]

"5 for me, thanks MD."

[zico]

"5 for me, thanks MD."

[Mad Dog]

"1. What sculpture by Frederic Auguste bertholdi was completed in 1886? STATUE OF LIBERTY 2. Which artist painted “fried egg on a plate without the plate” SALVADORE DALI 3. In which gallery would you find the mona lisa? LA LOUVRE 4. In which gallery would you find Van Gough’s sunflowers? NATIONAL GALLERY 5. Where is the sistene chapel THE VATICAN 6. Who painted the hay waine? JOHN CONSTABLE 7. Who painted “Guernica”, the weeping Woman” and “girl before a mirror” PICASSO 8. Who painted “the scream”? EDVARD MUNCH 9. Who painted “girl with a balloon” and “kissing coppers”? BANKSY 10. In 2017 DaVinci’s “Salvator mundi” become the most expensive painting ever sold. How much did it sell for. (I’ll give $10m either way) and 2 if you’re within $1m $450M 11. Which ear did vanGough cut off? Left or right? LEFT 12. Which sculpture was featured in “the simpsons” where Marge protested against it being censored? DAVID BY MICHAELANGELO 13. Which talentless hack created the art exhibit “my bed”? TRACEY EMMIM 14. Which brand of soup was featured in andy worhol’s “soup cans” CAMPBELL’S 15. Which sculpture was installed outside Fulham’s Craven Cottage stadium in 2011? MICHAEL JACKSON"

[Far Cough]

"Big fat zero for yesterday. Thank you, please."

[Mad Dog]

"1. What sculpture by Frederic Auguste bertholdi was completed in 1886? 2. Which artist painted “fried egg on a plate without the plate” 3. In which gallery would you find the mona lisa? 4. In which gallery would you find Van Gough’s sunflowers? 5. Where is the sistene chapel? 6. Who painted the hay waine? 7. Who painted “Guernica”, the weeping Woman” and “girl before a mirror”? 8. Who painted “the scream”? 9. Who painted “girl with a balloon” and “kissing coppers”? 10. In 2017 DaVinci’s “Salvator mundi” become the most expensive painting ever sold. How much did it sell for?. (I’ll give $10m either way) and 2 if you’re within $1m 11. Which ear did vanGough cut off? Left or right? 12. Which sculpture was featured in “the simpsons” where Marge protested against it being censored? 13. Which talentless hack created the art exhibit “my bed”? 14. Which brand of soup was featured in andy worhol’s “soup cans”? 15. Which sculpture was installed outside Fulham’s Craven Cottage stadium in 2011?"

[Texas Iron]

3 only Cheers…

[Syd Puddefoot]

"Just the four, including total guesses for Fantasia and Asbestos."

[Mad Dog]

I agree. Great film My point was the overuse of cgi made it look like a cartoon.

[riosleftsock]

"Zico - no need to apologise mate, its fun. Good to see the more autistic among us getting some points in some niche subjects :-) I loved American Werewolf and can't wait til my eldest daughter can watch with me. Mad Dog - I love Who Framed Roger Rabbit"