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]

9 today ta *kisses guns*

[Mad Dog]

"Written it already. For a change I've nicked questions from.somewhere,.i usually make them up (but as usual, the rule is I must be able to answer them myself)"

[Darlo Debs]

Got 8. Went against instinct and picked nutbush City limits for the Ike & Tina Turner track. Schoolboy/girl quizzing error.

[zico]

Thanks MD.

[Mad Dog]

So that's an 8 then. Gracias. Yep.ill do Wednesday. Haven't got a clue what I'm gonna write it about. I'll come up with something though.

[Far Cough]

"A measly 2, cheers zico"

[zico]

"Sorry should have said, Full point for both names or half a point for one name in duo questions so full marks of quiz is 10. MD Any chance you could so Wednesday this week? No prob if not it's just weather permitting I am doing an all dayer at East Sussex National for my birthday so will be leavin early and back late Wednesday."

[Mad Dog]

Didn't get q1 or the beegees one So it's either 8 or 10 depending on how many points for Mel Smith + kim wilde and Robbie Williams + Nicole skidmarks. Ie 1 point for rhe question or 1 each

[Westside]

4. Thanks Zico.

[zico]

"Pop Duos 1. What were the first names of the two Everly Brothers? Phil (Phillip) and Don (Donald) 2. For which other pop duo did Pepsi and Shirlie originally provide backing vocals? Wham! 3. Which pop duo is made up of Neil Tenant and Chris Lowe? Pet Shop Boys 4. What single gave Simon and Garfunkel their only UK number one? ""Bridge Over Troubled Water"" 5. Who recorded ""Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"" for Comic Relief in 1987 under the name Mel & Kim? Mel Smith & Kim Wilde 6. Who formed The Communards with Jimmy Sommerville prior to his life as a vicar? Richard Coles 7. What was Ike and Tina Turner's first UK top ten hit? ""River Deep Mountain High"" 8. Who wrote the Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers hit ""Islands in the Stream""? The Bee Gees 9. Which duo made a cover of Frank & Nancy Sinatra's hit ""Something Stupid"" in 2001? Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman 10. Who joined with pop duo The Eurythmics on the 1985 hit ""Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves""? Aretha Franklin"

[zico]

"Pop Duos 1. What were the first names of the two Everly Brothers? 2. For which other pop duo did Pepsi and Shirlie originally provide backing vocals? 3. Which pop duo is made up of Neil Tenant and Chris Lowe? 4. What single gave Simon and Garfunkel their only UK number one? 5. Who recorded ""Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"" for Comic Relief in 1987 under the name Mel & Kim? 6. Who formed The Communards with Jimmy Sommerville prior to his life as a vicar? 7. What was Ike and Tina Turner's first UK top ten hit? 8. Who wrote the Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers hit ""Islands in the Stream""? 9. Which duo made a cover of Frank & Nancy Sinatra's hit ""Something Stupid"" in 2001? 10. Who joined with pop duo The Eurythmics on the 1985 hit ""Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves""?"

[Far Cough]

3 thanks zico

[zebthecat]

Got the first 7 today thanks. *twangs banjo*

[Westside]

"5, thanks Zico. Hope you enjoyed the golf."

[zico]

"Early answers as I'm off for a round of golf! Rivers in Literature 1. Three Men in a Boat is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on which river? Thames 2. Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by which author about his days as a steamboat pilot? Mark Twain (written in 1883) 3. The fictional Cahulawassee River in the remote Georgia wilderness had a central role in which book and the 1972 thriller film of the same name? Deliverance 4. The River Pang and its water voles, are thought to have inspired which book? The Wind in the Willows (by Kenneth Grahame. Note: the River Pang is a tributary of the River Thames) 5. Which work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie was published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 1 November 1937? Death on the Nile 6. Charlie Allnut (played by Humphrey Bogart in the film), travels the northern part of the Ulanga river on a rusty old boat called what? The African Queen (title of a novel by C.S. Forester published in 1935) 7. Which novel by Dennis Lehane was published in 2001 and made into an Academy Award-winning film in 2003 directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood? Mystic River 8. Dorlcote Mill near the village of St Ogg's in Lincolnshire is at the junction of the River Ripple and which other, larger river? River Floss (The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot) 9. French author Pierre Boulle is best known for two books, both made into well-known films. One was the Planet of the Apes, can you name the other? The Bridge over the River Kwai 10. The pen name of which author, born on the 5 June 1903, was inspired by his favourite river location? George Orwell"

[zico]

"Rivers in Literature 1. Three Men in a Boat is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on which river? 2. Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by which author about his days as a steamboat pilot? 3. The fictional Cahulawassee River in the remote Georgia wilderness had a central role in which book and the 1972 thriller film of the same name? 4. The River Pang and its water voles, are thought to have inspired which book? 5. Which work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie was published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 1 November 1937? 6. Charlie Allnut (played by Humphrey Bogart in the film), travels the northern part of the Ulanga river on a rusty old boat called what? 7. Which novel by Dennis Lehane was published in 2001 and made into an Academy Award-winning film in 2003 directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood? 8. Dorlcote Mill near the village of St Ogg's in Lincolnshire is at the junction of the River Ripple and which other, larger river? 9. French author Pierre Boulle is best known for two books, both made into well-known films. One was the Planet of the Apes, can you name the other? 10. The pen name of which author, born on the 5 June 1903, was inspired by his favourite river location?"

[Far Cough]

"Whoops, apologies and thanks MD"

[zico]

Far Cough 8:23 Thu Jun 22 It was MD today... ;-)

[Far Cough]

7 thanks zico

[Westside]

"Back down to earth, with an insipid 10. Thanks."

[Westside]

"Back down to earth, with an insipid 10. Thanks."

[zico]

"9 and a half if you give me a half for ""DIMENSION IN SPACE"", couldn't remember the first bit! Blew a good start with disaster on cats and flags. I'd seen that Nepal one before but couldn't remember,,, I put it was square! Thanks MD."

[Mad Dog]

"Jarrod bowen 1. Who did west ham sign jarrod bowen from HULL CITY 2. has he played more for us or his previous team US (125 v 124 appearances) 3. Has he scored more goals for us of his previous team Them 27 VS 52 4. He was famously pictured as a kid wearing which football shirt HEREFORD 5. He's been shagging Dani dyer apparently, now they've got 2 kids. Name them STAR & SUMMER Space ships 6. What is ncc1701 better known as STARSHIP ENTERPRISE 7. What does TARDIS stand for TIME AND RELETAIVE DIMENSION IN SPACE 8. How long did it take the millennium falcon to do the kessel run 12 PARSECS. Even though a parsec is a uit of measurement, not time. 9. In which classic show would you see the space ship.""liberator"" BLAKE’S SEVEN 10. In which film was the space ship uscss Nostromo ALIEN Longest 11 yesterday was the longest day (summer solstice) what date is the shortest day? 22 DECEMBER 12 longest river in the world NILE 13the reticulated _ _ _ _ _ _ is the longest snake in the world. PYTHON 14 what is the longest railway in the world? TRANS SIBERIAN EXPRESS 15. What is the longest bone in the body? FEMUR Cats 16 seeing as a girl identifying as a cat has been in the news... how many days is a cat pregnant for? BETWEEN 60 AND 70 DAYS 17. 25% of the world's domesticated cats reside in which country? The good ole US of A 18. What % of their life are they asleep? 70% 19. Whereas dogs make 10 different sounds, how many can cats make? 100 20. orange tabby cat called Stubbs was the mayor of Talkeetna, a small town in Alaska. For how long A 5 years b 10 years c 20.years? 20 YEARS Flags 21 a small yellow circle. With a. circle.in it was added to the pride flag this year. Signifying what? INTERSEX COMMUNITY 22 new Zealand flag consists of a navy background, a union flag and how many stars? 6 23 which European country boasts the oldest and longest running continually used national flag in the world DENMARK. The Scottish flag is older, but not in continual use. Same with japan apparently 24. What is odd about the flag of Nepal? IT’S a DOUBLE PENNON. I’ll accept 2 triangles or pentagon as it has 5 sides 25. What is the most common colour found in national flags RED"

[Mad Dog]

"Zico. Yes I would have. I know the exaxt dates too Anyway here's today's Bunch of fives Jarrod bowen 1. Who did west ham sign jarrod bowen from? 2 has he played more for us or his previous team? 3. Has he scored more goals for us of his previous team? 4. He was famously pictured as a kid wearing which football shirt 5. He's been snagging Dani dyer apparently, now they've for 2 kids. Name them Space ships 6. What is ncc1701 better known as? 7. What does TARDIS stand for? 8. How long did it take the millennium falcon to do the kessel run? 9. I'm which classic show would you see the space ship.""liberator""? 10. In which film was the space ship uscss Nostromo? Longest 11 yesterday was the longest day (summer solstice) what date is the shortest day? 12 longest river in the world? 13the reticulated _ _ _ _ _ _ is the longest snake in the world. 14 what is the longest railway in the world? 15. What is the longest bone in the body? Cats 16 seeing as a girl identifying as a cat has been in the news... approximately how many days is a cat pregnant for? 17. 25% of the world's domesticated cats reside in which country? 18. What % of their life are they asleep? 19. Whereas dogs make 10 different sounds, how many can cats make? 20. orange tabby cat called Stubbs was the mayor of Talkeetna, a small town in Alaska. For how long? A 5 years b 10 years c 20.years? Flags 21 a small yellow circle. With a. circle.in it was added to the pride flag this year. Signifying what? 22 new Zealand flag consists of a navy background, a union flag and how many stars? 23 which European country boasts the longest running continually used national flag in the world 24. What is odd about the flag of Nepal? 25. What is the most common colour found in national flags"

[zico]

Mad Dog 7:20 Wed Jun 21 If it had said the year Marty and Doc went back in time you would have got it! Congrats Westside top marks..