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easthammer
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Daily Quiz anyone?
"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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"Random Trivia 1. What animal can run the fastest: an elephant, squirrel or a mouse? Elephant 2. Which famous footballer once advertised Viagra on television? Pele 3. A Jack Russell Terrier called Max, played Milo, an intelligent dog in which 1994 Jim Carrey film? The Mask 4. Troodon is considered the most intelligent what? Dinosaur 5. Which newspaper's stories included 'a double-decker London bus being found frozen in the Antarctic' and a 'World War II bomber found on the moon'? Sunday Sport 6. In slang terms, how much money is a Monkey? £500 7. What is usually rolled down a hill at Cooper's Hil, Gloucestershire every year? A cheese (a Double Gloucester) 8. In which English county would you find the villages of Shitterton, Scratchy Bottom and Happy Snoring? Dorset 9. What nickname links David Beckham with a village in Oxfordshire? Golden Balls 10. Kyte, a Belgian Tervuren, is famous for playing which television dog? Wellard in Eastenders 11. The 'shark-inflating pellet' was a James Bond gadget in which 1973 film? Live and Let Die 12. In which film did Sid Boggle go to Paradise? Carry on Camping 13. The wife of a famous comedian back in 1987 contested the Windsor and Maidenhead seat for the Blancmange Throwers Party. Who is she? Pamela Stephenson 14. In which game would you find 'Jake the Jailbird'? Monopoly... the name of the man behind bars 15. How many top three finishes in 34 races did Dick Dastardly and Muttley achieve in Wacky Races? None 16. What's The Main Ingredient in Bombay Duck? Fish 17. How many sides does a dodecahedron have? 12 18. Which Middle Eastern city is also the name of a type of artichoke? Jerusalem 19. Roughly what proportion of their DNA do humans and chimpanzees share: 77%, 92% or 98.5% ? 98.5% 20. What is the third most common gas in the earth’s atmosphere after Nitrogen and Oxygen? Argon 21. Americans call it 'saran wrap', what do we call it? Cling film 22. What type of cheese is made backwards? Edam 23. Is a 'jaffa cake' a cake or a biscuit? A cake (as established at a 1991 VAT tribunal) 24. In which well-known toy or game would you find 'Cavity Sam'? Operation (the patient is nicknamed 'Cavity Sam') 25. What colour bow tie does Donald Duck wear? Red 26. London's Jonas Hanway was ridiculed for carrying what item habitually in the eighteenth century? An umbrella 27. Who has the lowest IQ - a moron, imbecile, or idiot? Idiot (according to early 20th century psychology definitions: moron IQ range 51 to 70, imbecile 26 to 50, and idiot 0 to 25) 28. Complete this Billy Connolly quote: ""My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of... ""? The Lone Ranger 29. Is it legal for a man to marry his widow’s sister? No, but since he is dead it would be hard to do so. 30. Which term refers to a group of pandas? Embarrassment"
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"Random Trivia 1. What animal can run the fastest: an elephant, squirrel or a mouse? 2. Which famous footballer once advertised Viagra on television? 3. A Jack Russell Terrier called Max, played Milo, an intelligent dog in which 1994 Jim Carrey film? 4. Troodon is considered the most intelligent what? 5. Which newspaper's stories included 'a double-decker London bus being found frozen in the Antarctic' and a 'World War II bomber found on the moon'? 6. In slang terms, how much money is a Monkey? 7. What is usually rolled down a hill at Cooper's Hil, Gloucestershire every year? 8. In which English county would you find the villages of Shitterton, Scratchy Bottom and Happy Snoring? 9. What nickname links David Beckham with a village in Oxfordshire? 10. Kyte, a Belgian Tervuren, is famous for playing which television dog? 11. The 'shark-inflating pellet' was a James Bond gadget in which 1973 film? 12. In which film did Sid Boggle go to Paradise? 13. The wife of a famous comedian back in 1987 contested the Windsor and Maidenhead seat for the Blancmange Throwers Party. Who is she? 14. In which game would you find 'Jake the Jailbird'? 15. How many top three finishes in 34 races did Dick Dastardly and Muttley achieve in Wacky Races? 16. What's The Main Ingredient in Bombay Duck? 17. How many sides does a dodecahedron have? 18. Which Middle Eastern city is also the name of a type of artichoke? 19. Roughly what proportion of their DNA do humans and chimpanzees share: 77%, 92% or 98.5% ? 20. What is the third most common gas in the earth’s atmosphere after Nitrogen and Oxygen? 21. Americans call it 'saran wrap', what do we call it? 22. What type of cheese is made backwards? 23. Is a 'jaffa cake' a cake or a biscuit? 24. In which well-known toy or game would you find 'Cavity Sam'? 25. What colour bow tie does Donald Duck wear? 26. London's Jonas Hanway was ridiculed for carrying what item habitually in the eighteenth century? 27. Who has the lowest IQ - a moron, imbecile, or idiot? 28. Complete this Billy Connolly quote: ""My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of... ""? 29. Is it legal for a man to marry his widow’s sister? 30. Which term refers to a group of pandas?"
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easthammer
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"Sorry all, something came up this afternoon hence late answers. Nicknames of Places and Things - In this section you're given the nickname of something, and you have to say what that nickname refers to. 1. The Big Easy New Orleans 2. The Summer of Love was in the year? 1967 3. The Windy City Chicago 4. The Garden of England Kent 5. The Red Planet Mars 6. The Sick Man of Europe (19th century) Ottoman Empire (Turkey) 7. Old Glory US national flag 8. Grand Old Party (US) Republican Party 9. The Big Apple New York 10. Tin Lizzie Model 'T' Ford 11. Seward's Folly (bought from Russia for $7.2m in 1867) Alaska 12. The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street The Bank of England 13. Workshop of the World, City of a Thousand Trades Birmingham 14. The Mother City, or The Tavern of the Seas Cape Town 15. Old Ironsides (the US navy's most famous ship) USS Constitution 16. The Cockpit of Europe (because of the number of decisive battles fought on its soil) Belgium 17. The Black forty–seven (Ireland, 1847) Potato famine 18. Showplace of the Nation (New York building, developed 1929–40) Radio City Music Hall 19. Billy Williams's Cabbage Patch Twickenham Stadium 20. Lighthouse of the Mediterranean (believed to have been erupting continuously for over 2,000 years) Stromboli"
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"Nicknames of Places and Things - you're given the nickname of something, and you have to say what that nickname refers to. 1. The Big Easy 2. The Summer of Love was in the year? 3. The Windy City 4. The Garden of England 5. The Red Planet 6. The Sick Man of Europe (19th century) 7. Old Glory 8. Grand Old Party (US) 9. The Big Apple 10. Tin Lizzie 11. Seward's Folly (bought from Russia for $7.2m in 1867) 12. The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street 13. Workshop of the World, City of a Thousand Trades 14. The Mother City, or The Tavern of the Seas 15. Old Ironsides (the US navy's most famous ship) 16. The Cockpit of Europe (because of the number of decisive battles fought on its soil) 17. The Black forty–seven (Ireland, 1847) 18. Showplace of the Nation (New York building, developed 1929–40) 19. Billy Williams's Cabbage Patch 20. Lighthouse of the Mediterranean (believed to have been erupting continuously for over 2,000 years)"
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easthammer
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"MAN-MADE WONDERS 1. Which famous bridge stands at the entrance to San Francisco Bay? The Golden Gate Bridge 2. Which is the only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world to still exist? Great Pyramid of Giza 3. In which US city is one of the world’s highest buildings the Sears Tower? Chicago 4. Which of the Seven Wonders of the World stood in Ephesus? Temple of Artemis 5. What is the name of the lost city of the Incas discovered in Peru in 1911? Machu Pichu 6. What was discovered in 1974 in Xian, China? Terracotta Army of Xian 7. What white marble Mausoleum was built between 1632 – 1653? Taj Mahal 8. Jordan’s “red rose city” – which is claimed to be half as old as time itself is called what? Petra 9. What is the name of the UK man-made landmark used to run from the banks of the River Tyne to the Solway Firth and used to have a Fort every 5 roman miles? Hadrian’s Wall 10. This UK man made wonder consists of 2 Biomes, housing plant species both in a rainforest environment and the other in a Mediterranean environment? What is it called? The Eden Project"
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"MAN-MADE WONDERS 1. Which famous bridge stands at the entrance to San Francisco Bay? 2. Which is the only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world to still exist? 3. In which US city is one of the world’s highest buildings the Sears Tower? 4. Which of the Seven Wonders of the World stood in Ephesus? 5. What is the name of the lost city of the Incas discovered in Peru in 1911? 6. What was discovered in 1974 in Xian, China? 7. What white marble Mausoleum was built between 1632 – 1653? 8. Jordan’s “red rose city” – which is claimed to be half as old as time itself is called what? 9. What is the name of the UK man-made landmark used to run from the banks of the River Tyne to the Solway Firth and used to have a Fort every 5 roman miles? 10. This UK man made wonder consists of 2 Biomes, housing plant species both in a rainforest environment and the other in a Mediterranean environment? What is it called?"
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easthammer
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"16 Thanks Zico Should have got Fulham loving Tommy Trinder "" You Lucky People"""
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riosleftsock
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"Classic UK TV 1. A BBC series of the 1970s depicted the experiences not of Britons but of Belgians fighting a covert war against the occupying forces by helping downed Allied airmen to evade the Nazis. What was its title? Secret Army 2. We all know that Roger Moore played Simon Templar in ""The Saint"" when the series aired from 1962-69. However, what make of car did ""The Saint"" drive throughout the series? Volvo - He drove a Volvo P1800 with the number plate ""ST1"". Roger actually liked the car so much that he brought one for his own personal use. 3. Can you name this very popular series broadcast in the early evening by BBC2 between 1976 and 1978 and which featured fighting, insurrection, and magic in 14th Century BC China? The Water Margin 4. 1970: Which actor made his first appearance in the title role of ""Doctor Who"" in the opening episode of the new decade? Jon Pertwee 5. You would have seen John Hurt, Brian Blessed, Patrick Stewart, Christopher Biggins, Ian Ogilvy, Stratford Johns, Bernard Hepton and many other familiar faces if you watched all twelve episodes of which 1976 BBC series? I, Claudius 6. Oldies amongst you are likely to remember Whispering Bob Harris. Which late-night BBC2 series might you have watched him host throughout much of the 1970s? The Old Grey Whistle Test 7. 1974: Which WWII drama series starring Bernard Hepton, Robert Wagner and David Mccallum ended its 3-year run on British TV? Colditz 8. Based on the novels by David Nobbs (who also wrote the screenplays), ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" first appeared on BBC1 in September 1976. Played by Leonard Rossiter, Perrin was a sales executive at which company? ""Sunshine Desserts"" 9. Childrens TV: Who was the first presenter of ""Crackerjack""? Eamonn Andrews - Andrews hosted from 1955-1964. Leslie Crowther was a comedy regular/host from 1960-1968. Ed Stewart was host from 1973-1979 and Stu Francis was host from 1979-1984. 10. In 'Open All Hours,' what is the name of Arkwright's fianc?©e who lives over the road? Gladys Emmanuel 11. Which 1980s 'game show' was set on the planet Arg, and required contestants to collect drognas before taking on the deadly vortex? The Adventure Game 12. To whom did the late Cilla Black throw over to for a contestant recap on the long-running ITV dating show ""Blind Date""? Our Graham 13. Who is the alien with two heads in 'A Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy'? Zaphod Beeblebrox 14. Name the series, first broadcast in 1970, about seven children whose ""den"" was an abandoned red London bus in a scrap yard? Double Deckers 15. In ""Pipkin's"", what type of animal was Topov? Monkey 16. ""Trumpton"" features six firemen (excluding Captain Flack), but which name was shared by two of them? Pugh - When the fire alarm sounded, Captain Flack would do a roll call of his crew - ""Pugh, Pugh, Barney Magrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grubb"". 17. Which British comedy great played Richard III in the very first episode of Blackadder? Peter Cook 18. ""Auf Wiedersehen, Pet"" was a comedy-drama featuring a bunch of unemployed British labourers working on the side. The first series, broadcast in 1983, saw the lads working on a building site in which country? Germany 19. Which seventies sitcom, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Scarsdale, featured a good-natured council labourer usually clad in a donkey jacket played by Bill Maynard? Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! 20. Actors Roy Marsden and Christopher Ryan played which feared villains in Only Fools and Horses? Driscoll Brothers 21. What's the name of the 1970's bistro which employed a one-armed Irish kitchen hand named Albert Riddle? Robin's Nest 22. 70‚Äôs classic All Creatures Great and Small followed the trials and misadventures of the staff of a country veterinary office in Yorkshire from the 1930s to the 1950s. Christopher Timothy was cast as James Herriot, whilst Robert Hardy and Peter Davison played brothers Siegfried and Tristan, but what was their surname? Farnon 23. Name the BBC television drama series that ran from 1971 to 1980 which was set in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886 and covers the rise of a fictional shipping company named after its owner captain? The Onedin Line 24. Name the Butler played by Gordon Jackson in 1971 series Upstairs Downstairs? Two points for full name. Angus Hudson 25. Robin Ellis played Ross and Angharad Rees played Demelza in which 1970s BBC TV costume drama? Poldark 26. Which 1979 ITV series chronicles the exploits of the fictional 97 Tunnelling Company during the Second World War? Danger UXB 27. Grange Hill, Brookside and Hollyoaks were created by whom? Phil Redmond 28. ""Fortunes of War"" was a 1987 BBC adaptation of Olivia Manning's novel cycle about an English lecturer in Bucharest and his new bride, who are caught up in the events of the war. Who played the young couple, Guy and Harriet Pringle? Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson 29. Who was the first compere of Sunday Night at the London Palladium when it was first broadcast in 1955? Tommy Trinder 30. Which show, hosted by Bob Monkhouse, featured ""Bernie, the bolt""? The Golden Shot Bonus Question for 5 points - Who was Sir Michael Parkinson talking about when he fought back tears saying: ‚ÄòI almost daren‚Äôt what I have to say, that this is my favourite interview. Dr Jacob Bronowski"
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"After watching the Michael Parkinson tribute last night I thought it was time for some - Classic UK TV 1. A BBC series of the 1970s depicted the experiences not of Britons but of Belgians fighting a covert war against the occupying forces by helping downed Allied airmen to evade the Nazis. What was its title? 2. We all know that Roger Moore played Simon Templar in ""The Saint"" when the series aired from 1962-69. However, what make of car did ""The Saint"" drive throughout the series? 3. Can you name this very popular series broadcast in the early evening by BBC2 between 1976 and 1978 and which featured fighting, insurrection, and magic in 14th Century BC China? 4. 1970: Which actor made his first appearance in the title role of ""Doctor Who"" in the opening episode of the new decade? 5. You would have seen John Hurt, Brian Blessed, Patrick Stewart, Christopher Biggins, Ian Ogilvy, Stratford Johns, Bernard Hepton and many other familiar faces if you watched all twelve episodes of which 1976 BBC series? 6. Oldies amongst you are likely to remember Whispering Bob Harris. Which late-night BBC2 series might you have watched him host throughout much of the 1970s? 7. 1974: Which WWII drama series starring Bernard Hepton, Robert Wagner and David Mccallum ended its 3-year run on British TV? 8. Based on the novels by David Nobbs (who also wrote the screenplays), ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" first appeared on BBC1 in September 1976. Played by Leonard Rossiter, Perrin was a sales executive at which company? 9. Childrens TV: Who was the first presenter of ""Crackerjack""? 10. In 'Open All Hours,' what is the name of Arkwright's fianc?©e who lives over the road? 11. Which 1980s 'game show' was set on the planet Arg, and required contestants to collect drognas before taking on the deadly vortex? 12. To whom did the late Cilla Black throw over to for a contestant recap on the long-running ITV dating show ""Blind Date""? 13. Who is the alien with two heads in 'A Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy'? 14. Name the series, first broadcast in 1970, about seven children whose ""den"" was an abandoned red London bus in a scrap yard? 15. In ""Pipkin's"", what type of animal was Topov? 16. ""Trumpton"" features six firemen (excluding Captain Flack), but which name was shared by two of them? 17. Which British comedy great played Richard III in the very first episode of Blackadder? 18. ""Auf Wiedersehen, Pet"" was a comedy-drama featuring a bunch of unemployed British labourers working on the side. The first series, broadcast in 1983, saw the lads working on a building site in which country? 19. Which seventies sitcom, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Scarsdale, featured a good-natured council labourer usually clad in a donkey jacket played by Bill Maynard? 20. Actors Roy Marsden and Christopher Ryan played which feared villains in Only Fools and Horses? 21. What's the name of the 1970's bistro which employed a one-armed Irish kitchen hand named Albert Riddle? 22. 70‚Äôs classic All Creatures Great and Small followed the trials and misadventures of the staff of a country veterinary office in Yorkshire from the 1930s to the 1950s. Christopher Timothy was cast as James Herriot, whilst Robert Hardy and Peter Davison played brothers Siegfried and Tristan, but what was their surname? 23. Name the BBC television drama series that ran from 1971 to 1980 which was set in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886 and covers the rise of a fictional shipping company named after its owner captain? 24. Name the Butler played by Gordon Jackson in 1971 series Upstairs Downstairs? Two points for full name. 25. Robin Ellis played Ross and Angharad Rees played Demelza in which 1970s BBC TV costume drama? 26. Which 1979 ITV series chronicles the exploits of the fictional 97 Tunnelling Company during the Second World War? 27. Grange Hill, Brookside and Hollyoaks were created by whom? 28. ""Fortunes of War"" was a 1987 BBC adaptation of Olivia Manning's novel cycle about an English lecturer in Bucharest and his new bride, who are caught up in the events of the war. Who played the young couple, Guy and Harriet Pringle? 29. Who was the first compere of Sunday Night at the London Palladium when it was first broadcast in 1955? 30. Which show, hosted by Bob Monkhouse, featured ""Bernie, the bolt""? Bonus Question for 5 points - Who was Sir Michael Parkinson talking about when he fought back tears saying: ‚ÄòI almost daren‚Äôt what I have to say, that this is my favourite interview."