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]

"I believe you East because it wasn't movies! ;-) Long day on the road as it's Thursday. The answers will be late if I haven't frozen to death by this evening!! I’ve given you the opening line of a famous book and the ten authors of each book in variable order at the bottom. For a maximum two points on each question give the name the book and match the author to the line. 1. Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Harry, who was a farmer, and aunt Em, who was the farmer’s wife. 2. It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. 3. Scarlet O’Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were. 4. The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way towards the lagoon. 5. Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. 6. I will begin the story of my adventures with a certain morning early in the month of June, the year of grace 1751, when I took the key for the last time out of the door of my father’s house. 7. Amerigo Bonasera sat in New York Criminal Court Number 3 and waited for justice; vengeance on the men who had so cruelly hurt his daughter. 8. Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress. 9. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. 10. When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere. Authors - Mario Puzo - Jane Austen - Charles Dickens - George Eliot - John Wyndham - Frank Baum - William Golding - Margaret Mitchell - Douglas Adams - Robert Louis Stevenson -"

[easthammer]

Just realised I didn't do yesterday's quiz on politics. Which I just did without looking at the answers. Would you believe I scored a full house? I thought not but I did honest! Not worried about the points just wanted to brag

[easthammer]

Just 5 for me thank you

[Far Cough]

Amber TURD

[riosleftsock]

6 today ta

[Mad Dog]

7. Few educated guesses. Including bed shitter supreme Amber heard

[Westside]

5 again.

[Far Cough]

7 cheers zico

[zico]

"Scandals of 2022 1. Who issued an ""apology"" via Instagram after stars like Joni Mitchell and Neil Young removed their music from Spotify? Joe Rogan 2. Whose ""fall from grace"" was described by his barrister as ""the most public humiliation""? Boris Becker 3. Which actress come American talk show host was suspended for two weeks for saying the Holocaust ""isn’t about race""? Whoopi Goldberg 4. Who was banned for keeping cats for five years? Kurt Zouma 5. Which company received massive criticism from both sides of the British political divide for dismissing 800 members of its staff? P&O 6. Who was sentenced by a New York court in June, to 20 years imprisonment? Ghislaine Maxwell 7. Who said: ""I’m even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women. It’s a setback.""? Amber Heard (after being found guilty of libel) 8. Which UK county's police constabulary announced there were no wrongdoings in the Beergate controversy? Durham Constabulary 9. Tennis Australia's chief executive dismissed suggestions that who may sue the organisation? Novak Djokovic 10. Directly after being slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars what were the first two short words that Chris Rock exclaimed? Oh wow"

[zico]

"Scandals of 2022 1. Who issued an ""apology"" via Instagram after stars like Joni Mitchell and Neil Young removed their music from Spotify? 2. Whose ""fall from grace"" was described by his barrister as ""the most public humiliation""? 3. Which actress come American talk show host was suspended for two weeks for saying the Holocaust ""isn’t about race""? 4. Who was banned for keeping cats for five years? 5. Which company received massive criticism from both sides of the British political divide for dismissing 800 members of its staff? 6. Who was sentenced by a New York court in June, to 20 years imprisonment? 7. Who said: ""I’m even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women. It’s a setback.""? 8. Which UK county's police constabulary announced there were no wrongdoings in the Beergate controversy? 9. Tennis Australia's chief executive dismissed suggestions that who may sue the organisation? 10. Directly after being slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars what were the first two short words that Chris Rock exclaimed?"

[zico]

Welcome back MD.

[Mad Dog]

7. Im back baby yeah!!!!!!

[Westside]

"5 for me, thanks."

[Westside]

"5 for me, thanks."

[riosleftsock]

8 thanks

[Far Cough]

7 cheers zico

[zico]

"Politics 1. In the House of Lords, chairs and other seating are covered with red leather. What colour is used in the House of Commons? Green 2. Which Prime Minister passed the Metropolitan Police Act in June 1829 thus paving the way for a Police Force to be created? Robert Peel 3. A member of which pop band soaked John Prescott with a bucket of water at the 1998 Brit Awards? Chumbawamba 4. Who was the first president of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union? Boris (Nikolayevich) Yeltsin the first popularly elected Russian president in 1991. 5. Where was Lyndon Johnson when he first took the Presidential oath? Air force One 6. Who was the Prime Minister of France during the period of 1974-1976 and 1986-1988? Jacques Chirac 7. Which politician described Russia “A puzzle within a mystery, wrapped up in an enigma”? Winston Churchill 8. What animal is the traditional symbol of the US Republican Party? Elephant 9. What animal is the traditional symbol of the US Democratic Party? Donkey 10. The symbol used by the House of Commons consists of what object topped by St Edward's Crown? Portcullis (I’ll give a half a point if you put gate, I’m not cruel!)"

[zico]

"Politics 1. In the House of Lords, chairs and other seating are covered with red leather. What colour is used in the House of Commons? 2. Which Prime Minister passed the Metropolitan Police Act in June 1829 thus paving the way for a Police Force to be created? 3. A member of which pop band soaked John Prescott with a bucket of water at the 1998 Brit Awards? 4. Who was the first president of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union? 5. Where was Lyndon Johnson when he first took the Presidential oath? 6. Who was the Prime Minister of France during the period of 1974-1976 and 1986-1988? 7. Which politician described Russia “A puzzle within a mystery, wrapped up in an enigma”? 8. What animal is the traditional symbol of the US Republican Party? 9. What animal is the traditional symbol of the US Democratic Party? 10. The symbol used by the House of Commons consists of what object topped by St Edward's Crown?"

[riosleftsock]

9 and no raven names

[easthammer]

7 for me Zico but that wasn't for getting the names of the Ravens!

[Far Cough]

"8 for me zico, ta"

[Westside]

Only 3.

[zico]

"Great Britain 1. What is the earliest known name for Great Britain? Albion 2. Which County is known as ""The Garden of England""? Kent 3. Can you name Cornwall's only city? Truro 4. The Shambles with overhanging timber-framed buildings is an old street in which British city? York 5. What is the name of the three chalk stacks that rise out of the sea at the furthest western point of the Isle of Wight? The Needles 6. Was the last private resident of 10 Downing Street named Mr. Chicken, Mr. Lamb, or Mr. Fox? Mr. Chicken 7. Which American city was named after a British Prime Minister? Pittsburgh after William Pitt 8. At the Tower of London there are apparently seven of them. The required six plus one spare!. Their lodgings are to be found next to the Wakefield Tower. What are they and if you can name them all you get an extra seven points. If you get the names I’ll be impressed! Ravens - Their names are Jubilee, Harris, Gripp, Rocky, Erin, Poppy and Merlina. Their presence is traditionally believed to protect the Crown and the Tower; a superstition holds that ""if the Tower of London ravens are lost or fly away, the Crown will fall and Britain with it."" 9. The Armada Memorial depicting Britannia can be seen in which city? Plymouth 10. Which borough has the nickname the English Riviera? Torbay"

[zico]

"Great Britain 1. What is the earliest known name for Great Britain? 2. Which County is known as ""The Garden of England""? 3. Can you name Cornwall's only city? 4. The Shambles with overhanging timber-framed buildings is an old street in which British city? 5. What is the name of the three chalk stacks that rise out of the sea at the furthest western point of the Isle of Wight? 6. Was the last private resident of 10 Downing Street named Mr. Chicken, Mr. Lamb, or Mr. Fox? 7. Which American city was named after a British Prime Minister? 8. At the Tower of London there are apparently seven of them. The required six plus one spare!. Their lodgings are to be found next to the Wakefield Tower. What are they and if you can name them all you get an extra seven points. If you get the names I’ll be impressed! 9. The Armada Memorial depicting Britannia can be seen in which city? 10. Which borough has the nickname the English Riviera?"

[Far Cough]

6 thanks zico