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]

8 thanks zico - my specialist subject

[easthammer]

6 for today thank you.

[Westside]

Only 4.

[zico]

"General Knowledge 1. The only country in the world whose name in English ends in an 'h', it’s also one of the most populous? Bangladesh 2. Which Mountain is occasionally known as Mount Godwin-Austen? K2 3. What was launched in the UK on 15 June 1998, when millions were released? The £2 coin 4. The Royal Albert Hall celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary in 2021. In which year was it opened by Queen Victoria? 1871 (sesquicentennial anniversary is 150 years) 5. Which of the Baltic State countries is furthest north? Estonia 6. Which Norwegian explorer became the first to reach the South Pole, on December 14, 1911? Roald Amundsen 7. Which river runs through the largest number of countries in the world? River Danube 8. Who was the oldest of the four of The Beatles? Ringo Starr 9. How do we better know Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio? Pope Francis 10. What name is given to the series of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome from 264 BC to 146 BC? The Punic Wars"

[Far Cough]

9 for yesterday cheers

[zico]

"Sorry forgot Mad Dog was offline for a few days... General Knowledge 1. The only country in the world whose name in English ends in an 'h', it’s also one of the most populous? 2. Which Mountain is occasionally known as Mount Godwin-Austen? 3. What was launched in the UK on 15 June 1998, when millions were released? 4. The Royal Albert Hall celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary in 2021. In which year was it opened by Queen Victoria? 5. Which of the Baltic State countries is furthest north? 6. Which Norwegian explorer became the first to reach the South Pole, on December 14, 1911? 7. Which river runs through the largest number of countries in the world? 8. Who was the oldest of the four of The Beatles? 9. How do we better know Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio? 10. What name is given to the series of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome from 264 BC to 146 BC?"

[zico]

"Sorry forgot Mad Dog was offline for a few days... General Knowledge 1. The only country in the world whose name in English ends in an 'h', it’s also one of the most populous? 2. Which Mountain is occasionally known as Mount Godwin-Austen? 3. What was launched in the UK on 15 June 1998, when millions were released? 4. The Royal Albert Hall celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary in 2021. In which year was it opened by Queen Victoria? 5. Which of the Baltic State countries is furthest north? 6. Which Norwegian explorer became the first to reach the South Pole, on December 14, 1911? 7. Which river runs through the largest number of countries in the world? 8. Who was the oldest of the four of The Beatles? 9. How do we better know Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio? 10. What name is given to the series of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome from 264 BC to 146 BC?"

[easthammer]

Better day (not films) 18 for thanks Zico

[Westside]

"13, thank you"

[Westside]

"13, thank you"

[riosleftsock]

15 ta

[zico]

"Numbers Quiz 1. Adele has released four studio albums since 2008 with the latest released in 2021. What are the four titles of those albums for four points? 19, 21, 25, 30 2. Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison and other famous singers were all the same age when they died. How old was this? 27 3. How many lines are there traditionally in a sonnet? 14 4. How much is a gross? 144 5. What is the ninth prime number? 23 6. What is the code for international direct phone calls to the United Kingdom? 44 7. What number was the average age of an American combat soldier in Vietnam according to a Paul Hardcastle song? 19 8. In the bible, how many Plagues of Egypt were there? 10 9. Which number Apollo mission was the spaceflight that landed the first two men on the Moon? 11 10. How much is in a Baker's Dozen? 13 11. How many times has Del Boy Trotter been married in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses? 0 (he never married Raquel) 12. Which age do you have to reach to be eligible to become President of the United States? 35 13. How many different subjects are there in a game of Trivial Pursuit? 6 14. How many wisdom teeth does the average human have? 4 15. How many dots are there on the domino in the Domino's pizza logo? 3 16. If you subtract the number of sides on a heptagon from the number of sides on a dodecagon what answer do you get? 5 17. According to the Beatles how many days in a week? 8 18. Number of degrees in a circle? 360 19. What do the sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel add up to? 666 20. According to whufc.com West Ham United played at the OLD Wembley Stadium how many times? 9 1923 FA Cup final, 1940 Football League War Cup final, 1964 FA Cup final, 1965 European Cup Winners' Cup final, 1975 FA Cup final, 1975 FA Charity Shield, 1980 FA Cup final, 1980 FA Charity Shield, 1981 Football League Cup final (Going to be fair here, if you put give yourself 3 points. If you put 8 it's a point as I think some may forget the War Cup Final?)"

[zico]

"Long day on road again today so answers will be late. The answers are Numbers Quiz 1. Adele has released four studio albums since 2008 with the latest released in 2021. What are the four titles of those albums for four points? 2. Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison and other famous singers were all the same age when they died. How old was this? 3. How many lines are there traditionally in a sonnet? 4. How much is a gross? 5. What is the ninth prime number? 6. What is the code for international direct phone calls to the United Kingdom? 7. What number was the average age of an American combat soldier in Vietnam according to a Paul Hardcastle song? 8. In the bible, how many Plagues of Egypt were there? 9. Which number Apollo mission was the spaceflight that landed the first two men on the Moon? 10. How much is in a Baker's Dozen? 11. How many times has Del Boy Trotter been married in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses? 12. Which age do you have to reach to be eligible to become President of the United States? 13. How many different subjects are there in a game of Trivial Pursuit? 14. How many wisdom teeth does the average human have? 15. How many dots are there on the domino in the Domino's pizza logo? 16. If you subtract the number of sides on a heptagon from the number of sides on a dodecagon what answer do you get? 17. According to the Beatles how many days in a week? 18. Number of degrees in a circle? 19. What do the sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel add up to? 20. According to whufc.com West Ham United played at the OLD Wembley Stadium how many times?"

[easthammer]

"Films are my Achilles ( even if I did get that Llamas weren't in Troy, mind you come to think of it Achilles didn't make it inside either) So just 5 for me ta."

[Mad Dog]

Just broke the screen on my phone will be off line a few days

[riosleftsock]

12 spacibo

[Mad Dog]

13. Gracias

[Westside]

"10 for me, thanks."

[Far Cough]

11 for me thanks zico

[zico]

"Cough, could be, I know there is a plane in Gladiator and bullet holes in the wall before the shooting starts in Pulp Fiction! Greatest Movie Mistakes Quiz 1. In Braveheart, we get a lot of shots of Scottish men traipsing around in kilts. Unfortunately, William Wallace lived around AD 1300, but kilts weren’t generally accepted to be in in use in Scotland until which century. Was it 15th, 16th, or 17th? 16th 2. Early on in Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar-winning war drama The Hurt Locker, Specialist Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty) comments that a local man filming him is “getting ready to put me on YouTube.” Not unless that man is a time traveller: The Hurt Locker is set in 2004, and YouTube didn’t get its start until which year. Was it 2005, 2006 or 2007? 2005 3. A map illustrating Indiana Jones’ travels in Raiders of the Lost Ark sees the intrepid archaeologist/explorer passing near Thailand on his way to Nepal—a bit odd, considering Raiders is set in 1936, and Thailand was called what until 1939? Siam 4. Though set in 1935, Frank Darabont’s The Green Mile has death by electric chair as that states preferred method of execution. The chair would not replace the gallows in that state until the early 1940s. Which Deep South US state is it set in? Louisiana 5. The 1979 cult classic Quadrophenia, based on the album of the same name by The Who, has its share of anachronisms. A movie marquee advertising Grease and Heaven Can Wait in a film set in the 1960’s? What year were Grease and Heaven Can Wait released? 1978 6. As good as it was many a historical inaccuracy appeared in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator let alone the camera picking up a hidden gas tank under a chariot! Whilst the character of Maximus is fictional the characters Commodus, Marcus Aurelius and Lucilla all lived, although the film didn’t portray them or their history particularly accurately. For three points name the actors and actress who played them? Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris and Connie Nielsen 7. Back with Mel Gibson and his next “history” lesson released in 2000. The story of a vengeful father swept into battle in the American Revolutionary War, boasts about historical authenticity and then slaps it soundly in the face. Can you remember the name of the film? The Patriot 8. 300 (2006). The film is based on a graphic novel based on the battle of Thermopylae, one of the greatest last stands in history by King Leonidas and The Spartans against the Persians. Quite a few inaccuracies in the film which you can look up elsewhere but for a start the Persian King really wasn’t bald and 9-feet-tall was he?! What was the same of the Persian King? Xerxes 9. Disney’s 1995 animated feature sets itself up as a story about the life of the Native American woman Amonute, nicknamed ……………………..,, who supposedly brokered peace between the Powhatan tribe and English colonizers in the early 17th century. Too many inaccuracies to list so what was her nickname, which is also the title of the film. I’ll give you an extra point if you can spell it right? Pocahontas 10. The main premise of The Imitation Game is Alan Turing's invention of Christopher, a code-breaking machine named after his childhood love. In reality, the machine that broke the Enigma code was called the ………………... It was built by both Turing and Gordon Welchman, who is not depicted in the film, and was based on an earlier design by Polish cryptology experts. Simply fill in the gap for a point. Bombe 11. In the 1976 film Midway, when we see Midway before the Japanese attack the US flags that are flying have 50 stars on them, instead of 48 as there should have been at the time. Which two states were added in 1959? Two points. Alaska January 3, 1959 - Hawaii August 21, 1959 (At the time of WWII Hawaii was a territory, not a state.) 12. In Troy (2004) when the Trojans flee inside the walls at the arrival of the Greeks, you can see some llamas. Llamas were only native to which continent at the time of ancient Troy? Llamas originated in the Andes Mountain region of South America 13. U-571 (2000) The crew of an American submarine capture an Enigma machine from a German submarine, enduring all manner of hardship in the process. It’s a jolly good piece of drama, but nothing of the sort ever happened and the film caused anger in Britain because crewmen from a Royal Navy B-class destroyer took an Enigma machine from a U-Boat (U-110) in 1941, before the US had even entered the war. Name that B-Class Destroyer, was it HMS Churchill, HMS Nemesis or HMS Bulldog HMS Bulldog 14. Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor is full of inaccuracies but in one ridiculous scene Jon Voight, playing the President, in an attempt to explain to his generals just how serious he is about attacking Japan, gets out of his wheelchair and stands up. The President was paralyzed, he didn't have a sprained ankle!! Who was the President at the time? Franklin D. Roosevelt"

[Far Cough]

Isn't there a car on the horizon in one of those spaghetti westerns?

[zico]

So many to mention MD. The gas tank on the chariot is hilarious as are Russell Crowe's lycra shorts in battle! I think there is a coffee cup on the table in Game of Thrones and my favourites are the bloke walking down the street in a T shirt and jeans in Indiana Jones and of course hundreds of extras wearing modern day clothing in Escape to Victory!

[Mad Dog]

I love a film mistake / inaccuracy. I also love spotting continuity errors and dodgy background extras Yes I'm weird

[zico]

"Greatest Movie Mistakes Quiz 1. In Braveheart, we get a lot of shots of Scottish men traipsing around in kilts. Unfortunately, William Wallace lived around AD 1300, but kilts weren’t generally accepted to be in in use in Scotland until which century. Was it 15th, 16th, or 17th? 2. Early on in Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar-winning war drama The Hurt Locker, Specialist Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty) comments that a local man filming him is “getting ready to put me on YouTube.” Not unless that man is a time traveller: The Hurt Locker is set in 2004, and YouTube didn’t get its start until which year. Was it 2005, 2006 or 2007? 3. A map illustrating Indiana Jones’ travels in Raiders of the Lost Ark sees the intrepid archaeologist/explorer passing near Thailand on his way to Nepal—a bit odd, considering Raiders is set in 1936, and Thailand was called what until 1939? 4. Though set in 1935, Frank Darabont’s The Green Mile has death by electric chair as that states preferred method of execution. The chair would not replace the gallows in that state until the early 1940s. Which Deep South US state is it set in? 5. The 1979 cult classic Quadrophenia, based on the album of the same name by The Who, has its share of anachronisms. A movie marquee advertising Grease and Heaven Can Wait in a film set in the 1960’s? What year were Grease and Heaven Can Wait released? 6. As good as it was many a historical inaccuracy appeared in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator let alone the camera picking up a hidden gas tank under a chariot! Whilst the character of Maximus is fictional the characters Commodus, Marcus Aurelius and Lucilla all lived, although the film didn’t portray them or their history particularly accurately. For three points name the actors and actress who played them? 7. Back with Mel Gibson and his next “history” lesson released in 2000. The story of a vengeful father swept into battle in the American Revolutionary War, boasts about historical authenticity and then slaps it soundly in the face. Can you remember the name of the film? 8. 300 (2006). The film is based on a graphic novel based on the battle of Thermopylae, one of the greatest last stands in history by King Leonidas and The Spartans against the Persians. Quite a few inaccuracies in the film which you can look up elsewhere but for a start the Persian King really wasn’t bald and 9-feet-tall was he?! What was the same of the Persian King? 9. Disney’s 1995 animated feature sets itself up as a story about the life of the Native American woman Amonute, nicknamed ……………………..,, who supposedly brokered peace between the Powhatan tribe and English colonizers in the early 17th century. Too many inaccuracies to list so what was her nickname, which is also the title of the film. I’ll give you an extra point if you can spell it right? 10. The main premise of The Imitation Game is Alan Turing's invention of Christopher, a code-breaking machine named after his childhood love. In reality, the machine that broke the Enigma code was called the ………………... It was built by both Turing and Gordon Welchman, who is not depicted in the film, and was based on an earlier design by Polish cryptology experts. Simply fill in the gap for a point. 11. In the 1976 film Midway, when we see Midway before the Japanese attack the US flags that are flying have 50 stars on them, instead of 48 as there should have been at the time. Which two states were added in 1959? Two points. 12. In Troy (2004) when the Trojans flee inside the walls at the arrival of the Greeks, you can see some llamas. Llamas were only native to which continent at the time of ancient Troy? 13. U-571 (2000) The crew of an American submarine capture an Enigma machine from a German submarine, enduring all manner of hardship in the process. It’s a jolly good piece of drama, but nothing of the sort ever happened and the film caused anger in Britain because crewmen from a Royal Navy B-class destroyer took an Enigma machine from a U-Boat (U-110) in 1941, before the US had even entered the war. Name that B-Class Destroyer, was it HMS Churchill, HMS Nemesis or HMS Bulldog 14. Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor is full of inaccuracies but in one ridiculous scene Jon Voight, playing the President, in an attempt to explain to his generals just how serious he is about attacking Japan, gets out of his wheelchair and stands up. The President was paralyzed, he didn't have a sprained ankle!! Who was the President at the time?"

[easthammer]

8 for me thanks Zico