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]

Impressed indeed. Especially getting all the Reservoir Dogs.

[Mad Dog]

39 All the us states All the reservoir dogs (and characters) All the Brazil years All the rings massive helped

[zico]

"Apologies for the late answers, been a long day! Yet another How Many Can You Get? 1. Four U.S. States beginning with the letter I. Name them. Maximum 4 points. Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa 2. Twelve people have walked on Earth's Moon. Name them. 12 points max. Neil Armstrong, Edwin ""Buzz"" Aldrin, Charles ""Pete"" Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, John Young, Charles Duke, Eugene “Gene” Cernan, Harrison Schmitt 3. Who were the last two players to score for West Ham United in a major European Cup Final? (Not including the Inter Toto Cup!) Two points max. Pat Holland, Keith Robson (1976) 4. Red Rum won three Grand Nationals in 73, 74 and 77 and was second in 75 and 76. He had two jockeys in those five years, name them. Max two points. Brian Fletcher, Tommy Stack 5. What are the five colours of the Olympic rings? Max 5 points . Blue, Yellow, Black, Green and Red 6. The nine countries that Germany shares its land boundary with are? Max 9 points. Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland 7. Brazil has won the most world cups, with a total of 5. Name the years? Max 5 points Brazil took home the Cup in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002 8. Alfred Hitchcock and James Stewart collaborated on four films together. Name them for a max 4 points. Rope (1948), Rear Window (1954), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Vertigo (1958) 9. Reservoir Dogs - Eight men eat breakfast at a Los Angeles diner. Except for leader Joe Cabot and his son Nice Guy Eddie, all the other men use aliases: Mr. Brown, White, Blonde, Blue, Orange, and Pink. Name the six actors who played the “colourful” characters. One point each for the correct actor under “any” alias. Two points for the correct actor under the correct alias. Therefore, a maximum of 12 points. Mr Brown = Quentin Tarantino Mr White = Harvey Keitel Mr Blonde = Michael Madsen Mr Blue = Edward Bunker Mr Orange = Tim Roth Mr Pink = Steve Buscemi 10. Surprisingly whilst researching this quiz I found out that there are in fact eight “named” fences in the Aintree Grand National, when I only thought there were six. Can you name all eight? Max 8 points. Westhead - 3 & 19 – Open Ditch, known as ‘Westhead’ after the late Steve Westhead who was one of Aintree’s fence builders and worked at Aintree Racecourse in the 1970s. Becher’s Brook - 6 & 22 - The most famous fence in the Grand National race is named after Captain Martin Becher who landed in the ditch after being unseated by Conrad in the first official Grand National race in 1839. Foinavon - 7 & 23 - This otherwise ordinary fence became extraordinary in 1967, when Foinavon was the only horse to successfully jump the fence after multiple horses shied and caused chaos on the course, going from last place to win the race. Canal Turn - 8 & 24 - This fence gets its name from the nearby Leeds-Liverpool canal and is noted for the sharp, 90-degree, left-hand turn that the runners must take as soon as they have jumped the fence. Valentine’s Brook - 9 & 25 - this fence was originally known as Second Brook but was renamed after a horse called Valentine was said to have jumped it hind legs first in 1840. Booth - 12 & 28 - Known as ‘Booth’ after the late John Booth, which was the foreman of Aintree’s maintenance team in the 1970s. The Chair – 15 - Jumped only on the first circuit, it’s named after the chair the distance judge used to sit in to gauge the official distance between the winner and the runners behind. These horses were classed as ‘beaten by a distance’, with a ‘distance’ being more than forty lengths. Water Jump – 16 - The final fence on the first circuit is the lowest of the 16 fences. It has a wide stretch of water on the landing side and was first introduced in 1841, replacing a stone wall which was, at the time, 16ft wide!"

[zico]

"Swapped a shift so early quiz today and answers will be later than usual. Going forward does anyone want to do a quiz each week on a particular day>? Five a week are seriously depleting my stock and ideas!! In the meantime as answers won't be until this evening it's another - How Many Can You Get? 1. Four U.S. States beginning with the letter I. Name them. Maximum 4 points. 2. Twelve people have walked on Earth's Moon. Name them. 12 points max. 3. Who were the last two players to score for West Ham United in a major European Cup Final? (Not including the Inter Toto Cup!) Two points max. 4. Red Rum won three Grand Nationals in 73, 74 and 77 and was second in 75 and 76. He had two jockeys in those five years, name them. Max two points. 5. What are the five colours of the Olympic rings? Max 5 points. 6. The nine countries that Germany shares its land boundary with are? Max 9 points. 7. Brazil has won the most world cups, with a total of 5. Name the years? Max 5 points 8. Alfred Hitchcock and James Stewart collaborated on four films together. Name them for a max 4 points. 9. Reservoir Dogs - Eight men eat breakfast at a Los Angeles diner. Except for leader Joe Cabot and his son Nice Guy Eddie, all the other men use aliases: Mr. Brown, White, Blonde, Blue, Orange, and Pink. Name the six actors who played the “colourful” characters. One point each for the correct actor under “any” alias. Two points for the correct actor under the correct alias. Therefore, a maximum of 12 points. 10. Surprisingly whilst researching this quiz I found out that there are in fact eight “named” fences in the Aintree Grand National, when I only thought there were six. Can you name all eight? Max 8 points."

[Far Cough]

9 cheers

[Syd Puddefoot]

10. And I did not see the big fat quiz of the year.

[zico]

"Bugger I missed that. Was one of the questions ""What on earth has Jimmy Carr done to his face!"""

[zico]

"Bugger I missed that. Was one of the questions ""What on earth has Jimmy Carr done to his face!"""

[Mad Dog]

10. And I got a few of those after watching big fat quiz of the year

[zico]

"Big Quiz of 2021 1. In January 2021, online retailer Boohoo acquired which brand and website for £55 million? Debenhams 2. In February, a coup removed Aung San Suu Kyi from power in which country? Mynamar 3. Piers Morgan walked out when which weatherman was speaking to him on Good Morning Britain? Alex Beresford 4. Who tripped and blamed it on the wind? Joe Biden fell while boarding Air Force One earlier in the year and the White House blamed his stumbling on the wind. (So, Biden or White House accepted as correct answer.) 5. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, passed away in which month? April 6. Marks & Spencer went to war with Aldi over what cake? Caterpillar cake (legal action argued that Aldi’s Cuthbert the Caterpillar cake infringes its Colin the Caterpillar trademark.) 7. How many Premier League football clubs agreed (and just as quickly withdrew) to join a new breakaway European Super League? Six (Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham) 8. Thirty-nine workers convicted of fraud, theft, and false accounting due to an IT error had their names cleared after widespread miscarriages of justice by which company? Royal Mail 9. Line of Duty finally identifies the Fourth Man, known as “H”. What was his name? Ian Buckells 10. Which football club wins the FA Cup for the first time, defeating Chelsea 1–0 in the final at Wembley? Leicester City 11. Disaster! In May the UK has a shortage of which chocolate item? Cadbury 99 flake 12. A new £50 banknote entered circulation featuring whose face on the reverse side to the Queen? Alan Turing (WWII code-breaker) 13. Who was the former owner of a Ford Escort sold at auction for more than £52,000? Diana, Princess of Wales (engagement present from Prince Charles) 13. A container ship finally sailed from her anchorage in the Suez Canal's Great Bitter Lake in July, ending a months-long period of detention imposed by Egyptian authorities after her grounding in the canal's southern section. Name the ship? Ever Given 14. What did Prime Minister Boris Johnson struggle with much to the amusement of Priti Patel and Prince Charles at the National Memorial Arboretum? An umbrella 15. The Afghanistan war ended on the 30 August 2021. In which year did it start? 2001 16. Emma Raducanu won the women's US Open singles title, who did she beat? Leylah Fernandez 17. The Cumbre Vieja volcano which erupted for the first time in fifty years is on which island? La Palma (Canary Islands) 18. Alec Baldwin was filming on the set of which upcoming film when a terrible and fatal “accident” occurred? Rust 19. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel handed over the chancellery to her successor, Olaf Scholz; for how many years was Merkel in power? 16 years 20. Which individual in February won a record seventh Super Bowl and has personally won more Super Bowls than any NFL team in history? For two bonus points which team did he win it with in 2021 and which team were his previous six wins with? Tom Brady – Won with Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2021 adding to six he won with the New England Patriots."

[zico]

"Big Quiz of 2021 1. In January 2021, online retailer Boohoo acquired which brand and website for £55 million? 2. In February, a coup removed Aung San Suu Kyi from power in which country? 3. Piers Morgan walked out when which weatherman was speaking to him on Good Morning Britain? 4. Who tripped and blamed it on the wind? 5. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, passed away in which month? 6. Marks & Spencer went to war with Aldi over what cake? 7. How many Premier League football clubs agreed (and just as quickly withdrew) to join a new breakaway European Super League? 8. Thirty-nine workers convicted of fraud, theft, and false accounting due to an IT error had their names cleared after widespread miscarriages of justice by which company? 9. Line of Duty finally identifies the Fourth Man, known as “H”. What was his name? 10. Which football club wins the FA Cup for the first time, defeating Chelsea 1–0 in the final at Wembley? 11. Disaster! In May the UK has a shortage of which chocolate item? 12. A new £50 banknote entered circulation featuring whose face on the reverse side to the Queen? 13. Who was the former owner of a Ford Escort sold at auction for more than £52,000? 13. A container ship finally sailed from her anchorage in the Suez Canal's Great Bitter Lake in July, ending a months-long period of detention imposed by Egyptian authorities after her grounding in the canal's southern section. Name the ship? 14. What did Prime Minister Boris Johnson struggle with much to the amusement of Priti Patel and Prince Charles at the National Memorial Arboretum? 15. The Afghanistan war ended on the 30 August 2021. In which year did it start? 16. Emma Raducanu won the women's US Open singles title, who did she beat? 17. The Cumbre Vieja volcano which erupted for the first time in fifty years is on which island? 18. Alec Baldwin was filming on the set of which upcoming film when a terrible and fatal “accident” occurred? 19. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel handed over the chancellery to her successor, Olaf Scholz; for how many years was Merkel in power? 20. Which individual in February won a record seventh Super Bowl and has personally won more Super Bowls than any NFL team in history? For two bonus points which team did he win it with in 2021 and which team were his previous six wins with?"

[Texas Iron]

6

[riosleftsock]

10 today

[Syd Puddefoot]

Also 7.

[Far Cough]

7 cheers zico

[Mad Dog]

6 (3 Mark brothers)

[zico]

"Comedians Quiz 1. Which comedian first hosted the British stand-up comedy series Live at the Apollo? Jack Dee (the series was formerly titled 'Jack Dee Live at the Apollo') 2. How many Marx brothers were there, and can you name them? Point for how many and a point for each name. Five. Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, and Zeppo. 3. Which British actor and comedian was born Solomon Joel Cohen in South Africa in 1913? Sid James 4. In which Welsh town is there a statue of Tommy Cooper overlooking its castle? Caerphilly (his birthplace) 5. Which song is widely regarded as Bob Hope's signature tune? Thanks for the Memory 6. Which comedian of silent films was ruined in 1921 by a sex scandal? Fatty Arbuckle 7. Norman Wisdom was a cult icon in Albania generally known by the surname of one of his most loved characters from the films “The Square Peg”, “On the Beat”, “A Stitch in Time “and “The Early Bird”. What was the name of that character? “Norman” Pitkin 8. “I’m playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order” said Eric Morecambe to Andre Previn when trying to play what piece of music in the classic Morecambe & Wise sketch from 1971? Grieg's Piano Concerto 9. Billy Connolly first met his wife Pamela Stephenson on the set of which British comedy show in 1979? Not the Nine O'Clock News 10. Which comedy duo had the song known variously as ""The Cuckoo Song"", ""Ku-Ku"" or ""The Dance of the Cuckoos"" as their signature tune? Laurel and Hardy"

[zico]

"Staying light-hearted after the Christmas weekend with a Comedians Quiz 1. Which comedian first hosted the British stand-up comedy series Live at the Apollo? 2. How many Marx brothers were there, and can you name them? Point for how many and a point for each name. 3. Which British actor and comedian was born Solomon Joel Cohen in South Africa in 1913? 4. In which Welsh town is there a statue of Tommy Cooper overlooking its castle? 5. Which song is widely regarded as Bob Hope's signature tune? 6. Which comedian of silent films was ruined in 1921 by a sex scandal? 7. Norman Wisdom was a cult icon in Albania generally known by the surname of one of his most loved characters from the films “The Square Peg”, “On the Beat”, “A Stitch in Time “and “The Early Bird”. What was the name of that character? 8. “I’m playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order” said Eric Morecambe to Andre Previn when trying to play what piece of music in the classic Morecambe & Wise sketch from 1971? 9. Billy Connolly first met his wife Pamela Stephenson on the set of which British comedy show in 1979? 10. Which comedy duo had the song known variously as ""The Cuckoo Song"", ""Ku-Ku"" or ""The Dance of the Cuckoos"" as their signature tune?"

[zico]

"Morning all. Hope you had a good Xmas. Mad Dog

[Syd Puddefoot]

"16 without spending ages, cheers Zico"

[zico]

"Prickly Buddy

[zico]

"No need for any one to partake in the below, it doesn't go on the scoreboard but if you are bored in front of the TV with IPad or phone in hand and want to have a go here is a Christmas Cryptic Quiz for anyone who wants to do it. Example Get some gloves on for 24 hours

[riosleftsock]

8

[zico]

"Ah it probably means songs that have reached number 1 with Christmas in the title rather than those who were number one AT Christmas. 1994 East 17 were No 1 at Christmas with Stay Another Day. Mariah Carey's one topped the UK Singles Chart for the first time ever on December 11, 2020, 26 years after its initial release, but wasn't Number One AT Christmas., According to officialcharts.com/chart-news/every-official-christmas-number-1-ever and Wiki - UK Charts this is. 1955

[Mad Dog]

I wouldn't have got mud or dickie valentine if I'd have been guessing all night