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]

34 from last friday's how many can you get 4 from earlier and 8 from Cough's christmas quiz (thanks all)

[Far Cough]

Answers: 1. Dr. Seuss 2. Jingle Bells 3. Artificial Christmas Trees 4. A Charlie Brown Christmas 5. Bob Cratchit 6. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 7. Harrods 8. The World is Not Enough 9. Hansel and Gretel 10.Christmas Island

[easthammer]

Just three for names of the bands

[Far Cough]

"My turn for questions I believe? Easyish Christmas theme: Questions: 1. How The Grinch Stole Christmas is an atypical Christmas story written by which author? 2. Though it is believed to have been around since the 1940s, Bart Simpson was the first to sing the alternative “Batman Smells” lyrics of which classic Christmas tune on television in 1989? 3. Now most likely to be made of polyvinyl chloride, the first examples of what were made with dyed green goose feathers in 19th century Germany? 4. What was the name of the first TV Special based on the Peanuts comic strip, that aired in December 1965? 5. What is the name of Ebenezer Scrooge’s underpaid clerk in A Christmas Carol? 6. Which song’s ultimately triumphant protagonist is bullied by his peers who laugh, call him names and won’t let him join in games? 7. Which London department store caused controversy in 2019 when it restricted access to Santa’s grotto to children of customers who had spent at least £2,000 with them? 8. In which Bond film does Denise Richards play Dr. Christmas Jones? 9. Gingerbread houses are inspired by which of Grimm’s fairy tales? 10. Flying Fish Cove is the capital of which territory in the South Pacific?"

[Syd Puddefoot]

The other 5 gold rings

[Far Cough]

3

[charlie paynter]

6

[charlie paynter]

6

[Texas Iron]

2 Boo Hoo…

[Texas Iron]

2 Boo Hoo…

[Mad Dog]

Fiiiiiiiiive gold rings

[zico]

"How these bands got their names. From the bit of factual trivia name the band. Example. An acronym for the first names of the band members = ABBA 1. Heavy Metal outfit apparently named after a 1963 horror movie starring Boris Karloff = Black Sabbath 2. A Techno-Pop group from Basildon, Essex, England, they took their name from a French fashion magazine = Depeche Mode 3. Their name describes the financial situation they were in when forming the band. = Dire Straits 4. Named after a medieval torture device. It was a box big enough to admit a man, with folding-doors which were studded with sharp iron spikes. = Iron Maiden 5. Based on the 'horrible little character from Charles Dickens' novel, David Copperfield. = Uriah Heep 6. All girl band partially named after a 1973 Roxy Music song = Bananarama after Pyjamarama 7. Named after a character in the cult science fiction film Barbarella = Duran Duran — (Dr. Durand-Durand) 8. Took their name from a Vulcan elder of the same name in the sci-fi series Star Trek = T’Pau 9. Pairing took their name from a line in the book Prisoners of Pain by American psychologist Arthur Janov = Tears For Fears 10. Name based on a term used by Allied aircraft pilots during World War II to describe various UFOs or mysterious aerial phenomena seen in the skies over both the European and Pacific theatres of operations. = Foo Fighters"

[zico]

"Rio & East, just checking if you had any scores for the ""Another How Many you Can Get"" Quiz last Friday?"

[zico]

"How these bands got their names. From the bit of factual trivia name the band. Example. An acronym for the first names of the band members = ABBA 1. Heavy Metal outfit apparently named after a 1963 horror movie starring Boris Karloff = 2. A Techno-Pop group from Basildon, Essex, England, they took their name from a French fashion magazine = 3. Their name describes the financial situation they were in when forming the band. = 4. Named after a medieval torture device. It was a box big enough to admit a man, with folding-doors which were studded with sharp iron spikes. = 5. Name based on the 'horrible little character from Charles Dickens' novel, David Copperfield. = 6. All girl band partially named after a 1973 Roxy Music song = 7. Named after a character in the cult science fiction film Barbarella = 8. Took their name from a Vulcan elder of the same name in the sci-fi series Star Trek = 9. Pairing took their name from a line in the book Prisoners of Pain by American psychologist Arthur Janov = 10. Name based on a term used by Allied aircraft pilots during World War II to describe various UFOs or mysterious aerial phenomena seen in the skies over both the European and Pacific theatres of operations. ="

[riosleftsock]

5 monday (no link) and 4 yesterday

[easthammer]

4 for me my guessing abilities as their best

[charlie paynter]

2

[Mad Dog]

Yeah why not. Its Christmas.

[Syd Puddefoot]

"2, equally bah humbug!"

[zico]

"7 for me. Finally remembered ""Elf"" after wondering where I had heard it. Missed out on 1,4 and 9 as haven't seen them for years! ""God bless us, everyone"" - Do I get a bonus for ""ScroogeD"" as well?! May as well ask! Thanks MD."

[zico]

"7 for me. Finally remembered ""Elf"" after wondering where I had heard it. Missed out on 1,4 and 9 as haven't seen them for years! ""God bless us, everyone"" - Do I get a bonus for ""ScroogeD"" as well?! May as well ask! Thanks MD."

[Far Cough]

1 Bah humbug

[Mad Dog]

"1.Keep.the change ya filthy animal HOME ALONE 2. Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho. DIE HARD (Alan Rickman reading it off the terrorists jumper) 3. Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings A WONDERFUL LIFE 4. Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to. MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET 5.I passed through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, through the sea of swirly-twirly gum drops, and then I walked through the Lincoln Tunnel."" ELF 6. God bless us, everyone CHRISTMAS CAROL / SCROOGE 7. Where do you think you're going? Nobody's leaving. Nobody's walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas. NATONAL LAMPOON CHRISTMAS VACATION 8. Looking good billy Ray Feeling good lewis TRADING PLACES 9. The worst thing that ever happened to me was on Christmas. Oh, God. It was so horrible. It was Christmas Eve. I was 9 years old. Me and Mom were decorating the tree, waiting for Dad to come home from work. A couple hours went by. Dad wasn't home. So Mom called the office. No answer. Christmas Day came and went, and still nothing. So the police began a search. Four or five days went by. Neither one of us could eat or sleep. Everything was falling apart. It was snowing outside. The house was freezing, so I went to try to light up the fire. That's when I noticed the smell. The firemen came and broke through the chimney top. And me and Mom were expecting them to pull out a dead cat or a bird. And instead they pulled out my father. He was dressed in a Santa Claus suit. He'd been climbing down the chimney... his arms loaded with presents. He was gonna surprise us. He slipped and broke his neck. He died instantly. And that's how I found out there was no Santa Claus. GREMLINS 10. (To the tune of love is all around) You know I love Christmas I always will My mind's made up The way that I feel There's no beginning There'll be no end Cuz on Christmas, You can depend LOVE ACTUALLY"

[easthammer]

6 for yesterday but no link probably won't trouble the scorers today

[Texas Iron]

No good at films & lyrics 2