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]

Impressive Mad Dog. I would only have remembered Drooper!

[Mad Dog]

9. (Including 3 banana splits)

[Far Cough]

3

[zico]

"Todays answers.... 1. Which celebrity chef once spent two years in prison for burgling 1980s singer Paul Young’s home? Gino D’Acampo (convicted in 1998) 2. A famous American actor born William Franklin Beedle Jr was best man at the wedding of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis. By what name was he better known? William Holden 3. Who is the only person to have been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe? Bono 4. How are the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm better known? Brothers Grimm 5. Who is the only American President to have been seen wearing a NAZI uniform? Ronald Reagan (as an actor in a film) 6. Arthur Stanley Jefferson became better known as whom? Stan Laurel 7. Legend has it that Wild Bill Hickok's last poker hand consisted of the two black aces, the two black eights and the queen of clubs as kicker. What name has been given to this poker hand? Dead Man's Hand 8. Many a comedy sketch was penned by the late great Ronnie Barker under what pseudonym? Gerald Wiley 9. Who in 1988 was staggeringly put in charge of running Broadmoor by the Department of Health? Jimmy Saville 10. For 4 points what were the names of TV’s “Banana Splits”? Fleegle, Snorky, Bingo and Drooper"

[zico]

"Morning all. Will post the scores for the weekend after todays results. FRIDAY QUIZ 1. Which celebrity chef once spent two years in prison for burgling 1980s singer Paul Young’s home? 2. A famous American actor born William Franklin Beedle Jr was best man at the wedding of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis. By what name was he better known? 3. Who is the only person to have been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe? 4. How are the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm better known? 5. Who is the only American President to have been seen wearing a NAZI uniform? 6. Becoming part of a famous double act, Arthur Stanley Jefferson became better known as whom? 7. Legend has it that Wild Bill Hickok's last poker hand consisted of the two black aces, the two black eights and the queen of clubs as kicker. What name has been given to this poker hand? 8. Many a comedy sketch was penned by the late great Ronnie Barker under what pseudonym? 9. Who in 1988 was staggeringly put in charge of running Broadmoor by the Department of Health? 10. For 4 points what were the names of TV’s “Banana Splits”?"

[zico]

"Texas Iron 10:25 Thu Aug 19 How did the King find those in London?! No worries Rio, I've got a few done and can do some more, although if anyone else wants to do some just shout."

[Texas Iron]

"Zico They mainly eat ringed seals, but may also eat bearded seals. Polar bears hunt seals by waiting for them to come to the surface of sea ice to breathe. When the seal nears the surface, the polar bear will bite or grab the seal and pull it onto land to feed. They also eat walruses and whale carcasses. ?ü•µ?ü•µ?ü§?"

[riosleftsock]

"Apologies all, left the post open to do it, just had back to back meeting lumped on me all day. I'm on holiday from tomorrow, back on the 1st, so doubt I'll get a chance to set any quizzes but I'll keep looking in. Cheers zico/easty"

[zico]

"Oops, just got home and see Rio must have been held up today. Apologies for no quiz, I'll do it tomorrow."

[zico]

"Morning all. Good scores yesterday very competitive, full updated list below. I'm off to get a polar bear for a pet today (wonder what they fed it!) so Rio should be along later! Mad Dog

[Syd Puddefoot]

8. Guessed FDR. Didn't know Harrison. Three years out (113) on the Hundred Years War.

[DiCaniosLefty]

4

[charlie paynter]

4 Guessed the FDR one

[Mad Dog]

Longest one. Yes. Shortest one. No

[Texas Iron]

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[Far Cough]

"Yeah, I knew the FDR one but not the other one, I had James Garfield"

[zico]

"Did anyone get the Presidential ones right, Texas might well have? Couldn't see a way to put any clues in those!"

[zico]

"Did anyone get the Presidential ones right, Texas might well have? Couldn't see a way to put any clues in those!"

[Mad Dog]

S I X

[easthammer]

7 Knew 100 years war was more than 100 but not how much more guessed 10 wrongly ‚ò?

[riosleftsock]

"8 Got both of the American ones wrong, embarassing since I've set 2 USA quizzes"

[Far Cough]

7

[Turpinator]

7

[zico]

"Todays answers.... HISTORY 1. What was remarkable about the apparent appointment of Incitatus as a Roman Senator? Incitatus was a horse (Caligula’s horse) 2. Needing somewhere highly secure, where did Henry III house his pet polar bear in the 13th century? Yes really!! The Tower of London 3. Which meadow in Berkshire was the site of the signing of Magna Carta in 1215? Runnymede 4. King Henry IV, King Henry V and King Henry VI were members of which royal house? Lancaster 5. Who was the longest serving US President? Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as president of the United States for 4,422 days 6. Who was US President for the shortest amount of time? William Henry Harrison served the shortest time in US presidential history at only 31 days. 7. The treaty of Waitangi established the rights of which indigenous people? The Maori (in New Zealand) 8. Which common British pub name recalls the hiding place of King Charles I after the battle of Worcester? The Royal Oak 9. Edward Teach (alternatively spelled Edward Thatch) was better known as whom? Blackbeard 10. How long was the Hundred Years' War? 116 years"

[zico]

10 added! Brain fart this morning!