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]

Thanks MD. 10 correct and 9 should have bloody got that! Actually said to myself Carmac but didn't put it down as I have never heard of it!

[Mad Dog]

"Just a heads up. I can do next Thurs then I'm on my travels and not convinced I'll either have WiFi nor the arse to write a quiz as I'll be hopefully be too busy sunning and drinking to be writing a quiz on the 11th. Not sure I'll be posting my answers that week either, bit hope to be keeping an eye on the questions 1. Vehicle + a coat CARAMAC 2. King of the jungle LION BAR 3. Tramp that travels DRIFTER 4. Dating agencies MATCH MAKERS 5. Occult perhaps BLACK MAGIC 6. Subject TOPIC 7. Wobbly infants JELLY BABIES (ill accept jelly tots) 8. What stoners get MUNCHIES 9. Teddy bears want one PICNIC 10. Nine AFTER EIGHT 11. Roman god of war MARS 12. Sport for a Prince POLO 13. Shhhhhh WHISPA 14. Wise guys SMARTIES 15 pigs tail perhaps CURLY WURLEY 16. Middle ages musicians MINSTRELS 17. Model feline KITKAT 18. 80s children's TV king ROLO 19. Big bus DOUBLE DECKER 20. mutiny happened here BOUNTY"

[Mad Dog]

Can you name the confectionary from the clues 1. Vehicle + a coat 2. King of the jungle 3. Tramp that travels 4. Dating agencies 5. Occult perhaps 6. Subject 7. Wobbly infants 8. What stoners get 9. Teddy bears want one 10. Nine 11. Roman god of war 12. Sport for a Prince 13. Shhhhhh 14. Wise guys 15 pigs tail perhaps 16. Middle ages musicians 17. Model feline 18. 80s children's TV king 19. Big bus 20. Mutiny happened here

[Westside]

"6 for me, thanks."

[Mad Dog]

A middling 5 gracias

[Far Cough]

5 thanks zico

[zico]

"Famous Quotes Quiz – Who said it? 1. If you’re going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill 2. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein 3. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. Mae West 4. Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde 5. If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. Isaac Newton 6. All animals are equal but some are more equal than others. George Orwell 7. Religion is the opium of the people. Karl Marx 8. I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison 9. Tis better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all. Alfred Lord Tennyson 10. We're more popular than Jesus now. John Lennon"

[zico]

"The golf was great Westside thank you,, the night not so much, either have picked up a bug or food poisoning, so sorry for the late and basic quiz, not at my best today! Famous Quotes Quiz – Who said it? 1. If you’re going through hell, keep going. 2. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. 3. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. 4. Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. 5. If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. 6. All animals are equal but some are more equal than others. 7. Religion is the opium of the people. 8. I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. 9. Tis better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all. 10. We're more popular than Jesus now."

[Westside]

"10, thanks Zico. Hope the golf was good. Forces TV, no longer on television, but there is a You Tube channel Forces News. It's all the military stuff, but without the other programming ,you used to get on Forces TV."

[Darlo Debs]

Rios I think you csn find some on various channels. Worth looking out for itv4 and 5 USA. I was on a work call the other day and a lady was watching old episodes of Columbo .

[riosleftsock]

"Zico I remember Petrocelli as well. I must have watched all of that shite back in the day. We need a thread for golden tv and film. The nearest thing to it in the modern age is Inspector Montelbano (the original actor), absolutely loved that."

[Mad Dog]

15. 2 floors out on empire state. Been up it enough times and still can't remember

[zico]

"Rios, there used to be Forces TV on Sky but not sure if it is still there. Yesterday TV is another possibility, and You Tube sometimes has the odd full episode of old stuff. I bought the three seasons of Starsky and Hutch on DVD some years ago. Always makes me laugh now that two undercover cops and yet they drove probably the most obvious red and white car and everyone knew their names! One I would love to see again is Petrocelli with the late Barry Newman."

[zebthecat]

A measly 11 today thanks. The 2 questions about chess helped.

[riosleftsock]

14 thanks mate. I may see if there is a channel that shows cheesy old US cop shows etc from the 70s and 80s. Might make me watch tv again after years of not bothering.

[Far Cough]

10 thanks zico

[zico]

"Numbers 1. Spots on the Domino's Pizza logo 3 2. Lines in a limerick 5 3. Letters in the Greek alphabet 24 4. Pieces in a chess set 32 5. Pairs of chromosomes in each human cell 23 6. Lewis Hamilton's racing number, in Formula 1 44 7. Elements in the Periodic Table (the last four being officially named in 2016) 118 8. Horses involved in the bet known as a Yankee 4 9. Points on the Star of David 6 10. The Chatanooga Choo Choo left on track number 29 11. Opposite sides of a die add up to 7 12. Lines in a sonnet 14 13. Squares on a chess (or draughts) board 64 14. The 'golden ratio' (known to mathematicians as phi) 1.618 15. Labours of Hercules 12 16. Number of people generally agreed to have been at the Last Supper 13 17. Speed, in mph, that the DeLorean had to reach in order to travel through time (in the Back to the Future franchise) 88 18. Hours in a week 168 19. Squares on a Scrabble board 225 20. Floors in the Empire State Building (5 points if you get this!) 102"

[zico]

"Rios, god I'd forgotten TJ Hooker, especially considering I am a big classic Star Trek fan. Seem to remember co star Adrien Zmed was in that god awful Grease 2, and was rarely seen again!! I may well do a Part Two to that quiz. Long day today, sneaking in another day of golf so won't be back till late so apologies in advance for late answers. Numbers 1. Spots on the Domino's Pizza logo 2. Lines in a limerick 3. Letters in the Greek alphabet 4. Pieces in a chess set 5. Pairs of chromosomes in each human cell 6. Lewis Hamilton's racing number, in Formula 1 7. Elements in the Periodic Table (the last four being officially named in 2016) 8. Horses involved in the bet known as a Yankee 9. Points on the Star of David 10. The Chatanooga Choo Choo left on track number 11. Opposite sides of a die add up to 12. Lines in a sonnet 13. Squares on a chess (or draughts) board 14. The 'golden ratio' (known to mathematicians as phi) 15. Labours of Hercules 16. Number of people generally agreed to have been at the Last Supper 17. Speed, in mph, that the DeLorean had to reach in order to travel through time (in the Back to the Future franchise) 18. Hours in a week 19. Squares on a Scrabble board 20. Floors in the Empire State Building (5 points if you get this!)"

[zico]

"Rios, god I'd forgotten TJ Hooker, especially considering I am a big classic Star Trek fan. Seem to remember co star Adrien Zmed was in that god awful Grease 2, and was rarely seen again!! I may well do a Part Two to that quiz. Long day today, sneaking in another day of golf so won't be back till late so apologies in advance for late answers. Numbers 1. Spots on the Domino's Pizza logo 2. Lines in a limerick 3. Letters in the Greek alphabet 4. Pieces in a chess set 5. Pairs of chromosomes in each human cell 6. Lewis Hamilton's racing number, in Formula 1 7. Elements in the Periodic Table (the last four being officially named in 2016) 8. Horses involved in the bet known as a Yankee 9. Points on the Star of David 10. The Chatanooga Choo Choo left on track number 11. Opposite sides of a die add up to 12. Lines in a sonnet 13. Squares on a chess (or draughts) board 14. The 'golden ratio' (known to mathematicians as phi) 15. Labours of Hercules 16. Number of people generally agreed to have been at the Last Supper 17. Speed, in mph, that the DeLorean had to reach in order to travel through time (in the Back to the Future franchise) 18. Hours in a week 19. Squares on a Scrabble board 20. Floors in the Empire State Building (5 points if you get this!)"

[easthammer]

12 for me thanks Zico

[Darlo Debs]

"Zico Quincy has to be my favourite of all the US shows of that era, with Columbo a very close 2nd"

[zebthecat]

15 today thanks Hill St Blues was really irritating as I used to love it and can picture the crediit sequence but just could not remember the name. Love a bit of TV detecting.

[riosleftsock]

"Zico, me too, used to watch loads of made for tv movies and crap US cop shows. I think you missed out on TJ Hooker as well."

[zico]

"Ha ha Rios, I could have gone on and on, so many over the years. I do miss the old US Cop shows like Starsky and Hutch and Cagney and Lacey, and of course Quincy."

[riosleftsock]

11 thanks - enjoyed that. I'm marking you down for missing out on the Eddie Capra mysteries and Quincy (just for a start!!)