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]

"Bugger, went from quite hopeful to a disappointing 3 which was the two comets and the chocolate bar! Had North Star for 1, Orion's Belt for 2, Alpha Centauri for 7...."

[easthammer]

"Answers 1.

[geoffpikey]

"No way a full house, possibly a Portakabin 4."

[Mad Dog]

This could be a full house today. Love this topic as does my son which has given me the chance / excuse to get into it again. There's a good phone app called star walk which you can point at the sky and will tell you about all the stars and planets

[riosleftsock]

"Definite 4, maybe 6. Disappointed there's no mention of Uranus."

[easthammer]

"Questions ( Nice and early today) 1.

[easthammer]

"Some good scores yesterday. Average 6.4 best for a good few weeks Texas Iron

[Kandu]

4

[Texas Iron]

Ooops... 8 Friday 5 Today Cheers...

[Mad Dog]

8. The music ones stumped me

[geoffpikey]

"8... If just ""Beagle"" counts? Can't be doing with more than one doggy rover. Otherwise, 7. Remembered Pluto reclassification (it's now just a DOG) but still got it wrong. Woof."

[Darlo Debs]

5

[Syd Puddefoot]

6 for me. Forgot that Pluto had been demoted by some busybodies with nothing better to do since I left school.

[zico]

Thanks easthammer. I didn't realise Mars was that small either. 4 for me with a guess on 1 and 9. Annoyed with number 6 as I put down Soviet Union theN changed it to the USA.

[charlie paynter]

5 I didn't realise Mars was that small

[Turpinator]

Ten. Always a bit obsessed with space. Had that Pg Tips Card booklet called the Race into Space

[Turpinator]

Ten. Always a bit obsessed with space. Had that Pg Tips Card booklet called the Race into Space

[Far Cough]

"A good mnemonic for the order of the planets, starting from the sun is: My Very Excellent Man Just Show Us Nine Planets, that was when Pluto was a planet but is now relegated to the championship. So adjust accordingly"

[easthammer]

Far Cough Thank you for the correction

[easthammer]

Rios Well done! your prize is of the feeling of immense self-satisfaction that you are doubt feeling of having achieved a perfect score in such an august competition :)

[Far Cough]

"5 for me Gustav HOLST is the name and believe it or not, he was English, Mars and Jupiter being my favourite pieces from the planets suite"

[easthammer]

"Zico for info. The planets are called Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Anything else named or numbered is either a dwarf planet ( such as Pluto ), or they are moons or asteroids"

[riosleftsock]

That's a first 10 for me. is there a prize?

[easthammer]

"Answers 1.

[zico]

I assume these are the regular planets not those named EEED2777DFGHH?