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Thanks to the guys for getting this great new site up and running and here is a brand new quiz thread. You know the rules. Please don't post your answers before the quizzer does. Don't forget to post your scores.  

Westside wrote: ↑05 Sep 2025, 19:11 If I understood the scoring method, I got 41 (5 reds, 5 blacks, yellow, green, less the white)

Thanks East.

You have indeed scored it correctly, probably more to your credit than simply knowing the answers

If I understood the scoring method, I got 41 (5 reds, 5 blacks, yellow, green, less the white)

Thanks East.

Not sure if anyone bothered with this but here is the answers - what was your score?

MUSICAL POT LUCK Name the Song on each ball. The Letters shown are the first letters of each word in the title.  You score 1 for a red ball, get it right and you can gain 7 bonus points from the supplementary question which is: Who recorded a version in the year shown below?  

Initials	Title	Year	Artist	Score
LIR	LADY IN RED	1987	CHRIS DEBURGH
RSITS	RED SAILS IN THE SUNSETS	1960	THE PLATTERS
RRW	RED RED WINE	1984	UB40
RTRNR	RUDOLPH THE RED NOSE REINDEER	1950	(Clue BC) BING CROSBY
RRFABL	RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY	1948	VAUGHN MONROE
RAR (ML)	ROSES ARE RED (MY LOVE)	1962	BOBBY VINTON
LRR	LITTLE RED ROOSTER	1974	THE ROLLING STONES
RLSD	RED LIGHT SPELLS DANGER	1977	BILLY OCEAN
RR	RED RAIN	1986	PETER GABRIEL
99RB	99 RED BALLOONS	1984	NENA
RBW	RED BLOODED WOMAN	2004	KYLIE MINOGUE
RWAB	RED WHITE AND BLUE	2003	LYNYRD SKYNYRD
RD	RED DRESS	2005	MAIA SHARP
WTRRRCBBBA	WHEN THE RED RED ROBINCOMES BOB BOB BOBIN ALONG	1953	DORIS DAY
YAMTANIMLRB	YOUR MORE THAN A NUMBER IN MY LITTLE RED BOOK	1977	THE DRIFTERS

 COLOURS Song-Artist 

YS	YELLOW SUBMARINE- Beatles	1966	Score 2 for Yellow  (TB)
GGGOH	GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME – Tom Jones	1967	Score 3 for Green (TJ)
BS	BROWN SUGAR- Rolling Stones	1971	Score 4 for Brown (TRS)
BB	BLUE BAYOU – Roy Orbison	1963	Score 5 for Blue (RO)
PC	PINK CADDILAC- Natalie Cole	1988	Score 6 for Pink (NC)
BIB	BLACK IS BLACK- Los Bravos	1966	Score 7 for Black (LB)
	Maximum Possible 147		Total
WC	WHITE CHRISTMAS	Many Years	Get the white wrong deduct 4 points
			Final Score

  

As Zico is off sunning himself (maybe!)
I've delved into my archive and come up with this.
You might want to work on this for a day or two - Answers Friday

MUSICAL POT LUCK  

Name the Song on each ball. The Letters shown are the first letters of each word in the title. 
For a red ball, you score 1 
If you get it right, you can gain 7 bonus points by identifying who recorded a version in the year shown. 
For the Colours score 2 for Yellow 3 Green, 4 Brown, 5 Blue, 6 Pink, 7 Black. 
But you must get both the Title and Artist to score.
But get the White wrong, you deduct 4 points from your final total  

15 REDS ( all have red in the title)

Title		Year	Artist Initials
LIR		1987	CD
RSITS		1960	TP
RRW		1984	U
RTRNR		1950	BC
RRFABL		1948	VM
RAR (ML)		1962	BV
LRR		1974	TRS
RLSD		1977	BO
RR		1986	PG
99RB		1984	N
RBW		2004	KM
RWAB		2003	LS
RD		2005	MS
WTRRRCBBBA		1953	DD
YAMTANIMLRB		1977	TD

 
COLOURS 

Title		Year	Artist
YS		1966	TB
GGGOH		1967	TJ
BS		1971	TRS
BB		1963	RO
PC		1988	NC
BIB		1966	LB
WC		Many Years	Many Artists

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Cheers Zico 

12 today thaks zico.
Have a fab holiday.

I am one over the eight which explains my score of 9 thanks Zico

14. Thanks Zico.

15 - Thanks Zico

Enjoy your well deserved break

Hopefully will get a quiz on next Friday.  Have a good week all.

Eight Quiz

1.  According to the television advert, 'eight out of ten cats preferred' which of these cat foods?
Whiskas

2.  On the Jimmy Carr comedy quiz show 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Rachel Riley and who else assume their regular Countdown roles?
Susie Dent

3.  Arsène Wenger joined Arsenal in 1996 from which Japanese Club?
Nagoya Grampus Eight – Two points for this full name, one point for just Grampus Eight (They are now known as Nagoya Grampus)

4.  The chocolate mints called After Eights were created by which of these companies, Mars, Rowntree or Cadbury?
Rowntree - created by Rowntree Company Limited in the UK in 1962 and have been manufactured by Nestlé since its acquisition of Rowntree in 1988.

5.  The eighth letter in the Greek alphabet is also used in mathematics to denote an unknown angle. What is it?
Theta

6.  What is the eighth prime number?
19

7.  Which 1964 Beatles song has been covered many times - by Mary Wells, Procol Harum, The Runaways amongst many others?
Eight Days a Week

8.  Which religious festival lasts for eight days?
Hanukkah

9.  Which band had a hit with the song 'Eight Miles High' in 1966?
The Byrds

10.  The 2008 Olympics opened on the 8th August (08/08) at 8:08:08pm in which city?
Beijing

11.  Name the gender swapped version of a famous casino heist movie?
Ocean's Eight

12.  The Hateful Eight is a 2015 American western thriller film written and directed by whom?
Quentin Tarantino

13.  In the Western zodiac, the eighth astrological sign is what?
Scorpio

14.  Can you name the 1988 American sports drama film which is a dramatization of Major League Baseball's Black Sox Scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired with gamblers to lose the 1919 World Series?
Eight Men Out

15.  Which of Henry VIII’s wives gave birth to a male heir?
Jane Seymour

16.  A poker hand containing a pair of black aces and a pair of black eights is known as a "Dead Man's Hand". In the 1941 western film "The Badlands of Dakota", which outlaw character was shown to have a "Dead Man's Hand" at the time of their murder?
Wild Bill Hickock

17.  On the periodic table, which element has the atomic number eight?
Oxygen

18.  Who wore West Ham’s number 8 shirt in the last season at Upton Park 2015–16?
Cheikhou Kouyaté

19. What was the gift on the 8th day of Christmas?
Eight maids a-milking

20.  Argentina is the eighth largest country in the world (by area). It contains the most southern city in the world. What is it?
Ushuaia



    

Probably a good time for a break as I am struggling to find 20 questions about nine!!!  

Eight Quiz

1.  According to the television advert, 'eight out of ten cats preferred' which of these cat foods?

2.  On the Jimmy Carr comedy quiz show 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Rachel Riley and who else assume their regular Countdown roles?

3.  Arsène Wenger joined Arsenal in 1996 from which Japanese Club?

4.  The chocolate mints called After Eights were created by which of these companies, Mars, Rowntree or Cadbury?

5.  The eighth letter in the Greek alphabet is also used in mathematics to denote an unknown angle. What is it?

6.  What is the eighth prime number?

7.  Which 1964 Beatles song has been covered many times - by Mary Wells, Procol Harum, The Runaways amongst many others?

8.  Which religious festival lasts for eight days?

9.  Which band had a hit with the song 'Eight Miles High' in 1966?

10.  The 2008 Olympics opened on the 8th August (08/08) at 8:08:08pm in which city?

11.  Name the gender swapped version of a famous casino heist movie?

12.  The Hateful Eight is a 2015 American western thriller film written and directed by whom?

13.  In the Western zodiac, the eighth astrological sign is what?

14.  Can you name the 1988 American sports drama film which is a dramatization of Major League Baseball's Black Sox Scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired with gamblers to lose the 1919 World Series?

15.  Which of Henry VIII’s wives gave birth to a male heir?

16.  A poker hand containing a pair of black aces and a pair of black eights is known as a "Dead Man's Hand". In the 1941 western film "The Badlands of Dakota", which outlaw character was shown to have a "Dead Man's Hand" at the time of their murder?

17.  On the periodic table, which element has the atomic number eight?

18.  Who wore West Ham’s number 8 shirt in the last season at Upton Park 2015–16?

19. What was the gift on the 8th day of Christmas?

20.  Argentina is the eighth largest country in the world (by area). It contains the most southern city in the world. What is it?




 

12 thanks Zico

15 - Thanks Zico

20 today thanks zico.
The seven wonders were a gift.

15.

Cheers Zico, have fun on your break.

 

16. Thanks Zico. Have a great break.

Just to let you know that tomorrows will be last quiz for a week or so as we have decided to get away for some last minute autumn sun for a week.

I am sure that if you are really nice to him Easthammer may be persuaded to do the odd one.

Seven Quiz

1.  Which of the following is not one of The Seven Deadly Sins, sloth, gluttony, cowardice, lust?
cowardice

2.  Which of the seven continents has the most countries?
Africa

3. In the Disney film, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," which one is the only dwarf that does not have a beard?
Dopey

4.  Who stars as the villain in the 1995 film "Se7en"?
Kevin Spacey

5.  Which series of Star Trek first included the character named Seven of Nine?
Star Trek: Voyager

6.  Times Square, in New York City, is at the intersection of Seventh Avenue and what other well-known thoroughfare?
Broadway

7.  Ingmar Bergman's landmark movie was called the 'Seventh ___'.
The Seventh Seal

8.  Which Biblical character is said to have performed the Dance of the Seven Veils?
Salome

9.  Which British new wave band released an album by the title of "Seven and the Ragged Tiger"?
Duran Duran

10.  Stood over a subway grate, Marilyn Monroe’s iconic flying skirt scene is one of the most memorable moments in Hollywood history.  The scene was filmed for which 1955 film?
The Seven Year Itch

11.  Can you name the film and musical based off the short story 'The Sobbin' Women'?
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

12.  Blakes 7 - Stuck in an ocean of stars and contempt, Roj Blake's crew of outlaws, Kerr Avon, Olag Gan, Jenna Stannis, Vila Restal and Cally, traverse the universe on the alien spacecraft known as what?
The Liberator

13.  Who wrote the Seven Dials Mystery?
Agatha Christie

14.  The Group of Seven (G7) is an intergovernmental political and economic forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States and which other country?
Japan - The European Union (EU) is a "non-enumerated member" - Russia having been a formal member (as part of the G8) from 1997 until its expulsion in 2014.

15.  Released on 18 March 1991, "Sailing on the Seven Seas" is a song by which English electronic music band?
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD)

16.  What was the name of the dog in Enid Blyton’s Secret Seven books, was it Buck, Ruffy or Scamper?
Scamper 

17. Which famous British author wrote the screenplay for the 1967 007 film You Only Live Twice, was it Roald Dahl, Alistair MacLean or Frederick Forsyth?
Roald Dahl

18.  The 1960 films The Magnificent Seven starred Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, and Horst Buchholz.  Who is missing?
Brad Dexter

19.  According to the Bible, the Seven _______ sounded the seven trumpets that brought down the walls of the city of Jericho?
Priests

20.  For seven points can you name the Seven traditional Wonders of the “Ancient” World?
Great Pyramid of Giza, Colossus of Rhodes, Lighthouse of Alexandria, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Temple of Artemis, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

 

Seven Quiz

1.  Which of the following is not one of The Seven Deadly Sins, sloth, gluttony, cowardice, lust?

2.  Which of the seven continents has the most countries?

3. In the Disney film, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," which one is the only dwarf that does not have a beard?

4.  Who stars as the villain in the 1995 film "Se7en"?

5.  Which series of Star Trek first included the character named Seven of Nine?

6.  Times Square, in New York City, is at the intersection of Seventh Avenue and what other well-known thoroughfare?

7.  Ingmar Bergman's landmark movie was called the 'Seventh ___'.

8.  Which Biblical character is said to have performed the Dance of the Seven Veils?

9.  Which British new wave band released an album by the title of "Seven and the Ragged Tiger"?

10.  Stood over a subway grate, Marilyn Monroe’s iconic flying skirt scene is one of the most memorable moments in Hollywood history.  The scene was filmed for which 1955 film?

11.  Can you name the film and musical based off the short story 'The Sobbin' Women'?

12.  Blakes 7 - Stuck in an ocean of stars and contempt, Roj Blake's crew of outlaws, Kerr Avon, Olag Gan, Jenna Stannis, Vila Restal and Cally, traverse the universe on the alien spacecraft known as what?

13.  Who wrote the Seven Dials Mystery?

14.  The Group of Seven (G7) is an intergovernmental political and economic forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States and which other country?

15.  Released on 18 March 1991, "Sailing on the Seven Seas" is a song by which English electronic music band?

16.  What was the name of the dog in Enid Blyton’s Secret Seven books, was it Buck, Ruffy or Scamper?

17. Which famous British author wrote the screenplay for the 1967 007 film You Only Live Twice, was it Roald Dahl, Alistair MacLean or Frederick Forsyth?

18.  The 1960 films The Magnificent Seven starred Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, and Horst Buchholz.  Who is missing?

19.  According to the Bible, the Seven _______ sounded the seven trumpets that brought down the walls of the city of Jericho?

20.  For seven points can you name the Seven traditional Wonders of the “Ancient” World?


 

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Cheers Zico 

13. Thanks Zico.

10 thanks Zico

16 today thanks zico.

12 Thanks Zico

Six Quiz

1.  Which actor played the Six Million Dollar Man in the 70’s TV show?
Lee Majors

2.  Number Six is the central character in the 1967–1968 television series The Prisoner. The unnamed character in the original TV series was played by which series co-creator and actor?
Patrick McGoohan

3.  Operation Neptune Spear which included SEAL Team Six was the operation to kill whom on May 2, 2011?
Osama bin Laden

4.  Nikki Sixx is best known as the co-founder, bassist, primary songwriter, and only constant member of which heavy metal band?
Mötley Crüe

5.  In Rugby Union The Five Nations Championship became The Six Nations when Italy joined in which year, was it 1996, 2000 or 2004?
2000

6.  What gift was given on the sixth day in the Christmas carol 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'?
Six geese a-laying

7.  "Six o'clock already I was just in the middle of a dream I was kissin' Valentino by a crystal blue Italian stream" are words from what song?
Manic Monday by The Bangles

8. Alec Trevelyan, also known as Janus and formerly known as 006, is the main antagonist of the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye.  Which actor played the role?
Sean Bean

9.  Often used in measuring depths at sea what equals six feet?
Fathom

10.  What is the sixth planet from the sun in our solar system?
Saturn

11.  The sixth book in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series is titled what?
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

12.  The Six-Day War was a significant conflict that took place in the Middle East.  It involved Israel and neighbouring Arab countries, namely Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.  In which year did it take place, was it 1957, 1967 or 1977?
1967

13.  "The Sixth Sense" is a critically acclaimed 1999 psychological thriller directed by M. Night Shyamalan, known for its iconic twist ending and strong performances by Bruce Willis and which ten child star?
Haley Joel Osment

14.Henry VIII's final wife (Number Six) survived him, name her?
Catherine Parr

15.  A gifted but inconsistent winger, Didier Six had a rather nomadic career, playing in five countries. He also played for France in the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cups and was also part of the winning team at Euro 84.  Which English club did he spend the 1984–1985 season with making 15 appearances and scoring 2 goals?
Aston Villa

16.  Six actors played the titles roles in the TV series “Friends”.  Who is missing from this group?  Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry
David Schwimmer

17.  Though the head of MI6 (also known as SIS (Secret Intelligence Service)) in the James Bond films always uses the letter “M”, in the real world, the head of the service is commonly referred to by which letter?
“C”

18.  Which Canadian city is also known as the “6ix”?
Toronto

19.  West Ham retired Bobby Moore’s famous number six shirt back in 2008.  Which defender was the last Hammers player to wear the number six?
Matthew Upson

20.  Beethoven's 6th symphony is also known by what name?
Pastorale
 

Answers will be this evening around 8pm ish.

Six Quiz

1.  Which actor played the Six Million Dollar Man in the 70’s TV show?

2.  Number Six is the central character in the 1967–1968 television series The Prisoner. The unnamed character in the original TV series was played by which series co-creator and actor?

3.  Operation Neptune Spear which included SEAL Team Six was the operation to kill whom on May 2, 2011?

4.  Nikki Sixx is best known as the co-founder, bassist, primary songwriter, and only constant member of which heavy metal band?

5.  In Rugby Union The Five Nations Championship became The Six Nations when Italy joined in which year, was it 1996, 2000 or 2004?

6.  What gift was given on the sixth day in the Christmas carol 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'?

7.  "Six o'clock already I was just in the middle of a dream I was kissin' Valentino by a crystal blue Italian stream" are words from what song?

8. Alec Trevelyan, also known as Janus and formerly known as 006, is the main antagonist of the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye.  Which actor played the role?

9.  Often used in measuring depths at sea what equals six feet?

10.  What is the sixth planet from the sun in our solar system?

11.  The sixth book in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series is titled what?

12.  The Six-Day War was a significant conflict that took place in the Middle East.  It involved Israel and neighbouring Arab countries, namely Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.  In which year did it take place, was it 1957, 1967 or 1977?

13.  "The Sixth Sense" is a critically acclaimed 1999 psychological thriller directed by M. Night Shyamalan, known for its iconic twist ending and strong performances by Bruce Willis and which ten child star?

14.Henry VIII's final wife (Number Six) survived him, name her?

15.  A gifted but inconsistent winger, Didier Six had a rather nomadic career, playing in five countries. He also played for France in the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cups and was also part of the winning team at Euro 84.  Which English club did he spend the 1984–1985 season with making 15 appearances and scoring 2 goals?

16.  Six actors played the titles roles in the TV series “Friends”.  Who is missing from this group?  Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry

17.  Though the head of MI6 (also known as SIS (Secret Intelligence Service)) in the James Bond films always uses the letter “M”, in the real world, the head of the service is commonly referred to by which letter?

18.  Which Canadian city is also known as the “6ix”?

19.  West Ham retired Bobby Moore’s famous number six shirt back in 2008.  Which defender was the last Hammers player to wear the number six?

20.  Beethoven's 6th symphony is also known by what name?