Quiz 379

I'm late. I'm late, for a very important date! A sequence of unrelated events that are to numerous and boring to go into are the reason that this post will be published in a few minutes, that is the early hours of Saturday morning. We had 8 teams competing at The Albert on Thursday and in a close run quiz A much depleted Alliance ran out the winners with an impressive 95pts, (there fourth win in a row, no team has won more than four weeks in a row since The Magic Numbers won the last five quizzes of 2005) CJD were second with 93 and The Magic Numbers were third 92pts. Once again happy Birthday Isa, hope you had a great day.

This weekend I want to get on with the new set of picture clues as we haven't had any since just before Christmas. I have 1 sheet ready, I just need some ideas for the second sheet. If I remember I'll give you an update in Monday's post. Oh, and I also want to put a FAQ section in my profile on this site if I get chance.

Questions and Answers

Thursday's pictures were: 1. Apu Nahasapeemapetilon who runs the Kwiki Mart in The Simpsons. 2. Kate Ford Who plays Tracy Barlow in Coronation Street and was sent to prison for murder on Monday night. (Its not real) 3. Actor Spencer Tracy 4. England and Bayern Munich fotballer Owen Hargreaves 5. Actress Bette Davis 6. Former Abba singer Agnetha Fältskog 7. Frank Gorshin who played The Riddler in the original Batman TV series of the 60s 8. West Indies cricket legend Sir Garfield (Garry) Sobers 9. Actress Sienna Miller 10. Native American princess Pocahontas. (very different from her Disney version isn't she).

Next Year, Disney will be releasing a yet untitled animation that tells the story of how American forces won the battle of Trafalgar and then rushed (albeit 10 years later, but when did Disney let the truth get in the way of a good story.) to save Wellington's bacon at Waterloo.

Three for fun (Monday's answers)

In Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies there are two memorable governess characters. Mrs Do-as-you-would-be-done-by is one, the other is Mrs Be-done-by-as-you-did.

England and Scotland fought the Bishops' Wars of 1639 and 1640

In business, the name for the point at which the income from sales covers the cost of production, with neither profit nor loss being made is called the break-even point.

Today's questions (answers on Monday)

1. Architecture: What sort of structure, usually built in an elevated position, takes its name from the Italian for 'beautiful view'?

2. London landmarks: A statue of which twelfth-century English king, on horseback with a sword in his raised right hand, stands outside the Houses of Parliament in Old Palace Yard?

3. Music: In a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, the profession of John Wellington Wells is also the title of the opera. Which one?

Joke of the Day

One day a man walked in a bar with a box. He sat down, opened the box and out popped a leprechaun. The man told the bartender, "I want a Guinness and a shot of whiskey for my friend here."

There was man sitting at the end of the bar watching all of this and, after the leprechaun drank his shot of whiskey, he ran down to the end of the bar and spat in the guy's face. Then he ran back.

The guy with the box said, "I'll have another Guinness and a shot of whiskey for my buddy here."

After the leprechaun drank his shot of whiskey, he again ran to the end of the bar and spat in the man's face, then dashed back.

The guy with the box ordered another Guinness for himself and another shot for the leprechaun. Again, the after the leprechaun drank his shot of whiskey, he ran down to the end of the bar. But this time the man was waiting for him and he grabbed the leprechaun and held him in the air.

He said, "If you spit in my face again, I'm going to cut your dick off."

The leprechaun laughed and said, "Leprechauns don't have dicks."

Then the man said, "If you don't have peckers, then how do you pee?"

"By spitting," said the leprechaun.