Well I have managed to get all my databases fully up to date. Unfortunately, this week's quiz is a little behind schedule as I have still 59 questions to find. I shall have a good stab at it tonight while I'm laid up, (I've got a touch of gout on my big toe, it's blown up like a balloon). Nevermind I'll get that sorted when I go to the stop smoking clinic on Thursday.

Three for Fun (Saturday's answers)

The courage of a faithful wife saves her husband from execution at the hands of a Spanish oppressor: this is Fidelio, Beethoven's only opera?

Victorian soap-maker, William Hesketh Lever, founded his factory and garden village beside it to house the workers in Port Sunlight.

The name of the series of defensive fortifications built between 1929 and 1932 along France's eastern border with Germany was known as The Maginot Line.

Today's questions (answers on Friday)

1. Life is Sweet, Naked and Secrets and Lies are films made in the 1990s by which award-winning British director?

2. Which two-word French term, meaning coercion or irresistible compulsion, is used in commercial contracts to describe events that are outside the control of the parties involved?

3. Which king did Robert Catesby and Guy Fawkes intend to kill by placing barrels of gunpowder below the Houses of Parliament?

Joke of the Day

George and Harriet decide to celebrate their 25th Wedding Anniversary with a trip to Las Vegas. When they entered the hotel/casino and registered, a sweet young woman dressed in a very short skirt became very friendly. George brushed her off.

Harriet objected, "George, that young woman was nice, and you were so rude."

"Harriet, she's a prostitute."

"I don't believe you. That sweet young thing?"

"Lets go up to our room and I'll prove it."

In their room, George called down to the desk and asked for 'Bambi' to come up to 1217. "Now," he said, "you hide in the bathroom with the door open just enough to hear us, okay?"

Soon, there was a knock on the door. George opened the door and Bambi walked in, swirling her hips provocatively.

George asked, "How much do you charge?"

"$125 basic rate, $100 tips for special services."

Even George was taken aback. "$125! I was thinking more in the range of $25."

Bambi laughed derisively. "You really must be a hick if you think you can buy sex for that price."

"Well," said George, "I guess we can't do business. Goodbye."

After she left, Harriet came out of the bathroom. She said, "I just can't believe it!"

George said "Let's forget it. We'll go have a drink, then eat dinner."

At the bar, as they sipped their cocktails, Bambi came up behind George, pointed slyly at Harriet, and said, "See what you get for $25?"