quiz458

Quiz 458

Another very busy Friday, hence the late post. My day didn't start well with the fat minger who lives next door going out and her Jack Russells waking me up at some ungodly hour this morning, I didn't get to bed until 2 am and had to be up at 7:15, irresponsible dog owners should be dragged into the street and shot. Last night's quiz at The Albert was good but there are still empty seats that need filling, I suppose the high bar prices don't help or, as in last night, loud drunken rants coming from the bar. Nice to a big top table with Day Release back, splitting into two teams, that sort of friendly competition should be encouraged. Our winners last night were CJD with 95pts and who have now won five of the last six quizzes. Second place went to The Alliance a single point back on 94pts and third spot went to Drunks Aloud with 88pts. A special mention to Leah and Dave, formerly The Flying Otters and yesterday were fourth as Dosthill's Finest with 86pts and who have just bought their first house together, so I'd like to take this opportunity on behalf of us all to wish them both all the happiness for the future. CHRISTMAS WEEK: NO QUIZ. FOLLOWING WEEK: THE QUIZ WILL MOVE TO TUESDAY DECEMBER 30 FOR JUST THAT WEEK. Questions, comments, suggestion? email me. quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk as always.

Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold

Again,Another productive night. Carole managed to coax you lot into depositing another £23 into the pot. Last night's question was: How many episodes of Only Fools and Horses have been made? I was surprised that there have only been 64 episodes. The recipient of £11.50 last night was Pete from The Alliance and I know it's still early but we are looking at a really healthy total come October 30.

Questions and Answers

Last night's pictures were:

1. Shona McGarty 2. Desert Orchid 3. David Jason 4. John Lennon 5. Peter Mandelson 6. Simon Cowell

7. Sharon Osborne 8. Mark Wahlberg 9. John Lydon 10. Brian Blessed 11. John Hurt 12. Paul Hunter

13. Robinho 14. Spongebob SquarePants 15. Liam Neeson 16. Louis B. Mayer 17. Kirsten Dunst

18. Che Guevara 19. Shakira 20. Judy Murray

Three for Fun (Monday's answers)

Veralanium was the Roman word for St Albans .

The surname of the famous painters Augustus and Gwen is John.

The British poet and military officer who died on the way to the Dardenelles in April 1915 is Rupert Brooke.

Today's Questions (answers on Monday)

1. What sort of speech is a valedictory speech?

2. The portrait of the late Ossie Clark, with his wife Celia and Pet Percy and the painting he Bigger Splash are well-known works by which Yorkshire-born artist?

3. In which Oscar Wilde play does the heroine ask for the head of a prophet, in return for dancing for the King?

Joke of the Day (Thanks Mako)

A lawyer runs a stop sign and gets pulled over by a sheriff's deputy. He thinks that he is smarter than the deputy because he is a lawyer from New York and is certain that he has a better education then any cop from Houston , Texas . He decides to prove this to himself and have some fun at the Texas deputy's expense.

The deputy says,' License and registration, please.'

'What for?' says the lawyer.

The deputy says, 'You didn't come to a complete stop at the stop sign.'

Then the lawyer says, 'I slowed down, and no one was coming.'

'You still did n't come to a complete stop, Says the deputy. License and registration, please.'

The lawyer says, 'What's the difference?'

'The difference is you have to come to complete stop, that's the law License and registration, please!' the Deputy says.

Lawyer says, 'If you can show me the legal difference between slow down and stop, I'll give you my license and registration; and you give me the ticket. If not, you let me go and don't give me the ticket.'

'That sounds fair. Please exit your vehicle, sir,' the deputy says.

At this point, the deputy takes out his nightstick and starts beating the daylights out of the lawyer and says, 'Do you want me to stop, or just slow down?'

quiz457/update

Sorry folks, I've been a busy, busy bee today and have only just found the time to update my blog. I trust you are all well and are ready to do battle on Thursday night.The good news from my point of view is that apart from a little last minute tweaking, the quiz is almost finished. What remains are just one entertainment and one sport question, the Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold question and the Faces round. Yesterday, I pretty much breezed through the music tape and I'm quite happy with its diversity. I also got the Celebrity Matchword guest round done PDQ by my standards. Actually I still need to fill the folders with the relevant answer sheets, ugh! my pet hate. I'll work on that before bedtime. Sweet dreams all I shall see you on Thursday. Last point. To reiterate, there will be no quiz Christmas week and the last quiz of the year will be moved to the Tuesday of that week. Hehehehehe a TV commercial was just shown that gave me the entertainment question I was struggling with.

Three for Fun (Friday's answers)

The Strait of Malacca seperates Sumatra from the Malay peninsula.

In Antarctica, Nimrod, Slessor and Scott are all Glaciers

If you wen't out with some gentles, a jig, a gag and a coop you would be going Fishing.

Today's questions (answers on Friday)

1. The Roman name of which town, north-west of London, was Veralanium?

2. What is the surname of the famous brother and sister painters Augustus and Gwen?

3. Which British poet, an officer in the Royal Naval Division, died en route to the Dardenelles in April 1915, and was buried on the Greek island of Skyros?

Joke of the Day (thanks Hancock)

A police officer pulls over a speeding car. The officer says, ' I clocked you at 80 miles per hour, sir.'

The driver says, 'Gee, officer I had it on cruise control at 60, perhaps your radar gun needs calibrating.'

Not looking up from her knitting the wife says: 'Now don't be silly dear, you know that this car doesn't have cruise control.'

As the officer writes out the ticket, the driver looks over at his wife and growls, 'Can't you please keep your mouth shut for once?'

The wife smiles demurely and says, 'You should be thankful your radar detector went off when it did.'

As the officer makes out the second ticket for the illegal radar detector unit, the man glowers at his wife and says through clenched teeth, 'Damit, woman, can't you keep your mouth shut?'

The officer frowns and says, 'And I notice that you're not wearing your seat belt, sir. That's an automatic $75 fine.'

The driver says, 'Yeah, well, you see officer, I had it on, but took it off when you pulled me over so that I could get my license out of my back pocket.'

The wife says, 'Now, dear, you know very well that you didn't have your seat belt on. You never wear your seat belt when you're driving.'

And as the police officer is writing out the third ticket the driver turns to his wife and barks, 'WHY DON'T YOU PLEASE SHUT UP??'

The officer looks over at the woman and asks, 'Does your husband always talk to you this way, Ma'am?'

'Only when he's been drinking.'

quiz457

Quiz 457

Firstly, sorry for the late post.I have had so much work to do today that I just haven't been able to make the time. Last night's quiz was good, apologies to all for it going on well after 11pm. Although 7 teams was great, (always happy to see The Book Ends) I would still like nine or ten teams to make the quiz nights really special. Just to reiterate what i mentioned last week, there will be no quiz Christmas week and the following week the quiz will be on the Tuesday, December 30th. Your thoughts, comments etc are always welcome at quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk Last night's winners with an impressive 96pts were CJD, The Alliance were second with 90pts, third place went to Drunks Aloud on 85pts and bringing up the rear was that sneaky ne'er-do-well Dick Dastardly and his sidekick muttley. Sorry Bill, couldn't resist myself. I have not long set up next week's quiz and typed in about 8 questions so the Sisiphean task continues. I can tell you however, that next week's guest round just needs compiling and will be Celebrity Matchword.

Questions and Answers

Last night's Faces were:

1. Sting 2. Paul Neman 3. Michael Palin 4. John Cleese 5. Barbara Cartland 6. Ronan Keating

7. Asterix the Gaul 8. Greg Norman 9. William Roache 10. Meg Ryan 11. Mohandas K. Gandhi

12. Rock Hudson 13. Paavo Nurmi 14. Jacqui Smith 15. Johnny Depp 16. Tom Hanks

17. Emmanuel Adebayor 18. Scarlett Johansson 19. Dinara Safina 20. Holly Willoughby

Three for Fun (Monday's answers)

In an epistolary novel, the narrative takesthe form of A series of letters.

The Lord mayor of London who bequeathed the money to to help set up the Guildhall Library was Dick Whittington.

The third decisive battle of the 1745 Jacobite rebellions was Culloden Moor.

Today's questions (answers on Monday)

1. The strait of Malacca seperates which Indonesian island from the Malay peninsula?

2. What in Antarctica have the names Nimrod, Slessor and Scott?

3. If you went out with some gentles, a jig, a gag and a coop what would you be going to do?

Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold

New month, new pot. Carole managed to charm £24 from the patrons of The Albert last night. It was an unusual question, that being: In terms of population the UK is ranked with London being number 1. What position does Tamworth hold? The answer is 308th. How ironic that the closest guess and winner of £12 was a kiwi. Congratulations Mark whose guess of 319th was the closest.

Joke of the Day (Thanks Hancock)

A lady is giving a party for her granddaughter and has gone all out - caterer, band and a hired clown. Just before the party starts, two bums show up looking for a handout. Feeling sorry for the bums, the woman tells them that they can get a meal if they will chop some wood out back. Gratefully, they head to the rear of the house.

Guests arrive, and all is going well, with the children having a wonderful time. But, the clown has not shown up and finally, the clown calls to report that he is stuck in traffic and will probably not make the party at all.

The woman is very disappointed and unsuccessfully tries to entertain the children herself. She happens to look out the window and sees one of the bums doing cartwheels across the lawn. She watches in awe as he swings from tree branches, does midair flips and leaps high in the air.

She speaks to the other bum and says, "What your friend is doing is absolutely marvelous. I have never seen such a thing. Do you think your friend would consider repeating this performance for the children at the party? I would pay him $50!"

Other bum says, "Well, I dunno. Let me ask him." He then turned to Willie and yelled, "Hey Willie! For $50, would you chop off another toe?"