quiz418

Quiz 418

It wasn't the best way to start 2008, being a side show for a birthday party. (Yes, I am having a dig.) However, we soldiered on in the face of adversity and managed to get through it just after 11am. (Though I felt like shit when I got up at 6:45am to go and throw beer barrels around.) Of the four teams we managed to scrape together, VCJD came out on top with 84 pts, The Alliance were second with 81, Painter's Radio were third with 72 points a point ahead of Pauline's Pens on 71pts. The pictures last night were not quite to their usual standard this was because halfway through printing out the quiz my black ink cartridge ran out. Then, after only two more sheets, the magenta and cyan cartridges ran out and I needed to clean the print heads 5 times! Well they do say these things are sent to try us and this new printer/scanner/copier is the business. On the plus side the subtle change of the TV and film round to entertainment seemed to go well in that I didn't hear any dissenting voices. I'm going to start next week's quiz by compiling a Trackword which is next week's guest round and I'm hoping to get the next set of picture clues ready for the following week when I'm going to get them professionally laser printed by my good friends at Kallkwik in Colehill.

" Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold round" should start next week with Carol from VCJD collecting and looking after the monies. So big thanks to her for that. It is a new thing so expect a few teething problems in the first few weeks.

Questions and Answers

Last night's pictures were: 1. Mel Gibson 2. Victoria Principal 3. Richard Thorp who plays Alan Turner in Emmerdale 4. Portsmouth's Icelandic defender Hermann Hreidarsson 5. Benazir Bhutto 6. Sean Bean 7. Brendan Foster CBE 8. Italian film director Sergio Leone 9. Greta Garbo 10. French supermodel Noémie Lenoir.

Three for Fun (Monday's answers)

The county town of Kerry in Ireland, famous in song is Tralee. (as in the Rose of Tralee.

The term used to describe those criminal offences which are tried only by magistrates without a jury is Summary offences.

'In a Summer Garden', 'walk to the Paradise Garden' and 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring' were works by the English composer Frederick Delius.

Today's questions (answers on Monday)

1. Which Russian composer wrote the film scores for the Eisenstein films Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible?

2. In which famous London building are there areas called Cloister Court, Star Chamber Court and Speaker's Court?

3. What, according to the saying, is the 'teacher of fools'?

Joke Of The Day:Rednecks Visit a Whorehouse...

There was 3 rednecks in New York City. One day while sight seeing they ran upon a whorehouse. Excited, they entered the whorehouse like kids entering a toy store.
The first redneck had $5.00, the second redneck had $10.00, and the third redneck had $15.00.
The first redneck approached the lady behind the desk and said " I got $5.00!
What do I get for $5.00?"
The lady spoke over the intercom and said "Ginger-- take this getleman upstairs and give him $5.00 worth!"
The first redneck came back downstairs grinning from ear to ear.
The oter two rednecks said "Man, what did you get for $5.00?"
The first redneck explained that she took it out of his pants she put whipped cream all over it, then licked it all off.
This exited the 2nd redneck and he quickly approached the lady at the desk. He said "Okay, I have $10.00!What do I get for $10.00?"
The lady spoke over the intercom and said" Tasha, take this gentleman upstairs and give him $10.00 worth!"
The 2nd redneck came downstairs, grinning from ear to ear, as if he was on Cloud Nine.
The other two rednecks met him and asked" Man, what did you get for $10.00?"
The 2nd redneck explained she took it out of his pants, put whipped cream on it, nuts and chocolate topping and she licked it all off.
This excited the 3rd redneck, so he nervously approached the lady at the desk and said, "I have $15.00. What can I get for $15.00?"
The lady turned on the intercom again and said" Melissa, take this gentleman upstairs and give him $15.00 worth!"
The 3rd redneck came downstairs with a huge frown on his face, and on the brink of tears.
Curious, the other 2 rednecks asked, "Man, why are you so sad. What could've went wrong? You had $15.00?"
The 3rd redneck said, "Boys, she took it out of my pants, put whipped cream all over it. Then she put strawberries, pineapple topping, chocolate syrup,nuts and a big cherry on top! It looked so good I ate it myself."