quiz439

Quiz 439

We had seven teams last night which is an improvement, I just hope it carries on. The Alliance team however were very depleted with Pete being in Canada and Margaret and Gareth apparently still on a bender after Hull City were promoted to the Premiership. So it was left to Bill and Bob to represent the team and, they were doing very well until the music round which proved to be their downfall. Our eventual winners last night with 93pts were Fits Most who have been to the quiz before under a different name and I hope they will be regulars from now on. Second place went to CJD with 89pts and The Wanderers came third with 85pts. I have to be brief today as I have a few phone calls to make, I think I shall be on the phone for a while as I will be talking to thicky call centre staff. quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk is my email if you have any questions or comments.

Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold

The end of the month beckons which mean't the whole pot was up for grabs last night. The final total for the month was £67.50 which is a bit less than in previous months but it's better than nothing. The final question for the month which I serendiptously found when I was researching something else was: Tungsten has the highest melting point of any metallic element. In degrees Celsius what is it? he answer is 3410˚C. Danny who is staying at the Albert was closest with his guess of 3074˚C so he took the pot. Next week it's a new month (I can't believe it's almost June already) so we start from scratch.

Questions and Answers

Last night's pictures were: 1. Kylie Minogue 2. Chelsea and England's John Terry 3. Warren Beatty 4. Faye Dunaway 5. Sharon Stone 6. Lewis Hamilton 7. Liv Tyler 8. Tony Hancock 9. Ian Hislop 10. Julie Walters 11. Ricky Hatton 12. Johnny Vegas
13. Kevin Pietersen 14. Dan Aykroyd 15. Donna Summer 16. Rosie O’Donnell 17. Jean Paul Gautier 18. Wilfred Bramble 19. Cyndi Lauper 20. Sara Cox

Three for Fun (Monday's answers)

The African country on the Gulf of Guinea that was formerly called the Gold Coast Colony is Ghana.

The detective Albert Campion was created by Margery Allingham.

Granted to the Scots in 945 AD, the city on the River Eden in the north-west of England the only city to have been added to England since the Norman conquest is Carlisle.

Today's questions (answers on Monday)

1. Which European city, the capital of Lombardy, is set in the heart of the Po Basin?

2. Blackley, Gorton and Withington are parliamentary constituences in which city?

3. In the nursery rhyme which yellow-haired lover went to sea with silver buckles on his knee?

Joke of the Day: (Thanks FidgetyFingers)

A married Irishman, Paddy, went into the confessional and said to his priest, Fr Dougal, 'I almost had an affair with another woman.

'Fr Dougal said, 'What do you mean, almost?'Paddy said, 'Well, we got undressed and rubbed together, butthen I stopped.

Fr Dougal replied, 'Rubbing together is the same as putting it in!' You're not to see that woman again. For your penance,say five Hail Mary's and put £50 in the poor box.

'Paddy left the confessional, said his prayers, and then walked over to the poor box. He paused for a moment and then started to leave.

Fr Dougal, who was watching, quickly ran over to him saying, 'I saw that Paddy! You didn't put any money in the poor box!'

Paddy replied, 'Yeah, but I rubbed the £50 on the box, and according to you, that's the same as putting it in!'