My pet hates at the moment. Sorry for the late post but on Saturday morning my PC monitor finally gave up the ghost. I managed to borrow a replacement from a neighbour (thanks Loz) which was old and uncompatible but, did function in Safe Mode so I couldn't access the internet but I could type out some questions. As a result, I am still on schedule to complete this Thursday's quiz. Late this afternoon I got a replacement VDU courtesy of an aunt who happened to have a spare where she works (thanks Rose). Oh the dogs as you may have guessed are the yappy Jack Russells that belong to the fat cow next door who goes out during the day and leaves them to bark their heads off. If that seems a little harsh, then imagine being woken up at 7am on a Sunday morning by said yapping dogs when you were working late into the early hours the night before. Anyway, as I said, this week's quiz is progressing well, I just need to download some pictures for the Faces, five questions and a subject for the "Who am I?" Guest round. But now i can use the Internet again (Won't work in Safe Mode) I can research it. I haven't been able to find a new site for the blog yet but watch this space as I aim to have something better by the end of August. Right. Faces round, I'm on it now. Take care all and I'll see you all on Thursday night. Oh yes, finally, I made a mistake in the last post as to the amount in the Pot 'O' Gold. The actual starting amout is £42.50. That plus whatever is collected by Carole will be one by one lucky person.
Three for Fun (Friday's answers)
The ore galena is the chief source forLead.
Turin the capital of Piedmont.
In business, CIF is the abbreviation Cost, insurance, freight.
Today's questions (answers on Friday)
1. Who was the husband of Mary I of England?
2. Which cathedral city, and former capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, lies on the River Itchen in Hampshire?
3. Which group of islands in the North Atlantic, part of the kingdom of Shetland, lie north-west of the Shetlands and south-east of Iceland?
Joke of the Day
Amazing Home Remedies (Thanks Dr Bebop)
1. AVOID CUTTING YOURSELF WHEN SLICING VEGETABLES BY GETTING SOMEONE ELSE TO HOLD THE VEGETABLES WHILE YOU CHOP
2. AVOID ARGUMENTS WITH THE FEMALES ABOUT LIFTING THE TOILET SEAT BY USING THE SINK.
3. A MOUSE TRAP PLACED ON TOP OF YOUR ALARM CLOCK WILL PREVENT YOU FROM ROLLING OVER AND GOING BACK TO SLEEP AFTER YOU HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON.
4. IF YOU HAVE A BAD COUGH, TAKE A LARGE DOSE OF LAXATIVES. THEN YOU'LL BE AFRAID TO COUGH.
5. YOU ONLY NEED TWO TOOLS IN LIFE - WD-40 AND DUCT TAPE. IF IT DOESN'T MOVE AND SHOULD, USE THE WD-40. IF IT SHOULDN'T MOVE AND DOES, USE THE DUCT TAPE.
6. IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.
DAILY THOUGHT:
SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES - NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS.
Not a bad night yesterday, we did manage to scrape together six teams. Our winners last night were CJD with 91pts, Ham Fisted were second with 84pts and The Alliance - minus margaret and Gareth - were third with 80pts. On Tuesday as I was tidying up I found several pieces of paper, clippings and old receipts with ideas for quiz questions on them so, as I was ahead of schedule this week I decided to get them all together and type them all out in a new Word document which should make life a little easier. Because I was doing that I've nothing prepared for next week just a blank template, all I can tell you, looking across at the database is that guest round is due to be Who Am I? Five clues to the identity of a famous person. Any questions, comments or suggestions email me at the usual address which I'm no longer posting on this blog as I am constantly being bombarded by phishing scams from thieving Muslim c**ts claiming to be from the Bank of Africa in Burkina Faso. And as you can guess I'm getting really pissed off with emails that begin "Hello dear friend." from people who are planning on ripping me off. What is even more is annoying is that they think I'm stupid enough to fall for it. Anyway with the problems I'm having with this site I really don't like the so-called improvements, They're more of a hinderence if anything so I'm looking for an alternative. Right, spleen vented. I'd better get on and make a start on next week's quiz.
Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold
£22 went into the pot last night. The question was: What is the world record score for the Heptathlon? The answer being: 7291 points. A record set by US athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. The closest guess and the recipient of £11 was Dave H of the Ham Fisted team whose guess of 7290 pts was just one point away from collecting the lot. Next week as it is the last quiz of the month the whole pot is going to be won by whoever is the closest. The starting amount is £55.5o and if we get a reasonable crowd in, we will be looking at a figure in the region of £70 - £80.
Questions and Answers
Last night's Faces were: 1. Jerry Springer 2. Brad Pitt 3. Angelina Jolie 4. MichaelCaine 5. Christian Bale 6. Lewis Hamilton7. Nick Hancock 8. Sooty 9. Helen Flanagan who plays Rosie Webster in Coronation Street 10. Nelson Mandela 11. Back-to-back Open golf champion PádraigHarrington. If any of the BBC golf team read this, it is pronounced "Paw - Rick" not "Pod - Rig." you ignorami.12. Courtney Cox Arquette 13. Veteran rocker Alice Cooper 14. Former tennis star and wife of golfer Greg Norman, Chris Evert 15. David Davis MP 16. JackieJoyner-Kersee17. The late Heath Ledger 18. Supermodel Erin O’Connor 19. British Triple Jumper Phillips Idowu 20. Barbara Stanwyck
Three for Fun (Monday's answers)
Referring to the cargo capacity of a merchant ship, DWT is Dead Weight Tonnage
In international trade agreements, for example, the initials MFN mean Most Favoured Nation.
'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'. was a line written by John Keats.
Today's questions (answers on Monday)
1.The ore galena is the chief source for which metal?
2.Of which autonomous Italian region is Turin the capital?
3.In business, for for what is CIF an abbreviation?
Joke of the Day: Damn you Brokeback Mountain! (Thanks Dr Bebop)
Damn you Brokeback Mountain!
Top Ten Old West Phrases That Will Never Sound The Same After That Damned Gay Cowboy Movie
1. "I'm gonna pump you fulla lead!"
2. "Give me a stiff one, barkeep!"
3. "Don't fret---I've been in tight spots before."
4. "Howdy, pardner."
5. You stay here while I sneak around from behind."
6. Two words: "Saddle Sore."
7. "Hold it right there! Now, move your hand, reeeal slow-like."
Good afternoon everybody. It's Monday and the shock, horror... the sun is out! I apologise in advance if some of the fonts appear too small or too large, I think it has something to do with the fact that a couple of weeks ago I got so fed up with Window's explorer that i changed my browser to Mozilla Firefox and I'm stillgetting used to it. This week's quiz is progressin g very well, apart from yesterday afternoon when I started to compile the music tape and the tape deck chewed up yet another cassete as I was recording Madonna's True Blue.So now I'm down to just five cassetes, I'll have to buy some new ones next month. Apart from that little glitch all that remains are the Faces round five questions - sport is proving a bit of a bugbear this week - a four-part question for the Pyramid guest round and a Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold question but, I have three to choose from, I just can't decide which one. Later this evening I am going to look for the six remaining pictures I need so that I can compile the Faces round and get it ready for printing. quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk is my email if you have any questions comments or suggestions. I'm sorry the link isn't taking you straight there anymore, just copy and paste it into your address box. Enjoy the sun while it lasts and I hope to see a full house at The Albert on Thursday.
Three for Fun (Friday's answers)
Used by accountants, for example, the letters WIP stand for Work in Progress.
The term that applies to the unofficial system under which two MPs, one for each of the two major parties, agree to be absent from the chamber of the House of Commons for a particular vote is known as Pairing.
Geodesy is the science concerned with the surveying and mapping The Earth's Surface.
Today's questions (answers on Friday)
1. Referring to the cargo capacity of a merchant ship, what is usually abbreviated to DWT?
2. In international trade agreements, for example, what do the initials MFN mean?
3. 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'. Who was the poet who wrote this line?
Joke of the Day: EVER GOT THIS CALL (Thanks Adil A)
"Hello?"
"Hi honey. This is Daddy. Is Mommy near the phone?"
"No, Daddy. She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Paul."
After a brief pause,
Daddy says, "But honey, you haven't got an Uncle Paul."
"Oh yes I do, and he's upstairs in the room with Mommy, Right now."
Brief Pause.
"Uh, okay then, this is what I want you to do.
Put the phone down on the table, run upstairs and knock on the bedroom door and shout to Mommy that Daddy's car just pulled into the driveway."
"Okay, Daddy, Just a minute."
A few minutes later The little girl comes back to the phone.
"I did it, Daddy."
"And what happened, honey?" He asked.
"Well, Mommy got all scared, jumped out of bed with no clothes
On and ran around screaming.
Then she tripped over the rug, hit her head on the dresser and now she isn't moving at all!"
"Oh my God!!! What about your Uncle Paul?"
"He jumped out of the bed with no clothes on, too.
He was all scared and he jumped out of the back window and into
the swimming pool.
But I guess he didn't know that you took out the water last week to clean it.
He hit the bottom of the pool and I think he's dead."
Long Pause Longer Pause
Even Longer Pause
Then Daddy says,
"Swimming pool?”
Is this 486-5731?"
No, I think you have the wrong number...
