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Quiz 452

Hopefully, with Septemer just around the corner we will start to get bigger numbers at The Albert. just five teams last night and our winners were 22 Today aka The Flying Otters with 92pts, Second were a depleted Alliance team with 88pts, CJD were third with 81pts and The Book Ends and Drunks Aloud were joint fourth with 78pts. I woke up this morning and realised how much I've got on today so forgive me for making this a brief post.

Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold

£52.50 was up for grabs last night The question was: How many episodes of the TV series Buffy the Vampire slayer were aired. The answer is 144 and quite fittingly Leah whose 22nd birthday it was yesterday (Happy birthday Leah) went away £52.50 better off thanks to her almost perfect guess of 143.

Questions and Answers

Last night's faces were: 1. Bob Marley 2. Patrick Mower 3. Wallace 4. Gromit 5. David Soul 6. David Niven 7. Windsor Davies 8. Robbie Keane 9. Paul Newman 10. Denzel Washington 11. Malcolm X 12. Joe Biden 13. Brian Johnston 14. Quentin Tarantino 15. Julia Roberts 16. Ryan Sidebottom 17. Sarah Michelle Gellar 18. Jessica Tandy 19. Shania Twain 20. Anne Keothavong

Three for Fun (Monday's answers)

In Greek mythology Oedipus was asked the famous riddle by the Sphinx.

An American president would be described as a lame duck between an election in November and a new president taking office in January.

You have met Lord Byro, Miss Moneypenny, Ronnie the Rhino etc at the 1997 General Election (They were fringe candidates.

Today's questions (Answers on Monday)

1. Where are the Puerto Rico Trench, The South Sandwich Trench and the Romanche Trench?

2. Who was the British prime minister at the turn of the 1920s into the 1930s?

3. Sayings: 'Don't spoil the ship for...' what?

Joke of the Day (Thanks Mako)

So there's this fella with a parrot. And this parrot swears like a sailor. I mean he's a pistol. He can swear for five minutes straight without repeating himself.
Trouble is, the guy who owns him is a quiet, conservative type, and this bird's foul mouth is driving him crazy.
One day, it gets to be too much, so the guy grabs the bird by the throat, shakes him really hard, and yells, "QUIT IT !".
But this just makes the bird mad and he swears more than ever.
Then the guy gets mad and says, "OK for you", and locks the bird in a kitchen cabinet. This really aggravates the bird, and he claws and scratches, and when the guy finally lets him out, the bird cuts loose with a stream of vulgarities that would make a veteran sailor blush.
At that point, the guy is so mad that he throws the bird into the freezer. For the first few seconds, there is a terrible din. The bird kicks and claws and thrashes. Then it suddenly gets very very quiet.
At first the guy just waits, but then he starts to think that the bird may be hurt. After a couple of minutes of silence, he's so worried that he opens up the freezer door.
The bird calmly climbs onto the man's outstretched arm and says: "Awfully sorry about the trouble I gave you. I'll do my best to improve my vocabulary from now on."
The man is astounded. He can't understand the transformation that has come over the parrot. Then the parrot says, "By the way, what did the chicken do?"

quiz451/update

I hope you are all enjoying the Bank Holiday, I'm stuck inside today but at least there is plnty I can be doing for this Thursday's quiz. I need eighteen more questions and I also need to prepare the Faces round. Yesterday I compiled the music tape but have to say it is not my best. This week's guest round is also ready for printing, I have a Trackword for you on Thursday. As for the Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold, I got my sums wrong on Friday, As you know it is the last quiz of the month so whoever is closest gets whatever it contains. at the end of the night. The pot currently holds £33.50 so that plus whatever is collected on Thursday is up for grabs. At least I don't have a problem with a question, it was the first thing I typed out last Friday. Enjoy the rest of the day and I'll see you at The Albert on Thursday.

Three for Fun (Friday's answers)

A barography is used for recordings variations in Atmospheric pressure.


The Royal National Theatre in London comprises three theatres, they are: The Olivier, The Lyttleton and The Cottesloe.


Charles the Fair, Charles the Wise and Charles the Mad were all kings of France.

Today's questions (Answers on Friday)

1. In Greek mythology, who asked Oedipus the riddle: 'Which is the animal that has four feet in the morning, two at midday and three in the evening?'

2. At what period of his office might an American president be called a 'lame-duck President'?

3. In which major event in May 1997 might you have encountered Lord Byro, Miss Moneypenny, Ronnie the Rhino and the Space Age Superhero from Planet Beanus?

Joke of the Day (Thanks Hancock)

Bill and Tom are two Irishmen working at the local sawmill. One day Bill slips and his arm gets caught and severed by the big bench saw. Tom quickly puts the limb in a plastic bag and rushes it and Bill to the local hospital.
Next day, Tom goes to the hospital and asks after Bill. The nurse says, 'Oh he's out in Rehab exercising'. Tom couldn't believe it, but here's Bill out the back exercising his now reattached arm. The very next day he's back at work in the saw mill.
Couple of days go by, and then Bill slips and severs his leg on another bloody big saw thing. So Tom puts the limb in a plastic bag and rushes it and Bill off to hospital.
Next day he calls in to see him and asks the nurse how he is.
The nurse replies, 'He's out in the Rehab again exercising. And sure enough, here's Bill out there doing some serious work on the treadmill.
And Bill comes back to work.
But, as usual, within a couple of days he has another accident and severs his head. Wearily Tom puts the head in a plastic bag and transports it and Bill to hospital.
Next day he goes in and asks the nurse how Bill is. The nurse breaks down and cries and says, 'He's dead.'
Tom is shocked, but not surprised. 'I suppose the saw finally did him in.'
'No,' says the nurse, 'Some dopey bastard put his head in a plastic bag and he suffocated.'

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Quiz 451

I wasn't expecting many people last night, I suppose I should be thankful that we managed five teams. Usually, after the August Bank Holiday the quiz tends to pick upthough I was told last night that Gareth and Pete from the Alliance will be away and The Flying Otters will also be absent as it is Leah's birthday. Happy birthday Leah and well done Dave for raising over £700 for charity last weekend. Last night's winners were The Alliance who now have won my quizzes more than any other team since I started compiling them in August 1997. There winning score was 93pts which was nine points ahead of a very tightly packed chasing group. Anger Management and Drunks aloud were joint second with 84pts each, Fourth place went to The Props one point back on 83 and Newly bald aka The Flying Otters were fifth albeit with a very credible score of 82pts. Have a great Bank Holiday all and I will see most of you next week. I really need to find another site as this one is really pissing me off. Why must people try and 'improve something when it's working fine? They just end u

Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold

With Carole being away on Holiday, Margaret from The Alliance stepped into the breach and collected the monies last night, thank you Margaret. As it was a quiet night only £18 went into the pot. The question was: In metres and centimetres what was USA's Stephanie Brown Trafton's gold medal winning throw in the women's discus final. The correct answer is 64.74 metres. There were several very good answers For the third time, Kate, the boss was closest and took the £9. Next week as it is the end of the month the whole pot will be won and we start with £51.50. So, the closest guess should be leaving with £70 - £80.

Questions and Answers

Last night's Faces were: 1. Ronnie Barker 2. Cheryl Cole 3. Ashley Cole 4. Usain Bolt 5. Fiona Bruce 6. Julie Andrews 7. Susan Surandon 8. Geena Davis 9. Patrick Swayze 10. Bart Simpson 11. Gaby Logan 12. Whitney Houston 13. Marvin Gaye 14. Leon Trotsky 15. Perez Musharraf 16. Brooke Shields 17. Christine Ohuruogu

18. Ron Perlman 19. Rebecca Adlington 20. Denise Richards

Three for Fun (Monday's answers)

The two state churches in the UK are the Church of England and The Church of Scotland.

The computing term used for a diagram showing the arrangement of the steps of a process is Flow chart.

Queen Mary died at Malborough house 24 March 1953.

Today's questions (answers on Bank Holiday Monday)

1. A barography is used for recording variations in what, specifically? 2. The Royal National Theatre in London comprises three theatres. What are they? 3. Charles the fair, Charles the Wise and Charles the Mad were fourteenth-century kings in which European country?

Joke of the Day (Thanks Hancock)

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